27th of September 2016, 18.30 – 20.00
European Parliament, Member's Restaurant

The event has been hosted by NECSTouR and the Intergroup for Tourism Development.

At the end of the event, a joint Political Declaration for supporting tourism as EU policy has been signed by the Member of the European Parliament and the High level Policy makers from NECSTouR member regions.

The event come at the conclusion of the High Level Event organised by NECSTouR, the DG GROW of the European Commision and the NAT Commission of the European Committee of the Regions about “Making the best use of EU Funds for Regional Growth and Jobs through Tourism”
 

Photos of the event

PROGRAMME

Welcome Notes:

- Ana Claudia Țapardel, MEP, Co-chair of the Intergroup for Tourism Development & Cultural Heritage, European Parliament
- Tibor Navracsics, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska, EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (tbc)
- István Ujhelyi, MEP, Tourism Task Force Coordinator, European Parliament
- Joakim Larsson, Presiden of the Västra Götaland Regional Council and member of NECSTouR

Interventions

- Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Parliament
- Gianni Pittella, leader of the S&D Group, European Parliament
- Francina Armengol I Socias, Chair of the NAT Commission (CoR) and President of the Balearic Islands
- Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, MEP, Chair of the SME Working Group Tourism (tbc)
- Andrey Novakov, MEP, member in the REGI Committee (Bulgaria)
- Carlo Corazza, DG GROW, Head of Unit for Tourism
- Eduardo Santander, Executive Director ETC, representing the ‘Tourism for Growth and Jobs’ Manifesto

Networking cocktail

Political Statement for supporting tourism as EU policy