Islands territories suffer from a wide set of competitive handicaps, which strongly affect their competitiveness. In this context, the conference aims to address islands’ challenges and further urge the EU institutions to take insular dimension into account all along the EU policy-design process.
The panel discussion will include high-level political representatives of Balearic Islands, Corsica, Crete, Gotland, Gozo, Ionian Islands, Åland and Sardinia, which belong to the regional partnership.
Following the regional partnership’s panel, the floor will be given to the audience, including MEPs, members of the Committee of the Regions, members of the Economic and Social Committee, representatives of the European Commission, political and technical representatives of island local and regional authorities, representatives of civil society organisations, business community and academics.
Simultaneous interpreting will be provided in English, French, Italian and Spanish.