#ACCESS Project Kick-off conference

Background Agenda Technical details Report

The EU integration process that the independent Slovak Republic and Hungary has been going through together, made the state border symbolic and the cross-border flows lively between the two countries. At the same time, everyday commuting and the access to services across the border are still hampered by legal and administrative obstacles. The #ACCESS project aims to unfold and facilitate the elimination of these obstacles between 2023 and 2029.

The first event of the project was the kick-off conference which took place in Košice on 14 September 2023.

Agenda:

10.00 Greetings

  • Mr Jaroslav Poláček, Mayor of the Košice
  • Ms Dr. Ágota Hetey, Consul General of Hungary in Košice
  • Ms Lea Malá, Director general, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Section of Cross-border Cooperation Programmes
  • Mr Miroslav Štrkolec,Dean, Faculty of Law, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University of Košice

10.40 The European context

Moderator: Ms Katalin Fekete, Senior Legal Adviser, CESCI

  • Ms Katalin Júlia Pénzes,Desk officer, European Commission: Legal accessibility initiatives of the European Commission since 2016
  • Mr Martín Guillermo-Ramírez, Secretary General, Association of European Border Regions (AEBR): The B-Solutions initiative
  • Ms Csilla Veres, Head of Joint Secretariat, Interreg VI-A Hungary-Slovakia programme: The strategic relevance of the project #ACCESS

Coffee break

11.50 The Challenge: barriers at the Slovak-Hungarian border – round-table discussion

Moderator: Mr Gyula Ocskay, Secretary General, CESCI

  • Ms Zsuzsanna Pelech,Cross-border resident
  • Ms Nikoletta Horváth,Head of the Managing Authority, Interreg VI-A Hungary-Slovakia programme
  • Ms Lea Malá, Head of the Slovak National Authority, Interreg VI-A Hungary-Slovakia programme
  • Mr Péter Nagy, Director of the Ister-Granum EGTC

12.50 The Answer: the #ACCESS project

  • Ms Enikő Hüse-Nyerges, Senior Development Expert, CESCI and Mr Rudolf Bauer, Director, CESCI Carpathia

13.15 Buffet lunch

At the event English, Slovak and Hungarian translation will be provided.

Venue of the event: Double Tree Hotel by Hilton

Building partnership!

The project is financially supported by the European Union,
within the framework of the Interreg Hungary – Slovakia Programme.

For more information visit www.skhu.eu.

Building partnership!

The project is financially supported by the European Union,
within the framework of the Interreg Hungary – Slovakia Programme.

For more information visit www.skhu.eu.

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