I am pleased to invite you (or a representative) to the meeting between the Brussels Regional Offices and the European Commissioner in charge of Regional Policy, Corina Creţu, on 20 February 2017.

This meeting will be an opportunity for representatives of regions to exchange and discuss with Commissioner Crețu about the current and future priorities for Regional and Urban Policy. The main focus of the meeting will be " The future of EU Regional policy post-2020". Please come prepared with ideas and requests of your region.

The meeting will take place on Monday, February 20th from 11:00 to 12:30 at the Conference Centre Albert Borschette (Room 0A), rue Froissart 36, 1000 Brussels.

Interpretation is foreseen from/to FR-DE-EN and live web streaming will also be available on http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm.

Please register by Wednesday, February 15th 2017 via the following webpage: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/RegionalOfficesJanuary2017

We would welcome, if you could indicate any topic or question you would like to discuss or raise with the Commissioner during the online registration process (last text box).

A maximum of 2 representatives per office will be accepted.

PROGRAMME

Discussion with Regional policy Commissioner Corina Crețu

Moderated by Patrizio Fiorilli, Cabinet of Commissioner Crețu

10:30 Registration

11:00 The future of EU Regional policy post-2020: Debate with Commissioner Corina Creţu

12:30 End of the meeting

Sandwich lunch – Networking opportunity

Yours sincerely,

AgnèsMonfret

Head of Communication Unit

DG REGIO