Beatriz Ramo Talks in Yuzhne – Южне, Ukraine

September 8-9, 2011

Beatriz Ramo, together with Marc Glaudemans, director of Stasdlab and Jan Maas, partner at B+B, will visit Yuzhne (Южне) in the Odessa region of Ukraine on September 8 and 9 to participate in the International Workshop “Intercultural Local Development Policies”. The team will meet with the authorities and give a presentation on the results of the special Masterclass held last year in Melitopol, Ukraine.
The workshop in Yuzhne is organized by the organization Democracy through Culture and the Council of Europe under the Intercultural Cities programme.
Yuzhne is one of the youngest Ukrainian cities. It was founded in the 1970s and is one of Ukraine’s main three ports. It is an important oil terminal and the unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the country (0,3%).