Programme

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13:30 Registration of participants and coffee

14:00 Welcome and introduction

  • Thierry BEAUDET, president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, France
  • Stefano PALMIERI, president of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Krzysztof BALON, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on 8th Cohesion report
  • Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER, corapporteur for the EESC opinion on 8th Cohesion report
  • Benoit NADLER, deputy Head of Unit, Policy Development and Economic Analysis, European Commission

14:30 Interventions and exchanges with field organisations on the usefulness and limits of European policies in practice

Moderator: Maria del Carmen BARRERA CHAMORRO, president of the EESC study group on 8th Cohesion report

  • Matthias RENAUD and Rui-Jorge MOREIRA FERREIRA, Technowest Logement Jeunes
  • Claire CHAMPEIX, project manager, Eurocarers
  • Boris LANDSBERGER-ISAAC, director of URCPIE Occitanie
  • Jean-Pascal THOMASSET, adviser and secretary general of AVEMA France victims
  • Philippe RENAUDIN, vice-president responsible for international and interregional relations, CESER Grand Est
  • Nicolas ROSSIGNOL, Head of Unit Evidence and Outreach, ESPON

15:30 Break

15:45 How can we better respond to the complexity of the allocation, monitoring and control of EU funds to help beneficiaries over the duration of projects? – Exchanges of views with the regional ESCs

Moderator: Marie-Claire MARTEL, adviser to the CESE France and representative of the associations group

  • Jean-Louis LARDEUX, adviser to the CESER Pays de la Loire and rapporteur for the opinion « How to improve the use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in Pays de la Loire? »
  • Rita SILVA VARISCO, vice-president, and Brigitte LAVIGNE, advisor and rapporteur for the contribution to the development of version 1 of the operational program European funds 2021-2027, CESER Nouvelle Aquitaine
  • Caroline VOLLE, vice-president, and Nicolas MARAIS, advisor and rapporteur for the opinion « European funds in Normandy - How to support project leaders?», CESER Normandie
  • Michel-Louis PROST, vice-president and referent of the Commission "International cooperation, Europe and European funds", CESER Auvergne Rhône Alpes
  • Bruno THÉRET, president of the Economic and Social Committee of the Greater Region
  • Q & A

16:30 Presentation of the KOHESIO platform by Anne THOLLARD from DG REGIO, European Commission

16:55 The point of view of other member states on the usefulness and limits of European policies

  • Giovanni DI CESARE, adviser, ESC Italy
  • Antón COSTAS, president of ESC Spain

17:15 Concluding remarks

  • Krzysztof BALON, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on 8th Cohesion report
  • Thierry BEAUDET, president of CESE France or Marie-Claire MARTEL, representative of CESE France

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