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Slovak-Taiwan 1.5 Track Dialogue (Summary & Recommendations)

Slovak-Taiwan 1.5 Track Dialogue (Summary & Recommendations) PDF

In January 2021, the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) organized the historically first meeting of the SlovakTaiwan 1.5 Track Dialogue, a meeting of policymakers and non-government experts to discuss current pressing issues and solutions to them, as well as possibilities of mutual cooperation on these topics.

The discussion focused on two topics – disruption and resilience of global supply chains and spread of disinformation and other hybrid threats.

The following text is a summary of the discussion as understood by CEIAS and SFPA. All information is presented here without attribution to any specific person, organization, or government agency.

Green Transport in the Visegrad Region: 2020 achievements and 2030 targets

Online Workshop, 22nd January, 10:00 – 12:30

As part of a common initiative of think tanks from the Visegrad Group countries – REKK (Hungary), AMO (Czech Republic), SFPA (Slovakia) and the Jagiellonian Institute (Poland) we are organizing an online workshop about green transport on January 22, 2021.

The aim of the workshop is to compare the V4 countries’ experiences in the fields of green transport and the development of electromobility. During the workshop, we will discuss the following topics:

  • Railway transport as a part of the European Green Deal in a regional context
  • A comparative approach to green transport plans in V4 countries due to 2030 targets
  • Electromobility in V4 countries – main challenges

Speakers include:

  • Zbigniew Gryglas, Deputy Minister of State Assets, Poland
  • Szymon Byliński, Director of Electromobility and Hydrogen Department, Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment
  • Márk Alföldy-Boruss, Head of Department, Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology
  • Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi, Executive Director, International Visegrad Fund
  • Paweł Wróbel, Head of Gate Brussels
  • Marcin Roszkowski, Chair, Instytut Jagielloński

Program HERE and 👇

Participation at the workshop is free but you need to register at oravcova@sfpa.sk. Workshop will be held in english.