Bucharest, 26-28 June 20191 Palace of the Parliament (Bucharest, Romania)

As a key event of the 2019 EUSDR Presidency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the European

Commission and the Danube Transnational Programme are jointly organizing the 8th Annual Forum on

the 27th – 28th of June 2019 in Bucharest under the motto: “Building cohesion for a shared prosperity in

the Danube Region”.

The event is organized with the technical support of the Danube Strategy Point. The 2019 EUSDR Annual

Forum agenda will focus on competitiveness, connectivity and regional mobility, as well as on links

between Macro-regional Strategies and Cohesion and also on the possibilities of creating synergies that

can result in a better embedment of EUSDR into future EU programs and policies.

For updated agenda, side-events and registration please check the www.suerd.gov.ro/en website.

– Draft Agenda –

Wednesday, 26th of June 2019:

08:00-18:00 Registration of participants (C1 entrance, intersection of United Nations avenue & Libertatii avenue) 09:00 EXHIBITION dedicated to best practices & success stories of transnational cooperation in the

Danube Region (Event organized by the Romanian Ministry for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of Romania)

Venue: main lobby hall (P1) 14:00 BUSINESS TO BUSINESS (B2B) sessions (Side event organized by Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and regional partners,

represented by the Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry/member of the EEN with the support of the Romanian Ministry for Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship and the European Commission/ DG GROW)

Venue: IORGA Conference Hall 18:00 WELCOME DINNER (offered by the Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development of Romania). Venue: tba

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1This Project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania

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Thursday, 27th of June 2019

COHESION-BUILDING: INCREASING ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE, REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY

08:00 -12:00 Registration of participants and welcome coffee (C1 entrance, intersection of United Nations Avenue & Libertății avenue) 9:00-12:00 Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Economy from the EUSDR:

“The role of clusters as instruments for regional development in the framework of the post-2020 cohesion policy”

Event organized by the Ministry of Economy of Romania (by invitation only) Venue: Palace of Parliament, Conference Hall (TBA)

9:00-12:00 Public Hearings Workshop on the Revision of the EUSDR Action Plan

(Danube Strategy Point, with the support of RO EUSDR Presidency)

Venue: Bucharest, Palace of Parliament, Bălcescu Conference Hall

12:00-13:00 OPENING SESSION (CUZA Conference Hall, P1 level)

Viorica Dăncilă, Prime Minister, Romania

Romanian Minister of the European Affairs

Romanian Minister of the European Funds

The European Commission

13:00 -13:20 Press - Conference – IORGA Conference Hall

13:00-14:30 Lunch (Receptions Salon)

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14:30-16:00 Thematic session 1 (CUZA Conference Hall) INCREASING EUROPEAN CONVERGENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH EUSDR THE ROLE OF TRANSNATIONAL CLUSTERS

MODERATOR: MR.TIMO PESONEN, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY,

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION - DG GROW

14:30-16:00 Thematic session 2 (BĂLCESCU Conference Hall)

PROMOTING INTERCONNECTIVITY FOR IMPROVING EUROPEAN REGIONAL

MOBILITY THROUGHOUT EUSDR

MODERATOR: MS. MAJA BAKRAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, DG MOVE - EUROPEAN COMMISSION (TBC)

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break (main lobby)

16:30-18:00 Thematic session 3 (CUZA Conference Hall)

DEVELOPING JOINT STRATEGIC PROJECTS: TRANSPORTATION AND DIGITALIZATION

MODERATOR: DG CONNECT/COM (TBA)

16:30-18:00 Thematic session 4 (BĂLCESCU Conference Hall) BOOSTING EFFICIENCY IN CONNECTING

EUSDR KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND

THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THE ACTION PLAN

MODERATOR: MRS LENA ANDERSSON PENCH, DIRECTOR, DG REGIO

18:30-20:30 Dinner (Receptions Salon) (Artistic performance -tbc)

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Friday, 28th of June 2019 ENSURING SYNERGIES, RESULTS AND SUSTAINABILITY: MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES

8.30 - 9.00 Welcome Coffee/tea (main lobby) 9:00-11: 00 Plenary Session 5 (CUZA Conference Hall)

THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ROLES OF THE DANUBE TRANSNATIONAL PROGRAMME IN THE DANUBE REGION

MODERATOR: REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE DANUBE TRANSNATIONAL

PROGRAMME AND THE DTP JOINT SECRETARIAT

11:00-13:00 Thematic session 6 (BĂLCESCU Conference Hall)

ESIF PROGRAMMES AND EUSDR OBJECTIVES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NEW COHESION POLICY

MODERATOR: MRS. BAIBA LIEPA, INTERACT

11:00-13:00 Thematic session 7 (CUZA Conference Hall)

THE FUTURE OF EU MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE POST-2020 FRAMEWORK

MODERATOR: MR. JEAN-PIERRE HALKIN, HEAD OF UNIT, DG REGIO/COM

13:00-14:00 Closing ceremony (CUZA Conference Hall) Summary of the Danube Participation Days Preliminary results of the Public Hearings on the Revision of the Action Plan Presentation of the 8th Annual Forum results - Ms. Melania-Gabriela Ciot, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania (on behalf of RO Presidency of EUSDR) 14:00 Farewell Lunch (Receptions Salon)

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09:00 – 17:30; 6th Danube Participation Day: Youth – Participation – Empowerment; organised by the

PA 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation, Danube Civil Society Forum, Transylvania Social NGO

Federation, Sustainable Development Group Constanţa); Venue: tba

For more information please check regularly the website:https://www.danube-

capacitycooperation.eu/.

