Съюз на икономистите в България

Председателят на Съюза на икономистите в България, проф.Кр.Петков взе участие в Конференция на високо равнище на тема: „Науката в подкрепа на Дунавската стратегия“, която се проведе във Виена на 24-25 юни 2014 г.

Draft programme
High-level event on the
Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy
24-25 June 2014, Vienna
organised in the frame of the
Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Launched in June 2011, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) aims to boost the development of the Danube Region. The macro-regional strategy relies on an integrated approach to encourage better policy development and the alignment of funding and resources through concrete actions and projects, resulting in a more efficient and better balanced implementation of the EU’s overall objectives under Europe 2020.
As the Commission’s in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) launched the initiative „Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy“ aiming to address the scientific needs related to the implementation of the strategy and to strengthen the scientific cooperation in the Danube Region.
In May 2013, at a high-level event in Bratislava, DG JRC launched four scientific flagship clusters: the Danube Water Nexus; the Danube Land and Soil Nexus; the Danube Air Nexus and the Danube Bioenergy Nexus; complemented by three horizontal activities: the Danube Reference Data and Services Infrastructure; the Danube Innovation Partnership; and the Smart Specialisation for the Danube Region.
The financial design and continuous financing of transnational flagship projects remains one of the most important challenges for the Danube Region. The new Cohesion Policy Regulation provides EU Member States with tools to address this challenge and to enhance cross-border cooperation.
An integrated approach in the macro-region can also provide better opportunities to address the common challenges. Science is a particular area where the best results can often be achieved through cooperation. To reach excellence and to improve competitiveness, researchers, innovators and businesses need to have access to and share knowledge within and across national borders.
Therefore the goal of the event in Vienna is to address synergies in economic, environmental or social issues with a multilateral dimension.
EVENT CONCEPT
The event includes several parallel technical workshops on the JRC flagship clusters on 24-25 June.
An interactive high-level event with representatives of Science Ministries of the Danube Region will take place on 25 June starting end of the morning with an opening session and an interactive lunch session presenting three concrete examples of scientific support JRC is giving in the frame of the Danube strategy.
Several parallel Round Tables in the afternoon will offer the opportunity to present the progress accomplished in the frame of the JRC flagship clusters and to further discuss between scientists and policy makers.
A subsequent panel discussion with representatives of Science Ministries of the Danube Region will further discuss and fine-tune the clusters to the needs of the decision-makers for more evidence-based policy making.

Tuesday 24 June 2014: PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

13:00-18:00 Parallel workshops (part 1)
Venue: Aula der Wissenschaften, Wollzeile 27a, 1010 Vienna
 Joint workshop on the Danube Air Nexus and the Danube Bioenergy Nexus
Säulenhalle A (1st floor)
 Workshop on water modelling in the frame of the Danube Water Nexus
Science café (Ground floor)
14:00-18:00
 Workshop on the Danube Innovation Partnership
Säulenhalle B (1st floor)
 Workshop on the Danube Reference Data and Services Infrastructure
Aula lounge (Ground floor)
18:30-20:30 Joint networking evening event
Venue: Restaurant Hansen, Wipplingerstraße 34, 1010 Vienna

Wednesday 25 June 2014: PARALLEL WORKSHOPS & HIGH-LEVEL EVENT

Parallel workshops (part 2)
Venue: Aula der Wissenschaften, Wollzeile 27a, 1010 Vienna

8:00-11:00
 Workshop on the Danube Air Nexus
Kleine Mani (1st floor)

8:30-11:00
 Workshop on the Danube Bioenergy Nexus
Säulenhalle A (1st floor)

9:00-11:00
 Workshop on the financial design of transnational R&I projects and the role of Smart Specialisation
Säulenhalle B (1st floor)
 Workshop on the Danube Reference Data and Services Infrastructure
Aula lounge (Ground floor)
 Workshop on water modelling in the frame of the Danube Water Nexus
Science café (Ground floor)

11:30-18:00 High-level event „Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy“
Venue: Aula der Wissenschaften, Wollzeile 27a, 1010 Vienna

11:30-12:30 Opening session
Jesuitensaal Plenum (2nd floor)
chaired by Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
 Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy
 Christos Vasilakos, Greek Secretary General for Research and Technology
 Pavel Kabat, Director-General and CEO of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA)
 Walter Deffaa, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

12:30-14:30 Interactive lunch session
Jesuitensaal Lunch room (2nd floor)
with keynote presentations highlighting main findings of the preceding workshops on:
 Danube Reference Data and Services Infrastructure
Alessandro Annoni, Head of Unit, Digital Earth and Reference Data, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Demonstration of the platform supporting Danube Region stakeholders
 Danube Water Nexus
Giovanni Bidoglio, Head of Unit, Water Resources, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Presentation of the state of the art
 Danube Bioenergy Nexus
Heinz Ossenbrink, Head of Unit, Renewables and Energy Efficiency, Institute for Energy and Transport, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Mapping the potential in the Danube Region

14:30-16:00 Thematic Round Tables
allowing for interactive discussion between scientists and policy makers:
 Round Table on the Danube Reference Data and Services Infrastructure
Jesuitensaal Plenum (2nd floor)
 Round Table on the Danube Innovation Partnership
Säulenhalle A (1st floor)
 Round Table on the Danube Air Nexus and the Danube Bioenergy Nexus
Aula lounge (Ground floor)
 Round Table on water modelling in the frame of the Danube Water Nexus
Science café (Ground floor)
 Round Table on financial design of transnational R&I projects and the role of Smart Specialisation
Säulenhalle B (1st floor)

16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Ground floor
16:30-18:00 Panel of Danube countries Science Ministry representatives
Jesuitensaal Plenum (2nd floor)
making the most out of the Danube Strategy: Opportunities for Research and Innovation in the Danube Region:
chaired by Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
 Tudor Prisecaru, Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, Ministry of National Education, Romania
 Ivan Wilhelm, Special Envoy of the Czech Republic Government for the European Research Area
 Barbara Weitgruber, Director-General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy
 Gheorghe Duca, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
 Mariela Deliverska, Director of Science Directorate at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria
 Matthias Hack, Head of Division, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research representing Susanne Burger, Director European Affairs
 Michael Mihatsch, Ministerialdirigent, Bavarian Ministry for Education, Science and Arts
 Roderik Klinda, Director Department of Implementation of R&D State Policy, EU and International Initiatives Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
 Tanja Milašinović Martinović, Ambassador of the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Vienna

19:30-22:30 Official dinner hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
Venue: Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn,
Hietzinger Hauptstraße 10-14, 1130 Wien
Presentation of the Danubius Award 2014
and the Danubius Young Scientist Awards 2014

19:30-20:30 Reception & Starters (served)

20:30-21:10 Welcome
 Barbara Weitgruber, Director-General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
 Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Laudatory speech
 Paul Lendvai
Presentation of the Danubius Award 2014

 Erhard Busek, Chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe
 Barbara Weitgruber, Director-General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
Laudatory speech
 Leopold März
Presentation of the Danubius Young Scientist Awards 2014
 Barbara Weitgruber, Director-General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

21:10-22:30 Dinner buffet