| 10.00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Marco Ongaro, Director-General, EIPA |
| 10.10 | Opening speech Alexander Stubb, Director, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Florence (online) |
| 10.40 | Making European Policies Work: Putting Priorities Into Practice Implementation of EU policies goes beyond traditional law enforcement. It requires other approaches to compliance and performance, often in multilevel arrangements and transnational networks, with a growing role for EU agencies. How can comparison between sectors help identify ways to improve effectiveness? How can enforcement be supported by new approaches based on cross-border cooperation, as well as a sharpening of procedural remedies? Herwig Hofmann, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Luxembourg Ellen Vos, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht Phedon Nicolaïdes, Professor, Maastricht University and Visiting Professor College of Europe (Bruges Campus) Moderator: Edward Best, Director, Scientific and Editorial Committee, EIPA |
| 11.45 | Break |
| 12.00 | How Can We Help Make It Work? Learning And Capacity-Building How can peer review and peer learning contribute to the quality of public administration? How can capacity-building tools and peer-based guidance help improve effective implementation of EU policies? How far can applicable lessons be drawn from comparative analysis and exchanges of practice? Edoardo Ongaro, Professor; former President, European Group for Public Administration Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Daniele Dotto, Acting Director, Head of Unit – Governance and Public Administration, DG REFORM, European Commission Moderator: Sabina Lange, Senior Lecturer, EIPA |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.30 | The Practice And Politics Of Making Policies Work How can we improve the EU’s multilevel administrative system in order to ensure ownership for objectives and reforms? How can authorities at the different levels of governance work together to achieve better results in climate action and other key goals? How can citizen engagement increase the effectiveness of EU policies? Anthony Zacharzewski, President, Democratic Society, Brussels Vivianne Heijnen, Alderman of Economy, (EU) regional cooperation, Living a Social Innovation and Citizen Participation, Municipality of Maastricht Paul Magnette, Mayor of Charleroi, former Federal Minister for Climate and Energy Alfonso Dastis, Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Italy; former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representative to the EU and Secretary-General for EU Affairs Moderator: Cecilia Wikström, Chair, EIPA Board of Governors, former MEP and former Member of the Swedish Parliament |
| 16.00 | Break |
| 16.15 | Reflections from the panel sessions, Edward Best |
| 16:25 | EIPA and EU integration Jacques Pelkmans, Senior Fellow at CEPS, Brussels; visiting professor College of Europe; Professor of Economics at EIPA (1982-1989) |
| 16.40 | Looking to the futureMario Nava, Director-General, DG Structural Reform Support (REFORM), European Commission (online |
| 16.55 | Cecilia Wikström, Chair, EIPA Board of Governors, former MEP and former Member of the Swedish Parliament |
| 17.00 | Reception (EIPA’s Restaurant) |
