The ECOVAST Biennial General Assembly will take place at Hotel Suza, Bratislava, Slovak Republic on Sunday October 15, 2006, from 11am – 5pm. The Agenda is available here. The International Committee will meet on Saturday 14 October from 2pm – 4pm and the Working Groups from 5pm-7pm (Rural Architecture) and 8pm – 10pm (Landscape).

To complement the Assembly, there will be an International Conference - “Rural development in the knowledge-based society” - at Hotel Suza, Bratislava , Slovak Republic , on Monday October 16, 2006 – a more detailed programme will be provided later. Interpretation will be provided in Slovakian , English, German and French.

Themes for the plenary session will include strategies and initiatives for rural development and the current and future role of rural areas, the impact of renewable energy on villages and small towns, and the ASSET small towns’ project.

For more details of the Assembly, and of the study tour to Western Slovakia, Northern Austria, Eastern Czech Republic, and Northern Hungary , on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, click here.

A booking form is available here.

Minutes of the ECOVAST General Assembly 2005, held on the 5th November 2005 at Retz, Austria, are available here.