Charlina Vitcheva, DG Regio, European Commission, presented her views on the integration of the EUSBSR into the operation programmes for the next programming period during the 4th Working Meeting on the EUSBSR which took place on 10 and 11 April in Espoo, Finland.

She highlighted that European macro-regional strategies sit in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy.

Two other members of the European Commission, Izolda Bulvinaite and Juri Rute, underlined the importance of the Strategy on the fields of maritime and rural development.

Their presentations are available here:
Charlina Vitcheva
Izolda Bulvinaite
Juri Rute

All the presentations displayed during the event as well as pictures and other documentation are available here.