This is the Second Annual Business and Technical Conference of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network and of the Network of European National Healthy Cities Networks in Phase V.

The WHO European Healthy Cities Network will have about 100 cities that are either designated as members or are in the process of being designated as members by June 2010. In addition, 30 national healthy cities networks in Europe have more than 2000 cities and towns as members.

The conferences of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network and the Network of European National Healthy Cities Networks have a strong political and strategic focus, and politicians should always be included in the delegations from the participating cities and networks.

The programme of the Sandnes Conference has been developed around the following four thematic strands relating to the Phase V goals and the international context of
this work.

The various sessions of the programme will cross-link these thematic strands.