The Launch Conference of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) marks the move to the timely implementation phase of the Strategy, following its endorsement by EU leaders at the EU Council.
25 January 2016, Monday
Moderator: Igor Evgen Bergant, journalist
9:00 – 11:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee
11:00 – 12:30 | Plenary Session "Diverse in Unity of EUSALP"
Host: Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
12.30 – 14.30 | Networking Lunch & possibility of site visit of the Brdo estate (onsite registration)
14:30 – 15:00 | Projection of videos on European Territorial Cooperation
15:00 – 16:30 | Panel "Alpine Leadership"
Chair: Lena Anderson Pench, Director, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 | Panel "Partnership with Stakeholders"
Chair: Charlina Vitcheva, Director, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
18:30 – 19:30 | Cocktail Reception
26 January 2016, Tuesday
08:30 – 09:30 | Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 11:00 | Parallel Panels – round 1
Panel 1: Building and increasing knowledge
Policy area 1: Economic growth and Innovation
Rapporteur Jean Marc Venineaux, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Panel 2: Smart networks
Policy area 2: Connectivity and Mobility
Rapporteur Marco Onida, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel Panels – round 2
Panel 3: Cooperation for green opportunities and for challenges - Policy area 3: Environment and Energy
Rapporteurs Frithjof Ehm (Environment) and Florian Mast (Energy), both Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Panel 4: Governance & Lessons Learned
Rapporteur Filomena Carvalho, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
13:15 – 13:45 | Closing remarks by rapporteurs and conclusions by EN
Andreja Jerina, National Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Slovenia
13:45 – 15:00 | Networking lunch
Brdo - Slovenia
