The call for proposal announced a seminar aimed at facilitating discussion between researchers and at looking at the relationship between research and the issues raised.
The research projects chosen within the framework of the call for proposal were presented by the teams during the introductory session on 23 March 2004.
Work progress and results will be presented in thematic sessions by a member of the programme's scientific committee in 2004-2005.
These sessions are open and, in addition to the research teams involved in the programme, bring together the scientific committee and the programme management committee, the other applicant teams, as well as researchers involved in related research programmes, and professionals or public figures interested in the subject.

Provisional calendar of thematic sessions

Session 1: Tuesday 9 November 2004
The process and methods for evaluating regional policies in relation to the objectives of sustainable development.
Session 2: Tuesday 22 March 2005
The mechanisms linking the spatial, sectoral and time-dependent factors of public policies.
Session 3: Tuesday 14 Jun 2005
Governance and sustainable development: limits and opportunities
Session 4: Tuesday 13 September 2005
Governance and sustainable development: limits and opportunities (cont)
Session 5: Tuesday 22 November 2005
Ecological inequalities: a way of approaching the regional impact of public actions.