EMD Cities Network Plenary Round Table

The EMD Cities Network Round Table will give a progress update of their work in the past year. At the EMD in Svendborg the mayors of Cork, Brest, Ravenna, Den Helder and Svendborg raised the issue of greater involvement of maritime cities in the work of the European Commission and DG Mare.

Since then they have worked on the EMD Blue Cities Declaration to be presented at the panel discussion hosted by DG Vitcheva. Key points of the Declaration are:

(1) Strenghtening the EMD Blue Cities Network;

(2) Recognising the Role of Maritime and Ocean cities;

(3) Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

(4) Supporting the European Green Deal and advocating for a Blue Deal;

(5) Ensuring Maritime Priorities in the EU Cohesion Policy and

(6) Advancing Knowledge, Education and Innovation.