08:30  - Registration of participants

09:00-09:20 - Welcome by

• Ivan ŠTEFANEC MEP, Head of the Slovak delegation in the EPP Group
• Jaroslav POLAČEK, Mayor of Košice
• Lucia GURBÁĽOVÁ, Vice-Mayor of Košice, President of the KDH for Košice region

09:20-09:30  - Introductory remarks by

• Siegfried MUREŞAN MEP, Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the EP, Chairman of the Working Group for Budget and Structural Policies

09:30-10:00  - Keynote speech

• Eduard HEGER, Former Prime Minister of Slovakia

10:00-11:20  - Panel I Involvement of local authorities in the design and implementation of the Recovery Plan: lessons learnt

• Moderated by Jan OLBRYCHT MEP, Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the EP
• Opening by Rob JONKMAN, Alderman of the municipality of Opsterland, Netherlands, Member of EPP-CoR
• Special intervention by Ľuboš JANČÍK, State Secretary of Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Speakers:

• Arsen MELKUMYAN, Deputy Chairman of Uzhorod City Council, Ukraine (Tbc)
• Peter POLLÁK MEP, Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
• František OĽHA, Mayor of Prešov

Open debate

 

11:20-11:50 Coffee Break

 

11:50-13:10 Panel II Enhancing digital and sustainable transformation: key to a speedy recovery, competitiveness and jobs

• Moderated by Olgierd GEBLEWICZ, President of the EPP Group in the European Committee of the Regions and President of West Pomerania Region
• Opening by Radim SRŠEŇ, Deputy Minister of Regional Affairs, Mayor of the Municipality of Dolní Studénky, Czech Republic, Member of EPP-CoR
• Special intervention by Mikuláš DZURINDA, Former Prime Minister of Slovakia, President of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (WMCES)

 

Speakers:

• Michal STRNÁL, Mayor of Oravská Polhora, (candidate on Chairman of the Association of Cities)
• Vladimír BILČÍK MEP, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
• Prof. Pavol MIŠKOVSKÝ, President of Board of Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC)
• Miroslav KIRAĽVARGA, President of the National Employers Union

Open debate

 

13:10-13:30 Concluding remarks by

• Siegfried MUREŞAN MEP, Vice-Chair of the EPP Group, Chairman of the Working Group for Budget and Structural Policies