The aim of the seminar was to provide professionals, both in the public and private sector, with an overview of how the EEA Agreement works in practice, including its structure and procedures. The seminar also highlighted current policy developments that have an impact on the future of Europe, with the focus this spring on energy polices and climate change.

Please find the seminar programme below:

Seminar Programme
 

You can have a closer look at the presentations here:

• Hrund Hafsteinsdóttir/Ásta Magnúsdóttir/Gunnar Selvik: Policy Shaping in the EEA and the role of the Secretariat
• Inge Hausken Thygesen: The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) as the watchdog
• Carl Baudenbacher: The contribution of the EFTA Court to the establishment of a homogeneous and dynamic European Economic Area
• Sigve Soldal Bjorstad/Karen Turner: The EEA Financial Mechanism: Principles and Priorities
• Óttar Freyr Gíslason: Energy policies and climate change - Is Europe taking the lead?
• Roxana Lesovici: EU energy & climate policies' impact on companies - Hydro
• Paal Frisvold: Survival of the Greenest! How to combat climate change