Press Release: Commissioner Samecki addresses major conference on cohesion policy and territorial development in Kiruna, Sweden (10-11 December)

Pawe ł Samecki, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy , was in Sweden's northernmost city of Kiruna on 10 December 2009 to take part in a conference organised by the Swedish Presidency on 'Cohesion Policy and Territorial Development'. The event focused on how the policy can make best use of territorial potential to promote development and respond to challenges such as climate and demographic change. Commissioner Samecki presented his new orientation paper on the future cohesion policy