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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 26th February 2019

 

12.00 – 12.30

Registration

 

    1. – 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

  1. Competition
  2. Marinescape & Fundraising
  3. Incubation
  4. 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 27th 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 28th 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