Cross-Border Training and Impact Assessment in Ireland and Europe: An International Conference Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, Cavan 27th-28th October 2011 Opening speaker: Lucinda Creighton TD, Irish Minister of State for European Affairs. Programme Conference Speakers and Chairpersons Thursday 27 October 2011 Professor Jean-Alain Héraud, Professor of Mr Pat Colgan joined the Special EU affairs correspondent, education correspondent, assistant news Economics, University of Strasbourg, France Programmes Body in Belfast as Chief editor and Belfast reporter with the Irish Times. In the early 1990s Redwood Suite, Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, Cavan 3. Beyond needs analysis in the Slovenia- Executive in 2004. Prior to his appointment he was co-ordinator of the Opsahl Commission, an independent Carinthia-Friuli region: Professor Stanka he had been involved in the design, ‘citizens inquiry’ into ways forward for Northern Ireland, and editor Chair: Mr Pat Colgan, Chief Executive, Special EU Setnikar-Cankar, Chair of Economics and Public delivery and evaluation of EU-funded of its report, A Citizens Inquiry. Programmes Body, Belfast Sector Management, University of Ljubljana, programmes in the EU Member States Slovenia; Dr Eithne Knappitsch, Lecturer, for the previous 10 years. He came to the Ms Ruth Taillon is Deputy Director 9.15 Registration and refreshment, Redwood Suite Reception Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria; SEUPB from Vienna where he worked for (Research) at the Centre for Cross Border Area Ms Milena Grion, ForSer ( Formazione e Servizi the Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning Studies. Since she joined the Centre 9.45 Opening remarks by Mr Colgan per la Pubblica Amministrazione), ANCI, Italy and Regional Development. During in 2009 she has completed a research 10.00 Official Opening by Irish Minister of State for 3.30 Questions and discussion his time there he was responsible for project on The Role of Community European Affairs, Ms Lucinda Creighton TD 4.30 Close evaluating the efficiency of the implementation of Structural Funds Involvement in Hospital Planning in the 10.20 Cross-border training and impact assessment 7.30 Reception in all the EU Member States. He also had overall responsibility Irish Border Region and is joint author of in Ireland: Mr Andy Pollak and Ms Ruth Taillon, 8.00 Conference dinner with Irish traditional music and for the EU INTERACT Programme. He had previously worked with the Impact Assessment Toolkit for Cross- Director and Deputy Director, Centre for Cross Border dancing government departments in a number of the new Member States Border Cooperation in Ireland, which will Studies, Armagh and accession countries such as Cyprus, the Czech Republic, be launched at this conference. She has 10.40 The Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network (TEIN): Dr Croatia and Slovakia. He is a member of the European Grouping many years’ experience as a researcher Joachim Beck, Director, Euro-Institut, Kehl, Germany Friday 28 October 2011 of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Expert Group set up by the EU’s and evaluator working with a range of public and community- 11.00 Coffee Committee of the Regions. based organisations in both Irish jurisdictions. Before joining 11.30 Parallel ‘good practice’ workshops. These 45 Redwood Suite, Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, Cavan CCBS, Ruth was Research Coordinator for Border Action (formerly minute long workshops will be repeated so that each ADM/CPA), where she had responsibility for commissioning and conference participant has a choice of attending two Chair: Ms Helen Johnston, Chair, Centre for Cross Border Ms Lucinda Creighton TD is the Irish supervising thematic evaluations of projects funded through the EU workshops Studies Minister of State for European Affairs. She PEACE Programme, drafting Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines 1. Cooperation and Working Together (CAWT) – was elected as a Fine Gael Dublin City for funded projects and developing quality control procedures for health training in the Irish border region: led 9.00 Dr José Antonio Ruiz de Casas, Programme Councillor for the Pembroke electoral assessing individual project evaluations. Before that she worked as by Ms. Linda Saunderson and Mr. Lawrence Manager, EU policies of European Transnational area in 2004. She qualified as a barrister an independent research and evaluation consultant, specialising in McGrath, CAWT, Derry and Interregional Cooperation, DG REGIO, European before being elected to Dáil Éireann as gender, equality and peace and conflict issues. 