World-class Cohesion Policy: Commissioner Hübner addresses first high-level conference on regional governance in a global context

On 11 May, Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner was the keynote speaker at a conference in Brussels focusing on 'Regional Governance in a Global Context'. The first event of its kind, the conference gathered 300 participants including presidents of European regions and representatives of Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, Paraguay, Senegal, Burkina Faso and other countries, together with regional organisations such as OLAGI (Intermediate Governments of Latin America) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).

The aim of the event was to look at the experience of the EU's Cohesion Policy and similar policies in other parts of the world, in the context of a growing interest in the policy within the EU's external relations.