Conference Program

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Date: 16 - 17 June 2008

Place: City Hotel Bratislava, Slovakia

 

16 June 2008

 
08:45 - 09:15

Registration of the participants

09:15 - 09:20

Conference opening: Ms. Andrea Elscheková - Matisová,
Head of Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia;
 
Mr. Ken Davey
Member of the LGI Steering Committee 

09:20 - 09:30

Introduction of the Project: Mr. Ctibor Košťál - project manager, SGI 

09:30 - 10:00

Ms. Katarína Mathernová (Deputy Director-General for Regional Policy, EC)
Necessity of Structural Funds Public Control and Oversight
Perspectives of the Cohesion Policy after 2013

10:00 - 10:10

Discussion

10:10 - 10:30

Mr. Ken Davey (LGI)
Issues of Transparency and Efficiency in the Allocation/Distribution of Structural Funds

10:30 - 10:40

Discussion

10:40 - 11:10

Coffee break

11:10 - 11:30

Mr. Peter Wells (Professor of Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University
and Coordinator of the Social and Economic Regeneration Team in the CRESR)
Structural Funds Evaluation - 1994-2006:
Reflections on research strategies and methodologies for evaluating impact and assessing programme governance 

11:30 - 11:50

Mr. Tony Gore (Principal Research Fellow in CRESR)
Evaluation and Research of Horizontal Priorities: approaches, findings and risks

11:50 - 12:10

Discussion

12:10 - 13:10

Lunch

13:10 - 13:30

Mr. Sergej Muravjov (TI Lithuania)
EU Structural Funds Allocation in Lithuania in 2007-2013: issues of concern

13:30 - 13:50

Mr. Gatis Litvins (Providus)
Planning and Management of Structural and Cohesion Fund in Latvia: Experience and Lessons learned

13:50 - 14:05

Discussion

Session: Structural Funds Transparency in Slovakia

14:05 - 14:45

Misusage of Resoures from the Structural Funds

Vladimir Šárnik (Eurea)
Legal Instruments for Monitoring
 
 Martin Plesch (Eurea)
Analysis of Specific Cases

14:45 - 15:00

Discussion

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee break

  15:20 - 15:40

Ms. Martina Kubániová (TA3)
Role of the Media in the SF Public Oversight - case study

15:40 - 16:00

Mr. Ctibor Košťál (SGI)
Independent monitoring and evaluation of Structual Funds - case study

16:00 - 16:20

Discussion

16:20

END OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE DAY

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17 June 2008

 
09:30 - 09:50

Ms. Agnes Batory, Mr. Andrew Cartwright (CPS-CEU)
Evaluating Structural Funds Allocations in Hungary

 09:50 - 10:10

Ms. Eszter Kosa (independent researcher)
Central Programs Financed by Structural Funds in Hungary

10:10 - 10:25

Discussion

10:25 - 10:45

Mr. Ctibor Košťál (SGI)
National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-13 in Slovakia and Knowledge-based Economy

10:45 - 10:55

Discussion

10:55 - 11:15

Coffee break 

 11:15 - 11:35

Ms. Renáta Králiková (SGI)
Education Policy as a part of Structural Funds Interventions in Slovakia

  11:35 - 11:45

Discussion

 11:45 - 12:15

Future Research and Collaboration Possibilities - plenary discussion

  12:15

END OF THE CONFERENCE

12:15 - 13:15

LUNCH 

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The project is supported by the Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) which is a part of the Open Society Institute of Budapest.