"SMEs and co-operative banks: Challenges and opportunity for the development  of the European economy"  on  6 October 2011,  

Background and objectives

 The 4th edition of the European „Cooperative Banks and SMEs" co-organised by EACB, CIBP and UEAPME will be hosted by KZBS on 6th October 2011 in Warsaw under the patroning of the Polish Presidency of the EU. The current regulatory framework and the CRD IV will affect cooperatives banks and their capacity to finance SMEs. What are the challenges ahead? What are the cooperative banks and SMEs views? Moreover the current discussion of the programming period 2013, the question of the enhancement of EU instruments for SMEs and the role of SMEs and cooperative banks to develop the EU economy will be addressed.

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DRAFT AGENDA

 Morning Session

 08h30 - 09h30       Registration

 09h30 - 09h50       Welcome speech

                             Presentation of the Polish co-operative banking sector

                             Mr. Jerzy Ró?y?ski

President of National Union of Co-operative Banks (KZBS) in Poland

 09h50 - 10h10       Polish government initiatives to support SMEs and co-operative banks

                             Mr. Waldemar Pawlak

                             Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy

 10h10 - 10h20       Presentation of Polish SMEs sector

                             Representative of Polish Craft Association (ZRP)

 10h20 - 10h30       Co-operative banks as a key partner for SMEs in Europe

                             Mr. Herve Guider, EACB

 10h30 - 10h40       SMEs in Europe: current status and development perspectives

                             Mr. Andrea Benassi, UEAPME

 10h40 - 10h50       CONCORDIA Insurance

Ms. Katarzyna Kasztelan-Przybylska, Head of Bancassurance Department

 10h50 - 11h20       Coffee break

 11h20 - 11h40       Polish Presidency in the EU and the development of local enterprises

                            Mr. Donald Tusk (tbc)

                            Prime Minister, Republic of Poland

 11h40 - 13h10       Round table discussion

CRD4: impact of new regulations on co-operative banks and their ability to finance SMEs sector

 Participants: Representative of the European Commission (Mario Nava) (tbc)

Representative of EACB (Volker Heegemann)

Representative of UEAPME

Representative of European Parliament (Danuta Hubner) (tbc)

                             Representative of Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)

                             Representative of National Bank of Poland (prof. Ma?gorzata Zaleska)

 13h10 - 13h25       Credit Information Bureau (BIK)

                             Mr. Krzysztof Markowski, President of the Board

 13h25 - 14h20       Networking lunch

Afternoon Session

 Introduction and moderation: Bernard Huberdeau, CIBP

 14h20 - 15h40       Round table discussion

Enhancement of EU Instruments for SMEs: cooperation between SMEs sector and co-operative banks for the development of the European economy

 Participants:         Representative of EIB group (Mark Presvner)

                             Representative of European Commission (Ms. Drake) (tbc)

                             Representative of Ministry of Regional Development

                             Representative of UEAPME (Gerhard Huemer)

                             Representative of BPCE (Daniel Albisson)

 15h40 - 16h00       Questions and Answers

 16h00 - 16h20       Representatives of polish associating banks

 16h20 - 16h30         Closing remarks, end of the forum

                                    Mr. Jerzy Ró?y?ski

                             President of National Union of Co-operative Banks (KZBS) in Poland