Regional governance : new modes of self government in the European Community ; EuroConference 19. 21. April 2001 in Hanover The topic of a Scientific EuroConference held in Hannover Germany from April 19th to 21st 2001 was Regional Governance and was subsidized by the European Commission Human Potential Programme. The publication presents an overview over the objectives the organization the content and the results of the conference. The background for organizing the venue refers to the fact that during the last ten years regional governance has become a topic of scientific discussion fueled by the influence of globalization the EC policies (structural funds ESDP process Committee of the Regions etc.) and regionalization strategies of the member states. In addition the EC has organized a discourse on governance in the wake of the Nice process . The objectives of the conference were: to get more insights into the present discussion on regional governance to identify open research questions concerning the general topic to organize an academic discourse between younger and senior researchers within Europe and to mobilize young researchers of different member states of the EC to form research networks on some of the identified research questions.