2. Tradelinks – business mentoring in the Irish Commission, Brussels: Cross-border training and its youngest member in 2007. She has border region: led by Mr. Kieran Mathers, Trade impact assessment - a view from the European served as Fine Gael Spokesperson on Dr Joachim Beck has been Director of Links, Newry Commission European Affairs; as a member of the Joint the Franco-German Euro Institute in Kehl, 3. Raising the participation of women in public First respondent: Mr Martin Guillermo Ramirez, Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee near Strasbourg (www.euroinstitut.org) life- women’s capacity building in N.W. Ireland Secretary General, Association of European Border on European Affairs; as a member of the since 2006. Before that he was Head of and Scotland: led by Ms Noirin Clancy, Women Regions Joint Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on European Scrutiny; Public Management at the Swiss-based into Public Life, Donegal Second respondent: Professor Michel Casteigts, as Chairperson of a Parliamentary Sub-committee on the role of consultancy firm PROGNOS AG and, in the 4. EuroSchola – teacher training in the Czech- University of Pau and the Pays d’Adour, France the Oireachtas in European Affairs; as Fine Gael Spokesperson on 1990s, Managing Director of INFOBEST Polish border region: led by Mr. Hynek Böhm, 10.15 Launch of the Impact Assessment Toolkit for Cross Immigration, Integration and Equality, and as a member of the Joint Strasbourg/Kehl, an agency providing Institut EuroSchola, Trinec, Czech Republic Border Cooperation by Dr Ruiz de Casas –with Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on Justice, Defence and cross-border citizens information. He 5. The inter-cultural dimension in cross-border contributions from its principal authors, Ms Ruth Women’s Rights. She is also a former Vice-President for Youth of has written and edited several books on training in the Upper Rhine: led by Ms Anne Taillon, Centre for Cross Border Studies and Mr. the European People’s Party. She was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in public management and cross-border Thevenet, Deputy Director, Euro-Institut, Kehl, Sebastian Rihm, Euro-Institut 2011 and was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs by cooperation and administrative culture in Europe. Germany 10.45 Refreshment break the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. 1.00 Lunch in the Botanica Restaurant 11.15 Round table discussion with panel: Dr Ruiz de Casas, Ms Linda Saunderson is a trained 2.00 The challenges of training and evaluation for Mr. Jim Higgins MEP, Ms Marian Harkin MEP and Registered General Nurse who has worked European Territorial Cooperation programmes Mr Shaun Henry (Director of Programmes, Special EU Mr Andy Pollak is founding Director in several specialities including Cardiology, Mr Tomasz Petrykowski, Coordinator, INTERACT Programmes Body, Belfast) with contributions from the of the Centre for Cross Border Studies General Medicine and Accident and Point Viborg, Denmark floor (with offices in Armagh and Dublin), and Emergency. In 1986 she was appointed 2.30 European achievements and challenges in cross-border 12.45 Closing remarks by Ms Marian Harkin MEP Secretary of Universities Ireland and as a Sister in Accident and Emergency in training and higher education 12.55 Lunch the Standing Conference on Teacher the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. She 1. Cross-border local authority training in 2.00 Afternoon excursion to Newgrange Education North and South (SCoTENS). moved to the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen Ireland: Ms Caroline Creamer, Deputy Director, Now over 12 years old, the Centre in 1993 as the Sister in Accident and International Centre for Local and Regional researches, develops and provides Emergency there. In 2000 she became Development, Armagh: management support for a wide range Clinical Services Manager in Sperrin 2. Higher education and research cooperation of cooperation programmes and Lakeland Trust and in 2007 Assistant Director of Emergency Care between France, Germany and Switzerland: projects between Ireland and Northern and Medicine in the Western Health and Social Care Trust. She is Ireland in education and training, health, ICT, the economy, public currently on secondment to the Cooperation and Working Together administration and other practical areas. Andy is a former religious (CAWT) cross-border network of health authorities as Programme Manager for the Acute INTERREG IVA Project. She holds an Women’s Council of Ireland and the Women’s Human Rights project training and the development of the online monitoring International Relations; and a Member of the Senate of the Advanced Diploma in Healthcare and a Diploma in Health Service Alliance where she coordinated the production of a shadow system. A Pole, he holds degrees in Management in International University of Llubljana. Stanka is a Member of the Public Service Management. She has also carried out the adaptation of the report to the UN CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Relations and Social