2017

Final Event and Award Ceremony

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Awarding the BestPracticeCertificatesMonday 20 November 2017Venue: Town Hall of Maastricht

18.00 Registration of participants 18.30 Welcome and opening

Announcing and handing over the EPSA 2017 BestPracticeCerti icatesAndré Willems, Deputy Mayor of Maastricht Prof. Dr Marga Pröhl, Director-General, EIPA

Self-presentation by each of the BPC projects

20.30 Walking dinner (ending at 22.00)

Dear EPSA participant,

The EPSA 2017 Team is pleased to welcome you to beautiful Maastricht. We wish you a very pleasant and fruitful stay in Maastricht and we hope you fully enjoy the EPSA networking experience.

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Nominees Presentations Tuesday 21 November 2017

Venue: EIPA Maastricht

08.45 Registration of participants

Welcome and opening

09.30 Welcome and chair Prof. Dr Marga Pröhl, Director-General, EIPA

09.45 EPSA2017:Keyfactsandfigures Harrie Scholtens, EPSA 2017 Project Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht 10.15 Networking coffee-break

Opening of the ‘EPSA Market Place’

10.45 Parallel sessions: presentations of the EPSA 2017 nominees per administrative level European / National LevelIntroduced and chaired by Michael Burnett, Category Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht

Presentations by the nominees:

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10.45 Digital Justicesubmitted by the Spanish Ministry of Justice (ES) presented by José Luis Hernández Carrión, Chief Information Officer, New Technologies General Subdivision; and Esther Bravo Barquero, Project Manager, Head of Department, New Technologies General Subdivision

11.30 The Cooperation Fundsubmitted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office - EUIPO (EU)presented by Jef Vandekerckhove, Special Advisor to the Executive Director; and Miguel Olivares, Project Manager, International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department

Regional LevelIntroduced and chaired by Julia Bosse, Category Leader, EPSA Project Officer, Researcher EIPA Barcelona

10.45 Low Emission Zone Antwerpsubmitted by Informatie Vlaanderen (BE)presented by Gert De Gelder, Project Manager, Informatie Vlaanderen; and Filip Lenders, Head of Energy and Environment Department, City of Antwerp

11.30 The Catalan One Stop Shop as a driving force to SME smart regulationsubmitted by the Business Management Office of the Ministry of Business and Knowledge, regional government of Catalonia (ES) presented by Cristina Pruñonosa, Business Management Office Manager

Supra-Local / Local Level Introduced and chaired by Harrie Scholtens, EPSA 2017 Project Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht

10.45 Senior Citizen Liaison Team (SCLT)submitted by SCLT - Avon and Somerset Constabulary (UK)presented by Ashley Jones, Chair of Trustee Board; and Jon Williams, Trustee Board Member and Regional Lead Volunteer (Wales)

11.30 Talents for Austriasubmitted by the City of Trofaiach (AT)presented by Mario Abl, Mayor, City of Trofaiach; and Dr Josef Missethon, Managing Director, Institute for Talent Development

12.15 Lunch at EIPA’s restaurant

13.45 Parallel sessions continued

European / National Level

13.45 Vensterssubmitted by ICTU, KING Municipalities and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (NL)presented by Daniël van Geest, Programme Manager ICTU; and Mari-An Gerits, Senior Adviser KING Municipalities

14.30 SeaTrafficManagementsubmitted by the Swedish Maritime Administration (SE)presented by Ulf Siwe, STM Validation Communications Officer, Research and Innovation Regional Level

13.45 The Open.Heart Projectsubmitted by Ombudsoffice for Children and Youths Salzburg (AT)presented by Andrea Holz-Dahrenstaedt, Head; and Manuela Geimer, Project Leader

14.30 A Root and Branch Reformation of an Organisation’s Business Modelsubmitted by the Region of Crete (EL)presented by Dr Nikolaos Raptakis, Executive Secretary

