Vojvodina at the OPEN DAYS 2014
The 12th edition of the OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities was held under the slogan “Growing together – Smart investment for people” in Brussels from 6th to 9th October 2014, gathering o
The 12th edition of the OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities was held under the slogan “Growing together – Smart investment for people” in Brussels from 6th to 9th October 2014, gathering over 5,800 participants.
In its framework, the traditional “Vojvodina Day” was marked at the Press Club Brussels Europe on 6th October 2014, by opening the exhibition of Milan Konjović’s paintings “The Landscapes and the People of Vojvodina” and of publications representing the cultural heritage of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, as well as by the performance of Aleksandar Dujin’s jazz quartet. The event was organised by the European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Provincial Secretariat for Culture and Public Information, “Milan Konjović” Gallery and Vojvodina Institute for Culture. In addition to the President of the Provincial Government, Bojan Pajtić SJD and Provincial Secretary for Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-government, Branislav Bugarski, the attendees were addressed by the Vice-president of the Provincial Government and Provincial Secretary for Culture and Public Information, Slaviša Grujić and Myriam Ferran, Head of the Directorate General for Enlargement Serbia unit in the European Commission.
The following day, 7th October 2014, the workshop “Interregional cooperation on sustainable and smart development for the economy based on well-being: towards EXPO 2015” was held and it was organized by the consortia “Motors for Growth”, comprising in addition to Vojvodina, the following partner regions: Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Catalonia (Spain), Rhône-Alpes (France), Flanders (Belgium) and Lesser Poland (Poland). The representative of AP Vojvodina to address the participants was the Provincial Secretary for Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-government, Branislav Bugarski.
Furthermore, the delegation of AP Vojvodina had a number of meetings with the officials of EU institutions, European regions and cities, among whom were the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn; Head of the European Parliament Delegation for South Eastern Europe, Eduard Kukan; President of the State Parliament of Hesse, Norbert Kartmann; President of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, Jean-Jack Queyranne; Vice-president of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, Bernard Soulage; President of the Slovak Region of Prešov, Peter Hudik; President of the region of Istria, Valter Flego; Minister of Agriculture of Lombardy, Gianni Fava; as well as representatives of the Osjek-Baranja County and City of Rijeka. In order to make available its European experience and contacts to anyone in Serbia being interested in it, the representatives of AP Vojvodina also had a meeting with the representatives of the Šumadija region, Pomoravlje District and City of Kragujevac.
