COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Delegation to 26 - 28 September 2012 FINAL PROGRAMMEi Wednesday 26 September 2012 Arrival of participants - evening - Hotel choice: Hilton Cyprus/.

For those participants already in town, the Head of the EP in Cyprus will offer a briefing of the visit at 19:30 at the lobby hotel.

Thursday 27 September 2012

08:30 - 08:50 Delegation to meet at the hotel lobby

09:00 - 10:30 Joint meeting with the Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Mr Andreas Mavroyiannis (Cohesion Policy Portfolio) and the Planning Bureau (Managing authority for Structural funds and Cohesion funds) place: EU House, 30 Lord Byron Avenue, Nicosia

10: 30 - 11:30 Meeting with the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Ms Sotiroulla Charalambous (responsible for ESF) place: EU House, 30 Lord Byron Avenue, Nicosia

11:30 - 12:30 Meeting with the Minister of Interior, Ms Eleni Mavrou (responsible for Urban Projects and some major projects in the environment area) place: EU House, 30 Lord Byron Avenue, Nicosia

12:30- 13:00 Press Conference. place: EU House, 30 Lord Byron Avenue, Nicosia

13:30 - 15:00 Working-Lunch with main responsible officials on Cyprus' implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (hosted by the Deputy Minister for European Affairs) Pantopoleio Restaurant, 7 Vasileos Pavlou street, Lefkosia,

15:30 - 16:30 Meeting with the Mayor of Nicosia, Mr Constantinos Yiorkadjis, and visit to ERDF co-financed projects place: Nicosia Municipality, 1 Constantinou Paleologou St.r, Nicosia

17:30 - 18:30 Visit to the solid waste management plant co-financed by the Cohesion Fund place: Koshi Plant

19:00 - 19:30 Meeting with the Mayor of Limassol, Mr Andreas Christou, and visit to ERDF co- financed projects place: Limassol Municipality, 23 Arch. Kyprianou, Limassol

20:00 Dinner hosted by the Mayor of Limassol place: Town Center, Limassol, Artima Bistro Restaurant, Vasilisis street, Limassol (tel. 00357 25820466) Friday 28 September 2012

08:30 - 08:50 Delegation to meet at the hotel lobby

09:00 - 10:30 Meeting with the House Standing Committees on Foreign and European Affairs, on Financial and Budgetary Affairs and on Internal Affairs place: House of Representatives, 1 Nehrou street, Nicosia

End of the official program of the Delegation

Transfer to the airport

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