Metropolitan Seminars: Immersion in Mediterranean Metropolises
Study trips for urban planning and territorial development professionals: understand the dynamics of Mediterranean metropolises and explore their urban projects.
Strengthen your multidisciplinary approach to territorial transformation.
One week of full immersion in a territory, meeting local stakeholders and discovering their projects.
You will meet territorial decision-makers, elected officials and technical departments, as well as specialists in mobility, energy, risk management and urban regeneration, depending on the specific characteristics of each territory.
The aim of these study trips is to share references of effective actions, to understand stakeholder systems and governance models. New challenges related to climate change, the renewed relationship between urban and rural areas, global health, and social and territorial cohesion are at the heart of our seminars.
Expand your institutional and professional network in the Mediterranean
Join a group of around thirty planning and development professionals to exchange perspectives on territorial transformation and action processes, and thereby enrich your skills and project references.
Be inspired, exchange ideas, and meet local decision-makers and experts through site visits, collective workshops and round-table discussions.
Tirana Metropolitan Seminar, Albania – 1 to 5 June 2026
Tirana, the new Barcelona?
A 5-day immersive urban seminar to understand, take inspiration and… be among the first to explore Tirana! A Mediterranean metropolis undergoing profound transformation.
A long-standing partnership
The seminars have been organised by AVITEM since 2014, in partnership with Campus groupe AFD, the training centre of the French Development Agency, and co-financed by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
They have brought together more than 500 territorial experts in metropolises across the three shores of the Mediterranean: Alexandria, Barcelona, Beirut, Bologna, Casablanca, Fez, Hamburg, Izmir, Tirana, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Tangier and Tunis.
A time for the co-production of knowledge among peers, committed stakeholders working towards sustainable urban and territorial development.
Contact-us
Marie Baduel
Urban Planner – Economist, Deputy Director of AVITEM
Email : m.baduel@avitem.org
Tel : 06 46 10 22 70
Lisa Brenier
Training Project Officer
Email : l.brenier@avitem.org
Tel: 07 57 57 87 05
Publications: Metropolitan Booklets Collection
10 years of knowledge produced through the Metropolitan Seminars
The learning outcomes, reflections and collective proposals from each seminar are published in the form of Metropolitan Booklets, an analytical framework for understanding territories, accessible to professionals, researchers, students and informed citizens.
