European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
09.30 - 12.00 Round table on the Czech coal regions in transition, Moderator: Renata Eisenvortová, EESC - CCMI
09.30 - 09.35 Welcoming Speech
- Martin Klika, the Ústí Regional Governor's deputy
09.35 - 09.45 Information on round tables on coal regions in transition organised by the CCMI
- Lucie Studničná, CCMI President
09.45 - 09.55 Information on the coal regions in transition platform organised by the European Commission
- Aleksandra Tomczak, DG Energy
09.55 - 10.10 Governmental program RE:START on restructuring in the Ústí, Moravian-Silesian and Karlovy Vary Regions
- Jiří Cienciala, Government commissioner for the RE:START program
- Gabriela Nekolová, Deputy government commissioner for the RE:START program
10.10 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 11.00 Main problems of the Czech coal regions in the social field and possible solutions
- Ústí region: Martin Klika, the Ústí Regional Vice-Governor
- Karlovy Vary region: Josef Janů, Member of the Council of the Karlovy Vary Region for regional development, project management and informatics
- Moravian-Silesian region: Jakub Unucka, Deputy Governor for the Smart Region, transport and road economy
11.00 - 11.50 Opinions of the main stakeholders on coal regions restructuring resulting from the energy transition, and recommendations for social impact mitigation
11.00 - 11.10 View of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Hana Aulická Jírovcová, Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Member of the Social Policy Committee
11.10 - 11.20 Local government view
- Jan Paparega, Mayor of the town Most
11.20 - 11.40 View of trade unions
- Josef Středula, President of the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Jaromír Franta, Association of mining trade unions
11.40 - 11.50 View of the civil society
- Helena Veverková, President of the Economic and Social Council of the Most region and Member of the Social Council of the Ústí region
11.50 - 12.10 Discussion
12.10 - 12.20 Conclusions
- Lucie Studničná, CCMI President
12.20 - 12.45 Light lunch
- Visit of the Ústí region
13.00 - 15.30 The village Janov, excluded localities
- ČSA brown coal surface mine
- Reclamation examples: lake Matylda, Hippodrome
- Church of Assumption of Virgin Mary in Most, moved due to coal mining