MEDSEATIES INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE OF SUSTAINABLE COASTAL METROPOLIS TRANSNATIONAL MEETING AGENDA 3 rd STEERING COMMITTEE & TECHNICAL MEETING April 16 th & 17 TH 2015 THESSALONIKI, GREECE FEB. 2015 PREPARED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF THESSALONIKI This document has been achieved with the financial support of the European Union in the framework of the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Basin Program
GENERAL ORGANIZATION The 3 rd MEDSEATIES Meeting will be held on the 16 th & 17 th of April 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The First Day of the meeting will focus on: Presenting the progress made on the different activities of WP4 and WP5 implemented by partners in each territory and prepare the next activities The Second Day of the Meeting will focus on: Discussing the administrative and financial management of the project and the strategy and communication tools of the project (morning session) Tour Visit Promenade in Thessaloniki s New Waterfront (afternoon session) Objectives of the Meeting Presenting all the activities implemented since Genoa Meeting in September 2014 Sharing conclusions of the WP4 related to local governance improvement Sharing experiences and results of the pilot projects Expressing doubts and difficulties in the implementation of the activities in each territory and finding solutions Clarifying administrative and financial management Planning the next activities
VENUE OF THE MEETING Thessaloniki City Hall 1, Vassileos Georgiou Avenue, Thessaloniki 546 40, Greece Tel. +0030 231 331 7777 www.thessaloniki.gr https://www.google.com/maps/place/thessaloniki+city+hall/@40.623472,22.953848,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3 m1!1s0x14a838fd566c0423:0xdec0e6ae746415b7
MEETING SCHEDULE DAY 1 16th April 2015 Location: Thessaloniki City Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece 9:00 Registration of Participants - Welcome Notes by the Municipality of Thessaloniki 9:20 Presentation of Thessaloniki s Strategy for Coastal Zone Management 10:00 WP 3: Capitalization with BLACK SEA EU program Mr. Ioannis Boutaris, Mayor of the Municipality of Thessaloniki Mr. Athanasios Pappas, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Thessaloniki Mr. Chrisostomos Kalogirou, Coordinator of the Local Working Group of Thessaloniki Mrs. Maria Zourna, Head of Directorate of Sustainable Mobility & Networks Mrs. Katerina Danadiadou, Head of Department of Urban Planning Dr Voula Tzoumaka, Head of Department of Urban Environment Management 10:30 Session 1: Activities at Territorial Level: Progress of WP4 GOVERNANCE and WP5 CAPACITIES 10:30 Progress of MEDSEATIES, focus on pilot projects 10:45 Transnational deliverables: WP4 conclusions AVITEM UNDP ART GOLD 11:30 Coffee Break 12:00 Continuation of Session 1
12:00 Joint presentation by the partners of each urban area on its pilot project (15 each): 1. The pilot project: what it is 2. Action plan for the pilot project 3. Local Working Groups 4. Activities achieved so far, possible difficulties Municipality of Genoa & DLTM Municipality of Thessaloniki Municipality of Marseille Toulon Provence Méditerranée & Pôle Mer ASEZA & Jordan University Al Fayhaa Urban Community, Al-Manar University & UNDP ART GOLD 13:30 Buffet Lunch 15:00 Session 2: Brainstorming between partners: 2 working groups in parallel WG 1: Involvement of stakeholders: the LWG and the pilot projects WG 2: Experience sharing and knowhow transfer (WP5): CAPACITIES sessions of the LWG 16:00 Report and conclusions from each working group Moderation UNDP Moderation DLTM 2 rapporteurs (1 per WG) 16:30 Conclusions on the activities related to the WP4 and 5 Discussion with external participants Conclusions BLACK SEA EU program AVITEM 17:00 END OF THE DAY 20:30 Dinner
DAY 2 17 th April 2015 Location: Thessaloniki City Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece 9:00 Registration of Participants 9:15 Communication Activities WP2 Communication: update on communication activities, presentation of the guidelines for territorial videos Questions and discussions Municipality of Marseille All partners 10:00 Administrative and Financial Management 10:00 Training session on management procedures ENPI CBC MED JTS-JMA 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 Actions done and to be done about administrative and financial issues AVITEM 12:00 Questions and Discussions All Partners 12:30 Buffet Lunch 14:00 Tour Visit Promenade in Thessaloniki s New Waterfront The New Waterfront of Thessaloniki was recently renovated. The first part (around 75,800 m2) of the Thessaloniki s new waterfront Renovation Project was completed in 2008 and the second part (around 163,000 m2) started in 2011 and was completed in 2013. The total length of the New Waterfront is 3km. The sea background of the gulf of Thessaloniki constitutes amazing scenery, where the ephemeral and mutable elements, create a different atmosphere each time.