ZIP project partner consortium would like to invite you to the kick-off conference of the project
„Zipping and Innovating the Development Planning of the Cross-Border SK-UA territory“,
to be held on 9th of March 2016 (Wednesday) at 8.30 a.m Tabačka Kulturfabrik (kino Tabačka), Gorkeho 2, Kosice
The aim of the project is to develop and apply a methodology of incorporating global threats with significant local impacts into a joint SK-UA cross-border planning process based on cooperation of the SK-UA experts
The conference is primarily designated for all those who:
• have been actively participating in the development planning of the Eastern Slovakia and the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine (spatial planning, economic, social, and sectoralplanning )
• wish to participate in improving cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine, particularly of the Eastern Slovakia and the Transcarpathian region.
Agenda:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening of the Conference (Jaroslav Tesliar, Agency for the Support of Regional Development Kosice)
09:10 – 09:30 Philosophy of the project (Andrej Steiner, Carpathian Development Institute, Kosice)
09:30 – 09:50 Global threats and their impacts on development at the local and regional level (Oto Hudec, Technical University, Kosice)
09:50 – 10:20 Local planning processes in the context of global threats – Norwegian experience (Jørn Holm-Hansen/Sigrid Skålnes, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo)
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 – 11:20 The current planning processes at regional and local level in Ukraine and Slovakia (Mykola Pihuliak, Zakarpattya Regional State Administration, Užhorod and Martin Jergus, City of Kosice)
11:20 – 11:40 Greetings from Kirkenes, a short information about activities of Sør-Varanger municipality in the area of cross-border cooperation (Liza Stepanova, Sør-Varager Municipality)
11:40 – 12:00 Discussion
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 The Strategy for Slovak-Ukrainian Cross Border Cooperation until 2020 – challenges for its implementation (Vladimír Benc, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Prešov)
14:00 – 14:30 Experience with implementation of the cross-border cooperation between Norway and Russia (Jørn Holm-Hansen/Sigrid Skålnes, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo)
14:30 – 15:00 Existing experience of the cross-border cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia (Valeriy Hrishchenko, Agency of Regional Development and Cross Border Co-operation “Transcarpathia” of Zakarpattya Oblast Council)
15:00 – 15:30 Discussion and Closure of the Conference
Participation in the conference is free of charge. Travel expenses paid by each participant herself/himself. Conference languages: Slovak, Ukrainian and English. Simultaneous translation is provided.
Please confirm your participation no later than 7 March 2016 (Monday) to the e-mail address: zuzana.klimovska@arr.sk