• Agenda
• Video statement by Commissioner Füle
• Welcome address by Kristian Vigenin, Member of the European Parliament
  

SESSION 1 : IPA II, a new instrument for more targeted and efficient pre-accession assistance

• Preparations for IPA II – overview of the state of play on the legal framework - Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European Commission
  

• Better aligning pre-accession assistance with the policy agenda - objectives of the high level strategic planning documents - Joost Korte, Deputy Director-General, DG Enlargement, European Commission

• An IPA II roadmap for the work ahead - Rudiger Boogert, Head of Unit 'IPA Strategy and Quality', DG Enlargement, European Commission

• The policy  areas of the new IPA (1) - employment, social policies and human resources development - Georg Fischer, Director, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

• The policy  areas of the new IPA (2) - agriculture and rural development - Gerard Kiely, Head of Unit 'Pre-accession Assistance to Agriculture and Rural Development', DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

• Priorities for regional cooperation - Yngve Engström, Head of Unit 'Regional Cooperation and Programmes', DG Enlargement, European Commission
  

SESSION 2:  How to tailor IPA II to the needs and capacities of the beneficiary countries?

• The South East Europe 2020 Strategy - Goran Svilanović,Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)

• Assessment of key development challenges in the Western Balkans and Turkey - Cihan Sultanoğlu, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Regional Director, UNDP

• Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Orhideja Kaljosevska, Head of NIPAC Office, Secretariat for European Affairs

• Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Turkey - Ahmet Yücel,Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs

• Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Bosnia and Herzegovina - Nevenka Savić,National IPA Coordinator, Directorate for European Integration

• Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Serbia - Ognjen Mirić,Coordinator for EU Funds, Serbian European Integration Office
  

• The viewpoint of Member States - Julius Liljeström, Director, Deputy Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

SESSION 3:  Planning and programming IPA II - how to make financial assistance more strategic and coherent?

• Applying the Sector Approach to the enlargement context - challenges and opportunities - Ruggero Tabossi, Consultant, NTU - EPRD

• Growth through Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans - the moment for action - Paulo Correa, Lead Economist, World Bank

• Investing in people – the role of education and training - Madlen Serban, Director, European Training Foundation (ETF)

SESSION 4 :  Implementing and monitoring IPA II – how to ensure aid effectiveness and high impact?

• Financing EU strategic priorities: blending EU grants and loans - Massimo Cingolani,Managerial Adviser - Operations in the European Union and Candidate Countries, European Investment Bank (EIB)

• Supporting economic reform in a changing financial landscape - Libor Krkoska, Head of Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

• Strengthening local monitoring and evaluation capacities - Jana Kunicova,Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank
  

Conference CONCLUSIONS - Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler, Director, DG Enlargement, European Commission

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/instruments/donor-coordination/index_en.htm