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The EPP Group in the Committee of the Regions will meet in Poznan on 18 June 2010 to develop its views on the role of cohesion policy in reducing disparities between Europe's regions within the context of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. This meeting comes at a time when the European Commission has revealed shocking numbers stating that approximately 78 million people in the European Union live at risk of poverty and that 19 million of these are children. The EPP Group in the CoR therefore seeks to evaluate how the Cohesion Policy uses appropriate instruments for reducing these figures and ensuring social inclusion for citizens throughout the European Union.
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The competition is open to all regions in Europe, who have, in a way or another, initiated, fostered and implemented innovation on their territories. All information related to this year’s edition and on the previous winners available on the AER Innovation Award 2010 webpage.
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The Committee of the Regions, with the support of the Covenant of Mayors initiative, has launched a survey on 'Sustainable energy policy by EU regions and cities: Good practices and challenges' and is asking EU cities and regions to contribute to this survey by describing their policy on sustainable energy practices.
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EU "macro-regional" strategies define priority projects for groups of regions or countries like the Baltic Sea region or the Danube area. A high-level conference organised by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels today was the first opportunity to link these separate geographical debates and examine the new concept as a whole. EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn joined more than 300 politicians and experts to debate the potential and limitations of existing and emerging macro-regional strategies.
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On 10 April 2010 on the way to commemoration ceremony of the 70 th anniversary of the Katyn massacre the President of the Republic of Poland Mr Lech Kaczynski, the First Lady Mrs Maria Kaczynska, members of the polish delegation and crew lost their lives.
May they rest in peace!
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