Partnership in Cohesion Policy

In cooperation with Elisabeth Schroedter MEP, Member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

This conference will focus on the proposed partnership principle legislation within the future Cohesion Policy and the current state of affairs with partnership at the Member States level. Participants will include members of the ‘trialogue’ and those involved with negotiating Partnership Contracts and Agreements, as well as other stakeholders interested in Cohesion Policy.

Conference participants will have an opportunity to present and discuss views on the draft legislative provisions on partnership, including arguments for wide-scale partnership that includes the engagement of citizens and citizen groups in Cohesion Policy decision-making processes. SFteam will present their position on partnership in Cohesion Policy legislation for further discussion.

First experiences of CSOs with partnership applied to programming for 2014-2020 in the Member States will be shared (including SFteam’s and Bankwatch joint report on the subject) and opportunities for the inclusion of wider safeguards for partnership in the implementation of Cohesion Policy into the Contracts/Agreements will be discussed.

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Speakers include:

Elisabeth Schroedter, Member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Peter Berkowitz, European Commission, DG REGIO, Policy and Legislation

Gottfried Lamers, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria

Roman Haken, Centre for Community Organizing, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

Edite Berziņa, Latvian Permanent Representation to the EU

Assya Kavrakova, Program Manager, European Citizen Action Service

Keti Medarova-Bergstrom, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environmental policy

Peter Torkler, WWF Germany

Zoltan Hajdu, Focus Eco Center, Romania

Izabella Marton, European Anti-Poverty Network, Hungary

Alda Ozola, Latvian Green Movement

Teodóra Donsz-Kovacs, SFteam and CEE Bankwatch Network

Anelia Stefanova, Campaigns Director, CEE Bankwatch Network

Event materials

Bankwatch and SF Team:
The partnership principle in the early stages of programming. Experiences from CEE countries
(Briefing)

Dr. Zoltan Hajdu
Partnership in programming during the 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy – Taking stock
(Presentation)

Peter Torkler
Needs for better partnership 2014-2020
(Presentation)

Teodóra Dönsz-Kovács
Civil society perspectives regarding European legislation on partnership in Cohesion Policy
(Presentation)

Gottfried Lamers
Member State perspective
regarding European legislation on Partnership in Cohesion Policy
(Presentation)