26/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Committee of the Regions (CoR) discussed on Tuesday 26 March how to ensure close cooperation between British and European local authorities, particularly through a macro-regional strategy in the North Sea, in the event of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. Based on the experience gained in the Danube basin, one of the four existing macro-regional strategies, the CoR considers that macro-regions can be an excellent tool for bottom-up territorial coordination, involving all levels of government without creating new administrative burdens. "Macro-regional strategies improve public services, natural resource management, innovation strategies and many other aspects of the life of the local communities concerned", said Dainis Turlais, CoR member and rapporteur for an opinion assessing the impact of macro-regional strategies. (DG - intern)