Information Session on Marine Litter and Final Annual Project Meeting of Facility for Regional Policy Dialogue on Integrated Maritime Policy March 26th, 2019 – Thon EU, Brussels Draft Agenda 08:30 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:15 Opening Session European Commission Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat 09:15 – 11:15 Information session on Marine Litter (speakers tbd) 11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 – 12:00 Facility project – brief remarks by: Mrs. Federica Pesce, DG NEAR, European Commission (5min) Mr. Christos Theophilou, DG MARE, European Commision (5min) Dr. Lothar Schillak, Project Team Leader (5min) 12:00 – 13:00 Session I: The Project - a look back and ahead The Facility Project – 3 years of cooperation for IMP and BE by Dr.Lothar Schillak, Project Team Leader (30min) Guidance for the development and funding of Blue Economy projects by Robert Tippmann, Climatekos (30min) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Session II: Country Presentations Presentations by national Focal Points of cooperating countries: Algeria (20min), Egypt (20min), Israel (20min), Jordan (20 min) 15:30 – 17:00 Session III: Country Presentations, cont’d Presentations by national Focal Points of cooperating countries: Lebanon (20min), Palestine (20min), Morocco (20min), Tunisia (20min) 17:00 – 17:30 Session IV: Q&A - Plenary Discussion 17:30 – 18:00 Closure of the project Mrs. Federica Pesce, DG NEAR European Commission Mr. Christos Theophilou, DGMARE European Commission Dr. Lothar Schillak, Team Leader Facility Project You can access the agenda here: http://www.medblueconomyplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Draft%20Agenda%20IMP%20meeting-Marine%20Litter%2026-03-2019.pdf