AGENDA 08.00 09.00 Participants' registration 09.00 09.30 Welcome address Štefan Füle, er for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy (video message) Kristian Vigenin, Member of the European Parliament Ambassador Rory Montgomery, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union, on behalf of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 09.30 11.00 SESSION 1 IPA II, a new instrument for more targeted and efficient pre-accession assistance Moderator: Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European Preparations for IPA II overview of the state of play on the legal framework Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European Better aligning pre-accession assistance with the policy agenda - objectives of the high level strategic planning documents Joost Korte, Deputy Director-General, DG Enlargement, European An IPA II roadmap for the work ahead Rudiger Boogert, Head of Unit 'IPA Strategy and Quality', DG Enlargement, European The policy areas of the new IPA (1) - employment, social policies and human resources development Georg Fischer, Director, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European The policy areas of the new IPA (2) - agriculture and rural development Gerard Kiely, Head of Unit'Pre-accession Assistance to Agriculture and Rural Development', DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Priorities for regional cooperation Yngve Engström, Head of Unit 'Regional Cooperation and Programmes', DG Enlargement, European 11.00 11.20 Coffee break
11.20-13.00 SESSION 2 How to tailor IPA II to the needs and capacities of the beneficiary countries? 13.00 14.15 Lunch Moderator: Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European The South East Europe 2020 Strategy Goran Svilanović, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Assessment of key development challenges in the Western Balkans and Turkey Cihan Sultanoğlu, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Regional Director, UNDP Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries (1) the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Orhideja Kaljosevska, Head of NIPAC Office, Secretariat for European Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries (2) Turkey Ahmet Yücel, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries (3) Bosnia and Herzegovina Nevenka Savić, National IPA Coordinator, Directorate for European Integration Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries (4) Serbia Ognjen Mirić, Coordinator for EU Funds, Serbian European Integration Office Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries (5) Croatia Matija Derk, Assistant Minister, National IPA Coordinator, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds The viewpoint of Member States Julius Liljeström, Director, Deputy Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden 14.15 15.40 SESSION 3 Planning and programming IPA II - how to make financial assistance more strategic and coherent? Moderator: Alexandra Cas Granje, Director, DG Enlargement, European Applying the Sector Approach to the enlargement context - challenges and opportunities Ruggero Tabossi, Consultant, NTU - EPRD Growth through Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans - the moment for action
Paulo Correa, Lead Economist, World Bank Investing in people the role of education and training Madlen Serban, Director, European Training Foundation (ETF) Round table discussion Members of the panel: Ambassador Aleksandar Andrija Pejović, Secretary of State for European Integration, National IPA Coordinator, Montenegro Demush Shasha, National IPA Coordinator, Ministry of European Integration, Kosovo * Orhideja Kaljosevska, Head of NIPAC Office, Secretariat for European Affairs, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ognjen Mirić, Coordinator for EU Funds, Serbian European Integration Office Julian Reilly, Deputy Head of Europe Western Balkans and Enlargement Department, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Ambassador Torbjørn Frøysnes, Head of the Brussels Office of the Council of Europe to the EU Ioannis Tsakiris, Head of South East Europe, European Investment Fund Thomas Bender, Head of Unit 'External Relations, Neighbourhood Policy, Enlargement, IPA', DG Employment, European 15.40 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 17.20 SESSION 4 Implementing and monitoring IPA II how to ensure aid effectiveness and high impact? Moderator: Vincent Degert, Head of EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia Financing EU strategic priorities: blending EU grants and loans Massimo Cingolani, Managerial Adviser - Operations in the European Union and Candidate Countries, European Investment Bank (EIB) Supporting economic reform in a changing financial landscape Libor Krkoska, Head of Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Strengthening local monitoring and evaluation capacities Jana Kunicova, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank Round table discussion Members of the panel: Grida Duma, Deputy Minister for European Integration, Albania Demush Shasha, National IPA Coordinator, Ministry of European * This designation is without prejudice to the position on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
Integration, Kosovo Ivana Petričević, Director General for Coordination of EU Assistance Programmes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Montenegro Ana Ilić, Assistant Director, Serbian European Integration Office Evgenija Serafimovska Kirkovski, Head of Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Secretariat for European Affairs, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Jelica Minić, Head of Expert Pool, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Philippe Vinçon, Head of International Relations, DGPAAT, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, France 17.20 17.30 Concluding remarks and next steps Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European