BIGDATA 4RIVERS
Interregional Workshop (Brussels)
Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 75, 1040 Brussels
Room: Belgium I & II
15 of June 2022

AGENDA
(Central Europe Time)

9h00
Welcome
Mr. Sotiris Nikolaropoulos (Director of Regional Development Fund of Attica - Greece)
Mr. Bruno Caldas  (President of the CIM Alto Minho Project Lead Partner Minho - Portugal)

BIGDATA 4RIVERS project presentation video

Interreg Europe Programme representative

10h15
Coffee – break
10h45
Round table – BIGDATA 4RIVERS Policy Instruments Managing Authorities
Moderator:
Ms. Sissy Psarrou (Regional Development Fund of Attica – Greece)
Speakers:
Mr. Jesus Rivas (Managing Authority of ERDF Regional Operational Programme Castilla and Leon Programme- Spain)
Mr. Aggelos Spiliotis (Managing Authority of the Regional Development Fund of Attica - Greece)
Mr. Andrei Chivu (Managing Authority of the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme- Romania)
Ms. Sofia Basrtviken (Managing Authority of the Regional environmental objectives of Östergötland - Sweden)
Ms. Justine Négrel (Managing Authority of the Centre-Val de Loire ERDF Operative Programme 2014-2020 – France)
Ms. Jolanta Dvarioniene (Managing Authority of the Operational Programme for the European Union Fund's Investments in 2014-2020 Republic of Lithuania)
Mr. Bruno Caldas  (Managing Authority of the Alto Minho 2020 Strategy & Action Plan – Portugal)

Issues to be discussed:
•    Benefits from the exchange of GP’s
•    Improvement or development of the (new) policy instruments
•    Next programming period policy instruments
11h45
Coffee – break
12h15
Round table – Experiences from all BIGDATA 4RIVERS partners
Moderator:
Mr. António Sanfins (Coordinator of the technical committee of BIGDATA 4RIVERS – Portugal)
Speakers:
Ms. Ana Isabel Rodriguez (Iberian Association of Riverside Municipalities of Duero River - Spain)
Ms. Antigoni Gkoufa (Regional Development Fund of Attica - Greece)
Mr. Ioan Bojan (The National Union of Romanian Entrepreneurs - Romania)
Ms. Robin Abbey-Lee (The County Administrative Board of Östergötland - Sweden)
Ms. Luisa Garcia (CIM Alto Minho - Portugal)
Ms. Justine Négrel (Cluster DREAM – France)
Ms. Jolanta Dvarioniene (Kaunas University of Technology - Lithuania)

Issues to be discussed:
•    Action plans contents
•    Benefits of knowledge exchange through BIGDATA 4RIVERS project
13h15
Workshop Conclusions
Rapporteur:
Mr. António Sanfins (Coordinator of the technical committee of BIGDATA 4RIVERS – Portugal)

BIGDATA 4RIVERS project phase 1 results video
13h30
Joint press-conference