Toledo Informal Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development Declaration

On 22 June 2010, in Toledo (Spain), in response to the invitation made by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), and within the framework of the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Housing and Urban Development (21–22 June), the session of the Informal Meeting of Urban Development Ministers was held, with the core topic of “integrated urban regeneration”. The meeting was also attended by the European Commissioner for Regional Policy and representatives from the European Parliament (EP), Committee of the Regions (CoR), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), European Investment Bank (EIB), as well as representatives from the three candidate countries for EU membership, plus Norway and Switzerland, and several observers and relevant stakeholder organisations related to urban development.