Event Timetable
Agenda
Daily schedule with session details
09:00 – 09:30
Coffee / Registration
You are welcome to join the event at this time
09:30 – 09:50
Welcome and Introduction
Matthias Herr, Director for Eastern Europe at HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Jonas Westerlund, Ambassador of Sweden to Kosovo
Moderator: Rita Nitaj, Executive Director of Solarit Academy
09:50 – 10:20
Keynote Speaker
Jean-Philippe Hagmann – Author, keynote speaker and consultant for radical innovation, Switzerland
“How we can nudge ourselves into a better future?”
10:20 – 11:00
Panel 1: The Human Factor: Fostering Behavioral Change for the Green Transition
– Egzona Shala, activist at EcoZ, Kosovo
– Milka Domanovic, Regional Director BIRN, Serbia
– Lulzim Baumman, Circular Economy and Waste Management Expert, Albania
– Fikret Zendeli, Founder of breon.ch & socialfriday.org and TEDx Speaker, North Macedonia
Moderated by: Valon Canhasi, Founder of Hallakate, 3GO podcast, and shkolla.ai
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00
Keynote Speaker 2
Ummuhan Bardak, Senior Human Capital Development Expert – ETF
Presentation: what are green skills, green competences and guidance?
12:00 – 13:00
Panel 2: Building a Sustainable Private Sector: Green Jobs, Corporate Leadership, and Innovative Entrepreneurship
– Ljubomir Pejovski, Environmental Director, Makstil (International steel producing company), North Macedonia
– Sergiy Maslichenko, Country Representative, EBRD in Kosovo
– Marco Segovia Bifarini, Project Director at Circular Change, Slovenia
– Johan Reiman, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Volvo Group Sweden
Moderated by: Dorina Lluka Davies, National General Secretary of YMCA and Owner of Simply Green company, Kosovo
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30
Breakout sessions
Breakout Session 1: Collaborative Approaches in
Green Skills Education: The Role of Formal and Non-Formal Education and Private Sector Involvement
Marianne Muller – Project Manager, Research and International Affairs at SVEB, Switzerland
Stephan Thomas – Senior Human Capital, Development Expert, European Training Foundation
Breakout Session 2: The Role of Career Guidance
and Job-Matching Services in the Green Transition: A Deep Dive
Gergana Rakovska, Director at Business Foundation for
Education in Bulgaria
Fjolla Qorri, Balkan Green Foundation Kosovo
Somers Fry, Senior Case Officer, Swedish Public Employment Services
Breakout Session 3: Green Start-Ups: Enhancing
Youth Employment through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Nina Nikolikj, Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member of
Western Balkan Startup Alliance and Advisory Board Member of European Startup
Nations Alliance, North Macedonia
Nenad Jovanovski, Co-Founder of Bifrost Bioplastic and Project Manager at Serbian Games Association, Serbia
Jasna Pejović, CEO of the startup Flourish and the
company DigitalBee – Montenegro
15:30 – 16:00