AER and EuroIndia Center

• Presentation 

The Centre is a not-for-profit association registered in 2001 in La Rochelle (France) and founded by two co-presidents:
· Dr Mammohan Singh, current Indian Prime Minister
· Late Mr Raymond Barre, former French Prime Minister

The two current executive co-presidents are:
· Colette Mathur, President, India Invest SA, Geneva, & Chairperson, Atherstone India Invest Group, Mumbai
· Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman & Managing Director of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing, Mumbai

It is supported by over 50 individual and institutional members widely spread over 20-odd cities in about 10 States of India and Europe. It focuses on bringing Europeans and Indians together again for a shared future and on restoring their historical partnership through concrete and novel initiatives.

• Projects and Activities

Its past “Vision2008” strategy had been to chart a new Euro-Indian co-operation axis at the City level and build an efficient Euro-Indian network of city-stakeholders including Cities, Regions, States, companies, academia, research, NGO’s, etc. through an annual EuroIndia Forum and regular fact-finding field missions.

The 1st EuroIndia Forum took place in February 2007 in Goa and the 2nd one on 3-5 April 2008 in Goa on Urban Development, followed on the 7th in Delhi by a Tourism Promotional event. Indian cities partners of the 2007 & 2008 fora were: Ahmedabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi and Pune, whereas European cities partners were: Frankfurt, Halle, La Rochelle, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Valladolid and Zürich.

Its new 2008-2011 “FLY A KITE” strategy is a comprehensive Euro-Indian plan to Foster Links Yielding Assets in Knowledge, Investments, Tourism and urban Excellence by deepening and broadening its current action in urban management and by expanding its reach to Knowledge, Investment and Tourism.

In 2009, the First EuroIndia City Summit, will tbe hosted by Valladolid, Spain, 4 – 6 October 2009.
“Leveraging urban legacy for sustainable City development” -  Heritage tourism promotion: a key enabler.
Bringing civic leaders together,  european experiences and European hindsight could benefit Indian cities and avoid a repeat of the mistakes that Europe is now trying to redress with specific urban renewal plans.

To learn more about this event, please also consult the following link : http://www.euroindia-center.com/ 

• First EuroIndia City Summit, “Leveraging urban legacy for sustainable City development”, Valladolid, 4 – 6 October 2009
  Heritage tourism promotion: a key enabler