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Katowce Conference on Urban Policy in the context of Polish National Cohesion Strategy and the Present and Future Cohesion Policy of EU

A conference on urban policy will be held between 5-6 November in Katowice's Auditorium of the Silesian Theological University with the main goal of dicussing the directions of future national urban policy in the context of the works on the incoming EU cohesion policy after 2013, the National Strategy of Regional Development, the Conception of the National Spatial Development (Administration) till 2033, as well as the future National Cohesion Strategy.

The discussions will be held with the participation of the Ministry of Regional Development and other interested ministries, national offices, regional and city self-governments as well as scientific circles and experts.

INTA will sponsor the Katowice Conference and INTA's Secretary General Michel Sudarskis with address the conference with a presentation on "Innovation and Urban Sustainability.

The conference will present its participants the most significant experiences in urban policy of selected EU member states at the national, regional and urban level: different conditions and examples from other states as well as goals, priorities and instruments of the urban policy at national/state or regional levels.

In the frame of the conference the following topics will be addressed:

EU Urban policy in the context of cohesion policy and other EUvpolicies.
Experiences in the field of urban policy in chosen member countries of the EU.
Future national policy basing on current experiences.
Key intervention areas, instruments and mechanisms of urban policy

For more information, please go to the conference website.

5th November 2009 – first day of conference
10.00a.m. – 11.00a.m.	Registration of participants
11.00a.m. – 11.10a.m	Welcoming speech
BLOCK I The urban policy of the European Union and Poland in the context of the present and future coherence policy and other EU policies
11.10a.m. – 11.40a.m.	The urban dimension of the present coherence policy in the period 2007-2013 – postulates for the future financial perspective	Ms Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Minister of Regional Development (participation confirmed)
11.40a.m. – 12.10p.m.	The future coherence policy in the perspective of 2013 – 2020	Prof. Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee for Regional Development, former EU Commissioner for Regional Policy
12.10p.m. – 12.30p.m.	The urban and territorial dimension of EU’s present and future coherence policy	Mr Władysław Piskorz, Head of Department, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, Department C.2 Urban Development, Territorial Coherence, European Commission
12.30p.m. – 12.40p.m.	Questions and answers, discussion
12.40p.m. – 1.30p.m.	Lunch
BLOCK II Experience in urban policy in selected EU member states – national, regional and local level
1.30p.m. – 1.45p.m.	Conclusions from the paper “Fostering the urban dimension: Analysis of the Operational Programmes co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (2007-2013)”	Mr Alexander Ferstl, Directorate–General for Regional Policy, European Commission (participation not confirmed yet)
1.45p.m. – 2.25p.m.	France (government level) (regional level)	Mr Hervé Masurel, Secretary General, Secrétariat Général du Comité Interministériel des Villes (SG CIV), France (participation confirmed) Mr Marc Kaszynski, director of the Public Land Management Centre, Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille, France
2.25p.m. – 3.05p.m.	The Netherlands (government, local and regional level)	Mr Jacques van der Jagt, Spatial Planning Advisor, former General Spatial and Environmental Management Director, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (preliminary confirmation); Mr Carol van Eert, Managing Director of Arnhem-Nijmegen Region (participation confirmed)
3.05p.m. – 3.30p.m.	Coffee break
30p.m. – 3.50p.m.	Hungary (government level)	Mr Salamin Geza, Department Director, VATI – Hungarian Public Nonprofit Company for Regional Development and Town Planning, Hungary (participation confirmed);
3.50p.m. – 4.10p.m.	Italy (government, local and regional level)	Mr Paolo Mattiussi, Department Director and Mr Graziella Guaragno, assistant, Emilia Romagna Region, Territorial Planning and Mobility Systems Department, Italy (participation confirmed)
4.10p.m.- 4.30p.m	Finland	Mr Douglas A. Gordon, Helsinki City Planning Department
4.30p.m. – 4.45p.m.	Policy, mission and tasks of INTA	Mr Michel Sudarskis, Secretary General, INTA -The International Urban Development Assosiacion, the Netherlands (participation confirmed)
4.45p.m. – 5.00p.m.	Metropolies and urban policy	Mr Roger Read, Secretary General, METREX – The network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas, Great Britain (participation confirmed)
