European Economic
and Social Committee
Towards cohesion policy 2.0 Challenges and opportunities for the growth and development of the European regions
Programme
10:00 - Welcome speech by Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS, President, ECO Section, European Economic and Social Committee
- Maria del Carmen BARRERA CHAMORRO, rapporteur, and David SVENTEK, corapporteur, Presentation of the draft opinion on Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and Cohesion Policy: Towards a Cohesion 2.0
- Mercedes CABALLERO, General Secretary of European Funds, statement by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU
- Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Member of the European Parliament, REGI Committee, presentation of the views of the European Parliament
- Peter BERKOWITZ, Director of DG Regio, presentation of the views of the European Commission
11:15 - Intervention and remarks by representatives of organized civil society
- Dimitrios SKIADAS, Professor and Head of the Department of International & European Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Giacomo FERSINI, Economic Policy Advisor, Eurochambres
- Adela CARRIÓ IBAÑEZ, Confederal Secretary for Programmes and Studies for UGT Spain
- Carlos Martínez MINGUEZ, Major of Soria (Spain) and former Vice-President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)