Moderation: Aurel Laurenţiu Plosceanu, President of Study Group of EESC opinion "The effects of a new carbon-free, decentralised and digitalised energy supply structure on jobs and regional economies"

9h30 Welcome

  • Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the Section for "Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society", European Economic and Social Committee

9h35 Panel 1: Case studies of regional economic effects of the energy transition

  • Michael Knape, Mayor of Treuenbrietzen, Germany
  • Gerard McGovern, Coordinator INTERREG Project COBEN (Delivering Community Benefits of Civic Energy), University of Oldenburg, Germany
  • Grzegorz Jakuc, Mayor of Turosn Koscielna, Poland

11h15 Coffee break

11h35 Panel 2: The perspective of the EU institutions and stakeholders on the regional economic effects

  • Rudolf Niessler, Director, DG REGIO, European Commission
  • Mariana Gâju, Member of the Committee of the Regions
  • Joachim Kreysa, Advisor BioEconomy, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
  • Corinna Zierold, Policy Advisor Energy, IndustriALL

12h55 Closing remarks

  • Lutz Ribbe, EESC Rapporteur of opinion "The effects of a new carbon-free, decentralised and digitalised energy supply structure on jobs and regional economies"

 

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