Short report Event Afccre Place – Romainville (Est Ensemble),16 March 2018

Dialogue on EU Cohesion Policy, March 16th 2018, Romainville –

Description of the discussion during the event:

On Friday, March 16th 2018, the first French citizen's dialogue on EU Cohesion Policy took place at Romainville, at the invitation of Est Ensemble Grand .

Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy European Deputy, Philippe Kapriélian, Programme Manager (DG Regio), and Régine Leduc, Director of European Affairs, Regional Council of Ile- de-France were present at the discussion. This event for citizens and territory's stakeholders aimed to exchange about European funds inflows, especially in Ile-de-France and Est Ensemble territory.

Gilles Robel, councillor of European funding – Est Ensemble, recalled the role of Est Ensemble in the implementation of European funding and the great interest that this instrument offers. Serge Planchenault and Erwan Ruty, projects directors, recalled the value share of the European funding for their projects. They also underscored the beneficiaries needs in terms of assistance.

Concrete examples supported by Europe were cited and show the necessary diversity of Cohesion Policy interventions on urban territories.

The debate brought into focus the cohesion policy input in urban territories. All participants were agreed that the decrease of Cohesion policy funding would be problematic and simplifying the procedure for accessing EU funds is essential.

Two key messages that emerged from the meeting were: 1) the need to keep European cohesion policy covering all territories and their diversity 2) focusing programmes on need of the economic, institutional and social players.

Number of participants: 43 (29 signatures)

Type of participants: local authorities (55%), associations (16%), European as well as national Institutions (23%), project directors (6%).

• 16 local authorities • 5 associations • 6 European as well as national Institutions • 2 project directors

Media Coverage:

List of Media Courrier de Maires Euractiv

- Articles on partners websites

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− Site web AFFCRE : http://www.afccre.org/fr/actualites/est-ensemble-grand-paris- accueille-le-premier-dialogue-de-l%E2%80%99afccre-sur-la-politique-de- co#.WtdG1U1PqmQ − Site web Est Ensemble: https://www.est-ensemble.fr/est-ensemble-grand-paris- accueille-le-premier-dialogue-de-lafccre-sur-la-politique-de-cohesion-le-16 − Site web europeidf http://www.europeidf.fr/dialogue-politique-cohesion-16-mars- euinmyregion − Site web Ile de France https://www.iledefrance.fr/dialogue-in-my-region-politique-de- cohesion − Site web Eruopean Movement https://mouvement-europeen.eu/dialogue-politique- europeenne-de-cohesion-territoires/ − Site web Paris by night: http://paris.by-night.fr/soiree/premier-dialogue-de-lafccre-sur- la-politique-de-cohesion--620577.html − Site web MEP Christine Revault D'allonnes Bonnefoy https://crevaultdallonnesbonnefoy.eu/about/contact/agenda-2/ − Site web Courrier de Maires http://www.courrierdesmaires.fr/11889/le-memento-des- elus-locaux-et-des-territoriaux/ − http://ressources.seine-saint-denis.fr/L-archeologie-en-Seine-Saint-Denis-un-enjeu- pour-une-autre-education-a-l − Site du département Seine Saint-Denis http://ressources.seine-saint-denis.fr/L- archeologie-en-Seine-Saint-Denis-un-enjeu-pour-une-autre-education-a-l

▪ Social media activities before, during and after the event (Tweets, Facebook, etc.) Several tweets and retweets using #EUinmyRegion. 9929 views on Twitter via Afccre account. 1079 views on Afccre LinkedIn Profile

Before LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6378905161288421376 – 167 vues

During Twitter

Afccre https://twitter.com/afccre/status/974598451383226369 - 4085 views https://twitter.com/afccre/status/974579089796485121 - 643 views https://twitter.com/afccre/status/974569257672593408 - 4448 views

CEMR https://twitter.com/marlenesimeon/status/974579899599114242

Others https://twitter.com/UEMarseille/status/974609953200705536 https://twitter.com/EuropeDirect77/status/974598498971734016 https://twitter.com/EuropeDirect77/status/974570179328991234 https://twitter.com/UEMarseille/status/974569171773255680 https://twitter.com/MouvEuropeen_Fr/status/974317571532083201 https://twitter.com/UEMarseille/status/974210877175058432 https://twitter.com/GillesRobel/status/972168579847159813

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After Twitter Afccre https://twitter.com/afccre/status/978982764694376448 - 753 views

LinkedIn Afccre https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6384693726211645440 – 793 views https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6381489001882218496 – 119 views

▪ Press Conference : no

▪ Press release taken over by Euractiv) (sent out to journalists and on the website www.afccre.org) http://www.afccre.org/fr/actualites/dialogue-sur-la-politique-de-coh%C3%A9sion- %C3%A0-romainville-avec-les-fonds-europ%C3%A9ens-leurope-sinc#.WtdZHE1PqmQ

▪ Webpage views: 137 unique visitors

▪ Video on CEMR You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykoI2uXFfRA&list=PLnIzGpt_rZP44TDRu63wwM DtbldrFRMfb&index=5&t=0s

▪ Press clipping after the dialogue indicated and number of articles echoed by media - Articles on media Euractiv https://www.euractiv.fr/section/avenir-de-l-ue/news/les- regions-sinquietent-pour-les-fonds-europeens-avant-les-elections - Website MEP Christine Revault D'allonnes Bonnefoy https://crevaultdallonnesbonnefoy.eu/tag/politique-de-cohesion/

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