1. Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden Swedish EU Presidency July - December 2009 DG-meeting, Prague 18 May 2009 Anna Olofsson Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications anna.olofsson@enterprise.ministry.se

2. Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden Main priorities during the Swedish presidency Climate, environment and energy To handle the financial and economic crisis The Baltic Sea Strategy and relations with neighbouring countries. The EU as a global actor and continued enlargement Take good care of the work from previous presidencies

3. Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden Sweden’s priorities - Territorial Cohesion The Baltic Sea Strategy as a test case for a macro regional development approach based on the principles of Territorial Cohesion. Ministerial conference 17-18 September in Stockholm. A follow up and assessment of the First Action Programme implementing the EU Territorial Agenda plus conclusions from the Green Paper debate. NTCCP-meeting 20 October in Stockholm. How to make best use of every regions territorial potential - the challenges and the tools for the future. Conference 10-11 December in North Sweden (Kiruna).

4. Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden Make use of the Territorial Potential – A conference on Cohesion Policy and Territorial Cohesion. Kiruna 10-11 December 2009 Focus on different kinds of territorial potentials, the tools to use them and the challenges for the future A mix of discussions, workshops and study visits Workshop on “the potentials” in the iron mine and on “the challenges” at the Ice Hotel Europe's territorial future

5. Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden Other meetings related to Territorial Cohesion High-Level Conference on Sustainable Cities, 14-15 September 2009 in Stockholm Urban Development Group, 21 October 2009 in Stockholm ESPON-seminar, 2-3 December 2009 in Malmö