Globalisation has led to a revaluation and reinforcement of ‘the region’. The term “Glocalisation” is commonly used to describe the two seemingly conflicting phenomena of globalisation and localisation. While globalisation transcends and dismantles national borders and territories, localisation represents the opposite tendency. Where globalisation is primarily a movement of economic liberalisation, localisation by contrast encompasses a social dimension. Localisation accommodates those who cannot and will not live as “global nomads”; identities continue to be created at the local level. Regions, however, are also under threat from migration and attrition.
| Gruppe 8a (EN/FR) | Developing the future together: Involving Key Stakeholders into Regional Development Processes | Patricia Wolf, Simone Schwekert, Christophe Hauser | Switzerland | |||
| Partnership in local socio-economic community development | Violetta Gassiy | Russia | ||||
| Developing a common vision for governance system of Tehran metropolitan region (TMR) | Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, Naser Barakpou, Iradj Asadie, Habibollah Taherkhani, Maysam Basirat | Iran | ||||
| Gruppe 8b (EN/FR) | Senac Methodology of local development inducement | Maria Izabel Costa, Monte Alegre Toro | Brasil | |||
| Social Space Oriented Brief Intervention in Communities of Lower Austria - A Consulting Model of Social Work | Maria Maiss, Ursula Stattler | Austria | ||||
| Animation des processus collectifs et leadership territorial | Motoi, Ina, Potvin, Micheline, Ependa, Augustin, Leblan, Patrice | Canada | ||||