NESSIE tasks
Workshop: official opening theme of NESSIE under the name of "Sustainable Urban Spaces. Bottom-up planning of urban development", with introductory speeches by Mayor Paul Buttigieg and the other delegations' leaders, together with presentations about the participating municipalities, followed by a thematic seminar by Professor Alex Torpiano, Dean of Faculty of the Built Environment of the University of Malta and thematic presentations by each delegation.
Seminar "Urbanisation,
environmental sustainability and heritage affairs" by Dr David Mallia from
Planning Authority of Malta
Conference "Citizens
Engagement and Participation in decision-making process at local and EU level", which
raised awareness of the role of European institutions and European policies. A role play followed to find out the general feeling of faith and satisfaction with
European institutions and European policies in the participants.