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Annual meeting of the EGTC Platform:
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the EGTC Platform will take place in Brussels on 25 February 2013 in the afternoon, chaired by the political coordinator of the Platform, Mr Herwig Van Staa (AT/EPP).
The Annual meeting will deal with the update about the inter-institutional works related to the revision of the EGTC Regulation, currently in co-decision between the European Parliament and the Council, and the mainstreaming of the EGTC in other EU policies. The topics selected for this meeting are transport and enterprise and industry.
The topics have been selected according to the Bureau decision 'The EGTC: Prospects for 2020: Action plan of the Committee of the Regions' adopted on 2 May 2012, on the basis of the conclusions of the Interinstitutional conference on EGTC and the 2nd Annual meeting of the EGTC Platform held in Brussels on 29 March 2012. According to these, the institutions should take action and work together to ensure the rapid adoption of the revised EGTC Regulation and the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission should cooperate to raise awareness among the European Commission's services regarding the EGTC's added value and potential.
AGENDA
Last update 21/02/2013
Chair: Mr Herwig Van Staa (AT/EPP) President of the Parliament of Tirol and Coordinator of the EGTC Platform
14:00-14:30 Registration of the participants
14:30-14:40 Welcome and opening by Mr Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the CoR
14:40-15:15 Keynote speeches
Mr Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General of DG Regional and Urban Policy
Mr Frank Maughan, Irish Presidency of the EU Council
Mr Joachim Zeller, MEP rapporteur on the proposal of revision of the EGTC Regulation
Ms Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, MEP member of the Cross-border Networking Group of the European Parliament
Mr Gilles Pargneaux, MEP member of the Cross-border Networking Group of the European Parliament
Ms Annamária Oláh, Hungarian Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, Conclusions of the 2nd Meeting of national authorities in charge of authorizing new EGTCs
Open floor to CoR Members: Mr Geblewicz (EPP/PL), Mr Osvald (PES/CZ), Mr Adomnitei (ALDE/RO), Mr Meaney (EA/IE)
15:15-16:15 The EGTC beyond regional policy: Transport
From Trans-European networks to connecting neighbours
Mr Stéphane Ouaki, European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport, Head of Unit Connecting Europe Facility
Ms Gudrun Schulze, European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport, Policy Officer TEN-T
Mr Olgierd Geblewicz (EPP/PL), Marshall of Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship
Mr Stef Vande Meulebroucke, Director of the EGTC Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Mr Isabelle Prianon, Director of the EGTC Eurodistrict SaarMoselle
Representatives of EGTCs
Open floor
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:20 The EGTC beyond regional policy: Enterprise
Providing cross-border opportunities to the SMEs
Ms Joanna Drake, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, Director SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Mr Juan José Lirón Lago, Director of the EGTC Euroregion Galicia Norte de Portugal
Mr Nikos Krimnianiotis, Director of the EGTC Efxini Poli – Network of European Cities for Sustainable Development – Solidarcity Network
Mr Mathieu Henceval, Delegate of the EGTC Euroregion Pyrenées-Méditerranée in Brussels
Representatives of EGTCs
Open floor
17:20 Scientific summary by Dr Jens Gabbe, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Association of European Border Regions
17:25 Conclusions by Mr Herwig Van Staa
17:30 Announcements of next activities and closing of the meeting
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