Regensburg had applied for the Secretariat during a preliminary meeting on September the 30th 2011. “Regensburg´s constant efforts to become Regional Secretariat are the result of the strong conviction, that there are more chances and opportunities in the working fields of the regional network than those taken so far”, explains Regensburg`s Mayor Hans Schaidinger. Very soon it was also approved by the other member cities, that Regensburg was a qualified candidate, Schaidinger adds.
Especially the detailed and strategic application lead to a broad acceptance among the region´s member cities. Various reasons were taken into account: Regensburg always followed an integrated approach in all its networking activities to incorporate as many stakeholders as possible.
