The Government of the Azores promotes an international conference on theme "The Azorean society and the post-2020 cohesion policy" in Ponta Delgada on November 22.
 
The conference takes place at the Sacred Art Centre of the Carlos Machado Museum at 9 AM. It will feature speeches to be delivered by two international speakers representing the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee.
 
The first speech will be delivered by Henri Malosse, representative of the European Economic and Social Committee, and will focus on the theme "How Europe may benefit from its Outermost Regions." It will be followed by ambassador Rui Vinhas, Director-General of European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who discuss "The challenges of the post-2020 multiannual financial framework and the Outermost Regions." In turn, the third speech will be delivered by Sabine Bourdy, Head of Outermost Regions Unit of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy at the European Commission. She will address the theme "The cohesion policy and the ORs." Furthermore, there a moment for debate following the speeches.
 
Those who are interested in participating in the conference should register until 12 PM on Monday, November 20, at the email [email protected].
 
This is the third and final conference held in the context of the Azorean society's involvement in the definition of post-2020 cohesion policy, a process promoted by the Regional Government. This time, there will be a European approach, after the first two conferences that addressed the regional and national situation.
 
This process is structured in three axes: the organisation of these three conferences; three prospective workshops that brought together social partners, political parties and civil society organisations; the prospective and strategic analysis that closes the process by evaluating the impact of each of the factors found in the previous phase. The aim is to find the best strategic positioning for each of them, culminating in the preparation of a document to be delivered in the first quarter of 2018.