Empowering Regional Talents: Fostering Local Skills, Resources, and Cultural Identity for Sustainable Development

 

Tuesday, 8th October 2024, 9:30 h – 10:30 h

European Committee of the Regions, Room JDE52

 

Programme

 

Moderator: Jelena Drenjanin - EPP-CoR 1st Vice-President

9:30 Opening Remarks

• Jelena Drenjanin - EPP-CoR 1st Vice-President

9:35 Panel Discussion: The Role of Local Skills and Resources in Sustainable Development

• Speaker 1: Pablo Fernández López, Secretary General for Employment Support, Self-Employment, and Social Economy, Galicia.

 Video: Promotion of rural innovation in Flevoland, Netherlands

• Speaker 2: Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga

Video: The Sustainable Transport Project in Cugir, Romania

• Speaker 3: Francisca Ramis Pons, Director-General for Institutional and Parliamentary Relations, Government of the Balearic Islands

Video:

10:00 Engaging the Next Generation: EPP-CoR Young Elected Politicians

• Vitaliy Hamanyuk (Ukraine) Twinning with Chervonograd, focusing on experience exchange and EU funding opportunities in ecology, renewable energy, youth policy, and culture
• Lorenca Bejko (Albania) Voices of Inclusion – Empowering the Romani Community Through Voting
• José Luis Polo (Spain) Alternative measures to alleviate depopulation in rural environments: Cultural, economic and social development in Torralba de Calatrava

10:25 Concluding Remarks

• Jelena Drenjanin, EPP-CoR 1st Vice-President

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