Discussions with DG Regio in St. Petersburg
During week of events hosted by the City of Turku, Dirk Ahner, Director-General of the European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy attended a meeting on 27 May 2011 in St. Petersburg at which participants looked for ways in which Russia and the EU Baltic Sea States could cooperate. A key theme in our view was how social dialogue could be included in the renewed EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). This is very much appreciated by BSLN as Social Dialogue is the basis for functioning labour markets.
The BSLN has already held one meeting with Russian participation and the next BSLN Steering Committee meeting is planned for St. Petersburg with the aim of defining Russian participation in the future Forum for Social Dialogue in the BSR.
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