Moderator: Aliki Moschis-Gauguet, Expert in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy

09:00 – 09:30 | ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

09:30 – 09:45 | OPENING SESSION

WELCOME ADDRESSES

• Georgios CHATZIMARKOS, Regional Governor of South Aegean, EPP-CoR member
• Sari RAUTIO, President of the EPP-CoR Group
   

09:45 – 10:00 | KEYNOTE SPEECH

• Kostis HATZIDAKIS, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
   

10:00 – 11:00 | PANEL I. BRINGING EUROPE’S CORE PRIORITIES CLOSER TO CITIZENS: COHESION, AGRICULTURE AND THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION OF THE NEXT MFF

Video message by Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

• Andrey NOVAKOV, MEP, EPP Coordinator in the Regional Development Committee
• Gintarė SKAISTĖ, Member of the Lithuanian Seimas, and of the EPP MFF Working Group
• Emil BOC, EPP-CoR Member and Rapporteur on National and Regional Partnership Plans regulation
• Radim SRŠEŇ, EPP-CoR Member and Rapporteur on Future of the Rural Development 2028+

Exchange with the audience (Q&A)

 

11:00 – 11:30 | COFFEE BREAK
 

11:30 – 12:30 | PANEL II. FINANCING EUROPE’S FUTURE: REGIONS DRIVING COMPETITIVENESS AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY

Video message by Raffaele FITTO, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission

• Georgios AFTIAS, EPP Member of the European Parliament
• Fredis BELERIS, EPP Member of the European Parliament
• Emma BLAIN, EPP-CoR Member and Rapporteur on the Single Market Programme
• Pehr GRANFALK, EPP-CoR Member and Rapporteur on the European Competitiveness Fund

Exchange with the audience (Q&A)

 

12:30 – 13:00 | CLOSING SESSION AND ADOPTION OF THE RHODES DECLARATION

• Nikolaos CHARDALIAS, First Vice-President of the EPP-CoR Group
• Juanma MORENO BONILLA, First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions
• Sari RAUTIO, President of the EPP-CoR Group