CPMR ADRIATIC-IONIAN Task-Force Umeå - 24 September 2014 Adriatic-Ionian CPMR calendar (1)

• 14 February 2012 (Athens-GR) BBSRC President, Pavlos Damianidis, delivers a speech at the stakeholders' First Workshop on Maritime Affairs in the Adriatic and Ionian Macro- region • 22-23 June 2012 (Sinop-TR) General Assembly of the Balkan and Black Sea Regional Commission Sinop Declaration : “More 4 More” (Section 2 - Towards a fuller participation of the Regions in the definition and implementation of the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy) • July 2012 Technical Paper from the CPMR General Secretariat "Proposed Adriatic Agenda for the CPMR" • 4-5 October 2012 (Bialystok-PL) 40th CPMR General Assembly Resolution “The CPMR is calling for the rapid launch of the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion” (Presented by the CPMR BBSRC and IMC) Adriatic-Ionian CPMR calendar (2)

• 12 November 2012 (Brussels) : CPMR Task Force on the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy • 19 March 2013 : letter from Eleni Marianou to DG REGIO offering partnership availability • 20 March until end May 2013 : Questionnaire on Adriatic-Ionian Macro- Region • 26 April 2013 (Odessa - Ukraine)- BBSRC General Assembly Progress report of the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy, and CPMR commitment • 08 May 2013 (Rijeka-HR) : Transport Committee of the Adriatic-Ionian Euroregion - CPMR presents its transport priorities • 30 May 2013 (Brussels) : CPMR meeting with DG REGIO • 04 July 2013 (Brussels) : CPMR participates in CoR Adriatic-Ionian Interregional Group 2nd meeting • 12 July 2013 (Brussels) : CPMR meets with DG REGIO • 25 September 2013 (Saint-Malo-France) : 41st General Assembly : Adriatic- Ionian macro-region Task Force meeting Adriatic-Ionian CPMR calendar (3)

• 14 November 2013 ( Brussels) : DG Mare Stakeholder Seminar on Boosting Blue growth in the Adriatic and Ionian Region - towards an Action Plan for the EUSAIR : CPMR ideas • 18-19 November 2013 (Corfu - GR) : Joint Seminar with forthcoming Hellenic Presidency on EU Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Region (EUSAIR): the Regions get involved • 6-7 February 2014 (Athens) : European Commission /Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Stakeholder Conference on EUSAIR (speech of the CPMR President, Mrs Annika Annerby Jansson • 27 February 2014 : CPMR proposes an “Adriatic-Ionian Forum” to DG REGIO • 13 March 2014 (Patras - GR) : IMC Political Bureau -Adoption of the Declaration of Patras and Road Map on Macro-Regional Strategies in the Mediterranean • 4 April 2014 (Rijeka – HR) : 3rd meeting of the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion Technical Commission for transport and infrastructure - CPMR Presentation Adriatic-Ionian CPMR calendar (4) • 28 May 2014(Bologna - IT) : Adrigov Seminar - CPMR Presentation: EUSAIR and Governance 18 June 2014 : the European Commission publishes the EUSAIR Communication and Action Plan • 27 June 2014(Venice – IT) : IMC General Assembly, towards a road map for the macro-regional strategies in the Mediterranean • 7 July 2014 : Proposals to Slovenia on how the CPMR may contribute to governance aspects of the Adriatic-Ionian Transnational Programme (ADRION) • 14 July 2014 : CPMR meets with DG Regio on EUSAIR governance and implementation • 17 July 2014 : CPMR, unique interregional organisation to reply to ADRION public consultation • 24 September 2014 (today !) : CPMR General Assembly - Adriatic-Ionian Task Force meeting • 29 – 30 October 2014 (Termoli – IT) : CPMR Seminar - What Future for Fisheries in the Adriatic-Ionian Basin ? • 18 November 2014 (Brussels) : EUSAIR LAUNCH EVENT – CPMR invited for the debate • …. EUSAIR SEMINAR EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR): Regions get involved 18 and 19 November 2013, Corfu (GR)

