The conference “Empowered territorial cooperation as a pathway towards sustainable regional development in the Adriatic and Ionian macro-region” is organised by Ministry of European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia and EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)
The conference is organised by Ministry of European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia and EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), as part of the project “EU support to implementation of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) in North Macedonia”.
PROGRAMME:
9.00-9.30 Arrival and registration of participants
9.30 Opening of the event
- Orhan Murtezani, Minister of European Affairs
- Michalis Rokas, Ambassador of the European Union
9.50 Panel 1: The role of territorial cooperation in fostering the potential of macro-regional concepts
- Mislav Kovač, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia
- Olga Abram, EUSAIR Facility Point Project
- Evangelia Karpodini, IPA ADRION Joint Secretariat
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
11.30 Panel 2: The added value of stakeholders’ engagement for territorial and macro-regional cooperation
- NALAS
- Zhivko Kokolanski, Faculty of electrical engineering and information technologies
- Marko Petrovik, EUSAIR POPRI youth representative
- Maria Luisa Esposito, Adriatic Ionian Euroregion (online)
12.50-13.10 Coffee break
13.10 Panel 3: Territorial and macroregional cooperation as a catalyst for EU accession of the Western Balkans
- Irena Babamova Stojcheva, Interreg Bulgaria-North Macedonia programme
- Ardita Dema-Mehmeti, Association of the units of local self-government of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Luisa Chiodi, Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (online)
14.30 Closing remarks
INFO:
Ministry of European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia
