METREX Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas
Acronym: METREX
General Information
Identification Code: 688005950450-97
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Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 6/12/2023
Last Update: 5/27/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: METREX has currently 59 member organisations from all over Europe. We are a practitioners’ network, for people who work in public organisations that have to translate often abstract policies into working solutions. We continuously seek for best practices and contribute to next best practices.
METREX collaborates with other networks such as EMA (European Metropolitan Authorities), Eurocities, ICLEI and recently with NARC, and we are also closely linked to the scientific community and other knowledge organisations.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Borders and security
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Communication
- Competition
- Culture
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Food safety
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Migration and asylum
- Public health
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Cohesion policy, we support members in applying and tailoring solutions that address Cohesion Policy
General Affairs, we support members in improving their institutions and governance models in order to deliver better, faster and more transparent.
Environment, we support members in developing concrete solutions to address the climate challenges, and exchange on best practices.
Urban-Rural, we support members in developing a better balance between the urban and rural, economically, socially, by promoting better mobility, foodstrategies on regional level, awareness raising
Communication Activities: METREX has two conferences per year, hosted by our member regions, which bring us all over Europe. Here we bring the local communities and experts together with experts from. all over Europe to learn best practices from each other.
METREX has Expert Groups that look into specific areas such as Balancing the Urban&Rural, Climate Challenge, Productive City, Affordable and Sustainable Housing, Governance, and to supra regional networks groups, The Baltic Nordic and the Eurodelta.
METREX brings out news letters and specific publications, we take part in other conferences and events and are associated member or the scientific network EURA.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Urban
Head Office
Address: 22, avenue de la Toison d'Ore
Post Code: B-1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: 129, rue Servient
Post Code: 69326
City: Lyon cedex 3
Country: FRANCE
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Financial Data
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 10
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 13
Members F T E: 2.75
Info Members: METREX has a small staff of three people, that run the daily operations and communications. We have a Managing Committee of 9 members and a President, that all have specific tasks. Furthermore, the Expert Groups are lead by members.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: METREX is a member of the European Urban Research Association, www.eura.org
METREX is member of a network organisation of planners, www.isocarp.org
Organisation Members: European Urban Research Association