Conference on 10 years of cooperation with the Greek Public Administration

29 June 2022

This conference is organised by Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) of the European Commission in the context of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the support of the Presidency of the Greek Government, to mark 10 years of cooperation, in the area of public administration and governance, among the European Commission, the French Republic as Reform Partner and the Hellenic Republic as Beneficiary.

The event will focus on the reforms carried-out over the last 10 years in the following sectors:

Policy making - Coordination - Better regulation;
Human Resources Management;
Digital Transformation.

High-level representatives from the Greek and French Governments and from the European Commission will share their experiences from the past ten years of cooperation and will discuss the way ahead.

This hybrid event, will be hosted in the garden of the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, Greece.

Programme

Host: Alexia Kefalas, journalist

18:00 EEST	Guests Arrival: Registration
18:50 EEST	Opening by Daniele Dotto with Ioannis Hadjiyiannis and Alain Scriban (European Commission)
	Keynote speeches Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of State, Hellenic Republic Patrick Maisonnave, Ambassador of the French Republic to Greece High-level representative of the European Commission
19:15 EEST	Session 1: Policy making / Coordination / Better regulation
	Introduction Akis Skertsos, Minister of State responsible for the coordination of Government policies, Hellenic Republic Mario Nava, Director-General, Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), European Commission
	Creative discussion Thanassis Kontogeorgis, Secretary General for Coordination, Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic Stylianos - Ioannis Koutnatzis, Secretary General for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic Daniele Dotto, Deputy to the Director - Support to Member States reforms, Head of Unit Governance and Public Administration, DG REFORM, European Commission Frank Van Driessche, Adviser for Revenue Administration, DG REFORM, European Commission Ioannis Hadjiyiannis, Head of Unit Horizontal Policies, DG REFORM, European Commission Pierre Heilbronn, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Finance (2014- 2016), former Secretary General of European Affairs Jean Pierre Jochum, Reform Partner 2016-2017, Ministry of Finance, France
	Testimonial videos*
19:45 EEST	Session 2: Human Resources Management
	Introduction Makis Voridis, Minister of Interior, Hellenic Republic
	Creative discussion Sébastien Renaud, Deputy Head of Unit Governance and Public Administration, DG REFORM, European Commission Vivi Charalaboyianni, Secretary General for Human Resources of Public Sector, Ministry of Interior, Hellenic Republic Evi Dramalioti, President of the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) Maryvonne Le Brignonen, Director of the Institut National du Service Public (INSP)
	Testimonial videos*
20:15 EEST	Session 3: Digital Transformation
	Introduction Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of State and Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
	Creative discussion Leonidas Christopoulos, Secretary General of Digital Governance, Ministry of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic Vincent Lidsky, Reform Partner 2020-present, Ministry of Finance, France
	Testimonial videos*

20:45 EEST	Closing speech
	Jérémie Pellet, Director-General, Expertise France
20:50 EEST	Closing of the event by Nathalie Berger and Daniele Dotto (European Commission, DG REFORM)