Regional policy’s contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy and the future of EU cohesion policy were debated at the launch of the annual European Week of Regions and Cities Open days in Parliament on Monday. The four-day event, organised by the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions, brings together over 6,000 participants in 130 seminars in Brussels and over 260 events across Europe.
The opening session, which coincided with a meeting of Parliament's Regional Development Committee and a Committee of the Regions plenary session, brought together some 800 representatives from public institutions, businesses, universities and civil society to discuss this year's Open Days theme "Europe 2020: Competitiveness, co-operation and cohesion for all regions"."We are on the eve of launching the debate on the future Cohesion Policy, and for us, Members of the European Parliament, it is of utmost importance to confront our ideas and to hear your voice on the present and the future of this policy, said Parliament's Regional Development Committee Chairwoman Danuta Hübner.
"To achieve the ambitious 2020 goals on a European level – whether investing 3% of EU GDP in R&D or the 20/20/20 climate/energy objectives or the targets for employment, education, or poverty reduction – we need to translate them into regional goals,” said Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn. “This event, in bringing together key players from the public and private sectors, can help to translate these ambitions into practical measures,” he added.
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