• PROGRAMME

    Workshop1

    1.PURPOSE

    Provide information to the responsible Greek authorities about regulatory framework for ports and the experience of other Member States, port governance models in Europe, provide assistance in the decision making process in terms of regulation of port activities within the scope of new Strategic Plan for Ports.

    2.VENUE

    Piraeus Port Authority (Οργανισμός Λιμένος Πειραιώς), Akti Miaouli 10, GR 185 10, Piraeus, Greece.

    3.DURATION – DATE

    Monday 1 October 2012, one day 9.00 – 19.00

    4.AUDIENCE

    Restricted, by invitation only: Officials of the Ministry, HRADF and its advisers. Expected participants: max 40.

    5. WORKSHOP ORGANISATION

    Hellenic Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean, assisted by the Task Force Greece, Brussels and Athens offices.Conference language: English – Greek, simultaneous interpretation.

    6. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

    The workshop is organised around four sessions. Each presentation should last 15-20 minutes. The final session is followed by an "Open Discussion" and conclusions.Titles of the presentations are indicative.

  • 1. (9:00–11:00) SETTING THE SCENE

    Chair&Speaker: Kostas Moutzouris, Secretary General for Ports and Ports Policy, Hellenic Ministry of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean.
    Speaker: Heraclis Haralambides, Professor, Director of Maritime Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    Title: Growth for ports in the Easter Mediterranean
    Purpose: Provide overview of the Mediterranean ports system, advantages and issues, "gateway to Europe", importance for short-sea shipping.


    Speaker: George Kastellanos, Secr. Gen. ELIME, Association of Greek Ports>
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    Title: The Greek ports system now – terminals and administration
    Purpose: Short presentation to provide overview of the Greek port system
    Speaker: Antonios Sartzetakis, DG Regional Development, European Commission
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    Title: European funding possibilities for Greek ports, present situation and outlook
    Purpose: Overview of the European funding instruments, state of absorption of funds, requirements, methodology
    Speaker:Zoi Papasiopi, Head of Managing Authority OP “Accessibility Improvement”,ypoian
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    Title: Financing of port infrastructure from ESPA


    11:00–11:30: COFFEE BREAK

  • 2. (11:30–13:30) LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK: REGULATION, CONCESSIONS, SERVICES, LABOUR

    A detailed look at issues of crucial interest for the functioning of the port, its management and its operations.

    Chair: (To be nominated
    Speaker: Santiago Garcia-Milà, Deputy Director General, Port of Barcelona.
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    Title: The Spanish Law on port concessions
    Purpose: Description of a modern concessions law, according to the principles of transparency and equal opportunities as advocated by the present Commission proposal for concessions; the example of the Port of Barcelona.


    Speaker:Dr. Ulrich Bauermeister, CEO Port Development Company Rostock
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    Title: Port services in the Port of Rostock
    Purpose: An account of a liberalised system of port services which respects the principles of safety, public service and free market access.
    Speaker: Manfred Reuter, retired Managing Director of the Hamburg Port Authority
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    Title: The practical challenges behind a change of organisational model
    Purpose: To give an overview of the practical steps necessary to change from a civil service organisation to a company, in terms of legislation, statutes, organigramme and budget lines, as well as the pitfalls to avoid.
    Speaker:Eric van Hooydonk, Professor University of Gent
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    Title: Port labour regimes in Europe
    Purpose: Overview of the major categories of labour regimes, advantages and issues


    13:15–15:15: LUNCH (In the Piraeus Yachting Club.In the presence of Kostis Moussouroulis, Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean.)

  • 3. (15:15–16:45) PORT GOVERNANCE MODELS

    Information about the port governance models in use today, examples of successful port organisations and privatisation exercises in Europe. Presentations give an overview of the distribution of functions in the political/strategic, legislative, regulatory, management and operations domains.A short overview of the UK model will also be presented by Dimitrios Theologitis, on the basis of a presentation kindly provided by the UK Major Ports Association.Furthermore, Dimitrios Theologitis will also present a short description of the new Danish port law which entered into effect on 23 May 2012.

    Chair: Georgette Lalis, Director, Task Force Greece, European Commission
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    Speaker (1): Patrick Verhoeven, Secr. Gen. European Seaports Organisation ESPO.
    Speaker (2): Victor Schoenmakers, Port of Rotterdam Authority
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    Title (1): Governance models of ports in Europe
    Title (2): Rotterdam,an axample of a “corporitised”port
    Purpose: Presentation of the ESPO study on port governance 2011, as well as a presentation of the Rotterdam "success story".


    Speaker:Eamonn O'Reilly, Chief Executive Dublin Port Company
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    Title: The Irish port system
    Purpose: An example of successful privatisation through concessions, as well as its challenges.
    Speaker: Frédéric Dagnet, Director at LMP Marseille-Fos
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    Title: The reform of the French ports system
    Purpose: Presentation of the French port system reform of 2008 which led to the creation of a two-tier system with the grand ports maritimes and the ports autonomes maritimes et fluviaux. This included a major reform of the ownership structure and the employment conditions in ports.


    16:45–17:15: COFFEE BREAK

  • 4. (17:15–19:00) ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE, CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK,CONCLUSIONS

    A summary of what has been achieved to date, how to deal with the practical aspects of introducing a new organisational model, the point of view of the shipping lines – major users of the system, possibilities for European funding, a positive outlook.

    Chair: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit "Ports", European Commission, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport DG MOVE
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    Speaker: Gunther Ginckels, CEO, Port of Antwerp International.
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    : The challenges of the new port managers and the need for training
    Purpose: Any successful privatisation model will have to rely on a new generation of managers who need to be trained – challenges in defining the requirements and providing the training.


    Speaker: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit "Ports" European Commission
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    Title: New Growth for Greek Ports in the European policy context
    Purpose: EU orientations on the development of a Hellenic ports policy compatible with European ports policy, domains, options.
    Speaker: Georgios Koumoutsakos, Member of the European Parliament, Member of EP Committee on Transport and Tourism.
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    Title: The opportunities for the Greek ports in the context of the new Trans-European transport network model.
    Purpose: As the EP co-rapporteur for the new guidelines for the TEN-T, to inform about the contribution of the Greek ports in the Trans-European Transport Network and the Motorways of the Sea and present a positive outlook on the beneficial effects for the country of the re-organisation of the ports system.


    16:45–17:15: Open Discussion – Conclusions
    Speaker: Kostis Moussouroulis, Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean
    Title: The future Greek ports system
    Purpose: Concluding remarks and indications about the orientations of the new Greek ports strategy.


    19:00: END OF WORKSHOP

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Οι προβληματισμοί και οι σύγχρονες τάσεις στην Παγκόσμια και Ευρωπαϊκή Λιμενική βιομηχανία εξελίσσονται συνέχεια και σε γρήγορους ρυθμούς. Τα θέματα που απασχολούν τώρα και στο μέλλον τα Ευρωπαϊκά και Ελληνικά λιμάνια είναι σημαντικά και απαιτούν μία συνολική αντιμετώπιση, έτσι ώστε να έχει αξία και περισσότερη δύναμη ή όποια παρέμβασή τους.
Ο ιστοχώρος της ΕΛΙΜΕ είναι αυτός που θα συγκεντρώνει όλα τα πληροφοριακά στοιχεία που απαιτούνται έτσι ώστε τα Ελληνικά λιμάνια, διαθέτοντας μία ολοκληρωμένη εικόνα σε επίπεδο πληροφόρησης να μπορούν να επεξεργάζονται πιο αποτελεσματικά τις θέσεις τους.

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