BluAct Kick-off meeting "Starting Up the Blue Economy" at Piraeus, Greece

26 - 28 February 2019

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A deep-dive into the Good Practice: Piraeus Blue Growth Initiative

DAY ONE: GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER & SETTING SMART OBJECTIVES

Tuesday 26^th February 2019
12.00 – 12.30	Registration
– 12.40	Welcome	Petros Kokkalis
12.40 – 1.00	Icebreaker: BluAct Deliverables Quiz	Jim Sims
13.00 – 13.30	BluAct Coordination (Part A) Overview & Workplan	Alexandra Tsatsou
13.30 – 14.00	BluAct Coordination (Part B) Finance & Reporting	Lida Ampatzi
14.00 – 14.30	BluAct Coordination (Part C) Communication	Designature
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee break
15.00 – 16.30	“World Café” with 4 thematic tables Competition Marinescape & Fundraising Incubation Transfer Plan Partners, in city-pairs, discuss with the Lead Partner and the Lead Expert their questions on these topics. Submit your questions before the meeting through this link.	Municipality of Piraeus & Jim Sims

DAY TWO: ANALYSING THE BGI & DISCUSSING OUR AMBITIONS

Wednesday 27^th February 2019
9.00 – 9.30	Registration
9.30 – 9.45	Warm up exercise	Jim Sims
9.45 – 10.30	Deep Dive into the BGI Good Practice (part A) Overview of the overall process Stage 1: Establishment of a multi-agency governance structure Stage 2: Competition preparation: securing the resources to deliver the programme and support the entrepreneurs	Petros Kokkalis
10.30 – 11.00	Working groups: interactive exercise on canvas	Jim Sims
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15	Deep Dive into the BGI Good Practice (part B) Stage 3: Competition Delivery (Call for Proposals / Proposal Generation, Proposal Evaluation, Demo Day / Award Ceremony)	Stamatia Giasirani (BGI)
12.15 – 13.00	Working groups: interactive exercise on canvas	Jim Sims
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 14.45	Deep Dive into the BGI Good Practice (part C) Stage 4: Incubation programme Stage 5: Promotion, celebration	Nikolas Theodorou (BGI)
14.45 – 15.30	Working groups: interactive exercise on canvas	Jim Sims
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 – 16.45	Making the BGI process come alive Stories by past winners, supporters, judges etc, followed by a panel Q&A	BGI
17.00 – 18.30	Trilateral Meeting on engaging big businesses: Galati, Piraeus & Ostend	Stavros Messinis & Jim Sims

DAY THREE: WORKING TOWARDS THE SUBMISSION OF TRANSFER PLANS

Thursday 28^th February 2019
8.30 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 9.30	Reporting back on the trilateral meeting of Galati, Piraeus & Ostend	Stavros Messinis
9.30 – 11.00	ULG Meeting Required attendance: ULG coordinators, Piraeus ULG members (Note: the attendance of Project coordinators is optional, however each city should be represented by at least one person)	Stavros Messinis
11.00 – 11.15	Coffee break
11.15 – 11.30	Transfer plans Brief introduction	Jim Sims & Alexandra Tsatsou
11.30 – 12.30	Transfer Plan presentations (Part A) 4 cities present their Transfer Plans in 10 minutes (+ Q&A)	All partners
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch break
13.30 – 14.30	Transfer Plan presentations (Part B) 4 cities present their Transfer Plans in 10 minutes (+ Q&A)	All partners
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee break
15.00 – 16.30	Transfer Plans: Peer Review Working towards an updated version of the Transfer Plans	Jim Sims & all partners
16.30 – 17.00	Wrap up, Next Steps and Actions	Jim Sims

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