Upper Rhine Conference - Tripartite Congress

Tripartite Congress

Ever since 1988 a Tripartite Congress has been held approximately every three years in order to present the results of the cross-border cooperation to a wider public and also to act as an impetus for further work by means of the political decisions (final declarations) taken there. The congresses are organized by each of the three participating countries in rotation.

The 13th Tripartite Congress was organised on June 27th 2012 in Landau under the heading "Rendez-vous régional - Zivilgesellschaft im Dialog mit...". The 12th Tripartite Congress took place in 2010 in Basel under the heading "Education, Research and innovation". It was organized by the REGIO BASILIENSIS on behalf of the five north-western cantons of Switzerland. The 11th Tripartite Congress took place on January 11, 2008 in Strasbourg (France) under the heading "The Upper Rhine: A model for development and cooperation". The main focus was on measures designed to promote the creation of a tripartite European metropolitan region of the Upper Rhine.

To date, the following Tripartite Congresses have taken place (with key topics, venue and year):

• Transport and communication, Kehl 1988
• Culture and development, Strasbourg 1989
• The environment, Basel 1991
• The economy, Karlsruhe 1992
• Youth, training and employment, Strasbourg 1995
• Trades and crafts, Basel 1997
• Regional development, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1999
• Living together within the Upper Rhine area, Strasbourg 2002
• Media and communication in the Upper Rhine area, Basel 2004
• The future of the Upper Rhine area in an enlarged Europe, Freiburg 2006
• The Upper Rhine: a model for development and cooperation, Strasbourg 2008
• Education, Research and innovation, Basel 2010
• Civil Society, Landau 2012