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Program of the VASAB 7th Ministerial Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania
Thursday, 15 October, Vilnius
18:00 Excursion to the Old Town of Vilnius /Departs from Hotel Artis/
20:00 Dinner for the delegates and accompanying persons /Restaurant Narutis, Piles street 24/
Delegates welcomed by Mr. Gediminas Kazlauskas, Minister of the Environment, Lithuania
Friday, 16 October, Hotel Artis Centrum
From 8:30 Registration of the Conference participants, morning coffee
09:00 Start of the Conference
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome, Mr Gediminas Kazlauskas, Minister of the Environment, Lithuania
Ms Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauškienė, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affaires, Lithuania, on behalf of CBSS Chairmanship
09:10 - 09:25 EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy – towards territorial integration of the BSR, presentation – Mr Anders Lindholm,
European Commission DG for Regional Policy
09:25 - 09:45 The Baltic Sea Region, a macro region in Europe, challenges and potentials, presentation of the content of Long
Term Perspective – Mr Ole Damsgaard, Director of Nordregio
09:45 -09:55 Policy messages from the VASAB high level expert and stakeholders workshop on MSP – Mr. Andris Andrusaitis,
Program Manager of BONUS Baltic Organization Network for Funding Science EEIG, moderator of MSP Workshop
09:55 - 11:00 Statements by heads of delegations (max 8 minutes per delegation)
Mr Anatoly Nichkasov, Deputy Minister of Architecture and Construction, Belarus
Mr Jan Vapaavuori, Minister of Housing, Finland
Ms Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Minister of Regional Planning, Poland
Ms Gabriella Lindholm, Ambassador of the Seas, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden
Ms Kirsten Vintersborg, Head of National Planning Division, Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning,
Denmark
Mr Karl Laas, Deputy Secretary General for Population and Regional Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, Estonia
Mr Manfred Sinz, Head of Spatial Planning Group, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs,
Germany
Ms Ingūna Urtāne, Head of Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government,
Latvia
11:00 -11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 11:46 Statements by Heads of Delegations (continue)
Mr Odd Godal, Senior Adviser, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway
Mr Gediminas Kazlauskas, Minister of the Environment, Lithuania
11:46 - 12:01 Statements of pan-Baltic organizations (5 min per organization)
Mr Olli Keinanen, City of Helsinki, Baltic Metropoles Network
Mr Sten Jerdenius, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden, on behalf of HELCOM
Mr Ramunas Vyzintas, Deputy Mayor of Panevezys, Member of Executive Board, Union of Baltic Citie
12:01 - 12:15 Reflections of the participants, concluding remarks by Chair
12:15 - 12:30 Adoption of Vilnius Declaration
Final Speech by Mr Gediminas Kazlauskas, Minister of the Environment, Lithuania
Official closing of the Ministerial Conference
12:30 - 12:45 Family photo of the heads of delegation
12:45 - 13:15 Press conference (of ministers only)
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch at the Hotel restaurant
14:30 Departure of delegations