"Cross-border cooperation and civil society"

Mission of the Four Motors within the Framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region in Novi Sad, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina/Republic of Serbia - Program of 3rd pillar, 2nd - 3rd July 2013  

Programme and presentations

2nd JULY 2013
Venue: Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Novi Sad

09:30 - Welcome and introduction

Predag NOVIKOV, Director of European Affairs Fund, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Branislav BUGARSKI, Provincial Secretary for Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-government

09:40 - Challenges in developing cross-border cooperation

Josha FREY, MdL, President of the Euro-Institut

Topic 1: CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION - THE EXPERIENCE OF THE  4 MOTORS
Moderation: Anne THEVENET, Deputy Director, Euro-Institut
 

09:55 - Building the Trilateral Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine

Johann CAHUEAU, Upper Rhine Conference

10:25 - The cross-border cooperation of the greater Geneva area

Céline VALLET, Conseil Régional Rhône-Alpes

10:55 - Coffee break

 

11:20 - Cross-border cooperation in the Catalonia area

Ramon PINOS, ACC10, Government of Catalonia

11:50 - The role of the region of Lombardy in building the macro region Alpine-Space

Roberta NEGRIOLLI, Regione de Lombardia

 

12:20 - Round table / discussions with participants: success factors and lessons learned

 

13:00 - Lunch break


Topic 2: CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION IN THE DANUBE REGION: THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL-SOCIETY
Moderation: Anne THEVENET, Deputy Director, Euro-Institut
 

14:00 - Cross-border cooperation in South East Europe: regional cooperation perspectives from the Province Vojvodina

Mina RADMILOVIC, European Affairs Fund, Autonomus Province of Vojvodina

14:25 - Supporting capacity-building in the Danube region: two project examples supported by the Land of Baden-Wuerttemberg

- Project "Gaining with training": Florian SETZEN, Director, Europa-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg
- DANTE 4 PA: Sebastian RIHM, Project Manager, Euro-Institut

15:05 - The work of the European house of Vukovar

Dijana ANTUNOVIAE LAZIAE, Executive Director, EHVU
Sladjana TRBULIN, Assistant, EHVU

15:35 - The importance of cultural cooperation for the Danube Region Strategy

Christian Emilian GHITA, Priority Area 3, Coordinator on Culture of the European Strategy for the Danube Region, Ministry of Culture, Romania

 

16:05 - Coffee break

 

16:30 - The Danube network of local and regional authorities

Sabine MEIGEL, Director, Donaubüro Ulm

 

17:00 - Cooperation in the social sector and with the civil society

Stefan BARTH, Agapedia-Stiftung, and additional speakers and Danube Partners from the project Donauwandel

 

17:00 - End of first day

 

 

3rd JULY 2013
Venue: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Science


Topic 3: WORKSHOP: developing joint projects and networks
Moderation: Anne THEVENET, Deputy Director, Euro-Institut

09:30 - Presentation of two project examples developed within the context of Gaining with training

- The Supernatural project, Srdan STANKOVIC
- The Lampas Foundation, Ottilia VURA

10:15 - Two interactive marketplaces for projects and project ideas

Market place 1:
Florian SETZEN: EU-Funding opportunities
Matthias HOLZNER: Danube Strategy support mechanisms

 

Market place 2:
Sebastian RIHM: Developing good project-proposals
Anne THEVENET: Specifics of cross-border projects

12:30 - Report from the market places, followed by collective discussion with participants on: the success factors for improving civil-society involvement in the Danube Strategy


Conclusions of the seminar
: Matthias HOLZNER

 

13:30 - Lunch break


Afternoon cultural programme / sight visits organized as part of the Donauwandel project