Thessaloniki, 21 February 2003 Electra Palace, Aristotelous Square
| Programme | |
| 09:00 | WELCOME by EIB Vice-President Peter SEDGWICK, Chairman of the Workshop |
| 09:05 | SESSION 1 - Water initiatives in the Mediterranean region |
| Briefs by · Daniel OTTOLENGHI, Associate Director and Chief Development Economist, Directorate for Lending Operations, EIB · Eckart TRONNIER, Deputy Economic Advisor, Division Water, Sewerage and Sewage Treatment, Projects Directorate, EIB [presentation] · Iro ALAMPEI, Programme Officer, the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) [presentation] Discussions | |
| 10:45 | BREAK |
| 11:00 | ADDRESS by Constantinos MASSOURAS, Member of the EIB Board of Directors for Greece [speech] |
| 11:15 | SESSION 2 - The reconstruction process in the Western Balkans: progress to-date and the challenges ahead |
| Briefs by · Patrick WALSH, Head of Division Turkey and the Balkans, Directorate for Lending Operations, EIB [presentation] · John PHILLIPS, Head of Information and Communication Unit, European Agency for Reconstruction [presentation] · Ivona MALBASIC, Coordinator for SEE, CEE Bankwatch Network [presentation] Discussions | |
| 12:30 | SESSION 3 - Case studies in the water sector |
| · Spanish National Hydrological Plan (SNHP) - Introduction to WWF Report on SNHP by Guido SCHMIDT, Head of the Spanish Living Waters Programme, WWF-Spain [presentation] - Observations by Eckart TRONNIER, EIB - Discussions · Poseidon Study (monitoring, forecasting and information system for the Greek seas) - Introduction by Dimitris GEORGOPOULOS, Director, Greek National Center for Marine Research [presentation] - Observations by Eckart TRONNIER, EIB - Discussions | |
| 13:45 | CLOSING AND WRAPPING UP by the Chairman Peter SEDGWICK |
| 14:00 | LUNCH |
Participants that would like to discuss the EIB's public information policy and the Aarhus Convention, are invited for an extra session after lunch at 15:00 |