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NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2009 - A NEW SECRETARY GENERAL TO ADDRESS NEW CHALLENGES - WWW.CRPM.ORG |
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A NEW SECRETARY GENERAL TO ADDRESS NEW CHALLENGES 
The process of recruiting a new Secretary General for the CPMR is under way. A large number of CVs have been received and are being examined by the Short-listing Panel, which will select the strongest candidates to be invited to our Political Bureau meeting in Odessa on 12 June 2009 for an interview with our members. I have long been convinced that the nomination of a new European Commission and the election of a new European Parliament will usher in a new phase which will be crucial for our member Regions, that of the preparation of the multi-annual financial perspectives for the period 2014-2020. Having conducted this exercise on two occasions (2000-2006 and 2007-2013), I am well aware of what is required. Continuity in the dialogue with our institutional partners is essential. It would not have been reasonable for me to be involved at the start of the process only to hand over responsibility half way through. That is why I proposed that the changeover should take place this year. By the autumn of 2009, the CPMR will have a set of proposals to be submitted to its General Assembly in Göteborg on 2 October and a strengthened team of competent Directors as well as a new Secretary General... TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED CAP: THE REGIONS OPEN THE DEBATE 
The CPMR launched an inter-regional debate on the future of the CAP at a seminar in Nantes on 23 October 2008, organised by the Pays de la Loire Region. The seminar was an opportunity for the Regions to inform the European Commission and Council of their shared commitment to making proposals concerning the configuration, after 2013, of support for farmers, rural economies and rural areas. It was also decided during the seminar that the debate should be carried out in partnership with the other regional organisations active in this field, including broad-based organisations such as the Assembly of European Regions, geographical organisations such as the European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas, and specialist organisations such as the European Association of Geographical Indications... SEATRAINING, A TRAINING NETWORK FOR EUROPEAN MARINAS 
The European Project SEATRAINING (Integral Training in European Marinas), included within the European Vocational Training Program Leonardo da Vinci, has been created with the objective of promoting a specific training model for managing personnel in nautical installations. The project, which started in Valencia the 19th December 2007, is aimed at giving answers to the challenges that currently are put forth in nautical facilities, so as to contribute to the improvement of the services that are offered. These requirements have been more evident, especially in the following fields: adaptation of users’ services, environmental management, nautical sport facilities protection and security, information technology development, historical-artistic heritage, maintenance of these facilities and renewal of nautical fleet and infrastructures...
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