Testimonial
« C'est par l'échange de nos expériences que nous pourrons faire avancer le développement durable de nos territoires. La conférence de Dunkerque donnera l'opportunité aux villes portuaires de faire reconnaître à l'échelon européen le caractère exemplaire d'un certain nombre d'initiatives qu'elles ont prises en faveur d'un développement respectueux de l'environnement. »
Vojko Obersnel - Maire de Rijeka
"The Commitee of the Regions is convinced that local and regional governments will play a vital role in implementing the EU's sustainable development strategy, and will heavily in finding concrete solutions"
Luc Van den Brande - President of the Committee of the Regions
"For many years, France's major towns and cities - and their associations - have been committed to comprehensive policies of sustainable urban development in their area. It therefore makes perfect sense for the Association des Maires des grandes Villes de France (Association of Mayors of Major French Cities) to want to get involved with the Dunkirk Urban Community to organise the 6th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns, with will be held in Dunkirk in 2010"
Michel Destot - President of the Association des Maires des Grandes Villes de France, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble.
"Dunkirk and his president, Michel Delebarre, are inviting us, via this 6th Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns, to take immediate action to build what will become the city of the future: more respectful of the environment, certainly, but also seamlessly combining economic activities and housing and, above all, placing its residents at the heart of his governance. French urban communities - major players in urban sustainable development - are clearly at the center of these challenges, and it is the ACUF's duty to support and actively participate in this major European meeting on the future of European towns and cities."
Gérard Collomb, President of Grand Lyon, President of the French Urban Communities Association (l’Association des Communautés Urbaines de France)
"We are pleased to lend our support to these seccions. In fact, sustainable development is a major challenge for our association, with has initiated a cycle of reflection on sustainable development in urban renovation projects."
Claude Dilain - Mayor of Clichy-sous-bois, President of the Association Ville et Banlieue de France (Association of French Cities and Suburbs).
"The idea of 'Think Global, Act Local' is at the heart of sustainable development. Our small towns, often a source of innovative policies, play a key role in driving through this approach"
Martin Malvy - President of the APVF (Association of Small French Towns)
"By adopting the Charter for sustainable development of port cities at the 10th International Conference of Cities and Ports in Sydney in 2006, the members of the AIVP confirmed their willingness to pursue this type of action. Consequently, the partenership proposal devised by Dunkirk in the context of the 6th European Conference has recived the AIVP's wholehearted approval"
Jean-Pierre Lecomte - President of the Association Internationale Villes et Ports (International Cities and Ports Association)
"The subject of sustainable development has beeb part of our working practices for many years ... we plan to participate in the next event on sustainable developemnt organised by Dunkirk with reneed vigour..."
Guy Geoffroy - President of the Association des Éco Maires (Association of co-Mayors), Mayor of Combs-la-Ville, Member for Seine et Marne.
"As you know, I pay close attention to this subjet, witch - in my opinion - is an interesting illustration of the natural link between objectives defined by the European Union and the role of local and regional governements. Within the framework of their authority, they hold the leverage needed to promote action in this area"
Louis le Pensec - Former Minister, President of the Association Françaises du Conseil des Communes et Régions d’Europe (French Association of Municipal and Regional Concils in Europe).
"Issues concerning the sustainable development of medium-sized cities and their intercommunality are at the heart what we do"
Bruno Bourg-Broc – Mayor of Chalons-en-Champagne, President of the Fédération des Maires des Villes Moyennes (Federation of Mayors of Medium-sized Cities)