Meeting Venue Park Hotel Corfu

Adriatic-Ionian Strategy : CPMR added value and commitment (1)

 A 25 years experience gained from the work of our geographical commissions : strategies, programmes, projects  Good knowledge of the main EU policies with a territorial impact : IMP, transport, transnational cooperation, blue growth …  The CPMR prepared to help : . Support to European Commission and States . Promote the initiative . Promote regional authorities in the preparation and implementation of strategy and action plan . Prepare the governance of the strategy and of the action plan . Prepare projects to make the strategy concrete Adriatic-Ionian Strategy : CPMR added value and commitment (2)

 Raising awareness of Regions and actors on specific challenges  Availability for participation to Interreg, TEN-T, Youth mobility … programmes, with the help of our geographical commissions Being as practical and operational as possible … TEN-T : overall picture for EUSAIR area

EUSAIR AND THE WIDER MEDITERRANEAN PICTURE EUSAIR and the wider Mediterranean picture Extract of the Patrasso Declaration : “The variable geometry”

“A global Integrated Mediterranean Strategy to be developed in the mid- long term perspective - EUSMED (Global draft action plan by 2017 during the Maltese presidency, to be updated every 3 years starting from 2020) that should include three interconnected strategies: . the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy - EUSAIR (ongoing pilot. Action plan by 2014), . the Western Mediterranean – EUSWEST Med (Action plan by 2016), . the Eastern Mediterranean – EUSEAST Med (Action plan by 2020). The EUSAIR, could work as a first pilot at a governance level as well, while considering to a greater extent the formal participation of 4 non-EU Member states and the synergies that will have to be drawn with the Danube and the Alpine Strategies » EUSAIR : a strong « enlargement dimension »

CPMR’s President in Athens : ”My last point is for recalling that this strategy differs from the previous ones in that it has a strong Enlargement dimension, being comprised of equal numbers of EU and non-EU states! We are in the EU today, but for my organization, EUSAIR is a key opportunity to prepare our friends from non yet EU members to their entry in the EU, which we hope will happen as soon as possible. We – as CPMR – will do our best to help them on this route.” Next Steps for EUSAIR/ADRION : a non-complete selection of dates

• 17/19 September 2014 : EUSAIR National Contact Points meeting and WG on governance of Adrion programme • End of September 2014 : submission of the Adrion OP • 23 – 24 October : European Council - EUSAIR will be endorsed • 18 November : EUSAIR kick off meeting • End 2014 : approval of Adrion OP • First half of 2015 : launch of Adrion Programme and first call for proposals Next steps for CPMR in this context

• Go on discussing/proposing with DG Regio, Emilia-Romagna and Slovenia on the participation of the Regions in the coordination of EUSAIR : Adrion thematic objective 11, Priority axis 4

• Advice/ encouragement from DG REGIO (24 July 2014) : “CPMR currently in the process of opening up to the Balkans. Croatian, Albanian and Serbian regions already included. Following the model applied in the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic regions, CPMR hopes to contribute to a democratisation and decentralisation process in the Region. CPMR also in contact with Slovenia and Emalia-Romagna to explore how it can find a place in the context of the A-I TCP. The CPMR indeed to approach the Slovenians to explore how the CPMR may help in the context of a TO-11 project under the A-I TCP. The Commission prepared to pass on the message to the Slovenians that we are used to working with the CPMR.” Next steps for CPMR in this context

• Go on conducting in parallel and synergy our activities aiming at : – Extending CPMR membership in EUSAIR area, in particular in Western Balkans : Albania, Montenegro, Croatia – Remaining available and proactive in helping Regions • to bring valuable added value in EUSAIR thematic and sectorial bodies/events • and to prepare projects to be presented to Adrion programme

Thank you for your attention!

Patrick ANVROIN

Stavros KALOGNOMOS

Lejla BECIROVIC