Vidzeme Planning Region first regional stakeholder meeting

The Vidzeme Planning Region team plans to organise the first regional stakeholder meeting. It will take place on June 27 in Saulkrasti County (Vidzeme region, Latvia).

Presentation of the purpose and activities of the SPOTLOG project will take place within the framework of the meeting of the Development Council. The Development Council of the Vidzeme Planning Region includes delegated representatives of all 11 municipalities to make political decisions for the region’s development. Considering that we are planning close cooperation with regional municipalities and their specialists in future project activities, this meeting could be particularly important for starting activities.

Project expert Arturs Dombrovskis will give a presentation entitled "How to promote green and socially responsible logistics innovations? Involvement of VPR in implementing the Interreg Europe SPOTLOG project".

The stakeholders will be introduced to the findings from the first Exchange of Experience event held in Tampere, Finland, and the involvement and role of the stakeholders in the project will be discussed as well. In addition, a discussion panel will take place to identify the interest of local governments in getting involved in the implementation of the project, as well as to identify the challenges faced so far in the field of logistics and last-mile deliveries and to gather opinions on how exploiting the SPOTLOG knowledge and experience at local level.

This meeting will support a better inter-sector collaboration, increase the interest in the project at local level, starting from European Union funds.