07/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is holding a forum on macro European regions and integration through territorial cooperation as part of the European Strategy for the Baltic (adopted in 2009), the European Strategy for the Danube (currently under preparation) and the embryonic North Sea-English Channel Region. The forum will be held in Brussels on 13 April. Participants will examine lessons to be learnt from macro-regional strategies, the role of local and regional authorities in developing and setting up macro-regions, the extent to which macro-regions can be comprehensive and cover different policy areas, and how macro-regions can provide economic and environmental value-added. The forum will be attended by CoR President Mercedes Bresso and EU Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Further information: http://www.cor.europa.eu/macroregions (G.B./transl.fl)