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BIF and BSR InnoShip contributed to 2nd Annual Forum on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region / 13th Baltic Development Forum Summit in Gdansk on 24-26 October 2011
BIF and its BSR InnoShip project were presented at the European Commission’s 2nd Annual Forum on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region / 13th Baltic Development Forum Summit, together titled as “New Ambitions for the Baltic Sea Region”, in Gdansk on 24-26 October 2011. BSR InnoShip had a stand in the forum’s networking village, and the project was also presented in the networking village seminar programme as a part of an EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Flagship project “Promote Measures to Reduce Emissions from Ships”.
BIF staff was privileged to introduce the project to EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn as he visited the networking village and the BSR InnoShip stand on 25 October.
BSR InnoShip Project Manager Tapani Stipa (second left) introduces the project to EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn (second right). Director of EU BSR Programme Joint Technical Secretariat Susanne Scherrer on right, BIF Director Esa Kokkonen on left.
BSR InnoShip stand
BSR InnoShip article on the website of the New Ambitions for the Baltic Sea Region conference:
http://www.bsr2011.eu/2011/09/23/innoship/
