Brand new EU macro-regional strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian in Athens close to take off - Main contents

date	February 6, 2014 - February 7, 2014
city	Athens, Greece
location	Athens, Greece
attending	J. (Johannes) Hahn i, A. (Antonis) Samaras i, M. (Maria) Damanaki i et al.
organisation	European Commission (EC) i

From 6-7 February a high-level Stakeholder Conference will take place in Athens to further advance the new macro-regional strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian. The conference is hosted by the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. At the Conference, Commissioner Johannes Hahn for Regional Policy and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki are joining Foreign Ministers from the countries involved (Croatia, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro). Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister of Greece, will open the conference. More than 500 representatives from the national, regional and local administrations, businesses, civil society, academia, media and regional associations will be contributing to the discussions in the conference.

A press release will be available on 5 February.

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