|
 |
The EuroIndia Sphere |
| |
Centre News :
 Reports on the EuroIndia Mission and Summit are out. [click here]
Full details on the EuroIndia Summit of Leuven can be found on its dedicated portal at [click here] or on the dedicated
page of the Centre's portal at: [click here]
Summit participants have been offered to advertize their profile and expectations ahead of the Summit through the
newly created Member-only area of our Web Portal. We shall now offer an enhanced matching service from
1st January exclusively to our members, whereby we shall proactively look for a suitable match and leverage our
network of expert partners in India and Europe. The Member Area also has a library featuring all presentations
made at the last three Summits. [click here]
After the 1st of January, watch out for a new forum on our portal created at the behest of two members:
Madhana Ratnavel and Anthony Boanada Fuchs to enable Summit participants to continue their dialogue on Summit themes
on-line 24/7, which all interested Euro-Indian parties may join.
26-28 September 2011: The EAST (Euro-Asia Sustainable Towns) project. Project leader, European New Towns and
Pilot Cities (ENTP) organized a visit of project partners to Raipur. Board Member Professor Isabelle Milbert of I.U.E.D
Geneva represented the EuroIndia Centre.
[click here]
6 October: Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) welcomed the Indian delegation on their utility site where effluent
and solid waste is treated and hydro and photovoltaic power produced and then at their H.Q., where Dr. Kalyanasundaram
of Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) introduced their latest photovoltaic research and Christophe Nutall,
Director, Hub for Innovative Partnerships, introduced the "R20 Regions for Climate Action".
The Indian delegation visited two leading European centres in nano technology: On 7 October, with
MINATEC in Grenoble and on 14 with IMEC in Leuven, also Summit co-organizer.
Philips, EGIS, The Indus Enterpreneurs, Veolia Environnement sponsored the Mission and Summit.
Schneider Electric sponsored the Mission. The Mission was hosted by Schneider in Grenoble, EGIS in Paris
and Philips in Eindhoven. [click here]
10 October: The Mission attended the inaugural function of Open Days at the European Parliament. [click here]]
12 October: Indian Urban Development Minister, Kamal Nath, addressed the 92th Plenary Session of the
Committee of the Regions of the European Union at Brussels, as the first non-European to do so. He had been
invited by Mrs. Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee. [click here]
The first-ever official meeting between European and Indian City heads was held at Brussels under the joint aegis of
President Mercedes Bresso and Minister Kamal Nath.
Indian Summit Delegation attended 3 Open Days workshops on "Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth - EU Capital
Cities and Regions showing the way" organized by Capital Cities and Regions Network (CCRN), "Enabling the delivery of
an ICT enabled, economically and environmentally sustainable future for Europe" organized by The European Regional
Information Society Association and "EPEC: The European PPP Expertise Centre" organized by The European PPP
Expertise Centre (EPEC).
Minister Kamal Nath addressed Business Europe, at the invitation of Philippe de Buck, Director General. EPTISA of
Spain and BASF of Germany represented corporate Europe. Mr. Reddy of Sri City represented corporate India.
13-14 October: The 6th EuroIndia Summit at Leuven It was opened by Louis Tobback, Mayor of Leuven, Carl
Devlies, State Secretary, Govt of Belgium, Prof. Dr. Mark Waer, Rector, K.U.Leuven, Adi Godrej, President Designate,
CII and Chairman, Godrej Group, Mercedes Bresso, President, Committee of the Regions of the European Union, Kamal
Nath, Minister of Urban Development, Government of India, and our two co-Presidents, Colette Mathur and Dr. Harjit
Singh Anand. It was attended by 140 participants out of which 40 from India, a quantum jump from the last Summit.
20 European cities from 10 different States were represented: Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, Romania,
Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 14 Indian cities from 11 States were represented:
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, New-Delhi, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu and West-Bengal.
The Summit was supported in Europe by 9 civic organizations and 10 corporate organizations.
India supported the Summit through the Urban Development Ministry and CII. [click here]
Minister Kamal Nath awarded the first Environmentally Sustainable City Award (ESCA) to Vijyawada
(Andhra Pradesh) and Mysore (Karnataka) and to the former's technical support: Arvee Associates.
Ajmer, Bangalore, Raipur, Visakhapatnam have also been felicitated for their environmental achievements.
29 Indian cities applied for the ESCA. [click here]
13 October: The 10th anniversary of the Centre was celebrated at a gala dinner hosted by Leuven Mayor at the
Norbertine Abbey. For SG's speech and Status note. [click here]
 20 October: Artist B2Fays made a successful demonstration of the pilot installation of her "Via
presence" project at the National Centre for Choreography of La Rochelle, the software development
of which has been supported by Poitou - Charentes Region and the EuroIndia Centre. A full-fledged
installation is scheduled at Hyderabad on 15-25 December at Kalakriti Art Gallery.
[click here]
31 October-12 November: The two Co-Presidents undertook visits in Delhi and Mumbai to assess the feed back
of key Indian supporters of the Leuven Summit and start investigations for the 6th summit, to be held in India. All
meetings confirmed the importance of such an event promoting the sustainable development of cities in India and in Europe.
Minister Kamal Nath indicated his interest to open the 6th summit in India. Director General of Partner CII
pledged a reinforced partnership and Adi Godrej, President Designate, his participation. Mrs. Sheila Dixit, Chief
Minister of Delhi, will host the European Summit delegation.
28 November: The Secretary General embarked upon a tour of Europe to consolidate our collaboration with
Summit partners in view of the next Summit in India. They conveyed their appreciation of the Mission and Summit and
confirmed their interested in supporting the next event in India.
Member News :
Launching of Indianet.es as part of Casa de la India in Spain: An information and dissemination point for activities about
India and Spain-India relations. A meeting point and tool for communities related to India. So please don´t hesitate and visit
them on www.indianet.es. Casa de la India is run by Board Member Guillermo Rodriguez and houses the Centre's Desk
for Spain, run by Elke: elke.spanish-desk@the-euroindia-centre.org
|
|
|
|
