Agenda

Minutes

09:30-10:00Welcome 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
10:00-10:20Horizon Europe Association Implementation
DG R&I (10 min)
WB (2 minutes per WB)
10:20-11:00Western 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)
11:00-11:10Technical Break
11:10-11:40Time 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)
11:40-12:10Ministerial 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)
12:10-12:25High-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