Dresden Region Steering Group Meeting, 15 June 2026

Preliminary Policy Direction of the a Dresden Region municipal association

At the third meeting of the Dresden Region Steering Group on June 15, 2026, held at the Börse Coswig, the results of the public engagement phase were presented and discussed, and further steps for intermunicipal cooperation in the region were agreed upon.

A key outcome of the meeting was the admission of the following members—who had previously served in an advisory capacity—as voting members of the temporary steering group:

Bautzen, Bischofswerda, Dippoldiswalde, Freiberg, Großenhain, Hoyerswerda, Kamenz, Neustadt in Saxony, and Riesa, as well as the Mittelsachsen district.

Similarly, the city of Bautzen was elected with immediate effect as a voting member of the Dresden Region Task Force.

Following the resolutions, the results of the public participation phase were presented, along with a recommendation for substantive and organizational cooperation within the “Kommunalverbund Region Dresden e. V.” This was followed by a presentation of the draft communication plan, the key points of the implementation plan, and the initial interim results of the commercial land potential analysis.