High Level Joint Event: "Making the Best use of EU Funds for Regional Growth and Jobs Through Tourism"
27/09/2016 - 02:00

High Level Joint Event: "Making the Best use of EU Funds for Regional Growth and Jobs Through Tourism"

27th of September 2016, 14.30 – 18.00

 
More information are available also at the website of the Committee of the Regions .

 

NECSTouR, the DG GROW of the European Commision and the NAT Commission of the European Committee of the Regions co-organised this High Level Event which will be held at the Meeting Room JDE52 of the European Committee of the Regions.

 
Various High-level Regional representatives from the NECSTouR member regions attended the event. Among them: -

Ms Francina Armengol I Socias, NAT Commission Chair and President of the Balearic Islands (ES) -

Mr Joakim Larsson, President of the Regional Counci,l Västra Götaland (SV) -

Ms Stéphanie von Euw, Vice-president in charge of European Affairs, Île-de-France (FR) -

Mr Othman Nasrou, Vice-president in charge of Tourism and International Affairs, Île-de-France (FR) -

Mr Stefano Ciuoffo, Minister to Manufacturing, Credit, Tourism and Trade, Tuscany (IT) -

Mr Andrea Corsini, Minister for Tourism and Trade, Emilia-Romagna (IT) -

Mr Federico Caner, Minister for Tourism and EU Funding, Veneto (IT) -

Mr Cristóbal de la Rosa Croissier, Vice-Minister of Tourism, Canary Islands (ES) -

Mr Amadeu Altafaj, Representative of the Government of Catalonia to the EU, NECSTouR Presidency (ES) -

Ms Susana Ibáñez Rosa, Secretary General for Tourism, Andalusia (ES) -

Ms Raquel Huete Nieves, General Director for Tourism, Valencia Region (ES) -

Mr Jonathan Pryce, Director for Culture and Tourism, Scotland (UK)

 

During the event, the Manifesto on Tourism for Growth & Jobs
which NECStouR contributed to draft has been presented as well.

 

PROGRAMME

 
Click on the speakers names in order to download their Interventions (this option is available only for the Regional Representatives).

 

13h45 – 14h30 Registration

 

14h30 Opening
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Ms Francina Armengol I Socias, NAT Commission Chair and President of the Balearic Islands -

Mr István Ujhelyi, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Tourism Task Force at the TRAN Committee -

Ms Ana Claudia Țapardel, Member of the European Parliament and Co-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup for European Tourism Development

 

Adoption of the opinion on Tourism of the NAT Commission, Tourism as a driving force for regional cooperation across the EU
Rapporteur:

Hanspeter Wagner (AT/EPP)

 

Interventions by CoR members

 

15h30 Round table “Making the best use of EU Funds for Regional Growth and Jobs through Tourism”
Moderator:

Mr Colin Wolfe, Acting Director of Directorate G for Smart and Sustainable Growth and Southern Europe, DG REGIO -

Ms Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (video message) -

Mr Amadeu Altafaj, Representative of the Government of Catalonia to the EU, NECSTouR Presidency -

Mr Stefano Ciuoffo, Minister to Manufacturing, Credit, Tourism and Trade, Tuscany -

Ms Stéphanie von Euw, Vice-president in charge of European Affairs, Île-de-France -

Mr Joakim Larsson, President of the Regional Counci,l Västra Götaland -

Mr Andrea Corsini, Minister for Tourism and Trade, Emilia-Romagna -

Mr Decebal Făgădău, Mayor of Constanța -

Ms Raquel Huete Nieves, General Director for Tourism, Valencia Region -

Mr Jonathan Pryce, Director for Culture and Tourism, Scotland

 

16h50 Open discussion with panellists and the audience, including other regions and tourism stakeholders
Chaired by:

Ms Francina Armengol I Socias, Chair of the NAT Commission

 

17h45 Closing
-

Mr Amadeu Altafaj, Permanent Representative of the Government of Catalonia to the EU, NECSTouR Presidency -

Mr Sławomir Tokarski, Director, Directorate for Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, DG GROWTH -

Mr Hanspeter Wagner, NAT Commission rapporteur (AT/EPP)

 

18h00 End of the conference

 
The event has been followed by the High Level Event organised by NECSTouR and the Intergroup for Tourism Development entitled "Towards a stronger Tourism Policy for European Growth and Jobs"