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Enlargement and European Citizens' Initiative on the agenda of CIVEX commission

06.02.2012 – Enlargement-related issues will feature high on the agenda of the Committee of the Regions' Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) to be held in Brussels on 9 February. A debate on the European Citizens' Initiatives, which will be able to be officially launched as from 1 April 2012, will also be among the main topics for discussion.

Members of ENVE commission to debate air quality and climate change

03.02.2012 – The review of the EU air quality policy and the outcome of Durban climate change negotiations will be the main topics for discussion at the Committee of the Regions' (CoR) commission on environment, climate change and energy (ENVE), to be held in Brussels on Tuesday.

ARLEM plenary urges an innovative Euro-Mediterranean cohesion policy

30.01.2012 - The promotion of the access of local and regional authorities to European Neighbourhood Policy funding, the extension of the Covenant of Mayors to Southern Mediterranean cities and regions and the enforcement of territorial cooperation in strategic fields like sustainability and energy infrastructures can open the way to an innovative Euro-Mediterranean cohesion policy. This was the ambitious message delivered on Monday by regional and local representative from more than 30 countries, gathering in Bari for the third plenary of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), co-organised by the Puglia region and chaired by ARLEM co-presidents Mercedes Bresso, president of the Committee of the Regions, and Mohamed Boudra, president of the region of Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate (Morocco).

CAP reform and new European Maritime Fund on the NAT commission's programme

26.01.2012 – The project to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the proposal to establish a new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will be the focus of discussions at the next meeting of the Committee of the Regions' Commission for Natural Resources (NAT). Proposals for new action programmes for health and consumers will complete the agenda for the commission's next meeting on 31 January in Brussels.