The document announces a workshop to discuss the European Union's macro-regional strategies. The workshop will feature four presentations: 1) an overview of the EU's macro-regional strategies, their evolution, and challenges by Professor Stefan Gänzle; 2) the contribution of EU structural funds to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region by Justė Jarmulkaitė; 3) post-2020 perspectives on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region by Félix Moldován; and 4) a governance analysis of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region and the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region by Dr. Nicola Favia, followed by a debate with members of the Committee on

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Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies
COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EU macro-regional strategies
WORKSHOP
Brussels, 12 July 2017, starting at 9:15
Meeting room: József Antall 4Q2
Draft PROGRAMME
Indicative
9:15 The European Union’s macro-regional strategies: concept, evolution
and challenges
Professor Stefan Gänzle, Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
9:30 The ESIF contribution to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
(EUBSR) - the Lithuanian experience
Ms Justė Jarmulkaitė, EUBSR Expert, EU Cohesion Policy Division
Ministry of Finance of the Republic Lithuania
9:45 The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR): post 2020
perspectives
Mr Félix Moldován, on behalf of the Hungarian Presidency of the EU
Strategy for the Danube Region
10:00 The EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and
the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP): a governance
analysis
Dr. Nicola Favia, Director – Office of Research, Analysis and Knowledge
Management, Department for Cohesion Policy,
Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy
10:15 Debate with the Members of the Committee on Regional Development