M4EG’s Future-Fit Cities Forum 2025 to Take Place on April 7-9 in Chisinau, Moldova
7 April
| Arrival |
8 April
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Registration, Coffee & Exhibition | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome | Corneliu Cirimpei, State Secretary, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development Jānis Mažeiks, EU Ambassador, the Delegation of the European Union to Moldova Diana Jabłońska, Head of Unit, the European Commission – DG ENEST C.1 Daniela Gasparikova, Resident Representative, UNDP Moldova |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Photo | |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Keynote: Institutional Innovation in an Unsecure World – Mission-Based City Governance | Irena Cerovic, Innovation Team Lead, UNDP Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation, University College London and Co-founder, the Institutional Architecture Lab |
| Stories and Voices of Cities | ||
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Shaping Sustainable Cities | Syuzan Margaryan, Portfolio Team Lead, Areni, Armenia Ihor Krysovatyy, Deputy Mayor, Ternopil, Ukraine Marius Mitroi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisor, the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Romania (UEFISCDI) Armen Chilingaryan, Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP Moderator: Elina Jarvela, M4EG Project Manager a.i, UNDP |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee Break and Exhibition | |
| 11:45 -12:30 | Driving Economic Transformation | Tetiana Shulichenko, Director, Economic Department, Mykolaiv, Ukraine Ion Carpineanu, Head, Local Action Group, Cărpineni Commune, Moldova Yurii Bova, Mayor, Trostianets, Ukraine Rusudan Zhozhadze, Head, Municipal Policy Department/Portfolio Team Lead, Batumi, Georgia Moderator: Biljana Cvetanovska Gugoska, Programme Specialist, UNDP |
| 12:30 – 13:15 | Innovation and Resilience Through Crisis | Andrii Baranov, Director, Center for Partnership and Sustainable Development, Sumy, Ukraine Nina Cereteu Mayor, Drochia, Moldova Oleksandra Kirian, Head, Division of Cooperation with International Financial Partners, International Cooperation Department, Kharkiv, Ukraine Gor Tadevosyan, First Deputy Mayor, Kapan, Armenia Moderator: Mustafa Sait-Ametov, Regional Development Programme Manager, UNDP Ukraine |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch and Exhibition | |
| Reshaping the M4EG Journey for Cities | ||
| 14:15-14:20 | Reflections from cities | Lidia Scarlat, Moderator |
| 14:20 – 15:20 | Diversification of Local Level Financing | Dr. Soo-hyun Lee, Assistant Professor, International Economic Law and Systems, University of Suwon, South Korea Larisa Voloh, Member of Parliament, Moldova Alberto Carlei, Head, European Investment Bank Representation to Moldova Viorel Rusu, Expert, Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) Moderator: Francois Villard, Project Manager, the European Commission – DG ENEST C.1 |
| 15:20 -15:50 | Local Level Financing:Showcase of Programmes and Instruments | Valeriu Popa, Mayor, Singera, Moldova Asen Charliyski, Managing Director, Bankers Without Boundaries |
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Coffee and Exhibition | |
| 16:20 – 17:05 | Urban Tech Redefining Governance and Partnerships | Shreya Krishnan, Portfolio & Community Engagement Designer, UNDP Moderator: Dr. Robert Pasicko, Innovation Specialist, UNDP |
| 17:05 – 17:50 | Designing for Well-Being, Participation, and Equity | Emma Baghdasaryan, Portfolio Team Leader, Gyumri, Armenia Yuliia Kuzmenko, Head, Department of International Relations and Investment Activities of the Executive Committee, Nizhyn, Ukraine Tetiana Lipinska, Head, Economic Development and Investments Department, Bucha, Ukraine Moderator: Safaa Charafi, Architect Urbanist and Founder, Urban Inclusion |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Way Forward and Closing | Julda Kielyte, Team Leader, the Delegation of the European Union to Moldova Irena Cerovic, Innovation Team Lead, UNDP |
9 April
| M4EG Partner Dialogue |