| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Opening Remarks: |
| Mrs. Boni Cucu, Deputy General Director Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Mrs. Gabriela Frentz, Deputy General Director Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing |
| Mr. Benoit Blarel, Country Manager, World Bank |
| 9:30 – 10:45 | Implementing the Regional and Local Economic Development Agenda: Who does What? |
| Moderator:
Mr. Keith W. McLean, Senior Social Development Economist, World Bank |
| Panelists: |
| Mr. Ştefan Ciobanu, Director, Authority for Coordination of Structural Instruments, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Mr. Paul Zai, Director, Managing Authority for the Operational Programme Administrative Capacity Development, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform |
| PPT: Implementarea agendei de dezvoltare regională şi locală (rom) |
| Mr. Florin Aurelian Popescu, President of the Dâmboviţa County Council |
| PPT: Regional Development and Municipal Financing (eng) |
| Mr. Tudor Pendiuc, Mayor of Piteşti |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | A Framework for Support to Regional and Local Economic Development
• Current Approach: Strengths and Weaknesses
• Enhancing Links effectiveness of LED
• Links to EU-Supported Operational Programs |
| Moderator:
Mr. Sorin Ioniţă, Executive Director, Romanian Academic Society |
| Participanţi la dezbatere: |
| Mr. Keith W. McLean, Senior Social Development Economist, World Bank |
| PPT: Implementation of Regional Development and Synergies with Other Operational Programs (eng) |
| Mr. Ştefan Ciobanu, Director, Authority for Coordination of Structural Instruments, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Mr. Sorin Grigorescu, Head of Office, Secretariat of the Regional Committee, Regional Development Agency North-East |
| Mr. Ionuţ Sandu , Expert, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing |
| Mrs. Fulvia Cojocaru , Public Manager, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development |
| PPT: Contributia POS Mediu la Dezvoltarea Regionala si Locala a României (rom) |
| Ms. Carmen Arhip, Director European Funds, Large Corporations Clients, Romanian Development Bank |
| PPT: EUROBRD - Program de finantare a proiectelor cu componenta fonduri europene post-aderare (rom) |
| Mr. Paul Zai, Director, Managing Authority for the Operational Programme Administrative Capacity Development, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform |
| PPT: PROGRAMUL OPERATIONAL “DEZVOLTAREA CAPACITATII ADMINISTRATIVE” (rom) |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 – 13:30 | Delivering Regional and Local Economic Development: the Fiscal Dimension
• Do local administrations have enough money?
• Is the transfer system too discretionary? Is it insufficiently equalizin
• Should local governments have more taxing authority? |
| Moderator:
Mr. Constantin Ciupagea, State Counselor to the Prime Minister |
| Panelists: |
| Mr. William Dillinger, Lead Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank |
| PPT: Romania - Regional and Local Economic Development: The Fiscal Dimension (eng) |
| Ms. Denisa Stoian, Head of Office, Budgetary Policies, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| PPT: Finanţarea unităţilor administrativ-teritoriale: Mecanisme de transfer a sumelor ce se aloca de la bugetul de stat către bugetele locale (rom) |
| Mr. Dan Marinescu, Director, Department for Fiscal and Budgetary Policies, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform |
| PPT: DIMENSIUNEA FINANCIAR-FISCALĂ LOCALĂ (rom) |
| Mr. Vasile Silvian Ciupercă, President of the Ialomiţa County Council |
| PPT: DEZVOLTARE LOCALĂ – DIMENSIUNEA FINANCIARĂ (rom) |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Ensuring economically efficient Absorption of EU Grants: How to Develop High Quality Local and Regional Projects
• Territorial Development Planning
• Technical Appraisal of Local and Regional Projects
• Strategic Appraisal and Alignment of Projects: Linking Technical Appraisal with Strategic Planning |
| Moderator:
Mr. Aurelian Dochia, Managing Director, CBC |
| Panelists: |
| Mrs. Mihaela Vrabete/Mr. Radu Necşuliu, Advisor, Ministry of Development, Public works and Housing |
| PPT: Dezvoltarea policentrică în sprijinul competitivităţii regionale şi dezvoltării teritoriale (rom) |
| Mr. Tiberiu Iabob Ridzi , Mayor of Petroşani |
| PPT: ASIGURAREA UNEI ABSORBTII EFICIENTE DIN PUNCT DE VEDERE ECONOMIC A FONDURILOR UE NERAMBURSABILE - Cum se pot elabora proiecte regionale si locale de buna calitate (rom) |
| Mr. Sorin Ţuţuianu , Vice-mayor of Medgidia |
| PPT: VIZIUNE PENTRU DEZVOLTAREA TERITORIALĂ A MUNICIPIULUI MEDGIDIA (rom) |
| Mr. Sorin Maxim , General Director, Regional Development Agency West |
| PPT: Asigurarea unei absorbţii eficiente din punct de vedere economic a fondurilor UE nerambursabile: Cum se pot elabora proiecte regionale şi locale de bună calitate (rom) |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 – 17:30 | The two sides of the market: municipal finance and municipal corporation finance:
• Subnational borrowing framework
• Evolution of the municipal finance market
• Enhancing access of municipalities to finance in function of municipality risk profile
• Enhancing access to equity finance by municipal corporations
• Enhancing access to debt finance by municipal corporations. |
| Moderator:
Mr. Valentin Lazea, Chief Economist, National Bank of Romania |
| Panelists: |
| Mrs. Corina Chiran , Head of office, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| PPT: Finanţare municipală (rom) |
| Mrs. Arabela Aprahamian, Senior Operation Officer, World Bank |
| PPT: Enhancing the access of municipalities and municipal corporations to the domestic finance market (eng) |
| Ms. Roxana Lazăr, Chief Executive Officer, Dexia Kommunalkredit Romania |
| PPT: The Specialist Bank for the Public Sector (eng) |
| Mr.. Marc Schimpel, Maastricht-Expert, and Mr. Lukas Stuehlinger, PPP-Advisory, Dexia Kommunalkredit Bank AG |
| PPT: Off-balance sheet financing in municipalities (eng) |
| Mr. Marius Raul Bostan, Senior Partner, VMB Partners |
| PPT: Finanţarea administraţiilor locale prin obligaţiuni (rom) |
| Ms. Dana Crăciunescu, Senior Banker, Municipal Environmental Infrastructure Team, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
| PPT: Romania EBRD Financing for the Municipal Infrastructure Sector (eng) |
| Mr. Goetz von Thadden , Head of Office, European Investment Bank (EIB) |
| PPT: Municipal Finance (eng) |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Concluding Remarks
Mr. Benoit Blarel, Country Manager, World Bank |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Cocktail |
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