Conference on the 2019 Country Report and the 2021-27 Investment Priorities
Date: March 21, 2019, 8:30-14:00
Address: Corvina Rendezvényház, 1146 Budapest, Ajtósi Dürer sor 19.
To download the 2019 country report please click
Presentations
8:30 – 9:00
Registration – welcome coffee
9:00 – 9:05
Welcome Speech
Gábor Zupkó, Head of Representation, European Commission Representation
in Hungary
9:05 – 9:40
Opening remarks on European Semester and Cohesion policy
Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission
9:40 – 10:15
State of the Hungarian Economy – the 2019 HU Country Report
Manfred Bergmann, Director, Directorate General for Economic and
Financial Affairs of the European Commission
Followed by Q&A with the audience
10:15 – 11:00
Employment and social issues in Hungary. Investment priorities
Katarina Ivanković-Knežević, Director, Directorate General for
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission
Followed by Q&A with the audience
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:10
Regional disparities in Hungary, development and investment priorities
Vittoria Alliata-di Villafranca, Director, Directorate General for Regional
and Urban Policy of the European Commission
Followed by Q&A with the audience
12:10 – 12:30
Reflections from the Hungarian authorities
Speaker TBC
Followed by Q&A with the audience
Responding: DG ECFIN, DG EMPL, DG REGIO
12:30 – 13:00
Press conference
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
The language of the conference is
Hungarian-English, with English-Hungarian simultaneous interpretation
Registration
Please respond by 18th March 5 p.m., 2019., by clicking on the link below or by sending an email to COMM-REP-BUD-EVENTS@ec.europa.eu.
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