On 17 January 2013, AER Brussels office organised a Breakfast Briefing for 2013. Kindly hosted by the Irish regions office, the briefing featured the Irish Presidency’s priorities for these coming months in the area of Cohesion Policy. Over 30 participants were able to listen to Frank Maughan, Cohesion Attaché in the Irish Permanent Representation, who explained the main challenges of their presidency, which includes most importantly the general Multiannual Financial Framework negotiations and the uncertain outcome, as well as the next steps of the presidency.

The presentation can be found