EU continues to support the Integrated Maritime Policy
The Council of the European Union (EU) issued a press release stating its continued support of the Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union as follows:
The Council adopted the following conclusions:
The Council of the European Union
CONFIRMS the commitment towards integrated maritime governance in Member States;
CALLS on the upcoming Presidencies to strengthen the structured dialogue at the political level between Member States and the Commission on the IMP and WELCOMES in this context the outcome of the High Level Focal Point Group meeting under the Polish Presidency, underlining the strategic role and contribution of the Group to the development of the IMP;
WELCOMES the successful European Maritime Day celebration under the motto "Maritime Policy: putting people first" in Gdansk on 19-20 May 2011,
RECOGNIZES this event's contribution to define needs of maritime professions, to remove the barriers hindering sustainable growth coming from the sea, and to further develop other aspects of the IMP, and
LOOKS FORWARD to the next European Maritime Day on 21 and 22 May 2012, in Göteborg, Sweden, on the theme "Sustainable growth from the oceans, seas and coasts: Blue Growth".
The Council adopted the following conclusions:
The Council of the European Union
CONFIRMS the commitment towards integrated maritime governance in Member States;
CALLS on the upcoming Presidencies to strengthen the structured dialogue at the political level between Member States and the Commission on the IMP and WELCOMES in this context the outcome of the High Level Focal Point Group meeting under the Polish Presidency, underlining the strategic role and contribution of the Group to the development of the IMP;
WELCOMES the successful European Maritime Day celebration under the motto "Maritime Policy: putting people first" in Gdansk on 19-20 May 2011,
RECOGNIZES this event's contribution to define needs of maritime professions, to remove the barriers hindering sustainable growth coming from the sea, and to further develop other aspects of the IMP, and
LOOKS FORWARD to the next European Maritime Day on 21 and 22 May 2012, in Göteborg, Sweden, on the theme "Sustainable growth from the oceans, seas and coasts: Blue Growth".