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The Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief has organized, under the AII Slovenian Chairmanship, the "Round Table on Preventing and fighting forest fires in the Adriatic Ionian Region".

The meeting gathered representatives of all 8 participating states of the AII and each of them shared its experience with the others. The participants decided to continue strengthening the cooperation by knowledge exchange, common activities and fostering the use of web tools for monitoring and fast response to forest fires.

In line with the decision taken by Senior Officials during our CSO meeting on 22 November , duly endorsed by the AII Foundation Board of Directors , we are pleased to inform you that the Permanent Secretariat has started delivering the first tranches of funds to those applicants who requested an advanced payment. THE REGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME IS THEREFORE IN FULL SWING!!

Region Emilia Romagna organized a two days session workshop on “The European Union Maritime Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas as the maritime strand of the EU macroregional Adriatic-Ionian strategy. A macroregional approach to the common challenges and opportunities”.

The AII Secretary General, Amb. Pigliapoco, intervened to the meeting together with the Vice President of the Adriatic Ionian Forum of Chambers of Commerce also interpreting the feelings of the other two fora having seat in Ancona, namely UniAdrion and the Adriatic Ionian Forum of Cities and Towns. 

On Friday 14 December, the European Council gave mandate to the Commission for the presentation " of a new EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region before the end of 2014".

The decision is a consequence of more than two years of strong commitment by each AII Participant Country that has set the "Adriatic Ionian Macro-Region" as a priority for its regional policy.

The Conclusions of last EU Summit of December 14 are enclosed.