27.10.2009 11th Workshop on Military Base Conversion

In Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 11th workshop on military base conversion in the SEE states has been held. The workshop was organised by RACVIAC- Centre for Security Cooperation. Roland Vogt, former Conversion Commissioner in the State Government of Brandenburg and representative of the Brandenburg State as Lead Partner within CONVERNET took part as keynote speaker in the Banja Luka Workshop. He presented a powerpoint version of the experiences with conversion in the state of Brandenburg since 1991 and of CONVERNET, the conversion network in the Baltic Sea Region. For more details see presentations held.

> Conference report

Presentations

> Agro-business centre
> Conversion in Brandenburg
> Prijedor Presentation
> MBC presentation
> Makulesti-Airport/Moldova presentation
> RARS Brownfield Conversion
> Centre for country development and promotion Banja Luka

22.03.2007 Conversion Day in Brussels

On Wednesday, April 18th 2007, the Brandenburg State Ministry of Economics in co-operation with the Representation of the State of Brandenburg to the European Union invites to the "Conversion Day". The main focus of this event lays on the demonstration of projects in the field of civil re-use of former military sites and clearing of military ordnance. Please feel free to download invitation, programme and confirmation of participation.
> Invitation A
> Invitation B
> Programme
> Confirmation

01.02.2007 New outfit for conver.net

After the INTERREG III B BSR project CONVERNET has been very successful, networking is continued mainly via the networks’ homepage www.conver.net. The platform has been newly shaped. A forum where people interested in conversion provides an interactive platform. The platform is run by INFRASTRUKTUR & UMWELT.

01.09.2006 Three years successful co-operation: CONVERNET

For more than three years, the network CONVERNET has been supported by the INTERREG III B programme for the Baltic Sea Region and the Brandenburg State Ministry of Economics. By this support and the activity of 21 partners from all over the Baltic Sea Region it was possible to establish a living network and to come up with a first assessment of conversion management in the Baltic Sea Region. Contacts have been established to other existing networks and conversion guidelines have been formulated as policy recommendations. To find out more, just click into the results chapter at these sites.

06.09.2006 The ASCEND partnerships held its final conference in Brussels

The ASCEND partnership – a co-operation of 8 local or regional administrative bodies from Greece to Sweden facilitated – supported by the INTERREG III C programme – the socio-economic re-use of former military land and heritage. In June 2006 the final conference was held in Brussels where results were presented to members of the European Parliament. CONVERNET was presented by Dr. Jürgen Neumüller. It was found, that both networks could complement one another in the future. More information about the project you will find on www.ascendpartnership.net.