POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA
8h30 / REGISTRATION
9h / INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
Petri Kahila & James Scott (University of Eastern Finland) Moderators: Cyril Blondel (University of Luxembourg) & Pascal Ferren (L’inverse de la fusée)
9h15-10h / THE VOICES OF EU-LEVEL AND NATIONAL POLICY-MAKERS: THE MAIN CHALLENGES OF EU COHESION POLICY TODAY
Peter Takacs (DG Regio – Territorial and urban development policy) – Karl-Heinz Lambertz (Parliament of the German-Speaking Community Belgium) – Representative of the Committee of the Regions (tbc)
10h-10h15 / COFFE BREAK
10h15-12h45 / THE VOICES OF THE LOCALITIES: IMPLEMENTING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, AN INSIGHT INTO 5 RELOCAL CASE STUDIES
1. “Strengthening communities” on the Isle of Lewis (UK) // Margaret Currie & Annabel Pinker (James Hutton Institute), Neil Mackinnon (Galston Estate Trust in Lewis)
2. “Local youth as urban development actors” in Görlitz (Germany) // Viktoria Kamuf (ILS Dortmund), Christian Thomas (Second Attempt) & Otto Kronschwitz (Second Attempt & Görlitz city council)
3. “Lieksa Development Strategy 2030” in Lieksa (Finland) // Matti Fritsch (University of Eastern Finland), Irma Nykänen (Lieksan Tukipiste)
4. “Give kids a chance” in Encs district (Hungary) // Judit Keller (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies), Judit Konyor (Micro-Regional Association of Encs) & Erzsebet Kiraly Bodnarne (Give Kids a Chance)
5. Mara-Natur Leader in Maramures county (Romania) // Mara-Natur Leader in Maramures county (Romania) // George Zamfir (Fundația Desire, ClujNapoca) and Florin Avram (Manager of Local Action Group)
12h45-14h / LUNCH BREAK
14h-15h / DISCUSSING THE PRESENTATIONS: THE LOCAL SPEAKS TO EUROPE AND VICE VERSA.
15 min Wrap-up of the morning & RELOCAL results: Sabine Weck (ILS Dortmund) & Estelle Evrard (University of Luxembourg)
45 min Discussion: the facilitators will select some of the morning’s remarks and will invite their authors to explain/defend them publicly.
15h-16h / TOWARDS RECOMMENDATIONS: HOW TO MAKE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT MORE JUST?
15 min Wrap-up of the discussions & RELOCAL recommendations: Sarolta Németh (University of Eastern Finland) and Enikő Vincze (Fundația Desire, Cluj-Napoca)
45 min Discussion: the facilitators will select some of the afternoon’s recommendations. The participants will be invited to present quickly their recommendations to the audience.
16h-16h30 / A POLYPHONIC CONCLUSION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?
- Ali Madanipour (University of Newcastle)
- Eleftherios Stavropoulos (DG Regio)
- Enrique Nieto (AEIDL)
- Gilles Huchette (Euralens)
16h30-17h30 / DRINK
