Dear Sirs/ Madams,

I would like to inform you that the Technical Assistance Project for the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) in the Mediterranean (IMP-MED Project), running under the European Neighbourhood Policy, will be holding its 4^th Regional Meeting back-to-back with the European Maritime Day (EMD) 2014 Conference.

The Regional Meeting will take place in Bremen, Germany) on 21^st May 2014 with a view to:

• Present the progress made by the EU under the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP);
• Inform on the on-going report supporting the development of sea-basin cooperation in the Mediterranean, as well as on the on-going study supporting the development of maritime clusters in the Mediterranean region;
• Present the state of play of the IMP-MED Project activities both at national and regional level;
• Give the floor to the Partner Countries to report on the IMP progress and other related developments at national level;
• Present the pilot ''Virtual Knowledge Centre (VKC) on marine and maritime affairs in the Mediterranean'', and highlight the future steps, possible improvements, as well as governance issues of it;
• Highlight the objectives, added value and possible content of a national IMP Work Plan for the Partner Countries;
• Have an interactive discussion on all the above topics.

Please find attached for your perusal:

- Annotated Draft Programme

- Background Documents

For more information about the IMP-MED project, please visit the website: www.imp-med.eu. For further information concerning the venue and logistics, please contact the IMP-MED Project event organiser: Ms. Dalila Achour Limam (dal [dot] ntugnet [dot] tn (dal[dot]ntu[at]gnet[dot]tn)).

For further clarifications, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Fotini Vernardaki (Foteini-Nikoletta [dot] vernardakiec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Foteini-Nikoletta[dot]vernardaki[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)).

Thank you in advance for letting me know if you plan to attend the meeting so I can inform the IMP-MED project team directly. Please confirm you participation to: mare-d1ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (mare-d1[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) and Foteini-Nikoletta [dot] vernardakiec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Foteini-Nikoletta[dot]vernardaki[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).