COUNTRY

PARTICIPANT

Austria

Wolf Huber
Director of the Division for Coordination of Regional Policy and Spatial Planning, Federal Chancellery (Austrian Presidency)

Bernhard Köhle
Officer, State Government of Lower Austria

Caroline Schweda
State Government of Styria

Belgium

Raf Franken
Objective 2 Programme Antwerp

Marlies Peeters
Agency for Economy - Flanders

Bulgaria

Dobrinka Krasteva
Head of Department of Strategic Investments
Ministry of Finance

Daniela Shaptcheva
Counsellor Structural Funds and Cohesion Policy
Mission of Bulgaria to the EU

Czech Republic

Miroslav Danek
Head of Unit, Ministry for Regional Development

European Commission

Graham Meadows
Director General, DG Regio

Nicola De Michelis
DG Regio

Jack Engwegen
Head of Unit E.2 (Latvia, United Kingdom), DG Regio

Andy Chapman
Deputy Head of Unit A1
DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities

Finland

Jukka Alasentie
Director of Regional Development
Council of Tampere Region

Pasi Rantahalvari
Senior Adviser
Department for Development of Regions and Public Administration
Ministry of the Interior

Seppo Haukka
Programme Manager, West Finland Objective 2 Area
Regional Council of Central Finland

Jyrki Tomberg
EU Coordinator, Regional Council of Satakunta

France

Marion Lefeu
Officer, European Department
DIACT

Germany

Claudia Schulte
Objective 2 Secretariat, North-Rhine Westphalia

Norbert Heller
Ministry of Finance of Saxony - Anhalt

Herbert Jakoby
Director, European and International Affairs Department
State Chancellery of North-Rhine Westphalia

Greece

Nassos Sofos
General Secreteriat for Investment and Finance
Ministry of Economy and Finance

Evanthia Papakonstantinou
Director, Planning & Development Department
CSF Management Organisation Unit

Dexippos Agourides
Director General, CSG Management Organisation Unit

Anna Kanakaki
Executive, Ministry of Health & Social Solidarity

Leonardos Kantsos
Task Force ‘NSRF & Development Planning
Hellenic Ministry of Economy & Finance

Nikos Kleniatis
Coordinator Task Force ‘NSRF & Development Planning
Hellenic Ministry of Economy & Finance

Melina Soumela
Task Force NSRF & Development Planning
Hellenic Ministry of Economy & Finance

Hungary

Kelemen Balázs
Deputy Head of Planning Department
National Development Office

Ferenc Kleinheincz
Head of Planning Department
National Development Office

Petra Lelkes
Head of Unit, National Office for Regional Development

Ireland

Pat Casey
Principal Officer, Department of Finance

Italy

Rossella Rusca
Director General of EU Structural Funds Unit
Department for Development Policies
Ministry of Economic Development

Andrea Floria
Consultant, Department for Cohesion and Development Policies
Ministry for Economic Development

Latvia

Andžs Ūbelis
Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Dace Gruberte
Head of Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Finance

Malta

Brian Portelli
Programme Manager,
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Division
Office of the Prime Minister

Marlene Bonnici
Director General,
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Division
Office of the Prime Minister

Netherlands

Gerard van Drecht
Manager Programme Implementation
Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Herm van der Beek
Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Bert de Vries
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Norway

Nina Celina Quiogue
Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Finance

Poland

Piotr Żuber
Director of Department of Structural Policy Coordination
Ministry of Regional Development

Magdalena Załęska
Senior Specialist in the Department of Structural Policy Coordination
Ministry of Regional Development

Beata Grabowska-Markiewicz
Main Senior Specialist in the Department of Structural Policy Coordination, Ministry of Regional Development

Elżbieta Bieńkowska
Marshal Office of Śląskie

Małgorzata Łącka-Matusiewicz
Marshal Office of Śląskie

Jacek Szlachta
Head of the Development Strategy and Programming Unit in the Chair of Development Economy and Economic Policy, Warsaw School of Economics

Portugal

Dina Ferreira
Deputy Director General
Secreteriado SDGs, Directorate for Regional Development

Margarida Cabral
Head of Department of Monitoring and Assessment, Directorate for Regional Development

Romania

Radu Alexandru Eftenoiu
Evaluation Analyst, System Coordination & Evaluation Department
Ministry for Public Finance

Slovakia

L’ubica Slimáková
Head of the National Fund Department
Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

L’ubica Gazdová
Head of Unit ISPA and Cohesion Fund
National Fund Department
Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Adriana Giménezová
Manager for Programming, Department of Strategy & Programming
Ministry of Construction and Regional Development

Darina Oborilova
Manager for Programming, Department of Strategy & Programming
Ministry of Construction and Regional Development

Spain

José Luis Kaiser Moreiras
Deputy Director General for Territorial Planning and Evaluation
Ministry of Economy and Finance

Sweden

Gunilla Havnesköld
Objective 1 Norra Norrland

Inga-Greta Ekblom
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten

Roland Dahlbeck
Objective 2 North Sweden

Per Persson
Objective 2 North Sweden

United Kingdom

John Neve
Director, Regional European Funds & Devolution
Department of Trade and Industry

United Kingdom (England)

Richard Cavanagh
Publicity & Communications Officer
Department for Communities & Local Government

Peter Smith
Government Office for North East England

Ben Stoneman
North Kent Programme Manager
Thames Gateway Delivery Unit
Department of Communities and Local Government

Garry White
Senior European Adviser, Europe and State Aids Division
Department for Communities and Local Government

United Kingdom (Wales)

Paul Casey
Head of Branch Research Monitoring Evaluation
Welsh European Funding Office, National Assembly for Wales

Damien O’Brien
Director of Planning and Strategy
Welsh European Funding Office, National Assembly for Wales

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Linda Aird
European Officer, Development &Promotion
North Ayrshire Council

Julie Campbell
European Structural Funds Division, Scottish Executive

Adrian Colwell
Special Adviser to the First Minister, Scottish Executive

Frank Gaskell
Head of International Affairs, Highlands & Islands Enterprise

Malcolm Leitch
European Officer, West of Scotland European Consortium

Mary Louise MacQuarrie
European Officer, Argyll and Bute Council

Bernadette McDonald
European Structural Funds Division
Scottish Executive

Paul McFadden
Policy Advisor, European Structural Funds Division
Scottish Executive

Miranda McIntosh
Policy Officer, Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department
Scottish Executive

Philip Raines
Head of Cohesion & Coordination Team
European Structural Funds Division
Scottish Executive

Patricia Robertson
Senior Consultant, EKOS Ltd

William Roe
Highlands & Islands Enterprise

Laurie Russell
Chief Executive, Strathclyde European Partnership