European Economic and Social Committee

Draft Programme

Conference on
The territorial impact of EU policies – a consistent and inclusive approach
The final conference of the More Europe Locally project: "Towards a more balanced territorial development in theEU"
Wednesday 9 September 2015, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (room VMA 3)
Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels
Interpreting (6/5):BG/DE/EN/FR/IT/SV into BG/DE/EN/FR/IT
9.30-10.00 / Registration
10.00-10.15 / Welcome addresses by MeglenaKuneva, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and former European Commissioner,and Henri Malosse, President of the EESC
10.15-11.30 / Opening session – Rural areas in a territorial perspective
Moderator: Dilyana Slavova, President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT) of the EESC
  • Mercedes Bresso – Member of the European Parliament (video message)
  • MartonMatko – DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
  • Staffan Nilsson – EESC Member
Questions – Debate
11.30-12.00 / Coffee break
12.00-13.00 / A consistent approach to territorial development
Moderator: Dilyana Slavova, President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT) of the EESC
  • Aline Kärrbäck – Author of A study over the power order between City and Land, University of Stockholm
  • Tom Jones – EESC Member, Rapporteur on Rural Development Programmes
Questions – Debate
13.00-14.30 / Lunch break
14.30-15.45 / An inclusive approach to territorial development – the perspective of local communities
Moderator: Isabel Caño Aguilar, EESC Member
  • Roman Haken – EESC Member
  • AttiliusCeccaldi– Mayor of Lama,Corsica, France
  • Claudia Soppelsa–Representative of the BellunoAutonomaRegioneDolomiti movement (BARD), Belluno, Italy
  • VišnjaJelićMück– President of the Croatian Rural Development Network (HMRR), Croatia
  • MilkanaYordanova– Owner of a small dairy and President of Mountain Milk NGO,Rodopi, Bulgaria
Question – Debate
15.45-16.45 / An inclusive approach to territorial development – the perspective of civil society
Moderator: MaurizioReale, EESC Member
  • Oana Neagu – Senior Policy Advisor, COPA COGECA
  • Hannes Lorenzen–Co-founder of PREPARE Partnership for Rural Europe
  • Staffan Nilsson– Chairman of European Rural Community Alliance (ERCA)
  • Patrice Collignon – Director, International Association Rurality-Environment-Development (RED)
  • Marie Clotteau – Acting Director and Project Manager, Euromontana
  • Paul Soto– Team Leader, ENRD Contact Point
Questions - Debate
16.45-17.00 / Closing and conclusions
  • Guido Castellano, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
  • Dilyana Slavova, President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT) of the EESC
  • Staffan Nilsson, EESC Member

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