Programme

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10:00 | Welcome and introductory remarks

  • Elena Calistru, president of the Section for economic and monetary union and economic and social cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Eleni Marianou, Cohesion attaché, Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU

10:15-12:45 | Panel debate

  • Vangelis Meimarakis, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair for coastal areas of the SEARICA Intergroup
  • Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, President of the Corsican Assembly, Member of the European Committee of the Regions
  • Tonino Picula, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the SEARICA Intergroup
  • Fredis Beleris, Member of the European Parliament
  • Hugo Sobral, Deputy Director General, DG Regio
  • Jørgen Primdahl, Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
  • Giannis Roussos, President of the Cyclades Chamber of Commerce, President of INSULEUR
  • Pia Prost, National Association of Finnish Islands
  • Eleftherios Kechagioglou, President of Hellenic Small Islands Network

12:45 | Summary and conclusions

  • Ioannis Vardakastanis, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on The Island Dimension in European Cohesion, Competitiveness and Sustainable Development Policies

13:00 | End of the public debate.