During the 6th territorial dialogue which took place on 22 February in Brussels EA 1st Vicepresident Dr Uno Silberg presented the view point of Estonia in fighting the economic crisis at the presence of the European Commissioner for employment and social affairs László Andor. Dr Silberg highlighted in his speech that Estonia responded well to the crisis and that in 2010 the GDP grew 3.1 % in comparison to 2009 figures. He also underlined the importance of involving LRAs in the elaboration of the Estonia 2020 competitiveness plan and of the main National Reform Programme which will have to be submitted to the European Commission in April this year.