The GROW RUP Projects partners held a meeting in La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, the days 10 and 11 of June, to close the Phase 1 of the project, prepare the regional Action Plans for Phase 2, and develop a common agenda for this second phase.

At this meeting, the partners closed the first phase of the project and prepared the respective plans of action for the second phase, which will apply in the regions learnings obtained during the interregional study visits,  and experiences of good practices studied in different territories. Finally, the guidelines for coordination of the second phase of the project will be established.

Opened the meeting Mr Director General of Economic Affairs with the European Union of the Government of Canary, Julian Jose Zafra Diaz, which highlights the importance of this project as a first ORs joint initiative in the framework of INTERREG, and from the social aspect of the strategy for the economy blue for the ORS.