9.00 – 9.30

Registration

Welcome speech

9.30 – 9.40

Tamás Karsai, Head of Managing Authority, Ministry for National Economy, Hungary

Opening remarks

9.40 – 9.50

Andriana Sukova-Tosheva, Director, European Commission, Directorate for Investment, DG EMPL

9.50 – 10.00

Thomas Bender, Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate for Administrative Capacity Building and Programme Implementation II, DG REGIO

10.00 – 10.10

Eszter Vitályos, State Secretary for EU Development Projects, Prime Minister’s Office, Hungary

Introduction of the Competitiveness OPs in the relevant countries. Sharing the mid-term experiences with the 2014-20 programming period.

10.10 – 10.30

Tomáš Novotný, Vice Minister , Section of  EU Funds, Research, Development, Innovations and Investment Incentives, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic

10.30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.20

Nataša Kulakowski-Kramarić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Croatia

11.20 – 11.40

Edmund Škorvaga, Head of Unit, Programming, Monitoring and Evaluation of EU Structural Funds, Ministry of Economy, Slovak Republic

11.40 – 12.00

Madalina Istrate, Managing Authority of Regional Operational Programme, Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds,  Romania

12.00 – 12.20

Marcin Łata,  Director of Innovation and Development Department, Ministry of Development, Head of Managing Authority, Poland

12.20 – 12.40

Questions and Answers

12.40 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.20

Kalin Marinov, Deputy Director, Directorate General for European Funds for Competitiveness, Ministry of Economy, Bulgaria

14.20 – 14.40

Reiner Kneifel - Haverkamp, Head of EU Funds Coordination, Internationalization Unit, Ministry of Justice for European Affairs and Consumer Protection of Brandenburg

14.40 – 15.00

Tamás Karsai, Head of Managing Authority, Ministry for National Economy, Hungary

15.00 – 15.20

Questions and Answers

Closure of the first day

15.20 – 15.40

Balázs Rákossy, State Secretary for EU Funds, Ministry for National Economy of Hungary

Adam Abdulwahab, Programme Manager, European Commission, DG REGIO

9.00 – 9.30

Registration

9.30 – 11.30

Parallel panel discussions

Increasing role of financial instruments

Audit risk management in calls for proposals

Social dimension of competitiveness programmes – employment and training

SME 4.0

- role of SMEs in the Industry 4.0

Section chair:

- Reiner Kneifel- Haverkamp

(Ministry of Justice for European Affairs and Consumer Protection of Brandenburg)

Section chair:

- Balázs  Dencső

(DGAEF - Hungary)

Section chair:

- Daniel Pitoňák

(Slovak Business Agency)

Section chair:

- Petr Porák

(Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic)

Discussants:

- Magdalena Pronobis

(Marshal Office of the Pomorskie Region, Poland)

- Renata Adomavičienė

(Ministry of Economy, Lithuania)

- Sanja Fiser

(Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts of Croatia)

- Velina Popova

(Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria)

- Adam Abdulwahab

(European Commission

DG REGIO)

- Doru Zafiu

(Ministry of Research and Innovation, Intermediate Body for COP, Romania)

- Emil Pícha

(Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic)

Discussants:

- Radka Bucilova

(Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic)

- Sanda Hilgen

(Ministry of Research and Innovation, Intermediate Body for COP, Romania)

-  Peter Petrik

(European Commission

DG REGIO)

- Milán Kovács

 (European Commission- DG EMPL)

- Csaba Novák

(Ministry for National Economy of Hungary)

Discussants:

- Jouni Ponnikas

(Regional Council of Kainuu, Finland)

- Zoltán Balogh

(European Commission- DG EMPL)

- Noémi Danajka

(Ministry for National Economy of Hungary)

- Zsolt Ruszkai

(Ministry for National Economy of Hungary)

Discussants:

-Agnieszka Krasicka

(European Commission

DG REGIO)

- Kerstin Koren

(Office of the Regional Government of Lower Austria)

- Lyudmila Tozeva

(Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria)

- Francisco Nunes

(Managing Authority of OP for Competitiveness and Internationalisation, Portugal)

- Gyula Pomázi

(Ministry for National Economy)

11.30 – 12.00

Coffee break

12.00 – 12.40

Summary reports by  the session moderators

12.40 – 12.50

Summary, Adam Abdulwahab, European Commission, Directorate for Administrative Capacity Building and Programme Implementation II, DG REGIO

12.50 – 14.00

Lunch