10 a.m. Registration and coffee
10.30 a.m. Introductory remarks
- Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, President, European Semester Group (ESG), EESC
The EU institutional perspective
- Gabriel Friptu, Deputy director general in the Ministry of European Funds, EU Romanian presidency
- Mariana Hristcheva, HoU of the “Evaluation and European Semester” Unit, DG REGIO, European Commission
- Olga Zrihen, Chair of ECON Commission, European Committee of the Regions
General debate
11.30 a.m. Academics and stakeholders perspective
- Alison Hunter, Senior Adviser on Cohesion Policy, European Policy Centre (EPC)
- James Watson, Director, BusinessEurope
- Kristian Bongelli, Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Conny Reuter, Co-Chair of the EESC Liaison Group, Secretary General, Solidar
General debate
Summary and conclusions
- Etele Baráth, Rapporteur, Petr Zahradník, Co-rapporteur and Anne Demelenne, President of the Study Group on the "The European Semester and Cohesion policy – Towards a new European strategy post-2020", EESC
1 p.m. End of the hearing
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