MAG international conference, 28-29.10.2010

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Published on Friday, 05 November 2010 08:38

The conference entitled “The role of SMEs in the programmes funded by the Structural Funds” was organised for the sixth time by MAG-Hungarian Economic Development Centre together with the European Commission on the planning and implementation of Operational Programmes for economic development.

The two-day international conference was opened by Tamás Fellegi, minister for national development and Nicholas Martyn, director general of the European Commission in charge of regional policy.

The purpose of the conference was to promote the sharing of experience and good practices and to build relations between the European Commission, the Managing Authorities and Intermediary Bodies. The speakers of the conference were from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Great Britain and Germany. 

Please find the presentations of the conference, if you click on the name of the presenter:

October 28th, 2010

•Tamás Fellegi: Minister, Ministry of National Development, Hungary
•Nicholas Martyn: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy Directorate F (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia)
•Agnieszka Jankowska: Director of the Managing Department for Competitiveness and Innovation Programmes, Ministry of Regional Development, Poland
•Petr Očko: Director of EU funds, Research and Development Section, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
•Spomenka Rakušić: Head of Sector for Operational Programme Management, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Croatia
•Dorina Muntean: Head of Programme Coordination Department, Managing Authority for Sectoral Operational Programme "Increase of Economic Competitiveness" Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Business Environment, Romania
•Ivica Eždenci: Director, National Agency for Regional Development, Serbia
•Lóránt Lehrner: Vice President for Integration, National Development Agency, Hungary
•Györgyi Nyikos: Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Hungary

Octóber 29th, 2010

1. section: The use of innovative tools in enterprise development (financial instruments, cluster development)

•Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp: Head of Unit, EU-Economic and Financial Policies, Ministry of Economic and European Affairs, Germany

2. section: What organisational and management challanges do Structural Funds agencies face? What are the specific management difficulties?

•Spomenka Rakušić: Head of Sector for Operational Programme Management, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Croatia
•Joanna Żebrowska-Cielek: Head of Programmes Implementation Coordination Unit, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

4. section: How to treat the horizontal issues in SME development, practical approaches

•Agnieszka Jankowska: Director of the Managing Department for Competitiveness and Innovation Programmes, Ministry of Regional Development, Poland

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