Friday, 10 September
14 – 15 Press conference & Coffee

15 – 17 Opening session

*Marshal Jan Kozlowski, Pomerskie Voivodeship

Speakers

*Speech of the Prime Minister of Poland Marek Belka
*Vice-speaker of the Finnish Parliament, MP Ilkka Kanerva
*Director Christer Persson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
*Deputy Director of the Department for European Co-operation Vladimir Seregin,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia
 

17 – 17.30

Coffee break

17.30 – 18.30

Political possibilities to strengthen regional co-operation

Speakers
*Under-secretary of State Sergiusz Najar, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Poland (Representing Poland's chairmanship in the CBSS)
*Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, NATO
*Secretary General Per Unckel, Nordic Council of Ministers

19 – 21 Reception
White Hall, Gdansk

Saturday, 11 September

9 – 12.30 Division into working groups I, II, III (Coffee break at 11.00)
 

Working group I

Citizens and security cross borders

Chairs
Senator Edmund Wittbrodt, Poland & MP Outi Ojala, Vice-chair of STETE

*Introduction to theme/ Ambassador designate Jan Store, Finnish Embassy in Poland
*The role of the BSSSC in regional co-operation/ Chair of the BSSSC, President of the Pomerania Regional Parliament Brunon Synak
*Case Imatra–Svetogorsk - cross border co-operation/ MP Sinikka Hurskainen, STETEs chair
*Reporting on the functioning of the civil society/ Writer of the BSPC report MP Outi Ojala, Vice-chair of STETE (Slides, Power Point)
*Best practices for future trilateral programmes/ Director Jerzy Boczon, NGO’s Information and Support Centre in Gdansk
*Presentation of the project Health Management in Kaliningrad – experience of Lithuania, Poland and Denmark/ Deputy Director Andrzej Steczynski, Hospital in Ko?cierzyna, Pomorskie Voivodeship
*Belarus: the role of the civil society/ Inna Kulej, Charity Foundation "Nasa Veza"
*Ukrainian perspective/ Senior Programme Officer Svyatoslav Pavlyuk, Pauci
*Importance of City Twinning/ Deputy Mayor of Gdansk Wieslaw Bielawski

Working group II
Economic Stability
Chairs:
Vice Chairman of Programme Council of the Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum Maria Wisniewska &
Director Heikki Järvenpää, STETE's vice-chair

*Introduction to the theme (Lisbon strategy):
Professor, Director Kari Liuhto, Pan European Institute, Turku School of Economics
and Business Administration
*The policies of energy security in the Baltic Sea region/
Deputy Director Boleslaw Rey, Department of Energy Security,
Ministry of Economy
*Stability on the Single Financial Market in European Union - Who pays for Bank Insolvency/
Professor David G. Mayes, Bank of Finland, Research Department
*Cross-border Integration of Banking Supervision/ Professor Leszek Pawlowicz, Deputy Chairman of Gdansk Institute of Market Economy Research
*How to encourage small and medium size enterprises?/ Senior vice president Stefan Widomski, Nokia
*Commentary: Ukrainian-Polish Economic Co-operation/ Counsellor Andrii Deschutsia, Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw

Working group III
Baltic Sea and civil protection
Chairs
Advisor to the Head of Civil Protection in Poland Barbara Polak, State Fire Service Headquarters &
Senior Research Fellow Christer Pursiainen, Nordregio

Speakers
*Introduction to the theme/ Desk Officer Lennart Johansson,Swedish Ministry of Defenceand Mr Mariusz Stus, Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration
*How to listen to early warning messages? When to react internationally?/ Director Alyson Bailes, SIPRI
*Challenging disasters - what is the threat?/ EU Affairs Manager Timo Hellenberg, Aleksanteri Institute
*EUROBALTIC – Regional Civil Protection Programme for Emerging risks in the 21^st Century/
- Creating a Comprehensive Approach to Emergencies in Enlarged EU (abstract)/ Barbara Polak, National HQs of the Sate Fire Service, Poland
- BSR Interreg III B Eurobaltic Project/ Senior Research Fellow Christer Pursiainen, Nordegio, Sweden
*Problems of maritime safety ­ Gdañsk Maritime Institute point of view/ Manager of Research Institute of OceanographyKazimierz Szefler, Gdañsk Maritime Institute
*Maritime safety on the local and regional level/ Member of the Regional Council Bo Löfgren,Blekinge, Sweden
*Environmental Remediation as a Tool of European Integration/ Managing Director Bernd Vels, Abc-Associated Business Consultants Gmbh, Germany (Presentation by Dr Alex Jakubick & Dr Bernd Vels, Lessons from (more than) a decade of know-how transfer to CEEC)

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Working groups continue
 

14.30 - 16

Plenary Session

Cultural programme: Visiting the exhibition Roads to the Freedom
 

18 – 20 Reception

Dwór Oliwski
 

Sunday, 12 September

10 – 12.30

Excursion to the NATO naval base in Gdynia

13 – 15 Lunch

Departure to the airport