15.02.2010 - 16.02.2010

AER Black Sea Regional Policy Conference

Assembly of European Regions (Brussels)
Boulevard Baudouin 12
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 421 8389
Fax: +32 2 421 8369
Email: aer.brussels@aer.eu

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URL of event

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Regions & Cities

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Regine Kramer
Policy Coordinator
Institutional Affairs
Phone: +32 2 421 8389
Email: r.kramer@aer.eu

Conseil Régional Ile de France
33 rue de Barbet de Jouy, Bâtiment CESR, salle Pierre Charles Krieg
75007 Paris

France

The conference will gather the representatives from the regions of Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia,Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. Additionally the political diplomatic representatives of these countries to France, financial and economic actors will take an active part here as well. The main objective of the Conference is to discuss the challenges and opportunities that present themselves for regional governments in the Black Sea region and to identify concrete approaches for cooperation initiatives in the region. What are the existing organisations, instruments and programmes in the Black Sea Region? How do the regions in the various Black Sea countries look like? What are their competences and potentials in terms of interregional cooperation? The conference will mainly discuss two issues: water management and sustainable tourism. Some of the regions have direct access to the Black Sea, some do not. Some have already a well established tourism sector, some are still developing one. We want to see, how the situation is at our neighbours`and find out common interests.

This conference should not only stimulate the exchange of views and best practices, but also constitute a starting point of a series of events and projects organised by AER in the Black Sea Region.

The entire conference will be held in English, French and Russian for the convenience of our participants.

Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions; Ahmet Kideys, Executive Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution; Gerhard Skoff, President of the Danube Tourism Commission; Dr. Esko Antola, Professor, Jean Monnet Chair, University of Turku, Finland; Guy Clausse, Director, Convergence and Environment Department, European Investment Bank.