ALPE-ADRIA WORKING COMMUNITY HOLDS SYMPOSIUM IN STUBICKE TOPLICE

STUBICKE TOPLICE, Oct 21 (Hina) - An international symposium on the sustainable development of rural areas, along with the 50th meeting of the Alpe-Adria working community's Commission I, was held in Stubicke Toplice, a northern Croatian spa, on Tuesday. The symposium, which gathered about 80 participants from six countries, was organised by the Croatian state administration for the environmental protection and the ministry of the physical planning, construction and housing. At the Stubicke Toplice event, results and activities of the Alpe- Adria Working Community's Commission I during the three-year chairmanship of Croatia were presented, and the Austrian region of Carinthia has assumed the chairmanship. It was decided that all four groups of the Commission I would chiefly tackle the issue of the sustainable development of the rural areas in the next period of three years. (hina) jn mš 211641 MET oct 97