Thursday 2 Mar 2023
Dialogue4Tourism - a common vision of tourism governance in the Mediterranean basin
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Timezone: Europe/Athens
09:00 - 09:30
Registrations
09:30 - 09:50
Opening-Welcome
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)
09:50 - 10:00
Dialogue4Tourism Interreg Euro-MED presentation
Mr. Ioannis Mardikis
Director of the Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute of the EPLO
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
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. Fokion Zaimis
Deputy Governor of the Region of Western Greece
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
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)
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
Mr. George Kremlis
H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute
Mr. Ioannis Mardikis
Director of the Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute of the EPLO