"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