Directorate of International Relations and European Union

HELLENIC REPUBLIC Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs

HELLENIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION European Union Department

Info Day “European Capital of Culture 2021, Information and guidelines to candidate cities”

Athens, 25th of February 2015 Auditorium of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs

Agenda

09:30 - 10:00 Arrival of participants and registration at the Auditorium of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs

10:00 – 10:30 Greetings

 Mr Nikos Xydakis, Alternate Minister for Culture  Mr Spyros Merkouris, Director and Coordinator of the first European Capital of Culture “Athens 1985” – Honorary President of the Network of the European Capitals of Culture

10:30 - 11:00 Presentation of the Call for submission of applications of the cities preparing to bid for the “European Capital of Culture 2021”

 Mr George Kalamantis, Head of Directorate of International Relations and European Union, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs  Ms Eirini Komninou, Head of the European Union Department, Directorate of International Relations and European Union, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs

11:00 - 11:15 Best Practices: Plovdiv -Bulgaria “European Capital of Culture 2019”

 Ms Radostina Georgieva, Project Manager of “Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019”

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:30 Guidelines for cities preparing to bid for the “European Capital of Culture 2021”  Mr Sylvain Pasqua, Team Leader - Coordination of European Capitals of Culture, European Commission - Directorate General for Education and Culture

12:30 - 13:30 Discussion (Questions and Answers Session with Mr Sylvain Pasqua)