INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE

Co-organised by the CPMR the Region of and the Municipality of , , Crete -

“Sustainable Tourism as a Pillar of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)” hosted by the Municipality of Hersonissos (Heraklion, Crete – GR)

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND OF CRETE

DRAFT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Updated 10 June 2015

I - REGIONS

CHYPRUS

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AMMOCHOSTOS (FAMAGUSTA) Andreas KTORIDES, Acting District Officer

DENMARK

N O R T H DENMARK REGION Henrik RINGBÆK MADSEN, Politician, Chair of International Affairs, CPMR PB alternate member and COR member List of participants - “Sustainable Tourism as a Pillar of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)” - International Stakeholders Conference co-organised by the CPMR and the Region of Crete - p.1 Karen Greve SOMERSET, Project Manager

FINLAND

KYMENLAAKSO Harri HELMINEN, Chairman of the Board Toni VANHALA, Head of International Affairs

HELSINKI-UUSIMAA Jari SAINIO, Vice-President of the Board Jaakko MIKKOLA, Director of International Affairs

MIDTJYLLAND Peder BANG, International Advisor

FRANCE

BRETAGNE Steven BOBE, Adjoint à la directrice de l'environnement, en charge du Pôle climat participeront à la Conférence de la CRPM Dominique RAMARD, Conseiller régional délégué à l'énergie et Président de la Commission Environnement, Région Bretagne

GERMANY

MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN Reinhard BOEST, Director

GREECE

DYTIKI ELLADA () Konstantinos KARPETAS, Regional Counsellor, Vice-President of Intermediterannean Commision of CPMR

IONIA NISIA () Theodoros GALIATSATOS, Regional Governor

KENTRIKI MAKEDONIA () Mr SPANDOS Ioannis, Advisor

KRITI (Crete) , Regional Governor of Crete Antipas SIFAKIS, Vice Governor of Entrepreneurship Trade & Commerce George ALEXAKIS, Regional Councelor in Charge of European Affairs, Vice President of CPMR Michael VAMIEDAKIS, Regional Councillor of Crete in charge of Tourism Affairs Magda KATOPI, Advisor to the Vice Governor of Entrepreneurship Commerce & Innovation List of participants - “Sustainable Tourism as a Pillar of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)” - International Stakeholders Conference co-organised by the CPMR and the Region of Crete - p.2 Matthaios LYDAKIS, Advisor of the Regional Governor of Crete Giannis GOYLIDAKHS, Regional Councillor Nikos SIRIGONAKIS, Regional Councillor Georgia STAVRAKAKI, Director of Regional Governor’s Office Ioanna KAVVALOU, Secretary at the Office of Regional Governor's Office Eleftheria-Evangelia VOLIKOU, Director, Directorate of Agricultural Economy Stratoula KAOURI, Director, Directorate of Agricultural Economy & Veterinary Medicine Emmanouil LAMPRAKIS, Fisheries Officer Spiridon EPITROPAKIS, Director Anna KAGIAMPAKI, Head of Department of Environment, Directorate for Environment and Spatial Planning Maria KANDILOGIANNAKI, Public Officer, Directorate of Environment and Spatial Planning Evaggelia VRONTAKI, Development Directorate, Regional Unit of Rethym Despoina DIALYNA, Department of Tourism Marianna GIALYTI, Department of Tourism Madoulka VASILIKI, Tourist department Nikolaos ALEXAKIS, Employee of Tourism Direction Emmanouella GEROGIANNAKI, Head of the section Culture and Sports, Directorate of Social Welfare Elina MIKROULEA, Special Advisor, Regional Unit of Lassithi Michalis VAMIEDAKIS, Commissioner of Tourism Maria LAVDAKI, Tourism Department, Regional Unit of Lassithi Pelagia PETRAKI, Regional Vice Governor of Lassithi, Regional Unit of Lassithi Merina MATZAPETAKI, Directorate Development Programming Maro ANTONAKAKI, General management of development Maria PAPADAKI, CHIEF DEPARTMENT Vasileios KEGKEROGLOU, Congressman Aliki KAROUSOU, Biologist-Ichthyologist Maria LOUKADAKI, Sociologist Zacharias KEFALOGIANNIS, Region of Crete Minas LIAPAKIS, Destination expert, Region of Crete Katerina VLASAKI, Region of Crete Manolis SKEPASIANOS, Region of Crete Zacharoula PAPADOPOULOU Nikolaos LAMPRINIDIS Emmanouil NOIKOKYRAKIS, Employee Agapi SIFAKI Eleni KOSTAKI

NOTIO AIGAIO () Georgios HATZIMARKOS, Regional Governor Charalampos KOKKINOS, Vice Governor Eleftheria FTAKLAKI, Vice President of the Tourist Committee