Supra-Local / Local Level

13.45 Nordwärtssubmitted by the City of Dortmund (DE)presented by Dipl. Geogr. Harriet Ellwein, Deputy Project Leader

14.30 Robby the Ratsubmitted by the Municipality of Breda (NL)presented by Martijn Klootwijk, Manager Urban Water and Project Leader, City of Breda; and Michel Moens, Senior Consultant Urban Water, Arcadis

15.15 EPSA Café: Interactive themed sessions involving all participants coffee will be served in the meeting rooms

16.45 Wrap up and conclusions Prof. Dr Paul ‘t Hart, Professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University (NL) 17.15 Concluding remarks Prof. Dr Marga Pröhl, Director-General, EIPA

17.30 Festive reception at EIPA

19.30 End of the day

Celebratory Award Ceremony Wednesday 22 November 2017

Venue: Provincial Government House

09.00 Shuttle transfer from the hotels to the venue

09.15 Registration

09.45 Welcome and opening Theo Bovens, Governor and King’s Commissioner for the Province of Limburg, introduced by Marga Pröhl, Director-General, EIPA

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10.00 European Public Sector Innovation and Digitalisation Marlen Piskunov, Head of Department, Public Administration and Public Service Department, Ministry of Finance of Estonia, representing the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

10.15 Strategies of the EU Commission to support Innovation in Public Administration Florian Hauser, Representative of the Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission; member of the EPSA 2017 Steering Committee

10.30 EPSA 2017: Main trends and solutions identified Michael Burnett, Category Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht

10.45 Coffee break

11.15 EPSA 2017 Celebratory Award Ceremony 13.00 Lunch in parallel anofficialpicture with award winners

14.30 End of the EPSA 2017 Event shuttle transfer back to the hotels

Practical information

All logistic and conference related matters:Ms Jolanda PetersTel.: +31 (0)6 31 69 39 52

VenuesEuropean Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 22Tel.: +31 (0)43 32 96 222www.eipa.eu

Town Hall of MaastrichtMarkt 786211 HE Maastrichtwww.maastricht.nl

Provincial Government HouseLimburglaan 106229 GA Maastrichtwww.limburg.nl

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TaxiIn case you prefer to travel by taxi, please see below a list of companies and their contact numbers:

D&D Services (airports) T: +32 11 790 690Taxi Brull Maastricht T: +31 (0)43 34 30 000Taxi Service Maastricht T: +31 (0)43 26 06 666Taxi Frenske Maastricht T: +31 (0)43 36 36 362

Transport to/from the Provincial Government buildings, 22 NovemberTaxi buses will stop at 3 bus stops. These bus stops are marked as “B” on the map of Maastricht:

• Pick up location for Townhouse Hotel and Hotel the Hampshire - Designhotel, plus other hotels in the near proximity is the bus stop on ‘Parallelweg’, at the bus stop marked with the letter ‘H’, from 8.30 until 8.50. The last bus will leave at 8.50 sharp.

• Pick up location for Hotel Mabi and Hotel Bastion, plus other hotels in the near proximity is the bus stop on the ‘Boschstraat’ on the corner ‘Achter de Barakken’ near house number 40, from 8.30 until 8.50. The bus will leave at 8.50 sharp.

• Pick up location for Hotel Derlon is on the ‘Maasboulevard’. The bus will be waiting next to the Q-Park O.L. Vrouweplein garage from 8.30 until 8.50. The bus will leave at 8.50 sharp.

Please bring your luggage in case you are being picked up by taxi directly from the Provincial Government buildings after the ceremony.

At around 14.00-14.30 the buses will return to the abovementioned bus stops.

Parking at the Provincial Government buildingIf you will be arriving by car, please park in the section marked “P”, see map of Maastricht.

The Provincial Government has a general visitors parking place and a garage parking (free of charge). Ask at the registration desk for a parking exit card.

If these parking spaces are full, you can park next door at the Vodafone/Q-Park garage (not free of charge).

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