Shaping our Regions: FUEN gathered the minority and minority-friendly regions in South Tyrol

The 3rd forum of the minority and minority-friendly regions, entitled Shaping our Regions, organised by FUEN and hosted by South Tyrol on 13-14 December 2018 has been a great opportunity to learn from each other’s successes and struggles. The participants representing regions from all over Europe debated the role of the state in helping or hindering the development of less favored regions and how can the regional authorities overcome these issues. In this regard some good practices were presented that can boost the development of minority regions. The positive role of bilingual and multilingual administration and cooperation methods were also among the topics of the conference. More...