Self Government Forum

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8 Self-Government Forum
4-5 June 2012, Szczecin (Poland)
Radisson BLU Hotel
The institutional and economic partnership as a chance for the sustainable
development of the European regions
Honorary Patronage: Johannes Hahn - European Union Commissioner for Regional Policy
4 June 2012 (Monday)
10:00 – 10:15
Opening session
Olgierd Geblewicz, Marshal of the Westpomeranian Region, BSSSC Chairman
Piotr Krzystek, Mayor of Szczecin, President of the Euroregion Pomerania
10:15 – 10:20
Intervention by the Forum’s Honorable Patron
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy
10:20 – 10:50
Interventions by the guests of honor
Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions
Prof. Giuli Alasania, PhD, Vice-rector of International Black Sea University
Joachim Bleicker, Minister Plenipotentiary at Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw
10:50 – 11:10
Inaugural lecture
Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz, PhD, Warsaw School of Economics , former Vice Prime Minister and Polish Minister of
Finance
11:10 – 11:30
Press conference / coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
PANEL I
A new regional development strategy – Smart specialization. The role of the Baltic regions in the
implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy
moderator:
panelists:
12:30 – 13.00
Wojciech Drożdż, PhD, Vice-marshal of the Westpomeranian Region, Poland
Wolfgang Blank, PhD, Chairman of ScanBalt and CEO of BioCon Valley GmbH, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Germany
Sven Gunnar Edlund, Coordinator of priority 7 in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Swedish
Governmental Agency for Innovation System (VINNOVA), Sweden
Björn Lagnevik – Business Development Manager, Department of Economic Development & Innovation, Skåne
Region, Sweden
Prof. Piotr Niedzielski, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics of Services, University of Szczecin,
Poland
Jacek Walendowski, Expert in Technopolis Group, Brussels/Belgium
Dariusz Wąs, Vice-mayor of Szczecin, Poland
Discussion
13:00 – 13.15
Coffee break
13:15 – 14:15
PANEL II
Economic integration within the Eastern Partnership. Financial instruments of the Eastern Partnership
moderator:
panelists:
14:15 – 14.45
Marek Woźniak, Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region, member of the CORLEAP, Poland
Prof. Giuli Alasania, PhD, Vice-rector of the International Black Sea University, Georgia
Mikael Benthe, Minister (Political Affairs), Embassy of Sweden in Warsaw
Andrzej Cieszkowski, Plenipotentiary for the Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Igor Kogut, Agency for Legislative Initiatives; Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Coordinator of the Ukrainian
Platform of the Eastern Partnership, Ukraine
Stefan von Senger und Etterlin, PhD, Brandenburg Development Economic Board GmbH, Germany
Prof. Jacek Szlachta, PhD, Head of Strategy and Planning Division, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, European Initiative of Liberal Academy Tbilisi, Coordinator of the Georgian Platform of the
Eastern Partnership, Georgia
Discussion
14:45 – 15.45
Lunch
15:45 – 16:45
PANEL III
Territorial consolidation of self-governments in Europe – problems and advantages
moderator:
panelists:
16:45 – 17:15
Prof. Stanisław Flejterski, PhD, University of Szczecin, Poland
Alexandru Gîncu, Head of the Department of Local Public Administration at the State Chancellery of the Republic of
Moldova
Prof. Stanisław Korenik, PhD, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Piotr Krzystek, Mayor of Szczecin, President of the Euroregion Pomerania, Poland
Magdalena Młochowska, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Poland
Sussane Puvogel, Mayor of Hagen, Germany
Uwe Rennwald, Mayor of Hollenstedt, Germany
Discussion
17:15 – 19:30
Free time
20:00 – 21:00
Ceremony of granting the Polish-German Self-Government Award, sponsored by Foundation of the PolishGermany Cooperation
21:00
Dinner
5 June 2012 (Tuesday)
10:00 – 10:15
Opening session
Prof. Waldemar Tarczyński, Rector of the University of Szczecin
Albrecht Lempp, PhD, Member of the Board, Director of the Foundation of the Polish-Germany Cooperation
10.15. – 10.30
Intervention by the guest of honor
Cornelia Pieper – Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Germany
10:30-11:30
PANEL IV
Direct foreign investments as the development factor on the local and regional levels
moderator:
panelists:
11:30 – 12:00
Adam Szejnfeld, MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary State Treasury Commission, Poland
Andrzej Dycha, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economics, Poland
Vasyl Fedyuk, Director of the Regional Development Department, State Agency for Investment and National Projects
of Ukraine
Olgierd Geblewicz, Marshal of the Westpomeranian Region, BSSSC Chairman, Poland
Daniel Larsson, Trade Commissioner, Swedish Trade Council in Warsaw
Ryszard Pacholik, Mayor of Kobierzyce, Poland
Adam Ryniak, President of the Cargotec Poland
Marek Sierżęga, President of LM Wind Power Blades Poland
Discussion
12.00 – 12.10
Coffee break
12:10 – 12:15
Signing of the Declaration of common interest 2012-2015 between the Committee of the Regions and the
Baltic Organisations
12:15 – 13:15
Experts’ debate
Financial performance of territorial self-government units
moderator:
Prof. Paweł Swianiewicz, PhD, Warsaw University, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland for the local
self-government
Gerhard Stahl, PhD, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions
Rafał Antczak, Deputy President of the Deloitte Business Consulting SA, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Krystyna Brzozowska, PhD, University of Szczecin, Poland
Zbigniew Miklewicz, Treasurer of the Westpomeranian Region, Poland
prof. Jolanta Szołno-Koguc, Governor of the Lubelskie Region, Head of the Public Finances Department at the
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Daniela Trochowski, Brandenburg Ministry of Finance, Secretary of State, Germany
experts:
13:15 – 13:45
Discussion
13:45 – 14:15
Conclusions and closing interventions
14:15 – 15:15
Lunch
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