4th Regional Meeting of the IMP-MED Project (Bremen, Germany, 21 May 2014)

The Technical Assistance Project for the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) in the Mediterranean (IMP-MED Project), running under the European Neighbourhood Policy, will hold its 4^th Regional Meeting back-to-back with the European Maritime Day (EMD) 2014 Conference.

The Regional Meeting will take place in Bremen (at the INTERCITY HOTEL), 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 highlighting 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.

For more information about the IMP-MED project, please visit the website: www.imp-med.eu.