SKILLS+ Capacity Building Seminar #1

09h00 Welcomes
• Vladimir Kovačević, Zadar County Rural Development Agency – AGRRA (Croatia), Director
• Frank Thäger, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt (Germany), Head of SKILLS+ Project

09h30 Session 1: From the EU Digital Agenda to Zadar’s Rural Development Strategy

The Digital Agenda of Croatia and the European Union 
The Representative of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)

eCroatia Strategy
The Representative of the Ministry of Public Administration of Croatia

Zadar County’s Rural Development
Ana Zubčić, Zadar County Rural Development Agency

Coffee break (approx. 11h00)

Expected contribution by SKILLS+
Zana Zeibote, University of Latvia, Scientific coordinator of SKILLS+

Roundtable discussion (participants are all Session 1 speakers)
Chaired by the Lead Partner or the host

13h00 Lunch

14h00 Session 2: Learning from SKILLS+ Good Practices

eTrøndelag Strategy
Eistein Guldseth, Sør Trøndelag County Council (Norway)

Digi Lodge
Haralampos Kiourtsidis, Region of Western Macedonia (Greece)

Latvian ICT Cluster
Aiga Irmeja, Executive Director of the Latvian IT Cluster

Coffee break (approx. 15h30)

The Future of Digital Technologies
The Representative of the COIN Zadar

Roundtable discussion (participants are all Session 2 speakers)
Chaired by the Lead Partner of the host

17h00 Closure

19h00 Partner Dinner @ Restaurant Kornat, Liburnska obala 6, Zadar