On 5-6 May 2011 at the Radisson Daugava Hotel in Riga, Latvia, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat in cooperation with the NCM Office’s in Riga, together with the European Commission, Interact and Baltic Development Forum will host the conference “Green Growth in the Baltic Sea Region”.
The conference will identify opportunities and policy implications for realizing synergies between green growth initiatives, programs and projects in the Baltic Sea Region. By actively engaging the private sector the conference will also provide recommendations for how the EU Strategy and Action Plan for the Baltic Sea Region can further accelerate green growth – and thereby also contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy.
The conference will follow-up on the concrete collaborative opportunities for accelerating further green growth in the Baltic Sea Region that were discussed at the 1st Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, which took place in Tallinn, Estonia 14-15 October 2010. Most importantly a number of recommendations for the review of the EU Baltic Sea Action Plan in the second half of 2011 will be identified. Preliminary program for the Green Growth conference in Riga, 5-6 May.
Registration to be submitted no later than 27 April.
Registration details and programme of the conference are available here >.
Source: http://www.latlit.eu