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EU STRATEGY FOR THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN REGION Communication: COM(2014 ) 357 of 17 June 2014

EU STRATEGY FOR THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN REGION Communication: COM(2014 ) 357 of 17 June 2014 Action Plan: SWD(2014) 190 of 17 June 2014. Requested by the European Council of Dec 2012, the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy builds on:.

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EU STRATEGY FOR THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN REGION Communication: COM(2014 ) 357 of 17 June 2014

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  1. EU STRATEGY FOR THEADRIATIC AND IONIAN REGION • Communication: COM(2014) 357 of 17 June 2014 • Action Plan: SWD(2014) 190 of 17 June 2014

  2. Requested by the European Council of Dec 2012, the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy builds on: • Intergovernmental Adriatic Ionian Initiative, which covers 8 countries: AL, BA, GR, HR, IT, ME, RS, SI • EU Maritime strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas (30 Nov 2012) • Evaluation of the added value of macro–regional strategies (June 2013)

  3. Consultation of Stakeholders By pillar carried out under the responsibility of participating countries (Sept-Dec 2013) Contributions from: • CoR – A-I Interregional Group • EESC – Exploratory opinion Large Stakeholders Conference in Athens, 6-7 February 2014 On-line public consultation carried out by the European Commission (Oct '13 – Jan '14)

  4. General objective Promote sustainable economic and social prosperity of the Region through growth and jobs creation, by improving its attractiveness, competitiveness and connectivity. Contribute to the EU integration of the participating Western Balkan candidate and potential candidate countries.

  5. Thematic scope of the Strategy Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar3 Pillar 4

  6. Implementation • Actions and projects identification: Strategy's governance structures (national, regional authorities) • Funding: EU funds and programmes (ESIF, IPA, Horizon 2020, Connecting Europe Facility, LIFE, COSME, …; International Financial Institutions (Western Balkans Investment Framework, EIB, EBRD, WB, …; national public funds; private funds. • Support to governance and implementation: ETC Adriatic Ionian transnational programme

  7. Next steps • START implementation November Launching Conference October Endorsement by the European Council July Start exam in the Council Strategy adopted by European Commission Stakeholder Conference 2014 6-7 Feb 17 June

  8. Thank you for your attention! Further information: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperate/adriat_ionian/index_en.cfm

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