EASTR
European Association of State Territorial Representatives

For about nineteen years now, territorial representatives from more than twenty European States meet regularly, each time in a different country, to discuss topics they are directly concerned with and exchange good practices.

There are two sessions per year :

• EDSTR - The European days of State Territorial Representatives -  (in the spring) are organised on a different theme each year and prepared by a small group of countries. The session lasts two days and a half (from Thursday noon to Saturday afternoon) and the working languages are English and French (plus host country’s language)
• The Euro Mediterranean Observatory of State territorial action (in the autumn) constitutes from 2008, a real annual European observatory of the STR's job and of the States' territorial action. In a way, it can therefore be open to other personalities (such as public service directors, elected officials, academics...)

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• 2012 - XIXth European Days

The XIXth European Days of State Territorial Representatives took place in Paris from 15 to 17 March 2012. They gathered 120 participants, representing 23 countries, as well as officials of the European Commission and the OECD. The tackled issue was "The STR facing the metropolitan fact", with representatives of Bucharest, Budapest, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Wroclaw..