AGENDA
SKILLS+ Final High-Level Event (Virtual)
2 December 2020
09.30 Welcome & Opening address
- Thomas Webel, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt, Minister
09.45 The importance of digitalisation of business activities in rural areas in times of the pandemic
- Viktória Krivenkó, Hungarian Ministry of Finance, EDIOP Managing Authority
- Gumersindo Bueno Benito, Junta of Castile and León, General Director of Cultural Heritage
10.00 Interreg Europe: the state of play of interregional cooperation
- Vincenzo Capocasale, Joint Secretariat, Finance Officer
10.15 Introduction of the SKILLS+ project
- Frank Thäger, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt, Head of Unit
10.30 The interregional policy-learning of the SKILLS+ project – Roundtable discussion with
- Ana Zubčić, Zadar County Rural Development Agency, Head of International Cooperation Projects
- Anny Zych, Malopolska Regional Development Agency, POSITION
- Eistein Guldseth, Trøndelag County Council, Senior Advisor Digital Transformation
- Yiannis Bakouros, Head of Regional Development and Cross Border Studies Dept., University of Western Macedonia
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 How digitalization transforms business and administrative operations – Business testimonials from Saxony-Anhalt
- Andreas Brohm, Mayor of Tangerhütte
- Andreas Kluge, Head of Association Broadband Altmark
- Sirko Scheffler, Head of Brain SCC GmbH
11.30 The perspective of external stakeholders – Roundtable discussion with
- Irena Pavlova, Sofia University, Department Software engineering
- Aiga Irmeja, Latvian IT Cluster, Executive Director
- Jan Skipala, Chamber of Commerce of the Moravian-Silesian Region, Enterprise Europe Network
- Ninetta Chaniotou, Kainuun Regional Council (
12h00 Wrap-up of the Event & Closing Remarks
- Frank Thäger, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt, Head of Unit
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