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Agenda

29 June, Tuesday
Zwiń szczegóły

09:00 – 10:00

Log-in online participants

(registration of participants: https://koj24.pl/rejestracja-skg/)

10:00 – 10:05

Welcome speech

Jarosław Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

10:05 – 10:15

Official opening

Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland 

10.15 - 10.30
The purpose of the Lublin Declaration is to work together towards development and reaping of social benefits in all regions of the Initiative, and towards improvement of regions' competitive strength on European level. Establishing the Economic Network of the Three Seas Regions, as a tool for implementation of joint initiatives, will be the expression of enhanced cooperation between regions.

SIGNING:

  • Declaration of the Economic Network of the Three Seas Regions  
  • Letter of Intent – cooperation on digitalisation (GOVTECH Poland and Digital Poland Association)
10:30– 11:30

Strategic session – representatives of the Three Seas Initiative states

Content-related partner: Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

Moderator: PhD hab. Marcin Szewczak, President of Institute for Development of Self-government of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

  • Prof. Krzysztof Szczerski, Secretary of State, Head of International Policy Office in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
  • Roussi Ivanov, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
  • Tiit Riisalo, Director of the Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia
  • Laurentiu Flueraru, Adviser in the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Romania
11:30 – 12:30

Diplomacy of the Three Seas Initiative – a panel involving partners and neighbours of the Three Seas Initiative

Content-related partner: Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

Moderator: Witold Dzielski, Director of International Policy Office, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

  • Andrii Deshchytsia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
  • dr Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany
  • Akio Miyajima, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan
  • Margarita Ganeva, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria
  • Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador at Large for Connectivity, European External Action Service
  • B.Bix Aliu, Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Embassy of the United States
12:30 – 13:00

BREAK

LCK
13:00 – 13:10

Speech 

Prof. Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland  

13:10 – 14:00

Plenary session: Government cooperation within the Three Seas Initiative in regional context

Content-related partner: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

Moderator: Paweł Jabłoński, Undersecretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative

  • Péter Sztáray, Minister of State for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
  • Arnoldas Pranckevičius , Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, National Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative
  • Jan Sechter, Deputy Minister for EU & International Relations Railways, Water Transport, Civil Aviation, ITS, Space, R&D, National Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative
  • Cornel Feruţă, State Secretary for Global Affairs and Diplomatic Strategies, National Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
  • Andris Pelšs, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, National Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative
  • MÄRT VOLMER, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, National Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative
  • Martin Polónyi, Director General of the International Relation Section, Coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
14.00 - 15.00
The debate attended by representatives from regions and respective ministries of the Three Seas countries, who will discuss - from their individual perspectives - present and future roles of regions in economic development of the Three Seas area. Socio-economic transformations occurring throughout Europe indicate the need for undertaking comprehensive actions aiming to ensure sustainable and responsible growth. Development of regions is not feasible without economic development based on establishment of new international networks. The next step in the expansion of the Three Seas Initiative shall be intensification of interregional economic cooperation.

Economic Network of the Three Seas Regions. Role of regions in the economic development of the Three Seas Initiative

Content-related partner: Institute for Development of Self-government of the Lubelskie Voivodeship (IDS)

Moderator: PhD hab. Marcin Szewczak, President of IDS

  • Jarosław Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
  • Artur Kosicki, Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship
  • PhD Milan Majerský, President of Presov Region, Slovakia
  • Zoltán Pajna, President of Hajdu-Bihar, Hungary
  • Ewa Draus, Vice- Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
  • Mihail Neatu,,/strong> Vice-President of Dolj County Council, Romania
15:00 – 16:00
Experts debate in the presence of representatives from countries of Three Seas Initiative; experts shall be discussing the current status of Via Carpatia implementation in participating countries. Experts shall discuss, basing on existing experience, the feasibility of continuing the investment, as well as potential developmental impulse to economies of individual countries and regions.

Transport links as a development factor of the Three Seas Initiative regions

Content-related partner: East Poland House, Lubelskie Convention Bureau

Moderator: PhD hab. Mieczysław Ryba, Lublin Catholic University Associate professor

  • Michał Mulawa, Vice-Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
  • Adrian Mazur, Director of the Department of Strategy in the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland
  • Elżbieta Łukaniuk, Cabinet of the Commissioner for Transport Ms Adina Vălean
  • Maria Koidu, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission
  • Mirosław Dybowski, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission
  • Czesław Warsewicz, President of PKP Cargo
  • Andrzej Hawryluk, President of PLL S.A
  • Paweł Gruza, Vice-President of KGHM, co-author of the Polish Digital Logistics Service Provider
16:00 – 17:00

Cross-border cooperation of the Three Seas Initiative area

Content-related partner: Roztocze Euroregion

Moderator: PhD hab. Maciej Szymanowski, Prof. Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Director of the W. Felczak Polish-Hungarian Institute

