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Cohesion, Resilience, and Economic development for stronger Regions and Cities

  • 27.10.2023 7:00 am / 11:00 am
  • Dubrovnik Palace Hotel / HR
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Ten years of Croatia's successful EU membership: Cohesion, Resilience, and Economic development for stronger Regions and Cities

 

Dubrovnik

 

8:00 – 8:45 Registration

9:00 – 9:40 Opening

  1. Nikola Dobroslavić, President of Dubrovnik-Neretva Region, Member of the CoR
  2. Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP-CoR Group, President of the West Pomerania Region
  3. Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography
  4. Manfred Weber, President of the EPP and Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament

Key note speech:

Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia and President of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).

9.40 – 11.00 Ten years of Croatia's successful EU membership

Moderated by Karlo Ressler, Member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament

  1. Branko Bačić, Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets of Croatia
  2. Josip Bilaver, State Secretary in the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of Croatia
  3. Antonija Jozić, President of the Požeško-Slavonska Region
  4. Željko Turk, Mayor of Zaprešić, Member of the CoR

11.00 – 11.05 Family photo

11.05 – 11.20 Coffee break

11.20 –12:50   Empowering and strengthening Local Communities: What future for cohesion policy after 2027?

Moderated by Jakša Puljiz, dr.sc. /PhD, Institute for development and International Relations, Senior Research Associate, Head of Department for European Integration

  1. Šime Erlić, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funding of Croatia
  2. Jan Olbrycht, Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
  3. Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Chair of the CoR Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget
  4. Sari Rautio, Member of Hämeenlinna City Council, Member of the European Commission's Reflection Group on the future of Cohesion Policy
  5. Pablo Hurtado Pardo, Director-General for External Action, Regional Government of Extremadura, CoR member.

12:50 – 13:00 Adoption of "Dubrovnik Declaration"

Introduced by:

Nikola Dobroslavić, President of Dubrovnik-Neretva Region, and

Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP-CoR Group and President of the West Pomerania Region.

 

13:00 – 13:30 Press conference

Interpreting:

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