Over 120 guests from 15 different European countries and the European institutions participated in the range of EPSA 2019 events held in Maastricht on 4-6 November 2019. This conference was not just the highlight of EPSA 2019, but also marked 10 years of EPSA by EIPA with the European Commission and Member States as official partners.
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You will find all presentations and keynote speeches further below.
WELCOME
Announcing and handing over the EPSA 2019 Best Practice Certificates
Vivianne Heijnen, Deputy Mayor of Maastricht
Prof. Dr Marga Pröhl, former Director-General of EIPA
WELCOME AND OPENING
Welcome and chair
Prof. Dr Marga Pröhl, former Director-General, EIPA
EPSA 2019 Overview of process and outcome to date
Michael Burnett, EPSA 2019 Project Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht
NOMINEE PRESENTATIONS
EPSA2019048: iSupport
Submitted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), presented by Jean-Marc Pellet, iSupport Co-ordinator, HCCH, The Hague
EPSA2019096: Simplex+ Programme
Submitted by the Portuguese Administrative Modernisation Agency (AMA), presented by Tiago Mendonça, International Relations Officer, International Relations Department, AMA, Lisbon
Submitted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, presented by Markus Richter, Deputy Director and Project Leader, SIAK Police Training Academy; and Lisa Bauer, Team Co-ordinator, SIAK E‐Learning‐Team
EPSA2019049: Aha Plus
Submitted by the Vorarlberg Federal Government, presented by Barbara Österle and Christoph Kutzer, Aha plus Project Managers, Aha-Youth Information Centre and Office for Future-Related Issues, Bregenz
EPSA2019088: Groeipakket (Growth Package)
Submitted by Kind en Gezin, Agentschap Informatie Vlaanderen and Agentschap Uitbetaling Groeipakket, Flanders; presented by Bart Lachaert, Head of Department of Team Groeipakket at Kind & Gezin; and Katrien Goossens, Project Manager Groeipakket at Flanders Information Agency.
EPSA2019134: Malopolska Empathetic Culture - Making culture accessible for everyone
Submitted by the Department of Culture and National Heritage, Marshal’s Office of the Malopolska region, presented by Tomasz Włodarski, Deputy Director of Małopolska Institute of Culture in Cracow, Project implementer
EPSA2019129: Rooftop Gardens: growing greens for social inclusion
Submitted by the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities, Barcelona, presented by Ferran Urgell, Promotion and Support Service.
EPSA2019133: Zero Trust Architecture
Submitted by the City of Kristiansund, presented by Arne Ingebrigtsen, Chief Municipal Executive.
EPSA2019140 Rotterdam Business Case
Submitted by the City of Rotterdam, presented by Rob Gringhuis, Manager Work and Income, City of Rotterdam; Fleur van der Hilst, University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam; and Floris Oskam, Entrepreneur Soundboard
Welcome and Opening
Welcome speeches
Theo Bovens, Governor and King’s Commissioner for the Province of Limburg, introduced by Michael Burnett, EPSA 2019 Project Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht.
Marco Ongaro, Director-General, EIPA, introduced by Michael Burnett.
Keynote speech
Valtteri Aaltonen, Secretary of State for Local Government and Ownership Steering, representing the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Keynote speech
Maarten Verwey, Director-General, Structural Reform Support Service, European Commission.
EPSA 2019: Main trends and solutions identified
Michael Burnett, EPSA 2019 Project Leader and Category Leader, Expert, EIPA Maastricht.