Experts of the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020 from the Joint Technical Secretariat and Branch Offices from Lviv and Rzeszów took an active role in the 10th EUROPE-UKRAINE Forum. It took place on 27th-28th January in the Congress and Exhibition Centre G2A ARENA in Jasionka near Rzeszów.
Hundreds of guests from all over Europe, from Spain to Russia, two days of congress, 44 thematic panels, specials events and guests as well as several meeting and discussion opportunities – such is a brief description of this forum taking place under the name „Opportunities Not To Be Missed”. It has encompassed four themes: Business and Economy, European Integration and Reforms, International Politics and Society.
Programme experts participated in thematic sessions and presented the Programme at the promotional stand during the 1st Eastern Fair that took place alongside. During the discussion titled „Good Neighbourship and Interregional Cooperation” the Head of the JTS, Paweł Słowikowski presented general statistics from the first call for proposals closed on 31st December 2016 organised within the new Programme for years 2014-2020. He emphasized the gigantic scale of needs and of willingness to cooperate between partners by showing that within almost 800 applications received during the call for proposals over 2300 engaged organizations are ready to realize projects valuing over 1,3 billion euro. It is 14 times bigger than the available allocation of funds for the first call.
In the thematic panels also took part experts from the Centre of European Projects, within which the JTS operates. The Head of the CEP, Leszek Buller, PhD, was one of the panelists of the „Role of the National Capital and Large State-Owned Companies in the Economic Development Policy” discussion. Andrzej Słodki, Information officer of the CEP participated in the session „Increasing Competitiveness of Cities and Regions - Investment Attractiveness, Promotion, Creative Industries.”
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