Group Meetings and Seminars
Regions and Cities Investing in Education to Strengthen EU Values
- 09.03.2018 0:00 am / 23:59 pm
- John Atanasoff Innovation Forum of the Sofia Tech Park / BG
Programme
Fostering a stronger sense of European identity based on the cultural and territorial diversity of our continent is an indispensable precondition for a more dynamic European Union. This high-level debate, hosted by the Bulgarian members of the EPP-CoR Group and head of the delegation Tanya Hristova, will explore how to strengthen EU values by investing in education, skills, entrepreneurship and digitalisation at local and regional level. 9:00 - 9:20 Opening- Michael Schneider, President of the EPP-CoR Group
- Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Vice-Chairman of PP GERB, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of PP GERB
- Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018
- Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
- Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria 2012 – 2017
- Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia
- Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj, Prime Minister of Romania 2008-2012
- Tanya Hristova, Mayor of Gabrovo, Head of the Bulgarian CoR Delegation
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia, Greece, CoR member
- Milen Vrabevski, Chairman of Bulgarian Memory Foundation, laureate of the European Citizen's Prize
- Markku Markkula, First Vice-President of CoR, Chairman of the Espoo City Board
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