Informal meeting of the ministers responsible with the Cohesion Policy

11th – 12 th of April 2019 Bucharest, Romania

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EU – MEMBER STATES

HEADS OF DELEGATIONS

CHAIR Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Rovana Plumb Minister – Ministry for European Funds

Austria Georg Schadt Director – Directorate for Coordination of Regional Policy and Spatial Planning, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism

Belgium Alain Hutchinson Brussels Commissioner for Europe – Brussels-Capital region

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Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov Director - Council of Ministers' Administration

Croatia Velimir Žunac State Secretary - Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds

Cyprus Anthi Philippidou Director for European Funds - DG EPCD - Ministry of Finance

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Czech Republic Klara Droznova Director of Managing and Coordinating ESI Funds Department - Ministry of Regional Development

Denmark Søren Jensen Ambassador - Embassy of Denmark

Estonia Kaie Koskaru-Nelk Deputy Secretary-General for Fiscal Policy - Ministry of Finance

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Finland Jari Partanen State Secretary - Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

France Hugo Bevort Director of Territorial Strategies - Ministry of Territorial Cohesion

Germany Claudia Doerr Voss State Secretary - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

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Greece Estathios Giannakidis Deputy Minister – Ministry of Economy and Development

Hungary Gergely Vartus Deputy State Secretary - Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Iceland Sigtryggur Magnason Political Advisor - Minister of Transport and Local Government

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Ireland Anne Marie Caulfield Director General for Cohesion Policy - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Italy Barbara Lezzi Minister for Southern Italy – Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Latvia Armands Eberhards Deputy State Secretary - Ministry of Finance

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Lithuania Loreta Maskalioviene Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Finance

Luxembourg Thiemo Wilhelm Eser Director of Department of Spatial Planning and Development - Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning

Malta Aaron Farrugia Parliamentary Secretary - Minister for European Affairs and Equality

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Norway Lise Kleven Grevstad Ambassador - Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest

Netherlands Maria Cornelia Gezina Keijzer State secretary - Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

Poland Malgorzata Jarosinska-Jedynak Undersecretary of State - Ministry of Investment and Economic Development

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Portugal Maria do Céu Albuquerque Secretary of State for Regional Development - Ministry for Planning

Slovak Republic Richard Raši Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatization – Government Office

Slovenia Iztok Purič Minister - Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy

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Spain Mercedes Caballero Fernández Director General of European Funds - Ministry of Finance

Sweden Per Callenberg State Secretary to the Minister for Rural Affairs

United Kingdom Nicholas French Deputy Director, EU Funding and SME Policy - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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EU – INSTITUTIONS

European Commission Corina Cretu Commissioner for Regional Policy

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Region Eleni Marianou Secretary General

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Mark Davis Regional Director for Romania and Bulgaria

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European Economic and Social Committee Stephen Mallia Member

European Investment Bank Pierre Albouze Deputy Secretary General

European Parliament Younous Omarjee Vice-Chair of Committee on Regional Development

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General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union Johannes Gilbers Director for Budget, Tax and Regional Policy

PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions Andre Viola Full member