Sharing Experience of Public-Private Dialogue in EU Integration Process for Moldova and Georgia

Workshop Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi, July 2-3, 2015

AGENDA Working Language: ENGLISH

Thursday, July 02, 2015 09:30 - 10:00 Registration/Coffee

OPENING REMAKRS

Mr Zaza Broladze - Deputy CEO, Policy and Management Consulting Group - PMCG

10:00 - 10:20

H.E Davit Bakradze - State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration H.E Boris Iarochevitch- EU Deputy Ambassador to Georgia

Mr Marcin ochowski Charge daffaires, Embassy of Poland to Georgia

Ms Angela Huzun - Executive Director, Centrul de Resurse, Moldova

PANEL I DCFTA: Prospects and Challenges for Moldova an Georgia

Moderator: Mr Kakha Gogolashvili - Director of the Centre of EU Studies at Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS)

10:20 - 10:35 Mr Mikheil Janelidze - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

10:35 - 10:50 Mrs Inga Ionessi Director, General Department of Trade Policy, Ministry of Economy of Moldova

10:50 - 11:05 Mr Ivan Miklo - Former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovakia

11:05 - 11:20 Mr George Welton - Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia (AmCham) 11:20 - 11:45 Discussion and Q&A 11:45 - 12:00 COFFEE BREAK PANEL II Export, Competition and Intellectual Property Rights

Moderator: Mr Antonio Lo Parco- Trade Affairs Manager, EU Delegation to Georgia

12:00 - 12:15 Mr Nikoloz Gogilidze- Head of National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia

12:15 - 12:30 Mrs Marion Hoenicke Head of Division, Banking and Financing in ENP, European Investment Bank (EIB)

12:30 - 12:45 Ms Pavla Breckova - Vice Chair of Board of Directors at Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic

12:45 13:00 Mr Tomas Meravy - Advisor to former Finance Minister of Slovakia and current Economic Analyst at MESA10

13:00 - 13:30 Discussion and Q&A

13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH

PANEL III: Agriculture and Food Safety

Moderator: Mr Konstantine Kobakhidze - Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia

14:30 - 14:45 Mr Nodar Kereselidze - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia

14:45 - 15:00 Mr Matti Lampi - International Advisor and SPS Expert, National Food Agency of Georgia

15:00 - 15:15 Ms Maia Tevzadze - IFC Agribusiness Standards Advisory Program Manager in the Caucasus

15:15 - 16:30 Mr Gigla Mikautadze - Doctoral Researcher, Free University of Tbilisi

16:30 - 17:00 Discussion and Q&A

Friday, July 03, 2015 09:30 - 10:00 Registration/Coffee PANEL IV Public-Private Dialogue Platform

Moderator: David Smith - Chief of Party, USAID Good Governance Initiative (GGI)

10:00 10:15 Mr Ilia Darchiashvili - Head of Municipal Development Fund of Georgia

10:15 - 10:30 Ms Irina Kvakhadze Deputy Director of Business Association of Georgia (TBC)

10:30 - 10:45 Mr Eugen Revenco - Executive Director of Moldovan-German Forum

10:45 11:00 Mr Damian Wnukowski - Analyst at the International Economic Relations Programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs 11:00 - 11:15 Discussion and Q&A 11:15- 11:30 COFEE BREAK

PANEL V Measures to support SME Moderator: Mr Aleksi Aleksishvili - CEO, Policy and Management Consulting Group - PMCG

11:30 11:45 Mr Giorgi Tsikolia - Director, Entrepreneurship Development Agency of Georgia (EDA)

11:45 - 12:00 Ms Leila Urazbaeva - Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

12:00 - 12:15 Mr Miklos Merenyi - Business Development Manager, Virgo Systems Ltd. Hungary

12:15 12:30 Mr Mikheil Chelidze President CEO at Georgian SME Association (Confirmed)

12:30 - 13:00 Discussion and Q&A 13:00 - 13:15 Closing remarks 13:15 - 14:30 LUNCH