VOREIO AIGAIO () , Regional Governor of North Aegean, Greece, and 1st Vice-President of the CPMR Balkan & Black Sea Regional Commission

PELOPONNISOS Apostolos PAPAFOTIOU, Regional Executive Consultant of International Relations & European Programmes

IRELAND

DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL Enda BONNER, Elected Member

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TELEMARK FYLKESKOMMUNE Lars HAUKVIK, Head International affairs

ROGALAND Geir SOERREIME, International Advisor PORTUGAL

MADERE Miguel ALBUQUERQUE, Président du Gouvernement Régional de Madère Gaspar MEDEIROS, Assistant du Président du Governement de Madère

NORTE (CCDR-N) Eduardo Paço VIANA, Vice-Presidente Nuno ALMEIDA, Head Unit

ROMANIA

TULCEA Brandusa Daniela DRAGOMIR, County Councelor Liliana MARINESCU, County Administrator

SPAIN

ASTURIAS María José RODRIGUEZ, EU Affairs Coordinator

SWEDEN

SKÅNE Annika ANNERBY JANSSON, Vice-President of Skåne Region, Sweden, Vice-President of the CPMR Per-Olof PERSSON, Senior Advisor International relations

MALMO Antonia FURLA, Education, Malmo

THE NETHERLANDS

SOUTH HOLLAND Tirza MOLEGRAAF, Advisor of Rogier VAN DER SANDE

UNITED KINGDOM

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SOUTHEND ON SEA John LAMB, Vice President of NSC

I I - STATES

MINISTRY OF TOURISM OF CROATIA Blanka BELOŠEVIĆ, Head of Department for International Cooperation, National focal Point for UNWTO, Co-ordinator of EUSAIR pillar IV

MINISTRY FOR ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURES, SHIPPING AND TOURISM, GREECE Ioannis FIRBAS, General Director of National Coordinating Unit for NSRF, Directorate-General for Public Investments - NSRF Dr Gerasimos ZACHARATOS, Deputy Secretary General in charge of Tourism

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GREECE Vassilios TSELIOS, Expert Minister Counsellor

I I I - EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Corina CREȚU, European Commissioner for Regional Policy (DG REGIO) Karmenu VELLA, European Commissioner for Environment (DG ENV) Joanna MOULIOU NIESSLER, Programme Manager - EU policies - Programmes, Projects, Actions & Funds, Competence Centre Macro-regions and European Territorial Cooperation, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (EUSAIR team) (DG REGIO)

Andrea MAIRATE, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (EUSAIR team) (DG REGIO) Cinzia DE MARZO, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Ivan JAKOVCIC, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur on the EUSAIR

I V - MANAGING AUTHORITY

Maria KASOTAKI, Head of the Managing Authority, Regional Operational Programme of Crete

V - ORGANISATIONS /OTHER BODIES

NETWORK OF THE INSULAR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (INSULEUR) - PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF Georgios BENETOS, President

List of participants - “Sustainable Tourism as a Pillar of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)” - International Stakeholders Conference co-organised by the CPMR and the Region of Crete - p.5 Georges ASSONITIS, Member-Technical Committee UNWTO - UNITED NATIONS WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION Mr DRAKOPOULOS Georgios, Special Adviser to the Secretary General FORUM OF THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, GREECE Konstantinos NIKOLOUTSOS, President of the Ileia Chamber of Commerce HERAKLION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Manolis ALIFIERAKIS, President CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Christos MILONAKIS, Vice President HERAKLION PORT AUTHORITY S.A Ioannis BRAS, Chairman and Managing Director HERAKLION HOTELS ASSOCIATION Nikolaos CHALKIADAKIS, President DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBH (SERBIA) Knut GERBER, Adviser GREEN DESTINATIONS Albert SALMAN, President CATALAN AGENCY OF TOURISM Jordi Secall, Marketing Director CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF Roberto SANDRINI, Expert HERAKLION DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Evangelia KATSARAKI, Networking Department Amalia TAVLADORAKI, Leader Coordinator TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE/EAST CRETE DEPARTMENT Ioannis HARONITIS, President LOCAL EMPLOYABILITY (LOC.EM.) Apostolos (Alkis) KALLIANTZIDIS, President-managing director INSTITUTE OF APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY – HELLAS George ALEXANDRAKIS, Researcher LABORATORY OF RESEARCH & TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNTS (LARETSA) - UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS (GREECE) Stavros HATZIMARINAKIS, Researcher HCMR - HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH Antonios MAGOULAS, IMBBC Direcors Stella PSARRA, Researcher B' PAN-HELLENIC SOCIETY OF TECHNOLOGISTS ICHTHYOLOGISTS Michael CHATZIEFSTATHIOU, Chairman of the Auditing Committee GEOTEE CRETE CHAMBER Georgios TIGKILIS, Ichthyologist GEOTEE Member SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PARK OF CRETE SAITAKIS, Director

