Territorial Policies

The event is organised in the framework of the “REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps", funded by the European Parliament and developed in collaboration with DG REGIO and ESTAT. It is one of the 10 regional events organised in the framework of the project. The event is co-organised by the Western Macedonia and the Joint Research Centre.

The objective of this event is to raise awareness in the Western Macedonia Region on the SDGs framework towards 2030, as well as on the relevance of monitoring SDG-related data to inform, design and support evidence-based public policies. The event will discuss the vision and development path of the Region for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the opportunities related to EU funding and policies, and discuss the monitoring of SDGs at national level, in Western Macedonia Region and in other Greek Regions. A specific focus will be put on the role of local stakeholders, as well as on the opportunities of cooperation among actors.

The results of the regional activities will be presented in the final event of the REGIONS2030 project on 5 December 2023, in Brussels.

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Timing in the Agenda is indicated in local time (EET - UTC+3)

The event will take place in Greek and it will be live streamed.

09.30 - 09.45
Registration
09.45 - 11.30
Morning Session - Moderated by Sokratis Moutidis, Xronos Kozanis (member of UN SDG Media Compact)
Greetings
Mr. Giorgos Kasapidis, Governor of the Region of Western Macedonia
Mr. Petros Kokkalis, Member of the European Parliament
Mr. Theodoros Theodoulidis, Rector of University of Western Macedonia
Mr. Dimitris Fatouros, UN Regional Information Center Greece, Cyprus
Vision and development path of the Region
Mr. Stergios Kianas, Vice-Governor of Digital Transition, Green Transformation, E-governance and Innovation
EU funding and policies and the SDGs
Mr Athanasios Sofos, Programme Manager, European Commission, DG Regional & Urban Policy
The SDGs in Greece
Ms. Pavlina Spandoni, Sr. Social Policy Advisor at Presidency of the
Government, General Secretariat of Coordination - TBC
The Regions2030 pilot project
Mr. Iraklis Stamos, Team Leader, European Commission's Joint Research Centre
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee break
12.15 - 14.30
Afternoon Session - Moderated by Sokratis Moutidis, Xronos Kozanis (member of UN SDG Media Compact)
Presentations from local stakeholders towards SDGs
Mr. Lazaros Maloutas, Mayor of Kozani (Climate Neutral Cities Mission)
Mr. Panagiotis Plakentas, Mayor of Eordaia
Ms. Androniki Katarachia, Dean of the School of Economic Sciences, Professor - University of Western Macedonia, Department of Accounting and Finance
SDGs monitoring in the Region of Western Macedonia
Mr. Nikos Koutsomarkos, Regional Development Expert
SDGs monitoring in Greek Regions
Mr. George Strogylopoulos, North Aegean Region Innovation Office
How ASHRAE aligns with SDGs
Mr. Petros Dalavouras, President of ASHRAE Hellenic Chapter
Discussion on challenges and cooperation opportunities
Governor, Mayors, government representatives, experts
Conclusions
14:30 - 15:30
Lunch

Event date	06 Jul 2023 - 06 Jul 2023
Event location	Kozani, Greece
Related project & activities	REGIONS2030 project: Monitoring the SDGs in EU regions – filling the data gaps
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Territorial Policies \| Regional
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	Region sustainable development Sustainable development goals Indicator Monitoring regional and local authorities regional development
Geographic coverage	Greece

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