This workshop will examine the international and national research results within the fields of regional governance: A concept, a process or rather an instrument - what does regional governance entail? Describing specific processes and project experiences, this workshop will discuss regional participation and communication processes. "Regional Agenda 21" will be presented as a prototype for new strategies on the interim level of the network society. The basis for discussion will be the results of the summer academy "Regional Governance" which took place in August 2002.

Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann
Institute for Ecological and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden
Regional Agenda 21 - Prototype for New Strategies on the Interim Level of the Network Society?

Dr. Wolfgang Gerstlberger
Department of Economics, University of Kassel
Regional Innovation Systems as Sustainable Governance Structure?

Dr. Hannah Büttner
Institute for Organisational Communication (IFOK), Bensheim
Regional Participation and Communication Processes - Replacing or Supplementing Formal Structures?

Chair: Dr. Guido Nischwitz
Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOeW), Wuppertal

Workshop held in German