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OPEN DAYS 2015 - LOCAL EVENTS Proceedings OPEN DAYS 2015 - LOCAL EVENTS Proceedings EUROPEAN COOPERATION DAY Sharing borders, growing closer ALBANIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY LATVIA MONTENEGRO NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ROMANIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN THE NETHERLANDS TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM ALBANIA - Vlora / AUSTRIA - Alpeuregio South Tyrol - Alpeuregio Tyrol - Alpeuregio Trentino - Carinthia - Salzburg - Vorarlberg / BELGIUM - Flanders - Province of Liege Walloon Brabant / BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Sarajevo Canton - Republika Srpska CROATIA - Bjelovar-Bilogora County - Dubrovnik-Neretva Region - Region of Istria Karlovac - Krapina-Zagorje County - Osijek Baranja County - Varaždin County Zagreb / CYPRUS - Nicosia Metropolitan Area / CZECH REPUBLIC - Hradec Králové Region - Olomouc Region (2) - Prague - South Moravian region - Vysocina Region DENMARK - Aalborg municipality - Central Denmark - North Jutland - Region South Denmark - Region Zealand / ESTONIA - Tallinn / FINLAND - City of Helsinki Helsinki-Uusimaa - Ostrobothnia - Southwest Finland / FRANCE - Auvergne - Centre Val de Loire - Deux Sèvres - Ile-de-France - Limousin - Lower-Normandy - Nord-Pas de Calais - Pays de la Loire - Picardie - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur - Rhône-Alpes Val-de-Marne - University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour - Club Europe Sud Rhône-Alpes Europe Direct Sud Rhône-Alpes - The Urban Community of Saint-Omer in partnership with the city of Saint Omer and the Agency for Urban Planning and Development (AUD) of the Saint Omer Region and Flandre Interieure / GERMANY - Bavaria - Berlin Brandenburg - FrankfurtRheinMain - Hamburg - Region of Hanover - District of Lippe Lower Saxony - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Saxony-Anhalt - Schleswig-Holstein / GREECE - Region of Crete - Sterea Ellada Region / HUNGARY - Budapest Észak-Alföld - Miskolc / IRELAND - Border Midland and Western Region - Cork / ITALY - Abruzzo Region - Aosta Valley - Autonomous Region of Sardinia - Basilicata Region - Calabria Region - Emilia Romagna Region - Friuli Venezia Giulia - Genoa Lazio Region - Liguria Region - Lombardy - Marche Region - Piedmont Region - Puglia Region - Sicilia Region - Umbria - Veneto Region - t33 Srl - IRECOOP Alto Adige Südtirol, societa' cooperative consortile - Prima Persona / LATVIA - Riga - Valmiera - Vidzeme / MONTENEGRO - Montenegro / NORWAY - Kristiansand - Mid-Norway - Nordland County - Oslo - Rogaland - South Norway - Region of Stavanger - Stavanger City West Norway / POLAND - Kujawsko-Pomorskie - Lubelskie - City of Łódź Lodzkie - Lower Silesia - Malopolska - Mazovia - Opolskie - Podlaskie Pomorskie - Silesia - City of Starogard Gdanski - Swietokrzyskie - Warmia & Mazury - Wielkopolska - Europejskie Ugrupowanie Współpracy Terytorialnej TATRY - The City of Slupsk, Europe Direct Information Centre Slupsk / PORTUGAL - Alentejo - Algarve - Municipality of Amadora (2) - City of Braga - Centro Region of Portugal North of Portugal / ROMANIA - Bacau Municipality - Bucarest - Ilfov / REPUBLIC OF SERBIA - Region of South East Serbia - Vojvodina - Belgrade Chamber of Commerce Regional Development Agency Backa / SLOVAKIA - Bratislava Self-Governing Region / SLOVENIA - Ljubljana - Podravska Region - Republic of Slovenia - West Slovenia / SPAIN - Province of A Coruña - Andalusia Region - Aragon - Principality of Asturias - Province of Barcelona - Basque Country/Euskadi - Castellon - Castilla y Leon (2) - Castile-La Mancha - Catalonia - Extremadura - Galicia - Murcia - Navarra - Region of Valencia - Canary Islands - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / SWEDEN - Gothenburg Malmö - Skåne - Region Värmland - County of Västerbotten - Region Västra Götaland / THE NETHERLANDS - Achterhoek - Arnhem Nijmegen City Region - City of Assen City of Eindhoven - Province of Flevoland - Gelderland (2) - Province of Limburg (NL) City of Maastricht - North Brabant - Northern Netherlands Provinces - Randstad Region Province of Zeeland / TURKEY - Eskisehir Metropolitan Municipality - Istanbul/ Gaziosmanpaşa - Karşıyaka Municipality - Mugla Metropolitan Municipality - Seferihsar Municipality / UNITED KINGDOM - Birmingham - Dorset - East of England - Highlands and Islands - City of Liverpool - Liverpool City Region - London - Northern Ireland Southend on Sea - Southern England - Surrey - Wales - West Midlands - West Wales INDEX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 ALBANIA 8 AUSTRIA 10 BELGIUM 14 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 16 CROATIA 17 CYPRUS 23 CZECH REPUBLIC 25 DENMARK 31 ESTONIA 35 FINLAND 37 FRANCE 40 GERMANY 49 GREECE 54 HUNGARY 56 IRELAND 59 ITALY 62 LATVIA 72 MONTENEGRO 76 NORWAY 77 POLAND 84 PORTUGAL 98 ROMANIA 104 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 