The Channel Arc Manche Assembly is dedicated to dialogue, reflection, proposition and action aiming to promote the specificity, the coherence and the relevance of the Channel area at the European level.
For this objective to be realised, the Channel Arc Manche Assembly sets up meetings between its President and European Commission representatives on a regular basis - from the REGIO, Recherche, Transport, Culture and Education DGs.
On the occasion of the publication, by the Commission, of the Green Paper on the Union's Maritime Policy, stakeholders from the Channel area contributed to the debate on our seas' and oceans' future and the development of an integrated European maritime policy.
Since the Arc Manche network was relaunched in 2003, the Channel Arc Manche Assembly has worked on providing the Channel area with renewed and reinforced visibility, by taking common positions on European policies and programmes. All the declarations below have been sent to French and British national authorities as well as to European institutions.
Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion 2009
Position of the Channel Arc Manche Assembly on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion, February 2009
Position on Territorial Cohesion 2009
European Union Maritime Policy 2007
Position of the Channel Arc Assembly for the consultation on the Green Paper : "Towards a Maritime Policy for the Union : A European Vision for the Oceans and Seas.", 29 June 2007.
Position on EU maritime policy 2007
Strategic Vision for the Channel Area 2006
Declaration of the Channel Arc Assembly on the Strategic Vision for the Channel area, 2007-2013, 15 September 2006.
Strategic Vision for the Channel Area 2006
European Territorial Cooperation 2006
Answer of the Channel Arc Manche Assembly to the consultation on the Objective 3 Operational programme project concerning territorial and transnational cooperation for North-Western Europe, 15 September 2006.
Position on Objective 3, European territorial cooperation 2006
Territorial Cooperation Objective 2004
Position of the Channel Arc Assembly on the European territorial cooperation objective, 1 July 2004, more particularly claiming funding for the whole Channel area
Position on European Territorial Cooperation 2004
