09:00-09:30 | Welcome 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 |
09:30-10:30 | Preparation 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) |
10:30-11:30 | Preparation of the Ministerial Round Table Discussions Agenda of the Ministerial Meeting and Topics for Discussion (Draft Agenda – Draft Agenda extended) Questions Proposed for the Round Table Discussions WB (5 min per WB) Q&A, General Discussion (5 min) |
11:30-12:10 | Updates 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 –12:20 | Concluding 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 |