26th of June /14:00 - 18:00

The B2B sessions will be organised by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and regional partners,

represented by the Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry (member of the EEN) in

partnership with the Romanian Ministry for Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship and

the European Commission/ DGGROW.

Venue: Bucharest, the Palace of the Parliament

26th-28th of June 2019

Organized by the Ministry for the Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship (MBCCE), in

partnership with the Ministry of Economy of Romania. The Romanian Ministry for Business

Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship will also organize, all throughout the duration of this event,

an exhibition dedicated to best practices & success stories of transnational cooperation in the Danube

Region.

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27th of June 2019, 9:00 - 12:00

Venue: Bucharest, the Palace of the Parliament

27th of June 2019, 9.00-11.00 - Organized by the Danube Transnational Program JS

The objective of this workshop is to showcase the cooperation between the DTP and EUSDR

stakeholders within the DTP capitalisation process. The workshop will consist of 3 distinct sessions with

the aim to describe, in a holistic manner, how the DTP Capitalisation Strategy and the EUSDR serve

each other for their respective benefits. One of the sessions will be dedicated to cooperation with

other financing instruments, within the framework of the DTP Capitalisation Strategy.

Session 1: Cooperation of DTP TPs with EUSDR PACs (best practice - cooperation between

Thematic Pole (TBD) and PAC (TBD) )

Session 2: Contribution of DTP projects to EUSDR targets (best practice - cooperation between

Thematic Pole (TBD) and PAC (TBD) )

Session 3: Cooperation between DTP projects and convergent and complementary projects

funded by other programmes (best practice – Thematic Pole (TBD)

Target groups: main DTP and EUSDR stakeholders (DTP project partners, PACs, Steering Group

members), interest groups including NGOs, research and development institutions, universities,

education/training centres and other relevant actors in the field of Thematic Poles of DTP

Capitalisation Strategy.

Date: 27th of June 2019, 9.00-12.00

Organized by the Danube Strategy Point with support of Romanian EUSDR Presidency

Venue: Bucharest, Palace of Parliament, Balcescu Conference Hall

This workshop offers the opportunity for Civil Society, any actors and promoters of activities, projects

and processes to make their proposals for actions to be integrated into the Action Plan. This event will

be interactive and participants will be encouraged to offer feedback and react on the discussions.

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Thursday, 27 June, 9:00 - 13:30

Venue: Bucharest, the Palace of the Parliament

This workshop is organized by Priority Area 8 Coordinators from Baden Wurttemberg and Croatia. The

side-event shall shed some lights on good practices how cluster initiatives and regions in the Danube

Region successfully worked together to jointly support regional transformation and strengthening

competitiveness of firms. Attention shall be given on key success factors of the interplay between

both, what are the tasks and responsibilities between cluster initiatives and regional developers and

how this kind of cooperation shall be facilitated in the post-2020 ERDF area.

Date: 27th of June 2019

Venue: Bucharest, at the premises of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania

Within the margins of the Forum, the 18th meeting of the coordination committee / Steering Group of

the PA3, organized by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania and

BG Coordinator of PA3, will also take place. PA3, jointly coordinated by RO and BG is one of the most

successful PA of EUSDR. Once we have managed to jointly identify future common lines of action and

managed to acquire/the political commitment needed our ideas into operational policies and

measures, a look into the future will offer a longer term improvement of the Danube Region, as well as

increased cohesion and better alignment of EUSDR to EU policies in the post2020 framework.

Date: 26th or 28th of June 2019 (TBC)

Venue: Bucharest, the Palace of the Parliament

The Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government proposed organizing the event “Working

Community of the Danube Regions“ (ARGE Donauländer), back to back with the 8th Edition of the

Annual Forum of the EUSRD. The aim of the side event is to highlight the opportunities for

strengthening the regional level through the work of the Working Community of the Danube Regions,

showing its added value for the Danube region and also presenting some best practice examples for

cooperation in the region.

Date: 26 or 28 of June 2019 (TBC)

Venue: Bucharest, the Palace of the Parliament. Event allowing a best practices exchange within PA 8

(tba). The workshop will be organized by PA 8 Coordinators (Baden Wurttemberg and Croatia).