Welcome to the SIRIUS Homepage

Sirius is the School for International Regional Development Studies - a top-class training facility for those involved in regional development and spatial planning. Serving the needs of practitioners at every level - European, national, regional, local - Sirius brings together the best knowledge, expertise and experience in economic development from throughout Europe and makes it available in flexible and tailored training programmes. Sirius has been established by two leading regional development institutes - the European Policies Research Centre (Glasgow) and the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development (Stockholm), working together with partners in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Romania.

To learn more about the scope and objectives of Sirius and its training programmes, follow the links to these pages. Further information about Sirius and its founding partners is also available.

Details of the Sirius Winter School 2004 can be found here under courses.