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29/06/2015

Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) joins FGE’s board

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Brussels, 29 June 2015.- The vice-president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, presided the board"s meeting of Fundación Galicia Europa (FGE) held today in Santiago de Compostela. In this meeting, the admission of the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) as part of the board was decided. Regarding the budget, and after an audit, 2014 period closed with a surplus. 

This meeting was an opportunity to review the work made in 2014, with important activities such as the participation of the president of the Xunta de Galicia to Brussels in the Cohesion Forum organised by the European Commission; the visit of commissioner of Regional Policy, Johannes Hanh to Galicia, or the awareness in important issues such as the demographic challenges.

In 2014, the FGE continued to encourage the participation of Galician organizations in European projects through information and counselling. With this objective in mind, the FGE also published a manual on European financing 2014 – 2020.

The FGE also helped to promote Galicia in Brussels, participating in activities such as the Open Doors Day or the E Day organised by the Cervantes Institute and also published information about the EU aimed for the Galician public in its website.

This meeting was also used as an opportunity to review the activities done in this first semester of 2015, for instance the visit of the president of the Xunta the Galicia to Brussels to meet some of the new commissioners, or the elaboration of an opinion on the future of the European aquaculture at the CoR.

The FGE continues to support the training of the youngest through its grants aimed to get to know how the EU works. At the same time, it recently published a training program on European financing. 

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