INTERREG IVC – instruction for use seminar
2 December 2010
Hotel Cosmopolitan
1-3 Dobri Nemirov street, Ruse (Bulgaria)
Draft Agenda
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome speech by Mr. Marius Mladenov, Head of Multinational and Horizontal
Programmes Department, Territorial Cooperation Management DG,Bulgarian Ministry for
regional development and public works
Welcome speech by a representative of the Romanian Ministry ofRegional Development
and Tourism(tbc)
09:30 – 09:45 Introduction into European interregional cooperation
Michel Lamblin, Programme Director, INTERREG IVC
09:45 – 10:00 INTERREG IVC Information Point East Thematic & geographiccoverage analysis
findings
Zornitsa Tsoneva, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
10:00 – 10:20 PIMMS TRANSFER project– sharing the achievements of the project and
partner regions
City of Maribor (Slovenia)
Q&A session
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:20 PERIURBAN project presentation, incl. reflections on project preparation phase,
partner search tips, etc.
Vitosha Nature Park (Bulgaria)
11:20 – 11:40 In focus: Regional Initiative Projects in the framework ofINTERREG IVC programme
Thorsten Kohlisch, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
Q&A session
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 13:20 MORE4NRG project – sharing the achievements of the project and partner regions
Euro Perspectives Foundation (Bulgaria)
13:20 – 13:40 SURF-Nature projectpresentation, incl. reflections on project preparation phase,
partner search tips, etc.
Environment Agency Austria - EAA
Q&A session
14:00 – 14:40 INTERREG IVC Quality Assessment criteria: Insight into key requirements for
a good project proposal
Benoît Dalbert, INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat/
Thorsten KohlischZornitsa Tsoneva, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
Q&A session
COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 16:15 Workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship and SMEs’ sub-theme
in parallel
Workshop on ‘Waste prevention and management’ sub-theme
16:25 – 17:10 Workshop on ‘Employment, human capital and education’ sub-theme
in parallel
Workshop on ‘Energy and sustainable transport’ sub-theme
The workshops’ structure will be based on the ‘talk show’ approach. There will be one facilitator and a panel of project partners.The facilitator acts as ‘talk-show presenter’ and conducts the ‘interview’through carefully prepared questions/ points for discussionThe audience would be invited to ask questions or add comments. Each workshop will end in summarising major points discussed on a PowerPoint slide/s, which can be then printed out for the participants.
FACILITATORS:Benoît Dalbert, INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat
Thorsten Kohlisch,INTERREG IVC Information Point East
Zornitsa Tsoneva, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
Ilze Ciganska, INTERREG IVC Information Point North
17:15 – 17:30 Sum up of event and closure
INTERREG IVC1/210/11/2010