Meeting with Commissioner Vella: CPMR to provide maritime expertise to EU and Maltese Presidency, 23 June 2016
CPMR Regions plan to help the European Commission and the future Maltese Presidency to the EU develop a series of initiatives to support the maritime agenda.
At a meeting in the Azores, on 23 June 2016, with the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, and Daniela Sabino, of the Maltese Ministry for Gozo, a CPMR delegation was led by Vasco Cordeiro, President of the CPMR and the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
Also in attendance were Cees Loggen, Regional Minister of Noord–Holland Province, who advised Commissioner Vella on issues relating to Coastal management & maritime financial instruments, and Meritxell Serret i Aleu, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia, who stressed that Regions are ready to provide their expertise on the common fisheries policy to DG Mare. Eleni Marianou, CPMR Secretary General, was also in attendance.
The positive meeting, which was organised at the invitation of President Cordeiro in parallel with the 6th conference in Maritime Spatial Planning Worldwide, concluded that the CPMR will contribute to initiatives aimed at promoting the maritime agenda during the Maltese Presidency, and in discussions about EU policies post-2020.
Meeting with Commissioner Vella: CPMR to provide maritime expertise to EU and Maltese Presidency, 23 June 2016
CPMR Regions plan to help the European Commission and the future Maltese Presidency to the EU develop a series of initiatives to support the maritime agenda.
At a meeting in the Azores, on 23 June 2016, with the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, and Daniela Sabino, of the Maltese Ministry for Gozo, a CPMR delegation was led by Vasco Cordeiro, President of the CPMR and the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
Also in attendance were Cees Loggen, Regional Minister of Noord–Holland Province, who advised Commissioner Vella on issues relating to Coastal management & maritime financial instruments, and Meritxell Serret i Aleu, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia, who stressed that Regions are ready to provide their expertise on the common fisheries policy to DG Mare. Eleni Marianou, CPMR Secretary General, was also in attendance.
The positive meeting, which was organised at the invitation of President Cordeiro in parallel with the 6th conference in Maritime Spatial Planning Worldwide, concluded that the CPMR will contribute to initiatives aimed at promoting the maritime agenda during the Maltese Presidency, and in discussions about EU policies post-2020.