Programme

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8:30 - 9:30 | Coffee & Welcome

9:30 - 10:00 | Introductory session

  • Giannis Roussos, President of the INSULEUR
  • Stephanos Gkikas, Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Greece (tbc)
  • Elena Calistru, President of the ECO Section

10:00 - 10:30 | Introduction to the debate. Best practices for the islands

  • Stephane Bijoux, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on New EU Strategy for islands

10:30 - 12:30 | The Island Advantage: Pioneering Innovation and Resilience in the New EU Strategy for islands

Moderator: Irene Mikelis, EU Projects Manager-Insuleur (tbc)

  • Eleftherios Kechagioglou, President of Hellenic Small Islands Network 
  • Representative of the European Commission, DG Regio
  • Manthos Mavrommatis, President of the SG and Member of the EES

The hearing will be web streamed and interpreted in EN, FR and EL.
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