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CONFERENCE

CLIMATE POLICY AND THE GREEN DEAL –

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

PROGRAM

1 December 2020

GRAND HOTEL SOFIA, “TRIADITSA” HALL

Working languages: Bulgarian and English

09:45 – 10:00                Testing of the connection with the speakers

10:00 – 10:20              OFICIAL OPENING

Yordanka Fandakova, Chair of the Association „Citizens for European development of Bulgaria” (AGERB), Vice-President of PP GERB, Mayor of Sofia

Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister

Thorsten Geißler, Head of the office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bulgaria

Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director of Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Moderator:                   

                                             Ivelina Vasileva, Chair of the Environment and Water Committee in the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

10:20 - 10:30              The Legislative Framework in the Energy Sector in the Context of the New European Objectives

                                             Valentin Nikolov, Chair of the Energy Committee in the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

10:30 – 10:40              The Green Deal Through the Prism of Energy Transformation

                                             Zhecho Stankov, Deputy Minister of Energy

10:40 – 10:50              Transition to Climate Neutrality with the European Green Deal: Blueprint for Prosperity, Employment and a Healthy Environment"

                                             Dr. Karsten Sach, Head of the “International, Europe and Climate Protection” Department at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

10:50 – 11:00              The Green Deal Through a Centre-Right Perspective

                                             Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director of Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

11:00 – 11:10              The Bulgarian Dimension of the Green Deal. Opportunities for Development

                                             Atanaska Nikolova, Deputy Minister of Environment and Water

11:10 - 11:25              Discussion

11:25                                Conclusions of Mrs. Ivelina Vassileva and closure of the conference