The
European Structural Funds
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UK PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION
CONFERENCE
REGIONAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (2007-2013) DELIVERING
THE LISBON AND GOTHENBURGAGENDAS
As part of the UK’s Presidency of the
European Union, the Department of Trade and Industry and
the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
held a Conference to discuss the contribution that the next
cycle of EU Structural Funds and Rural Development Programmes
can make towards achieving the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives.
The Conference was hosted by Alun Michael, the UK Minister
of State for Industry and the Regions, and by Jim Knight,
the UK Minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity,
on 7- 8 November 2005 at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary
Art, Gateshead, Newcastle.
The Conference provided a timely opportunity to discuss
the development of Member States’ National Frameworks
for the Structural Funds and to exchange views on how best
to target future regional and rural development spending
in order to make the greatest contribution to achieving
the Lisbon and Gothenburg targets.
The Conference was attended by a cross-section of senior
policymakers, academics and representatives from the voluntary
and non-governmental sectors.
We have posted Conference documents on this website, including
the programme, discussion paper, biographies of speakers
and speeches and presentations made during the Conference.
Conference Documents
Foreword from Alun Michael and Jim Knight
Discussion Paper please
click here to download the discussion paper
Conference Programme
Biographies of Speakers
Foreword from
Alun Michael and Jim Knight
The Foreword can be downloaded here
Conference Programme
The programme can be downloaded here
Biographies
of Speakers
Biographies can be downloaded here
Speeches and Presentations
Opening speech
by Alun Michael, UK Secretary of State for Industry and
the Regions, 7 November.
Please click here
Speech by Danuta
Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
Please
click here
Presentation by Dr Fabrizio Barca, Head of
Department for Development Policies, Ministry of Economy
and Finance. Please click here
Presentation by Professor Jack Szlachta,
Warsaw School of Economics. Please
click here
Speech by Antti Mykkänen, State Secretary,
Ministry of the Interior, Finland. Please
click here
Speech by Sir Albert Bore, First Vice President
of the Committee of the Regions. Please
click here
Presentation by Dr Jens Henrik Haar, Danish
Technological Institute. Please
click here
Opening speech by Jim Knight, UK Minister
for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity, 8 November.
Please click here
Presentation by Nikiforos Sivenas, Director
of Horizontal Aspects of Rural Development, European Commission,
Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Please click here
Presentation by Ignaz Knoebl, Head of rural
Development Co-ordination, Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry, Environment and Water management, Austria. Please
click here
Presentation by Mark Yeoman, Deputy Director,
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Objective 1 Programme. Please
click here
Presentation by Urszula Budzich-Szukala, PREPARE Organising
Group and Polish Rural Forum.Please
click here
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