  • Prof. Roman Niżnikowski,Warsaw University of Life Science
  • Wojciech Żukowski, President of Roztocze Euroregion
  • Dawid Lasek, Vice-President of Assosiation Carpathian Euroregion Poland
  • PhD Dávid Szabó, Director of the Trimarium Institute, Budapest 
  • PhD hab. Elżbieta Feret, University of Rzeszów Associate Professor
  • PhD hab. Grzegorz Grzywaczewski, University of Life Sciences in Lublin Associate Professor
  • PhD hab. Karol Karski, University of Warsaw Associate Professor, MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
  • PhD Marek Cierpiał-Wolan, University of Rzeszów
17.00 - 18.00
Purpose of the debate is to obtain comprehensive understanding of road network function and its contribution to development of economic cooperation. The Three Seas Initiative has already been 5 years old. During the debate, representatives of research entities from countries of the Three Seas Initiative will assess the status of projects implemented in cooperation by the involved states and underline differences in perceiving tthe Initiative by participating countries.

Three Seas Initiative – where we are today.

Content-related partner: Institute of Central Europe in Lublin, Regional Centre of International Debate

Moderator: Michał Dworski, Coordinator of Regional Centre for International Debate in Lublin, Plenipotentiary of the Lubelskie Voivode (Governor) for International Dialogue

  • Tomáš Strážay, Director of Research Centre of the Slovak Association of International Policy
  • PhD Łukasz Lewkowicz, Analyst in the Department of the Visegrad Group, Institute of Central Europe in Lublin
  • Marlena Gołębiowska, Institute of Central Europe, Catholic University in Lublin
  • Goran Andrjanić, Expert of the Three Seas Initiative Foundation, Croatia
You are welcome to join the guided city tour of Lublin, the city with 700 years of history, excellent historic monuments and extensive cultural evidence of contacts between the East and the West.

Virtual city tour

https://www.pot.gov.pl/en/online-site-inspection/lublin

https://lubelskietravel.pl/kieruneklubelskie/zwiedzamy-lubelskie#scrollto

30 June, Wednesday
Zwiń szczegóły

LCK
09:00 – 10:00

Log-in online participants

10:00 – 10:15

Speech

Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

10:15 – 10:30

Speech

Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets

 

Official award granting:

Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets

Jarosław Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship

10:30 – 10:40

Reconstruction after the pandemic through investments in infrastructure

Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, President of Board, BGK

 

10:40 – 11:10

Merge of Orlen, PGNiG, Lotos

Daniel Obajtek, President of the Board PKN Orlen

11.10 - 11.25

Cooperation of stolck exchanges of the Three Seas Initiative, CEEPlus Index 

PhD Marek Dietl, President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange 

11.25 - 12.15
The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund is to serve as an investment vehicle mobilizing the capital to invest in key transport, energy and digital infrastructure in countries located between the Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea. Projects subject to financing will be of cross-border and transnational nature, and financing from the Fund shall be complementary to financing from public and European resources - as both complement and reinforcement. During the debate various instruments for financing of cross-border, interregional and transnational cooperation in Three Seas area shall be focused on, including EU funds.

Financial instruments of cooperation within the Three Seas Initiative 

Content-related partner: BGK (National Development Bank) 

Moderator: PhD Grzegorz Lewicki, Jagiellonian Club

  • Waldemar Buda, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy
  • Jarosław Stawiarski, Marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
  • Leszek Skiba, President of Board, Pekao S.A.
  • PhD Piotr Kuszewski, President of Board, PTE PZU
  • Pawel Nierada, First Vice President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
12:15 – 12:30

Break

12:30 – 13:30
Ensuring energy security requires diversification of energy sources, energy materials and methods of generation and distribution of energy. In the short term this is about directions and suppliers of natural gas, increasing gas storage capacity, and ensuring the stability of energy system in the context of increasing generation of energy from renewable sources (RES). The project that supports this priority is "North-South Gas Corridor" connecting LNG terminal in Świnoujście and Adria LNG terminal in Croatia, via southern Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

Energy security in the context of responsible and sustainable regional development 

Content-related partner: The Lower Silesian Institute for Energy Studies (DISE)

Moderator: Remigiusz Nowakowski, President of DISE

  • Artur Wasil, President of Board, Lubelski Węgiel “Bogdanka” S.A.
  • Grzegorz Muszyński, President of JSW Innowacje S.A.
  • PhD Robert Perkowski, Vice-President of Board, Operational, PGNiG S.A.
  • Jacek Janiszek, Vice-President of Board, Grupa Azoty Pulawy
  • Sylwia Pawlak, Director for Innovations, LOTOS, S.A.
  • Jan Janusz Szewczak, Member of the Board, PKN Orlen S.A.
13:30 – 13:40

Opportunities and challenges for small and medium-sized farms in the Three Seas Regions in the light of the European Green Deal 

Grzegorz Puda, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

13:30 – 14:30
The panel dedicated to agriculture will discuss matters on agriculture, food processing and production common for all countries of the region. The key focus of the panel will be on effects of Common Agricultural Policy. During the section of the panel dedicated to debate, matters relating to food safety, food demand indicators and changes in the food sector accompanying changes in consumer preferences will be discussed.

