Programme

10:00 | Welcoming remarks

• Anna Schoemakers, EESC member (Gr III)
• Teppo Säkkinen, EESC member (Gr I) and rapporteur of the ongoing opinion on Enlargement and EU Climate Policy – Achieving the EU Climate Targets in a larger union

10:05 | Panel I: Enlargement and the EU Climate Framework

• Ana Maria Danila, Deputy Head of Unit, DG CLIMA, Diplomacy Unit, European Commission
• Anna Vezyroglou, DG ENEST, Head of Unit Institution Building ,TAIEX, Twinning, European Commission
• Bohdan Semenenko, the Director of the Department on Industrial Pollution Prevention & Climate Policy, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

11:30 | Panel II: Pathways to climate neutrality in view of EU enlargement 

• Jessica Prendergast, Future-Impacts, presentation of the Report Climate Action in the EU of 2035 Enlargement Perspectives
• Svetlana Mikhaylovska, Deputy Director, Advocacy, Global Business for Ukraine 
• Tetiana Borysiuk, Director of the Department for cooperation to EU, the Federation of Employers Ukraine
• Jelena Mitrovic, International Officer at the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro
• Nichita Prepelita, Gutta-Club, Moldova 

12:50 | Concluding remarks

• Teppo Säkkinen, EESC member (Gr I) and rapporteur of the ongoing opinion on Enlargement and EU Climate Policy – Achieving the EU Climate Targets in a larger union