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The employment is high in the agenda of the EGTCs. It is important to highlight their actions in a context of implementation of the Operational Programmes and of revision of the EURES Regulation. The recent CoR opinion on cross-border labour mobility will be also highlighted.
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09:30 Opening of the meeting by Raffaele Cattaneo (IT/EPP), Chair of COTER and Political Coordinator of the
EGTC Platform of the CoR (tbc)
Activity report of the EGTC Platform by Herwig Van Staa, outgoing coordinator
Presentation of the Annual Work Programme of the EGTC Platform, by the political coordinator
10:00 Keynote speeches
Video intervention of Corina Creţu, Commissioner of Regional Policy (tbc)
Intervention Joachim Zeller. European Parliament (DE/EPP), rapporteur on the revision of
the EGTC Regulation
The agenda of the European Commission in employment and social policy
Jeroen Jutte. European Commission, Head of Unit of European Employment Strategy and Governance, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
The issues around cross-border labour mobility and the outcome of the CoR opinion
Peter Hansen. Region Sønderjylland - Schleswig. Expert of the task force of employment of the Association of European Border Regions
Intervention of Members of the European Parliament
Open floor for CoR Members
11:00 Communication
Innovation Procurement: driver for growth and jobs in Europe
Viorel Peca. European Commission, Head of Innovation Unit, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Roundtable: The EGTCs and the employment
Elena Pascual Jiménez. European Commission, policy officer in mobility and employment services (EURES), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Key points of the CoR opinion on EURES
Esteban Mas Portell (ES/EPP), CoR alternate member, Delegate of the Government
of the Balearic Islands in Brussels
Showcase of EGTCs:
Mikel Antón Zarragoitia, representative of Euroregion Aquitania Euskadi;
Patrice Harster, Director of Eurodistrict Regio Pamina;
Stef Vande Meulebroucke, Director of Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai;
Maria Geraldes, Director of Euroregion Galicia Norte Portugal.
Final remarks by Dirk Peters. European Commission, senior legal officer, DG Regional and
Urban Policy
Open floor
12:50 Conclusions & closing by Mr Cattaneo (tbc)
13:00 Networking cocktail
Afternoon briefing on Innovation Procurement
14:30 Welcome and introduction by Alfonso Alcolea, CoR administrator in charge of the EGTC Platform
14:35 Joint Innovation Procurement. Untapped opportunity in regional cooperation
Vasileios Tsanidis. European Commission, Innovation Unit, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Lombardy Region and Italian examples: De-risking Regional and European Investment for innovation to implement Innovation Procurement
Sara Bedin. Innovation Procurement Expert for the Lombardy Region and the Italian Government
Q&A
15:50 Final remarks by Mr Alcolea
16:00 End of the meeting
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