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15-16 October 2008, Bratislava The European Investment Bank Group in cooperation with the European Commission held in Bratislava on 15 and 16 October 2008 a conference on the new instruments in European regional policy (JASPERS, JEREMIE and JESSICA) addressing public and private stakeholders from all EU Member States.
As part of the continuing effort to make cohesion policy more effective, the European Commission has developed in close collaboration with the European Investment Group and three other partner institutions ? EBRD, CEB, KfW ? a series of instruments designed both to support project preparation and to increase the use of financial engineering instruments in the context of cohesion policy: JASPERS, JEREMIE and JESSICA. The so called ?3Js? provide technical assistance (JASPERS), finance for SMEs (JEREMIE) and support for sustainable urban development (JESSICA). Below you will find the presentations made in the two workshops concerning JASPERS.
Workshop 1: JASPERS Transport Projects - The Blue book for Poland ? project preparation guidelines for the transport sector
- Artur Rudnicki, transport economist, JASPERS
- EU supported projects, co-operation with Jaspers Initiative Grzegorz Obara, Head of Study Section, National Roads Administration, Poland
- Urban transport: the Sofia and Krakow example Zbiniew Palenica, Vice-president of the Management board, MPK SA Krakow
- Sofia Metro Extension Project Stoyan Bratoev, Director, Sofia Metro
- Urban Transport - JASPERS Role Gerry Muscat, Sector Manager Municipal Infrastructure, JASPERS
Workshop 4: JASPERS Environment & Energy Projects - ?Energy Efficiency refurbishment for public buildings - an example from Poland? Ralf Goldmann, Energy specialist JASPERS
- ?Ecological refurbishment of the Warsaw University of Technology? Prof. Taduesz Skoczkowski, Warsaw University of Technology and President of the Polish National Energy Conservation Agency
- ?Water sector portfolio approach in Slovenia and Hungary? Gergely Horn, Head of Section, Water Sector Managing Authority, Environmental Programmes, Hungary
- ?JASPERS support for a portfolio of Hungarian and Slovenian water and sanitation projects? Eckart Tronnier, sector manager water and waste water, JASPERS
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