In 2020 Aachen’s neighbouring region on the Dutch side of the border will host an International Building Exhibition, the so called IBA Parkstad. Next to the urbanized region of Parkstad Limburg – a partnership of 8 municipalities in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine of the Dutch province of Limburg – also the neighbouring “Städteregion Aachen” will be included. Central theme of the IBA concept is the sustainable social and structural change of this former mining region.