Project Final Conference

The 22 october 2014

Husa President Park Hotel, Boulevard du roi Albert II, 42 - 1000 BRUSSELS

9.00 am - 4.15 pm

NOSTRA Final conference

9.00 - 9.30 / Registration - coffee / tea

9.30 - 10.00 / Welcoming speeches

10.00 - 10.30 / NOSTRA - a 3 year project in a nutshell

• An intense cooperation (visits, workshops, seminars...)
• Main achievements / results (good practices guide, implementation plans...)

10.30 - 11.45 / European straits: cross-border territories tackling specific challenges

The benefits from an INTERREG IVC project:

• Improved public policies by "cross-border" good practices exchanges
• Testimonies from the partners

- Sustainable transport and maritime safety
- Preservation of biodiversity and natural heritage
- Sustainable tourism
- Marine management
- Joint governance, joint identity

11.45 - 12.00 / INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat - Presentation of new "INTERREG V Europe" programme

12.00 - 13.30 / Lunch

European Straits Initiative - Signature of the new Memorandum of Understanding

13.30 - 13.45 / Introduction

13.45 - 14.00 / Presentation of ESI 2010-2010 main results

14.00 - 15.15 / Testimonies from some partners and observers

• A better recognition of the straits specific characteristics: the Strait of Bonifacio
• Exchanges between straits: Fehmarn Belt/Dover Strait exchanges on the tunnel
• Maritime straits: specific territories with high stales for Europe - external viewpoints
• Conclusion

15.15 - 16.15 / Signature of the new Memorandum of Understanding and adoption of the Action plan

• Presentation of the action plan and the new MoU
• Signing of the MoU