5.00p.m. – 5.10p.m.	Questions and answers, discussion
~ 5.10p.m.	Summary and conclusion of the first conference day
8.00p.m.	Official supper (place: restaurant in Park Hotel Diament Katowice hotel (ul. Wita Stwosza 37, Katowice)
6th November 2009 (Friday) – second conference day
BLOCK III Future urban policy in the light of previous experience resulting from the implementation of the National Coherence Strategy 2007 – 2013 and works on the National Regional Development Strategy and the Concept of the Country’s Spatial Management
9.00a.m. – 9.20a.m.	Present works of the Ministry of Regional Development on the issues related with urban policy: Working on the National Strategy of Regional Development and assumptions of the “OECD’s Review of Urban Policy in Poland”	Mr Piotr Żuber, Director, Department of Structural Policy Coordination, Ministry of Regional Development
9.20a.m. – 9.40a.m.	Works on the Concept of the Country’s Spatial Management until 2033	prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Markowski, Head of the Department of City and Regional Management, Uniwersity of Lodz (attendance to be confirmed)
9.40a.m. – 10.30a.m.	Panel discussion: Implementation of the National Coherence Strategy 2007 – 2013: experience and conclusions for the Polish urban policy	Participants: Mr Jacek Krywult, Mayor of Bielsko-Biała, Vice-President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts Mr Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Cracow; Mr Jan Olbrycht, PhD, Member of the European Parliament (preliminary confirmation of attendance); Mr Tadeusz Wrona, Mayor of Częstochowa, Vice-President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts
10.30a.m. – 10.50a.m.	Present legislative works related with urban policy	Mr Olgierd Dziekoński, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure (participation confirmed)
10.50a.m. – 11.10a.m.	Opinions of cities on legislative solutions concerning urban policy	Mr Ryszard Grobelny, President of the Union of Polish Cities, Mayor of Poznan
11.10a.m. – 11.30a.m.	Coffee break
BLOCK IV Key intervention areas and mechanisms and instruments of the Polish Urban Policy
11.30a.m. – 11.50a.m.	Urban policy in the Polish legal and political system	prof. zw. dr hab. Jerzy J. Parysek, Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (participation confirmed).
11.50a.m. – 12.10p.m.	The State’s urban policy – objectives, priorities, instruments	Lecturer to be confirmed
12.10p.m.- 12.30p.m.	URBACT – urban policy’s supporting instrument	Mr Jean-Loup Drubigny, Head of URBACT Secretariat
12.30p.m. – 12.50p.m.	Selected urban policy instruments – JESSICA initiative in Poland	Mr Rafał Rybacki – the European Investment Bank (to be arranged)
12.50p.m. – 1.10p.m.	Works of the Wielkopolskie Province Government on the implementation of the Urban Development Fund – JESSICA	Mr Radosław Krawczykowski, Director, Department of Regional Programme Implementation, Marshal Office of the Wielopolskie Province (preliminary confirmation of attendance).
1.10p.m. – 1.30p.m.	Works of the Zachodniopomorskie Province Government on the implementation of the Urban Development Fund – JESSICA	Representative of the Marshal Office of the Zachodniopomorskie Province
1.30p.m. – 1.50p.m.	Conclusions for urban policy – regional perspective	Jacek Woźniak, Director, Department of Regional Policy of the Marshal Office of the Małopolskie Province
1.50p.m. – 2.10p.m.	Visions of urban policy	dr hab. arch. Zygmunt Ziobrowski, prof of the Institute of Urban Development, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of Urban Development; Mr Andrzej Porawski, Executive Director, the Union of Polish Cities
2.10p.m. – 2.30p.m.	Coffee break
2.30p.m. – 3.20p.m.	Panel discussion: Future urban policy in the eyes of the representatives of local governments	Participants: Mr Paweł Adamowicz, President of the Board of the Union of Polish Metropolies, Mayor of Gdańsk; Mr Kazimierz Górski, Vice-President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts, Mayor of Sosnowiec; Mr Ryszard Grobelny, President of the Union of Polish Cities, Mayor of Poznan; Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw; Mr Zygmunt Frankiewicz, President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts, Mayor of Gliwice; Mr Jerzy Kropiwnicki, Mayor of Łódź
3.20p.m. – 3.40p.m.	Summary and conclusion of the conference	Mr Jerzy Adamski, Director, the Institute of Urban Development prof. nadzw. dr hab. Krzysztof Czekaj,Vice-Dean, Faculty of Sociology, Katowice School of Economics; Mr Zygmunt Frankiewicz, President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts, Mayor of Gliwice; Mr Ryszard Grobelny, President of the Union of Polish Cities, Mayor of Poznan
3.40p.m.	Dinner