List of participants - “Sustainable Tourism as a Pillar of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)” - International Stakeholders Conference co-organised by the CPMR and the Region of Crete - p.6 CRETE'S CULINARY SANCTUARIES EDUCATIONAL NETWORK Nikki ROSE, Founder and Director AGRONUTRITIONAL COOPERATION OF THE REGION OF CRETE Manolis XNARIS, President LOCAL FOOD EXPERTS social cooperative enterprise Sotiris Di. BAMPAGIOURIS, BoD President Zoe NOWAK, Co-funder CRETAN ACCOMMODATION CLUSTER "CRETAN PHILOXENIA' Yiannis MARKAKIS, Director FORTH-Praxi Network/ Crete Panagiotis IGNATIADIS, Business Adviser Angelina KOUROUBALI, Collaborating Researcher Nikolaos KAMPANIS, Research Director, Head of Coastal Research Lab Maria MAKRIDAKI, Technology Transfer Consultant EUROBANK Dimitriosi PAPADOMANOLAKIS, Manager EMJ PARTNERS Emmanouil GIAKOUMAKIS, Managing Director CONSULTANT COMPANY SMARTCONSULTING Ioannis CHRISTODOULAKIS, Consultant CRETA Ioannis ORFANAKIS, Hoteler S. GIANNIKAKIS S.A. Stylianos GIANNIKAKIS, Chairman Klio GIANNIKAKI, Managing Director WINES OF CRETE Nicolas MILIARAKIS, President AEGEAN SOLUTIONS SA Alexandros TZORTZAKAKIS, CEO HOTELS ASSOCIATION Manolis VARKARAKIS, President HOTELS ASSOCIATION Emmanouil TSAKALAKIS, Chairman CRETE FILOXENIA UNION Manolis ZERVAKIS, President AEGEAN AIRLINES Eftyhios VASILAKIS, Vice-President IRAKLION AIRPORT George PLIAKAS, Airport Manager HERAKLION CRETE/SINERGASIA Georgia DIMARI, Project Manager UNIVERSITY OF CRETE Constantine MANASAKIS, Assistant Professor

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V I - GUESTS FROM HOST REGION

PREFECTURE OF CRETE Kyriakos KOTSOGLOU, Prefectural Councelor MUNICIPALITY OF HERAKLION Vassilis LAMBRINOS, Mayor Euripides KOUKIADAKIS, Deputy Mayor of Heraklion Aristea PLEVRI, Deputy Mayor of Culture & Tourism MUNICIPALITY OF CHANIA Elpida TSITSIRIDI, Consultant MUNICIPALITY OF HERSONISSOS Ioannis MASTORAKIS, Mayor Efthymios MOUNTRAKIS, Deputy Mayor MUNICIPALITY OF Emmanouel PSAROUDAKIS, Vice Mayor of Amari MUNICIPALITY ARCHANON ASTEROUSION Emmanouhl KOKOSALIS, Mayor MUNICIPALITY OF Theodoros PATERAKIS, Mayor MUNICIPALITY OF MINOA PEDIADAS Nikolaos FILIPPAKIS, Economist CITY OF RETHYMNON Maria LIONI, Vice-Governor of Rethymnon Yiannis POLYCHRONAKIS, Technical Advisor of Vice-Governor MUNICIPALITY OF -ASTEROUSIA Ms Christothea KONSTANTAKI, President of Local Community of Kato Archanes PLATANIA (ITALY) Ioannis MALANDRAKIS, Mayor MUNICIPALITY OF MINOA PEDIADAS Zaxarias KALOGERAKIS, Mayor of Minoa Pediadas MUNICIPALITY OF Ioannis TSAGKARAKIS, Tourism Consultant HERAKLIO Antonis VASILAKIS Elena SVONOVA Evangelos SEGREDAKIS Haris RODITAKLS Nickolaos ZACHARAKIS, Enviromental Engineer Νiki GIAMALAKI

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V I I - CPMR

CPMR GENERAL SECRETARIAT Eleni MARIANOU, Secretary General Nicolas BROOKES, Director Patrick ANVROIN, Director Giuseppe SCIACCA, Senior Policy Officer Stavros KALOGNOMOS, Policy Officer Anne LEZIN, Policy Assistant

CPMR GEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION Kate CLARKE, Executive Secretary, CPMR North Sea Commission Davide STRANGIS, Executive Secretary, CPMR Intermediterranean Commission Åsa BJERING, Executive Secretary of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission

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