Press Release: Commissioner Hübner opens EU-Russia seminar in Moscow on best practice and challenges in regional policy

Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, today opened an EU-Russia seminar in Moscow with Mr. Dmitry Kozak, Russian Minister of Regional Development. The two-day seminar, entitled 'Strategic and governance aspects of regional policy', involved experts from Finland, Germany, Portugal and Spain, together with representatives from Russian ministries, universities and regions. The event takes forward work in progress under a Memorandum of Understanding on regional policy dialogue that the European Commission signed with the Russian Federation in May 2007.