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NEWSLETTER - JULY 2009 - BORG MEETS CPMR - WWW.CRPM.ORG |
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AMBITIOUS STEPS FOR THE EU INTEGRATED MARITIME POLICY 
“This brainstorming on the future of integrated maritime policy is the recognition of the critical role of Europe’s maritime Regions in building up the maritime policy.” stated Joe Borg, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs at an informal meeting organised in Fajal (Azores-PT) by CPMR on 6th of July. “I cannot imagine “– he added - “the future development of this policy without the active contribution of those who - like the maritime Regions - know better the challenges and opportunities offered to the EU by our oceans and seas”. In response to this, CPMR’s Regions underlined that the EU maritime action plan has accomplished what it set out to achieve and should serve as a preparatory phase for a more ambitious policy, especially from 2010 onwards and in particular for the next generation of EU policies and instruments post-2013... CPMR SURVEY ON THE REGIONS AND THE CRISIS 
With a view to addressing the request of several CPMR Member Regions to establish an exchange platform on the impact of the current economic crisis on Regions, and the possibility for Regional Authorities to take measures to mitigate this impact on citizens and the local business community, the CPMR carried out an enquiry to which 25 Regions have responded. The diversity of both the socio-economic profile of these Regions and their institutional pattern helps to present a broad sample of cases. With the only exception of the Shetland Islands, the survey shows that the economic recession has left no territory immune. The impact has nevertheless been very different across Regions and even between Regions of the same country, with Italian, Spanish, English and some Scandinavian Regions to be apparently the most affected among those concerned... EUROPE LOOKS TO THE EAST 
The « Joint Declaration of the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit » was the focus of discussion on 11th June during the CPMR Balkan and Black Sea Regional Commission in Odessa (Ukraine). This Joint Declaration corresponds to a kind of “European Black Sea Strategy”, that was ratified on 7th May 2009 by all 27 EU Member States and the Caucasian States such as Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. This document was very welcomed by the CPMR members and in Odessa, the CPMR Balkan and Black Sea Regional Commission that presented its reaction to this ambitious declaration intending to accelerate the political association and the economic integration between the European Union and its Caucasian partners... INNOVATION IN MIND - LUND CONFERENCE The CPMR is a partner in the conference entitled Innovation in Mind that will take place under the Swedish Presidency on 15 to 17 September 2009 in Lund (SE) with the support of Region Skåne, the University of Lund and many other organisations. This conference falls within the context of the Swedish Presidency and the European year of creativity and innovation. It will focus on the modern drivers of innovation in a global perspective and special emphasis will be placed on issues such as user driven innovation, open innovation and social and financial innovation. The CPMR’s involvement in this event is tied in with its action on the territorial dimension of dynamics and policies in support of innovation...
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