5th November 2009 – first day of conference

10.00a.m. – 11.00a.m.

Registration of participants

11.20a.m. – 11.40a.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

11.40a.m. – 12.10p.m.

The future coherence policy in the perspective of  2013 – 2020

Mrs 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. – 2.10p.m. 

France (government level)

(regional level)

Mr Pascal Florentin, Secretary General, Secrétariat Général du Comité Interministériel des Villes (SG CIV), France

Mr Marc Kaszynski, director of the Public Land Management Centre, Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille, France

2.10p.m. – 2.40p.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)

2.40p.m. – 3.10p.m. 

Coffee break

3.10p.m. – 3.30p.m. 

Hungary (government level)

Mr Salamin Geza, Department Director, VATI – Hungarian Public Nonprofit Company for Regional Development and Town Planning, Hungary

3.30p.m. – 3.50p.m.  

Italy (government, local and regional level)

Mrs Graziella Guaragno, assistant, Emilia Romagna Region, Territorial Planning and Mobility Systems Department, Italy

3.50p.m. – 4.05p.m.

Mr Michel Sudarskis, Secretary General, INTA -The International Urban Development Association, the Netherlands

4.05p.m. – 4.15p.m. 

Questions and answers, discussion

~ 4.15p.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.

The urban dimension of the present coherence policy in the period 2007-2013 - postulates for the future financial perspective

Mrs Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Minister of Regional Development

9.20a.m. – 9.40a.m.

Works on the Concept of the Country’s Spatial Management until 2033 

Mr 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 Jan Olbrycht, PhD, Member of the European Parliament (preliminary confirmation of attendance);

Mrs Bożena Herbuś, Urban Engineer of Czestochowa

Mr Grzegorz Ostrzołek, Plenipotentiary of the President of Cracow

Mr Piotr Koj, President of Bytom, Member of the Board of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts

Mr Arkadiusz Godlewski, Vice-President of Katowice

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

Mr 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

Mr prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Markowski, Head of the Department of City and Regional Management, University of Lodz

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

12.50p.m. – 1.10p.m.

Works of the Zachodniopomorskie Province Government on the implementation of the Urban Development Fund – JESSICA

Mr Robert Michalski, Deputy Manager, RPO Management Department, Marshal Office of the Zachodniopomorskie Province

1.10p.m. – 1.30p.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 Wielkopolskie 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 Wiesław Bielawski, Vice-President 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;

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 Ryszard Grobelny, President of the Union of Polish Cities, Mayor of Poznan;

Mr  Kazimierz Górski, Vice-President of the Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts, President of Sosnowiec

3.40p.m.

Dinner