Informal Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Competitiveness
Indicative media programme
Information and schedules will be updated closer to the date of the meeting.
Deadline for accreditation: 20 June 2019
Deadline for registration for interviews and pools: 3 July 2019
It is not possible for one photographer to attend both doorstep and round table due to pool schedules. Only escorted access to the pools.
Wednesday 3 July 2019
14.00–15.00 Press Briefing: Minister of Economic Affairs Katri Kulmuni will present the key elements in competitiveness sector during the Finnish Presidency and in more detail the agenda of the informal meeting of ministers responsible for competitiveness 4.–5.7.2019
Place: Press Room of Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Kanavakatu 3 C, 00160 Helsinki.
Please register by 2 July 8.00 by sending an email [email protected] with the following information: name, mobile number, email, name/type of media). More information: Anniina Lehtonen, Communications Specialist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, tel. +358 50 476 3736
15.00–21.00 Media Centre is open
Thursday 4 July 2019 – Ministers Responsible for Research
7.00 Media Centre opens
7.30–8.15 Distribution of Pool 1 cards: doorstep – photographers, camera operators and interviewers
Place: Information desk
8.15–9.15 Pool 1 meeting: doorstep
Place: Meeting point
8.45–9.15 Handshake
Exclusively Host Broadcaster: Photos and audiovisual material
8.30–9.00 Distribution of Pool 2 cards: round table – photographers and camera operators
Place: Information desk
9.00–9.30 Pool 2: round table
Place: Meeting point
Working session 1 – Research and innovation as drivers for sustainable growth
Welcome by chair, if any, exclusively Host Broadcaster: Photos and audiovisual material
11.15–12.00 Distribution of Pool 3 cards: family photo – photographers and camera operators
Place: Information desk
12.00–12.00 Pool 3: family photo
Place: Meeting point
Ministerial working lunch: translating European excellence in knowledge and innovation into entrepreneurial success
12.00–14.00 Lunch
Place: Lounge
Working session 2: Multiannual Financial Framework – Horizon Europe and missions as a strategic tool
Welcome by chair, if any, exclusively Host Broadcaster: Photos and audiovisual material
16.00–16.30 Press conference
- Press conference, part 1: Presidency, Commission
- Press conference, part 2: Presidency, Commission, Prof. Mazzucato
Place: Veranda 1 (main press conference room)
21.00 Media Centre closes
Friday 5 July 2019 – Ministers Responsible for Internal Market and Industry
7.00 Media Centre opens
7.00–7.45 Distribution of Pool 1 cards: doorstep – photographers, camera operators and interviewers
Place: Information desk
7.45–8.45 Pool 1: doorstep
Place: Meeting point
8.00–8.45 Distribution of Pool 2 cards: round table – photographers and camera operators
Place: Information desk
8.45–9.15 Pool 2: round table before the meeting
Place: Meeting point
Working session 1: Sustainable growth: integration of single market, dynamic digital economy and modern industrial policy
Welcome by chair, if any, exclusively Host Broadcaster: Photos and audiovisual material
11.00–11.30 Distribution of Pool 3 cards: family photo – photographers and camera operators
Place: Information desk
11.30–12.00 Pool 3: family photo
Place: Meeting point
12.00–14.00 Lunch
Place: Lounge
Working session 2: Sustainable growth – smart solutions for a competitive and climate-neutral Europe
Welcome by chair, if any, exclusively Host Broadcaster: Photos and audiovisual material
16.00–16.30 Press conference
Place: Veranda 1 (main press conference room)
21.00 Media Centre closes