25/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Pawel Samecki, European Regional Policy Commissioner, is to deliver a speech on Wednesday 26 August at the European Congress of the Regional Science Association (ERSA) in £ódŸ, Poland. The event, which is organised around the central theme of “territorial cohesion of Europe and integrative planning”, will be an opportunity to canvas views from the scientific world in the context of the EU-wide debate on territorial cohesion and the future European cohesion policy. According to Samecki, “today's challenges do not respect traditional administrative borders” and it is important to “focus on local solutions and new types of cooperation which take into account the impact of our policies across the territory”. “We also need to achieve more coordination between Community policies”, he states in a press release on 25 August. (O.L./transl.jl)