09:30-10:00 | Welcome remarks and introduction Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I Patrick Nédellec, French EU Council Presidency, Director for European and international cooperation at the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, co-chair Albana Tole, Vice Minister of Education and Sport, WB co-chair Filip Van Depoele, Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation’, EC DG EAC Miroslav Veskovic, Scientific Expert, EC DG JRC | |
10:00-10:20 | Horizon Europe Association Implementation DG R&I (10 min) WB (2 minutes per WB) | |
10:20-11:00 | Western Balkans Agenda on Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Update by DG R&I, DG EAC, DG JRC, DG NEAR (10 min) WB (3 minutes per WB) Q&A, general discussion (10 min) | |
11:00-11:10 | Technical Break | |
11:10-11:40 | Time for presenting BIOEAST, Barna Kovacs, Secretary General, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU (Presentation) Synchrotron Radiation Training & Educational Programme, Fabio Mazzolini, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste POLICY ANSWERS, Elke Dall, Centre for Social Innovation (Presentation) | |
11:40-12:10 | Ministerial Meetings of the Western Balkans Platforms on Education and Training & Research and Innovation DGs R&I, JRC, EAC, NEAR (10 min) Q&A, Discussion (20 min) | |
12:10-12:25 | High-level events and Tour des Balkans of Commissioner Gabriel (Autumn 2022) DG R&I, JRC & EAC (10 min) Q&A, general discussion (5 min) | |
12:25 – 12:30 | Concluding remarks and next steps Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I |