17 April, 2018, Szeged
The kick-off conference of the project was organized on 17th April, at the University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Conference minutes
Programme
17 April 2018
University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, 3rd floor
13:00 Greetings
Mr Zoltán Nemessányi Deputy Secretary of State for International Judicial Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice
Mr Péter Mezei Associate Dean for International Affairs Institute of Comparative Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Szeged
13:30 Frameworks for V4 level cooperation for the permeability of internal borders
Ms Krisztina Varjú Ministerial Commissioner for the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2017-18, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary: Priorities and results of the Hungarian V4 presidency
Mr Ricardo Ferreira representative of the Border Focal Point, DG Regio: The Cross-Border Review, the Communication „Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions” and the follow-up
Ms Zsuzsanna Fejes associate professor, Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged (Hungary): Legal framework for cross-border cooperation in Europe
Questions and answers
14:50 coffee break
15:15 National frameworks of cross-border cooperation and the plan of the V4 level platform
Ms Katarína Mihaľová director general (cross-border cooperation programmes), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Slovakia: Legal obstacles. The lessons learnt from cross-border cooperation programmes
Ms Katarzyna Kos, junior legislator, Governmental Legislation Center of Poland: Cross-border issues in the Polish legislative process – legal framework
Michal Sindelar, Milan Jeřábek, Masaryk University, Brno: Czech borderlands – area of cross-border cooperation as a part of (middle) European integration
Mr Gyula Ocskay secretary general, Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives: The ’Legal accessibility’ initiative and the V4 platform of cross-border mobility
Questions and answers
17:00 Closure of the conference
The language of the kick-off conference is English. Please register here.
The venue is accessible by car – parking near the building in return for a fee in public areas – or by public transport from the railway station by trams 1 and 2 to Somogyi Street stop.P