106 SLOVAKIA 112 SLOVENIA 114 SPAIN 117 SWEDEN 130 THE NETHERLANDS 135 TURKEY 143 UNITED KINGDOM 144 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over September, October and November 2015, some 150.000 participants from European, national and regional public authorities, representatives from financial and business sectors, NGOs, media, students and the civil society attended the "Europe in my region / Europe in my city" events. Since 2006, these "local events" have been part of the European Week of Regions and Cities - OPEN DAYS, organised every year by the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission (DG REGIO). For the regions and cities participating in the OPEN DAYS, the organisation of at least one local event is compulsory. Other partners, such as representations of the European Parliament or of the European Commission, Europe Direct Centres, etc., join the project, which led to an additional 12 local events in 2015. On top of these, some 120 events were organised for the fourth year under the heading of the European Cooperation Day (ECD) on and around 21 September 2015 (www.ecday.eu). The summary of ECD events can be found on the European Cooperation Day website (www.ecday.eu). Out of 179 local events (not including the European Cooperation Day events), 98 reported back and are documented in these proceedings whereas 5 events were cancelled for various reasons. The events took place in 27 EU Member States and in three candidate countries: Montenegro (1), Serbia (2) and Turkey (5); in one potential candidate country: Bosnia and Herzegovina (2); and in two non-EU countries: Norway (8) and Moldova (1). Most events were planned in Italy (19), Poland (16) and Spain (16), the Netherlands (14) and France (12). The majority of events were held in November. A total of 13 CoR members, 13 members of the European Parliament and two European Commissioners were actively involved. In addition, 50 national and regional presidents, vice-presidents and ministers and 27 mayors (or vice-mayors) were listed as speakers, confirming the continuously increasing engagement of local and regional politicians. This year as well many speakers came from the academic field and from SMEs which is a new trend. Comments, questions and suggestions are welcome to [email protected]. The full report can be found at www.opendays.europa.eu. 7 © Gjergji K/shutterstock.com © Gjergji REPORTS BY COUNTRY ALBANIA II Independent partner – other organisation/association organising a local event p. 9 Regional Council of Vlora Vlora The report of the Regional Council of Vlora is enclosed 8 II Independent partner – other organisation/association organising a local event Regional Council of Vlora Political Initiative of the European Straits Initiative Date and venue Outline 8 October 2015 The members of the European Straits Initiative gathered in Vlora (Albania) on 8 October 2015, four years after Vlora the Initiative's first meeting, at the invitation of the Regional Council of Vlora. This political conference was a great opportunity to give new impetus to the work undertaken so far. Three thematic commissions were Type of the event: created to enhance the exchange of experience and foster recognition of the specific issues affecting straits at Debate the European level: • "Transport and mobility" Organiser: • "Tourism and the natural and cultural heritage" Regional Council of Vlora in • "The environment, biodiversity and climate change" cooperation with Pas-de-Calais County Council, the Lead Partner Special time was set aside to exchange views on the issue of migration. The debate ended with the adoption of of ESI a joint statement highlighting the key role played by straits as maritime passageways in migratory routes and offering to create a fourth commission on this issue. Chair: Sadrit Danaj, President of Vlora The morning ended with the official signature of the Memorandum of Understanding of the European Straits Regional Council, Albania Initiative by the Region of Ionian Islands (Greece – Strait of Corfu); the Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain Bertrand Petit, Vice President – Strait of Gibraltar) and the Governorship of Nabeul (Tunisia – Strait of Sicily), which also joined the European of Pas-de-Calais County Council, Straits Initiative, bringing the number of participating local authorities to 22. France Mark Dance, Member of cabinet of the Kent County Council, UK Conclusions Three main points were highlighted: Speakers: 1- The creation of three thematic commissions to enhance the exchange of experience and foster recognition Sadrit Danaj, President of Vlora of the specific issues affecting straits at the European level: "Transport and mobility"; “Tourism and the natural Regional Council, Albania and cultural heritage"; "The environment, biodiversity and climate change". Bertrand Petit, Vice President 2- The adoption of a joint
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