07.03.2018 Next MFF: distributive, allocative and stabilization functions HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE 9 March 2018 (Friday) National Palace of Culture, Sofia Programme Morning session (expert thematic discussion), Conference hall 3 08.30 09.00 Transfer from the hotel to the National Palace of Culture 09.00 09.15 Welcome and opening remarks by Mr. Vladislav Goranov, Minister of Finance of 09.15 09.30 Welcome and opening remarks by Ekaterina Zaharieva, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of 09.30-11.00 Panel I: Effective spending: How to ensure the appropriate policy mix? Moderator: prof. Ingrid Shikova Keynote speaker: Guntram Wolff, Representative of the European think tank Bruegel (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory), presenting a non-paper
Discussants: Ms. Andrea Itzlinger, Director in the Federal Chancellery, Austria Mrs Kristīne Našeniece, Head of EU Coordination and policies department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia 11.00 11.30 Coffee break 11.30-12.30 Panel II: Financing: How to adjust the current own resources system? Moderator: Nadia Calvino, Director General, DG Budget of the European Commission Keynote speaker: Jorge Nunez Ferrer, Senior Research Fellow Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Discussants: Mr. Panu Kukkonen, Budget Counsellor, Ministry of Finance of Finland Mr. Marek Soucek, Deputy Director of the Department for Coordination of European Policies, Czech Republic Mr. Dirk Heiner Kranen, Head of Unit EU-Budget and Own ressources, Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany Mr. Nils Sakss, Head of Fiscal Policy Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia 12.30 13.00 Wrap-up session and closing remarks Mr. Oliver Dreute, Adviser on the MFF, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), European Commission
13.00 14.00 Buffet lunch for the participants in the morning session Afternoon session (high level political discussion), Conference hall 3 11.30 12.00 Transfer from hotels to the National Palace of Culture 12.00 12.30 Welcome drink 12.30 14.00 Official lunch for the participants in the afternoon session (hall 10) 14.15 15.15 Opening session 15.15 15.30 Opening speech by Tomislav Donchev, Vice Prime Minister of Welcome address by Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council Speech by Guenther Oettinger, Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Speech by Jan Olbrycht, MEP, Member of the Committee on Budgets, Co-rapporteur on the MFF, European Parliament Q&A Coffee Break 15.30-16.00 Panel III: The future of EU public finance political debate Moderator: Ms. Marinela Petrova, Vice Minister of Finance of Keynote speakers: Ms. Eulalia Rubio, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute- Paris Mr. Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the European Court of Auditors
16.00 17.00 Discussants: Nathalie Loiseau, Minister for European Affairs, France Gernot Blümel, Minister for European Affairs of Austria Ana Paula Zacarias, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Portugal Hans Dahlgren, Prime Minister s State Secretary for international and EU-affairs, Sweden Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Thijs van der Plas, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Igor Mally, State Secretary for European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Jorge Toledo Albiñana, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Spain Szabolcs Takács, Minister of State for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister s Office of Hungary (tbc) Sandro Gozi, State Secretary for European Affairs, Italy Iskra Mihaylova, MEP, Chair of Committe on Regional Development, European Parliament Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Ivailo Kalfin, special adviser for relations with the European and National Parliaments and budget revenue in the cabinet of Commissioner Oettinger Vazil Hudak, Vice President of the European Investment Bank Pierre Heilbronn, EBRD Vice President, Policy and Partnerships 17. 00 17.30 Wrap-up and closing of the conference
Tomislav Donchev, Vice Prime Minister of 17.30 Transfer to the hotels 19.30 20.00 Transfer from hotels to Boyana Residence 20.00 23.00 Gala Dinner (Boyana Residence) Welcome speech by Vladislav Goranov, Minister of Finance of 23.00 23.30 Transfer to the hotels