“The macro-region is a precise European Union strategy. A strategy that perhaps has not been all that evident until now”. The point was made by Deputy Minister Marta Dassù, speaking at a conference on Macro-Regions organised by the Minister for Territorial Cohesion, Carlo Triglia, and the President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Debora Serracchiani.
“When we speak of a macro-regional strategy with Trieste at the centre for geopolitical reasons”, added Dassù, “it means that member states must draw up an action plan that will then be approved and monitored by the European Council”. Dassù pointed out that “the action plan will be based on the ability to use structural, cohesion and regional funds with the focus on specific strategic projects”.
Focus on the Danube and Adriatic-Ionian regions
The event “Connecting Macro-regions: Strengthening Economic and Institutional Cooperation on the Eve of the New Regional Policy of the European Union” was organised by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and by the Central European Initiative (CEI) Forum, in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry. Its aim is to reinvigorate the debate on the European Union’s macro-regions strategy, with the focus on the Danube and Adriatic-Ionian regions.
After the conference, the Deputy Minister will visit Zadar to open the Italian “Pinocchio” nursery. The opening ceremony, on Saturday 12 October, will be attended by representatives of the exiles’ associations and of Veneto Region and Zadar city council.