Friday 18th January 2018

2030 Agenda for the EU: European Cohesion Policy, the way to implement the SDGs
Palacio de la Audiencia (morning session) / Convento de la Merced. Aula Magna Tirso de Molina (afternoon session)

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09h00 – 09h30

Accreditation

09h30 – 10h00

Opening session:
Carlos Martínez Mínguez.
Mayor of Soria (Spain) and Vice-president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
Luis Alfonso Rey de las Heras. President of the Province of Soria (Spain)
Roberto Bermúdez de Castro. Secretary of State for Territorial Administrations (Spain)
Stefano Bonaccini. President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

10h00 – 11h30

Commitment 2030: the Europe we want
Facilitator: Frédéric Vallier. Secretary General , CEMR

Panelists:
Stefano Bonaccini
. President of the Region of Emilia Romagna (Italia) and President of CEMR
Concepción Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo. Mayor of Logroño (Spain) and Vice-president of FEMP
Griselda Pastor Llopart. Correspondent, “Cadena Ser” Brussels
José Manuel Herrero Mendoza. Presidency Office of the Regional Government of Castilla y León
Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé. President, Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS)
Alicia Asín Pérez. Co-founder and CEO, Libelium - Standard platform for Smart Cities

11h30 – 12h00

Break

12h00 – 13h30

The influence of the Global Agendas in the european Cohesion Policy.
Facilitator: Mercedes Molina Ibáñez. Professor at the University Complutense of Madrid

Panelists:
Carola Gunnarsson.
CEMR spokesperson for cohesion policy and Mayor of Sala (Sweden)
Juan Espadas Cejas. Mayor of Seville (Spain) and President of the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate
Antonio Román Jasanada. Mayor of Guadalajara (Spain) and member of the European Committee of the Regions
Petr Osvald. President of the COTER Commission. European Committee of the Regions
Claudi Pérez Pallejá. Correspondant, “El País” Brussels
Rainer Haas. Co-president of CEMR, President of the County of Ludwigsburg (Germany), and Vicep-president of the German Section of CEMR (RGRE)

13h30 – 15h00

Break

15h00 – 18h00

CEMR Policy Committee (statutary meeting, only members)

Part I