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NEWSLETTER - MAY 2009 - A CHANGE OF COURSE FOR MARITIME EUROPE - WWW.CRPM.ORG |
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A CHANGE OF COURSE FOR MARITIME EUROPE 
Joe Borg is the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. He has been the main “architect” for the Maritime Policy in Europe and he has involved maritime regions in the implementation of this policy from the beginning. To celebrate the 2009 European Maritime Day, Commissioner Borg has promoted a Stakeholders' Conference, held in Rome, on 19 and 20 May 2009. The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) took an active part in the event and also published a manifesto entitled “European Regions support Maritime Policy every single day" which calls for new stages in the development of an Integrated Maritime Policy. Enrico Mayrhofer: Joe Borg:
THE REGIONS COME TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE FOOD CRISIS 
Over 12 years have passed since the commitment made at the World Food Summit to reduce by half the number of undernourished people by 2015. Progress in this area is disappointing and the world food situation is now critical. With almost one billion people suffering from famine and two billion people affected by malnutrition, the recent food riots have brought to the fore the urgency of the situation. Under the influence of the economic crisis, climate change, population growth and dwindling natural and energy resources, forecasts are that the situation is going to get worse and affect as much in the short-term Regions in the South as Regions from the North, albeit in terms of migration pressures and security issues arising from the impact of food insecurity on world peace, democracy and solidarity. In the medium term, global production will need to be doubled to combat food shortages which will affect all the world’s regions, to varying degrees but without exception. With current food policies failing at both national and international levels, there is reason to believe that that things need to be done to improve the coordination and involvement of local governments in the debates on food security... THE ROLE OF REGIONS IN A NEW GLOBAL FRAMEWORK 
The CPMR is organising, with the support of Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur Region (PACA), a seminar on 29 May 2009 in Marseille on “Regions and Development: The role of regions in a new global framework". This seminar is organised under the umbrella of the “European Platform of Regional/Local Authorities for Development” established with the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), CPMR and other national and European associations of regional and local authorities, and is co-financed by the European Commission. Aims of the meeting are: • Continue the debate opened by the EC Communication on
“Local Authorities: Actors for Development”.
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