The first Seminar of Local Councillors has taken place on the 22nd and 23rd of April 2005 in The International Conference Centre, 19 Avenue Kléber Paris, 16th arrondissement. It has been devoted to local governance, PPP, e-administration, and the development of urban transport. In the presence of several personalities, among which Mme Claudie Haigneré, assigned minister for European affairs, Jacques Barrot, vice-president of the European Commission... this training seminar has brought together close to 180 local European actors (local and regional elected officials) from the metropoles of the 25 EU member countries.