Agenda

List of Participants

Minutes

09:00-09:30Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I
Filip Van Depoele, Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation’, EC DG EAC
Albana Tole, Vice Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Albania, WB co-chair
Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC
09:30-10:30Preparation of the Ministerial Meeting of the WB Platforms on 4-6 June 2023, including the conclusion paper
Update by DG EAC, DG R&I, DG JRC, DG NEAR (20 min)
Conclusions document (10 min) (Draft Document)
Logistics by POLICY ANSWERS (10 min)
Presentation of the WB Delegations (3 min per WB)
10:30-11:30Preparation of the Ministerial Round Table Discussions
Agenda of the Ministerial Meeting and Topics for Discussion (Draft AgendaDraft Agenda extended)
Questions Proposed for the Round Table Discussions
WB (5 min per WB)
Q&A, General Discussion (5 min)
11:30-12:10Updates in view of the Ministerial Meeting
RCC Mega-Trends study (3 min)
JRC Study ‘The impacts of air quality on health and related costs in the Western Balkans’, (3 min)
POLICY ANSWERS upcoming Conference in Sarajevo in September 2023 (3 min)
WB updates (3 min per WB)
Q&A, General Discussion (5 min)
12:10 –12:20Concluding remarks and next steps
Albana Tole, Vice Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Albania, WB co-chair
Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I
Filip Van Depoele, Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation’, EC DG EAC
Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC