Workshop on strategic cooperation on Blue Growth in the North Sea

Together with the province of Zuid Holland, the Dutch Presidency organises a workshop in The Hague next 20-21 June. Based on a survey (deadline 6 May 2016) three broad topics have been selected in order to ‘focus’ the discussions in parallel sessions:

·         Marine aquatic / food products
·         Short sea shipping (ship building, shipping technologies, port infrastructure, and logistics)
·         Blue biotechnology (including marine - pharmaceutical products)

The three topics will be used to structure the discussions with the aim of arriving at operational recommendations for future co-operation.  However, the workshop will be organised as an open discussion and participants are encouraged to propose alternative topics or cross-cutting themes of relevance to their region or organisation.

Registrations for the workshop are now open at http://thehague.maritimecooperation.eu/

What is an Intergroup?

The Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup is one of the 27 Intergroups that were approved on 11 December 2019 by the Conference of Presidents for the 9th legislature of the European Parliament. Intergroups can be formed by MEPs from any political group and any parliamentary committee with a view to holding informal exchanges of views on particular issues and promoting contact between MEPs and civil society.

The Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup brings together more than 100 MEPs from 7 different political groups and 23 Member States.

Intergroups are not Parliament bodies and therefore may not express Parliament's opinion.

Intergroups are subject to internal rules adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 16 December 1999 (last updated on 11 September 2014), which set out the conditions under which intergroups may be established at the beginning of each parliamentary term and their operating rules.

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