// Dialogue4Tourism - a common vision of tourism governance in the Mediterranean basin
Thursday 2 Mar 2023
All times are based on
Europe/Athens
2 March 2023
09:00
- 09:30
Registrations
09:30
- 09:50
Opening-Welcome
Speakers
:

Prof. Spyridon Flogaitis
Director European Public Law Organization of the EPLO and President of its Board of Directors

Mr. George Kremlis
H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute

Mrs. María de la Concepción de Santa Ana Fernández
Managing-Director of El legado andalusí-Andalusian Public Foundation, Spain. Lead Partner of the Dialogue4Tourism project (tbc)
10:00
- 11:00
Round table I: The future of sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean basin
Moderator
:

Mr. George Kremlis
H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute
Speakers
:

Mr. George Hatzimarkos
Governor of South Aegean, the Region of Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups, Greece

Mr. George Alexakis
Vice Governor of Crete on European and International Affairs, Vice President of CPMR on climate & energy

Mr. Ihab Tarek
Ex - Regional Coordinator, Environmental Governance Legal Officer, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Mrs. Alessandra Sensi
Head of the Environment, Green and Blue Economy Sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
11:20
- 12:20
Round table II: Transformation of Tourism governance. Innovative and circular tourism
Moderator
:

Mrs. Alexia Spyridonidou
Business Development Manager, Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute-EPLO
Speakers
:

Mr. Lovre Karamarko
Head of Service for the implementation of Financial Mechanisms in the field of Energy and Climate Change and Strategic Projects and Initiatives in the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia

Mr. José Francisco Benitez
EU Projects Advisor at the Regional Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport of Andalucia, Spain

Mr. Tomaso Comazzi
Communication and Membership Manager at the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism (NECSTouR)

Mr. Haris Paliogiannis
Policy Officer at the Mediterranean Information Office for the Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE). Community4Innovation

Mrs. Tonia Koutsopoulou
Research Associate at the University of Thessaly. Community4Tourism project, Interreg Euro-MED

Demetris Francis Lekkas
Associate Professor – Environmental Engineering and Science Sector, University of Aegean, Greece
12:20
- 13:20
Round table III: Transformation of Tourism governance. Towards a resilient and climate neutral tourism
Moderator
:

Mr. Ioannis Pappas
Director for the Mediterranean Region at the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)
Speakers
:

Mr. Tabone Robert
Head EU and International Affairs Unit at the Local Government Division within the Ministry for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, Malta

Mr. Saša Popovac
Head of Market Research and Analytics from the Croatian National Tourist Board, Croatia

Mrs. Laure Reynaud
Sustainable Tourism Coordinator for the Regional Nature Parks of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Prof. Maria Papadopoulou
Professor, National Technical University of Athens, President of the 'Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency' (NECCA), Community4Nature project, Interreg Euro-MED

Mr. Giuliano Tallone
Head of Studies, Innovations, Statistics, Regional Tourism Agency, Lazio Region, Italy

Mr. Danilo Čeh
Lead project manager at the Scientific research Centre Bistra Ptuj, Slovenia. Community4LivingAreas project, Interreg Euro-MED

Mrs. Marina Kouta
Project Manager at the University of Patras, Greece. Dialogue4LivingAreas project, Interreg Euro-MED
13:20
- 14:00
Light Lunch
14:00
- 14:30
Closing remarks
Speakers
:

Mr. George Kremlis
H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute
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