Conference “Consolidating civil society involvement in the economic and investment plan: The way forward”
As a part of the SMART Balkans regional project “Strengthening WB6 CSO-s agency in Economic and Investment Plan implementation” Estima (project partner from North Macedonia) organizes conference titled “Consolidating civil society involvement in the economic and investment plan: The way forward” Working language is English and the event agenda is as follows:
13.00 – 13.10 – Opening remarks
• Ana Krstinovska, ESTIMA
• Dajana Cvjetkovic, SMART Balkans
• Matej Zakonjshek, Transport Community
13.10 – 13.20 – Keynote speech: David Geer – EU Ambassador to Skopje
13.20 – 13.30 – Presentation of the key findings from the study: Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans: State of play of specialized civil society organizations and think tanks in the region – Aleksandra Spasovska, ESTIMA
13.30 – 14.30 – Panel 1: Civil society involvement in the EIP – lessons learnt and opportunities for improvement
Panelists:
• Marko Troshanovski, Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis
• Evgenija Serafimova-Kirkovski, Secretariat for European Affairs
• Steffen Hudolin, EU Delegation in Skopje
• Orhideja Kaljosehvska, IFICO – WBIF
Moderator: Ana Krstinovska, ESTIMA
14.30 – 14.45 – Coffee break
14.45 – 15.45 – Panel 2: Enhancing CSO engagement in large infrastructure projects – Connecting East to West Flagship
Panelists:
• Driton Rusi, Macedonian Railway Infrastructure Public Enterprise
• Bjorn Gabriel, European Investment Bank
• Ana Cholovikj-Leshovska, Ekosvest
• HE Angel Angelov, Bulgarian Ambassador to Skopje / Municipality of Kriva Palanka
Moderator: Ardian Hackaj, Cooperation and Development Institute
15.45 – 16.00 – Concluding remarks
• HE Frederic Meurice, Ambassador of Belgium to North Macedonia
• Ardian Hackaj, Cooperation and Development Institute
16.00 – 16.30 – Networking and cocktail
