Brussels, 08/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is organising a benchmarking seminar on regional policy, the EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) and regional State aid, at the headquarters of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels on 31 May. The seminar “Territorial Cohesion and Regional-National partnerships for the 2007-2013 programming period” seminar will examine the experiences of regions in their national negotiations in Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. It will be opened by Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions, Xavier Gizard, CPMR Secretary General and Philippe Cichowlaz, CPMR Director. Roland Arbter will present the views of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU on territorial cohesion. The political conclusions will be drawn by Claudio Martini, CPMR President and President of the Region of Tuscany, Albert Bore, Chairman of the CoR's committee on territorial cohesion policy and Danuta Hübner, Regional Policy Commissioner. (Information: http://www.crpm.org )