Rodrigo Oliveira participates in meeting held by the Political Bureau of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe
The Regional Under Secretary for External Relations participates in the meeting held by the Political Bureau of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) to take place in Alexandroupoli, Greece, on Friday.
Rodrigo Oliveira will attend the meeting taking place in the Greek region of Eastern Macedonia on behalf of the President of the Government, Vasco Cordeiro, who is a full member of this political body of CPMR.
The agenda of the meeting covers several themes, including maritime and fisheries policies, macro-regional strategies, State aid, cohesion policies as well as the analysis of the activities to be developed by CPMR in 2013.
The meeting will also be attended by the Vice-President of the European Parliament's REGI Committee and the Director-General for Budget of the European Commission.
The Political Bureau is the higher political body of CPMR; it is responsible for the policies and positions that guide the activities of this interregional cooperation body that gathers over 160 peripheral insular and maritime regions from 28 European states.