Programme
Schedule Subject

12.15

Welcome session

Co-chairs: EESC President Georges Dassis and CCRF Secretary Valery Fadeev

  • Mr Georges Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Mr Valery Fadeev, Secretary, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
  • Mr Vladimir A. Chizov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the European Union
  • Mr Luc Devigne, Director for Russia, Eastern Parnership, Central Asia and OSCE, European External Action Service

13.00

Lunch break

14.30-16.00

Theme I:

EU-Russia cooperation in the field of higher education, science, research and innovation

14.30

Session 1: EU-Russia cooperation in the areas of science, research and innovation

Chair: Ms Dilyana Slavova, President of the External Relations Section, EESC

  • Mr Gediminas Ramanauskas, Russia Desk, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
  • Mr Alexander Rusakov, member of the Commission on Education and Science, CCRF, Rector of the P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
  • Mr Juraj Sipko, member of the EESC and Director of the Economic Institute at the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Debate

15.15

Session 2: Aligning higher education in the EU and Russia – the Bologna Process, and cooperation under Erasmus+

Mr Alexander Rusakov, member of the Commission on Education and Science, CCRF, Rector of the P.G.Demidov Yaroslavl State University

  • Ms Kamila Partyka, Unit C.3 – International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
  • Ms Tatiana Babrauskiene, member of the EESC representing the Lituanian Education Trade Union
  • Mr Alexander Rusakov, member of the Commission on Education and Science, CCRF, Rector of the P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University

Debate

16.00

Coffee break

16.15-18.15

Theme II

Economic Development in Rural Areas

16.15

Session 3: Narrowing the gaps between rural and urban areas

Chair: Mr Stéphane Buffetaut, member of the EESC

  • Ms Evgenia Uvarkina, Chair of the Commission on Agricultural Sector and Development of Rural Areas, CCRF, member of the Board of the nonprofit organization ’National Milk Producers Union’
  • Mr Andrey Maximov, Chair of the Commission on Territorial Development and Local Government, CCRF, Chairman of the Expert Council of the corporate nonprofit organization ’Union of Russian Cities’
  • Professor Gérard-François Dumont, Rector, Department of Geography, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne
  • Ms Dilyana Slavova, President of the External Relations Section, European Economic and Social Committee

Debate

17.30

Session 4: Cross-border cooperation for Businesses and SMEs

Chair: Mr Igor Shpektor, Chair of the Commission on Housing and Public Utilities, Construction and Roads, CCRF, President of the Union of Cities of the North of the Arctic Circle and the Far North

  • Representative DG REGIO on cross-border cooperation programmes with Russia (tbc)
  • Ms Liisa Holmberg, rector of the Sami Educational Institute, responsible for implementation of the Neda-Ordym project, financed under the Kolarctic cross-border cooperation programme
  • Mr Aurel Laurenţiu Plosceanu, member of the EESC representing the Romanian Construction Entrepreneurs Association (ARACO) (tbc)
  • Mr Igor Shpektor, Chair of the Commission on Housing and Public Utilities, Construction and Roads, CCRF, President of the Union of Cities of the North of the Arctic Circle and the Far North

Debate

18.15

Conclusions

  • Mr Sergey Ordzhonikidze, Deputy Secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
  • Mr Markus Penttinen, President of the Russia Follow-up Committee, European Economic and Social Committee

18.30

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