Fachkonferenz
Details
PROGRAMME
Sustainable Tourism in Europe:
Chances & Challenges for SMEs
Saturday 19 April 2008 , 08:30 -12:30h
Sofia, Bulgaria
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 09:15 Opening and Introduction
• Nadezhda MIHAYLOVA, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of Union of
SME Bulgaria
09:15– 09:45 Keynote Speeches on Sustainable Tourism in Europe
• Sergey STANISHEV, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (tbc)
• Asen GAGAUZOV, Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works
• Francesco IANNIELLO, Head of Unit, Tourism, DG Enterprise and Industry
• Margie SUDRE MEP, President of Tourism Intergroup (tbc)
Discussion
09:45 – 10:45 Panel 1: Quality Tourism in Europe
Keynote Speech
• Nickolay VASSILEV, Minister of the State Administration
2
Impulse statements
• Miroslav MIKOLASIK MEP, Member of Tourism Intergroup (tbc)
• Markus LUTHE, Chairman of HOTREC Quality Board and CEO of German Hotels
Association (tbc)
• Paolo CESARO, ANCI IDEALI Foundation (tbc)
Discussion
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Panel 2: The Role of SMEs in the Tourism Sector
Keynote Speech
• Anelia KRUSHKOVA, President of the State Tourism Agency
Impulse statements
• Luc HENDRICKX, Director Enterprise Policy & External Relations, UEAPME (tb)
• Michael ANGERER, Austrian Commercial Counselor (tbc)
• Vesselin GORNISHKI, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Bulgaria to Germany (tbc)
Discussion
12:15 – 12:30 Conclusions
• Patrick VOLLER, Secretary General of the SME UNION of the EPP
12:30 Cocktail Reception
Project Manager: Mariyana IVANOVA
94A Vassil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria
m.ivanova@smeunion-bg.org
Tel: +359 2 943 91 65, Fax: +359 944 28 71
Project Manager: Özge UYANIK
22 Rue de Pascale, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
sme@sme-union.org,
Tel: +32 2 233 38 36, Fax: +32 2 230 92 18
