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Minutes (available as soon as adopted by EC)
| 3 June 2024 | ||
| Western Balkans Steering Platforms Meeting on Education and Training and Culture | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, co-chair Nevena Dimovska, Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Culture of North Macedonia, WB co-chair Ferenc Nagy-Rébék, Head of Department of Science Policy and Research Infrastructures, Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary, incoming EU Council Presidency, co-chair Enrica Chiozza, Team Leader Western Balkans Investment Framework, European Commission, DG Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations (online) Marzia Conte, Deputy Head of the ‘Culture Policy Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport | |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Western Balkans Agenda: Culture EC reports on latest developments Marzia Conte, Deputy Head of the ‘Culture Policy Unit’, and Olivier Fontaine, Team Leader, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (Presentation) Update from SP members | |
| 17:30– 18:30 | Western Balkans Agenda: Education, Training and Youth EC reports on latest developments Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, and Paola Ottonello, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (Presentation – Flyer Erasmus +)) Update from ETF and other SP members | |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | Closing Remarks Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport | |
| 18:45 – 19:30 | Bilateral R&I Discussions (Crystal room, floor -1) | |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Welcome Dinner (Restaurant MONTE in the hotel) | |
| 4 June 2024 | ||
| Western Balkans Steering Platforms Joint Session on the Ministerial Meeting 2024 | ||
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, co-chair Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, co-chair Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States, Partnerships and International Relations’, European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, co-chair Giada Trucco, Western Balkans Policy & Regional Strategy, European Commission, DG Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations (online) Ferenc Nagy-Rébék, Head of Department of Science Policy and Research Infrastructures, Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary, incoming EU Council Presidency, co-chair Biljana Trajkovska, State Advisor on Strategic Planning, Ministry of Education and Science of North Macedonia, WB co-chair Nevena Dimovska, Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Culture of North Macedonia, WB co-chair | |
| 09:15 – 10:30 | Western Balkans Steering Platforms Ministerial Meeting June 2024 (part 1: Presentation of the Ministerial Agenda) Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Bernhard Fabianek, Senior Policy Officer at the Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation Paola Ottonello, Policy Officer at the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Olivier Fontaine, Team Leader at the ‘Culture Policy Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States, Partnerships and International Relations’, European Commission, DG Joint Research Center Désirée Pecarz, Secretariat of the WB Platforms by POLICY ANSWERS, ZSI | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Western Balkans Steering Platforms Ministerial Meeting June 2024 (part 2) Feedback from WB and SP members Discussion | |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Closing Remarks Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, European Commission, DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport | |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Family Photo (Main stairs towards floor -1) | |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Networking Lunch (Restaurant MONTE in the hotel) | |
| Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting on Research and Innovation | ||
| 13:45– 14:15 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, co-chair Biljana Trajkovska, State Advisor on Strategic Planning, Ministry of Education and Science of North Macedonia, WB co-chair Ferenc Nagy-Rébék, Head of Department of Science Policy and Research Infrastructures, Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary, incoming EU Council Presidency, co-chair Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States, Partnerships and International Relations’, European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, co-chair | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Western Balkans Agenda: Priorities and Objectives in Research and Innovation with the Western Balkans EC reports on latest R&I developments DG R&I, DG JRC, DG EAC, DG NEAR (approx. 5 – 10 min each) Barna Kovacs, BIOEAST Secretary General, Hungary (Presentation) Discussion and Q&A | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Western Balkans Agenda: R&I Developments in the Western Balkans (part 1) Western Balkans’ progress reports (AL, BA, XK*; 15 min each) (Presentation) General discussion and exchange | |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:45 – 18:00 | Western Balkans Agenda: R&I Developments in the Western Balkans (part 2) Western Balkans’ progress reports (MK, ME, RS; 15 min each) (Presentation) EU MS: AT and DE, EUREKA, COST, RCC, POLICY ANSWERS updates (5 min each) General discussion and exchange | |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Closing of the day Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation | |
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Bilateral R&I Discussions (Crystal room, floor -1) | |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Networking Dinner (Restaurant MONTE in the hotel) | |
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.