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CELEBRATING INTERREG IIIC *
Thursday, 20 September 2007
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Registration and set-up of stands
with buffet breakfast 08:30-09:30 |
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Welcome to the 2007 Interregional Cooperation Forum
Rui Baleiras, Secretary of State for Regional Development, Portugal
Moderator: Francisco Cipriano, Member of Cabinet,
Secretary of State for Regional Development, Portugal |
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Interregional cooperation and EU competitiveness
DG Regio, Director, or Colin Wolfe, Head of Territorial Cooperation |
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INTERREG IIIC's accomplishments: What should be remembered?
• Introduction, with facts and figures
• Good practices and Unexpected results
• Lessons learnt
INTERREG IIIC East + South JTS |
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| 10:40 |
Q&A: audience and all panel members |
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| 10:50 |
Coffee break - Time to visit exhibition |
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| 11:35 |
INTERREG IIIC's accomplishments : Project partners show how they are improving regional development, transferring approaches and capitalising
on results
Eye-witness accounts on the following topics, with open floor discussions:
• Transferring practices between partners
• Improving local or regional policies
• Influencing national or EU policies
• Capitalisation activities
Introductions: INTERREG IIIC North + West JTS ; Moderator: Pat Colgan |
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| 13:00 |
Buffet lunch in exhibition area |
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| 14:30 |
Building on INTERREG IIIC results: a bridge to the future, interactive workshops for Lead partners and partners
A series of parallel workshops on the IVC themes.
Each has two parts:
1) Identifying and promoting results;
2) Building ideas for future cooperation.
with break in exhibition area 16:15 – 16:45
[See Workshop details] |
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| 18:15 |
Presentation of INTERREG IIIC trophies – followed by cocktail
“INTERREG IIIC champions” named, with support from the Commission and Portugal |
LAUNCHING INTERREG IVC *
Friday, 21 September 2007
| 08:45 |
Light breakfast in exhibition area |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome - Francisco Nunes Correia, Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, Portugal
INTERREG IVC and Regions for Economic Change
Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
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| 09:25 |
An introduction to INTERREG IVC: Why Europe's regions should work together
Member of the European Parliament (to be confirmed) |
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| 09:40 |
Interregional cooperation: A word from the regions
Michel Delebarre, Committee of the Regions President
(title and speaker time to be confirmed) |
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| 09:50 |
IVC Managing Authority
Daniel Percheron, President of the Conseil Regional Nord - Pas de Calais
(title and speaker time to be confirmed) |
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| 09:55 |
Q&A
Panel: Speakers; Moderator: Pat Colgan |
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| 10:30 |
Coffee break in exhibition area
(in parallel, press conference with speakers) |
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| 11:00 |
How INTERREG IVC will work for you: An introduction
Practical introduction for potential applicants, differences between IIIC and IVC, with Q&A
Speaker(s) from INTERREG IVC JTS +/ MA |
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| 11:45 |
INTERREG IVC: Project and finance management tips
Speaker(s) from INTERREG IVC JTS +/ MA
Practical information on applying and managing projects and opportunities for asking questions |
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| 13:00 |
Buffet lunch in exhibition area
Delegates free to use partner search, idea display and meeting facilities, and visit stands. |
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| 14:20 |
IVC project idea generation
Potential INTERREG IVC Lead Partners and partners work in groups according to their interest in IVC programme topics. Project ideas and partner searches to be made available for all delegates
[See Workshop details] |
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Panel discussion:
José Soeiro, President of the Finance Institute for Regional Development, Portugal , INTERREG IVC MA/JTS; European Commission's DGRegio
Alvaro Ancisi, member of Committee of Regions and rapporteur for Regions for Economic Change (to be confirmed)
Closing words (to be confirmed)
Moderator: Pat Colgan
Refreshments in exhibition area – project ideas displayed |
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Event ends |
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* Please note this programme may change slightly between now and September |
WORKSHOP DETAILS
A series of parallel workshops on IVC themes will run on Day 1 from 14h30 to 18h15. Groups will contain up to 20 participants, with one facilitator. Each workshop will follow the same format, in two parts. You can sign up for one or both workshops on the registration page. You can also propose your project to be used as examples in each workshop. Workshop themes:
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innovation, research and technology development |
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entrepreneurship and SMEs |
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the information society |
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employment, human capital and education |
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natural and technological risks;
including climate change |
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water management |
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waste management |
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biodiversity and preservation of natural heritage ; including air quality |
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energy; sustainable transport |
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cultural heritage and landscape |
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Building on INTERREG IIIC results:
a bridge to the future, interactive workshops for Lead partners and partners Day 1
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Workshop 1) IDENTIFYING AND PROMOTING RESULTS |
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| 14:30 |
Introduction + explanation (IIIC Moderator) – 5 mins |
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| 14:35 |
Participants' introduction/ice-breaking (depending on group-size) – 10 mins |
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What results do we have?
Presentation of 1-2 relevant IIIC tools, guides or similar produced by pre-selected projects in that theme – 5 mins each
Discussion among all to identify other such achievements (split into smaller groups if necessary) – 20 mins
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Take-up of results by regions: now and in the future ?
Speakers give 1-2 examples of how their results, or identified approaches, came to be taken up by regional councils or other relevant bodies – 10 mins each
Participants in small groups note authorities or policymakers that have used or shown interest in project results identified in part 1), above. Each time, how was this done, what worked and what didn't, and what new ideas for informing and influencing such bodies in the future? – 45 mins
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| 16:15 |
Break (refreshments served in exhibition area) |
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Workshop 2) BUILDING IDEAS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION |
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Introduction to session (5mins)
Presentation of 1-2 ideas for future cooperation, selected from registration platform (10mins)
Interactive group work to encourage partner search and idea exchange for future projects. (1hr15)
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IVC project idea generation
Potential INTERREG IVC Lead Partners and partners work in groups according to their interest in IVC programme topics. Project ideas and partner searches to be made available for all. |
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