Montenegro towards European Integration

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

9:00 - Registration of participants

9:30 - Opening session
Chair:
Anna Zambrano, Director of the Italian Cooperation in Montenegro

- Sergio Barbanti, Ambassador of Italy in Montenegro
- Gordana Ðurovic, Minister for European Integration - Government of Montenegro
- Leopold Maurer, Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Montenegro
- Monica Alessandra Bonfanti, Task Force for Central and Eastern Europe of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea

 

10:20 - First working session
Overview on EU financial instruments for Montenegro

Ratka Sekulovic, Ministry for European Integration
Overview on IPA Component II (CBC Programme) and Regional Programmes for
Montenegro

Enrique Aguado Asenjo, Task Manager CBC Programmes of the EC Delegation
Rules and procedures - the EC Delegation’s role for CBC and Regional Programmes

11:00 - Coffee break

Giovanna Andreola, Managing Authority IPA Adriatic Programme - Regione Abruzzo
Darko Kasalica, Montenegrin National Coordinator IPA Adriatic
Overview on IPA Adriatic Programme

Nadia Pinardi, Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
Case Study IPA Adriatic Project: ADRICOSM STAR - Climate change impact on the
local hydrological cycle and the coastal area of Montenegro

Carmela Cotrone, Italian National Coordinator MED Programme - Regione Campania
Marija Maraš, Montenegrin National Coordinator MED Programme
Overview on European Territorial Cooperation - MED Programme

Tijana Ljiljanic, Montenegrin National Coordinator SEE Programme
Overview on European Territorial Cooperation - SEE Programme

13:00 - Lunch break

 

14:30 - Second working session
Sharing of practices and partnerships building

Working group n. 1: ENVIRONMENT and TOURISM
Moderator: Barbara Chiappini & Federico Pasini, Task Force in Brussels of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea

Working group n. 2: SMEs and RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Darko Konjevic, Montenegro Business Alliance

Working group n. 3: RESEARCH and INNOVATIONS
Moderator: Victoria Primhak, Senior Expert on Territorial Cooperation

 

16:30 - Coffee break

17:00 - Sharing of results of the three working groups

17:30 - Closing remarks
Anna Zambrano, Director of the Italian Cooperation in Montenegro

18:00 - Cocktail
Offered by the DCM of the Embassy of Italy Mr. Carlo Di Gioia

 

INFO:
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