Agriculture and agri-food processing in the area of the Three Seas Initiative 

Content-related partner: Trade and Economy Chamber of Food Market 

 

Moderator: Andrzej Jaworski, President of Trade and Economy Chamber of Food Market

  • Zdzislaw Szwed Member of the Board of the Lubelskie Voivodeship
  • Michał Wiśniewski, Deputy Director General, KOWR
  • Tomasz Olenderek, Member of the Managment Board, Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa S.A.
  • PhD Daniel Alain Korona, President of Board, ELEWARR sp. z o.o.
  • Tomasz Solis, Director General of Lublin Wholesale Market JSC
14:30 – 14:45

BREAK

14.45 - 15.00

Innovation as an opportunity for the economic development of the Three Seas Initiative

Jarosław Gowin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology 

15:00 – 16.00
COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every single area of our life – from education to work and leisure. Guests of the debate will discuss the extent to which the pandemic has boosted the digitisation process in the Three Seas Initiative’s region and whether the increased pace will remain a constant trend or require active maintenance. In the latter case, what are the ways of effectively initiating further digitisation of economies? The panel will also serve as an opportunity to talk about challenges – e.g. in scope of Recovery Fund and individual national recovery plans – such as building the 5G network, assuring cybersecurity across the region, providing chances for fair competition amongst entrepreneurs, developing start-ups and financing research, i.e. in regard to building the next network generation - 6G.

Digital transformation and its significance for the development of the microregion in the context of combating the pandemic effects   

Content-related partner: “Digital Poland” Association  

 

Moderator: Michał Kanownik, President of “Digital Poland” Association

  • Olga Semeniuk , Undersecretary State of Economic Development, Labour and Technology
  • PhD Andrzej Kozłowski, Kościuszko Institute
  • PhD hab. Andrey Bachvarov, General Manager, BICA Services, Bulgaria
  • Matrai Gabor, Member of the Board, IVSZ- ICT Hungarian Association
  • PhD Jake Ward, President, Connected Commerce Council, England
  • Tomasz Zdzikot, President of the Board, Poczta Polska S.A.
16:00 – 17:00

Science and economy. Challenges for the Three Seas Initiative. 

Content-related partner: Ministry of Education and Science 

Moderator: Radosław Brzózka, Head of the Office of the Minister of Education and Science

  • PhD hab. Przemysław Czarnek, Lublin Catholic University Associate Professor, Minister of Education and Science
  • Stanisław Pisarski, President of Factor Consulting Sp. z o.o.
  • Prof. Marek Miłosz, Vice-president of the Board, ECCC Foundation
  • Mikołaj Różycki, Vice President of Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
  • PhD hab. Mieczysław Ryba, Lublin Catholic University Associate Professor
  • PhD hab Jacek Gołebiowski, Lublin Catholic University Associate Professor
  • PhD Pavol Mačala, The Board of the Personalism Scientific Association, Slovakia
  • PhD Dávid Szabó, Director of the Trimarium Institute
17:00 – 18:00
The main theme of the discussion panel under the patronage of Polish Organisation of Tourism, will be presentation of best industry practices in countries of Three Seas region. International experts shall indicate innovative solutions in tourism promotion area that they have successfully used in their own countries. Cooperation and exchange of experiences shall enable closer cooperation between countries of Three Seas Initiative as well as strengthening and streamlining the common tourism policy. We look forward to meeting you.

Via Carpathia route – a chance for tourism promotion of the Three Seas Initiative area 

Content-related partner: Polish Tourism Organisation 

Moderator: Adam Mikołajczyk, President of the “Best Place” Foundation – European Institute of Marketing of Places

  • Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, Secretary of State, Ministry of Development, Labour and Technology
  • Mindaugas Sinkevicius, President of the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania, Mayor of Jonava City
  • Maciej Nykiel, President of Board, NEKERA
  • Agnieszka Anna Puszczewicz, Director of the Croatian Tourism Community – representative office in Poland
  • Martin Pavlik, Director of the Slovakian National Tourism Center in Poland
  • Miha Kovačič, Director of Slovenian Convention Bureau, Lubljana
  • Artur Pielaszek, ViceDirector Department of Strategy and Marketing Polish Tourism Organisation
Update as of 28.06.2021