conference:
THE NEW EUROPEAN MARITIME POLICY

Challenges and Opportunities
 

 17 November 2005, Brussels

Renaissance Hotel
 

Conference papers

The New European Maritime Policy conference attempts to articulate all the views of the representative European maritime organisations as a contribution to the consultation process of the European Commission for its Green Paper on maritime policy.
The views of the European maritime organisations are published on this website, well in advance of the November 17, 2005 conference. This way, everyone may become familiar with the position of each organisation which will facilitate the discussion and the diffusion of the various perspectives.

Apart from the 20 European organisations that have been invited by the conference organisers, there are many more international organisations that are interested to contribute to the discussion. These organisations are invited to send in a policy paper, which will also be posted on this website. However, the papers will not be presented directly at the conference, due to time constraints. However during the discussion at the end of each session, there will be ample opportunity to express views and opinions by representatives of these organisations. Policy papers of representative organisations can be send to the e-mail addresses below.

We look forward to a lively and productive conference which will contribute to a high quality Green Paper. This Green Paper should form the basis for a dynamic and pro-active European maritime policy that will further the cause of the world class European maritime interest.

The Conference organisers:
 

Speech:

• José Manuel Barroso (speech)
  President of the European Commission

• Joe Borg (speech)
  EU Commissioner Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

• Andris Piebalgs (speech)
  EU Commissioner for Energy

• Stephen Ladyman (speech)
  Minister of Transport, United Kingdom

• Ioannis Tzoannos (speech)
  Secretary General
  Hellenic Ministry of Mercantile Marine

• Karin Yrvin (speech)
  State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Norway

• Ralf Nagel
  State secretary, Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, Germany

• Corrado Antonini (speech)
  Chairman Fincantieri, Italy

Papers submitted:

• European Community Shipowners Association ECSA

• The European Community Association of Ship Brokers and Agents ECASBA

• NGO coalition 1  -  NGO coalition 2

• European Sea Ports Association ESPO

• International Association of Classification Societies IACS

• European Marine Equipment Council EMEC

• European Association of Classification Societies EurACS

• European Metalworkers Federation EMF

• European union recreational marine industrie group EURMIG

• The World Conservation Union IUCN

• European Association of Universities in Marine Technology WEGEMT

• International Chamber of Shipping ICS

• Confederation of European Maritime Technology Societies CEMT

• European Barge Union EBU

• European Cooperation in Maritime Research ECMAR

• European Dredging Association EUDA

• European Oil and Gas Innovation Forum EUROGIF

• European Shippers' Council ESC

• Community of European Shipyards’Associations CESA

• Marine Board of the European Science Foundation ESF

• Association of national organizations of fishing enterprises in the E.U. EUROPECHE

• Federation of European Private Port Operators FEPORT

• The European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF)
   

Views from other organisations

• BIMCO

• European Maritime Pilots’ Association EMPA

• The Central Dredging Association CEDA and the International Navigation Association PIANC

• European Maritime Heritage EMH

• BirdLife Iternational

• WWF

• Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• UK Nature conservation agencies

• European Boating Association EBA

• Bird's eye view of the policy papers of the European industry organisations session 2 (updated 09 11 2005)

• Bird's eye view of the policy papers of the European industry organisations session 3 (updated 15 11 2005)
   

• DEBATE (updated 09 11 2005)

European Commission – Maritime Policy Task Force

• Communication to the Commission from the President and Mr Borg

• Paul Nemitz, European Commission

• Floor van Houdt, European Commission

• Ronald Vopel, European Commission

• Keeping Europe’s seas and oceans safe, clean and healthy

INFORMATION
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