GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE HANSE-PARLAMENT
(17-19th September)
AND OTHER EVENTS IN GDAŃSK
(15-19th September)
Dear Members and Partners,
we are pleased to invite you to this year’s annual General Assembly in the beautiful city of Gdańsk! The General Assembly agenda includes formalities, new member introductions as well as conferences on Workplace Innovation and Dual Bachelor’s degree programmes and VET combination.
Please find the relevant information about the events below.
We kindly ask you to register for the General Assembly and the other events using the following link by 31.07.2025:
Several project meetings surround our General Assembly. If your organisation is not a partner in WIN4SMEs, BA&VET or LVV4W project, you will need to cover your own travel and accommodation costs.
The annual meeting and conference “Workplace Innovation and Dual education pathways for SMEs” will take place on the 18th of September. Invited speakers are :
- Anna Banczyk, Head of Unit “Vocational Education and Training, CEDEFOP”, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission, BE
- Ton Driessen, MBA, President of the Executive Board European Workplace Innovation Network
- Agnieszka Majewska, Spokesperson for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, PL
- Beata Dziemińska-Skowron, Ministry of Education and Science, Warsaw, PL (tbc)
- Prof. Marek Łukasik, Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation, University of Słupsk, PL
- Barbara Zakrzewska, Headmistress Mechanical and Logistics Vocational School in Słupsk, PL
- Prof. Jan Klimek, President of the Polish Craft Association (tbc)
- Dr. Catrin Hannken, Head of the Vocational Training Directorate at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (tbc)
- Nina Spithost, NHL Stenden Hogeschool, Education, Research & Internationalization Dept.
- Piret Potisepp, Director of Services, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Prof. Dr. Joachim von Kiedrowski, Berufliche Hochschule Hamburg
We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to the Chamber for SMEs Gdansk (Pomorska Izba Rzemieślnicza MŚP) for the organisation and for hosting us.
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to meeting you in the Gdansk!
Disclaimer: minor changes in planning may occur.
Detailed agenda of the events in Gdansk
| Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 15 September 2025 | ||
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Workshop WIN4SMEs | Chamber of Commerce, Piwna 1/2, 80-831 Gdańsk |
| 19:30 | Dinner | tbc |
| Tuesday, 16 September 2025 | ||
| 09:00 – 18:00 | Workshop WIN4SMEs & Train-the-Trainer III (with coffee and lunch breaks) | Chamber of Commerce, Piwna 1/2, 80-831 Gdańsk |
| 19:30 | Dinner | tbc |
| Wednesday, 17 September 2025 | ||
| 09:00 – 15:00 | Train-the-Trainer Seminar III WIN4SMEs | Chamber of Commerce, Piwna 1/2, 80-831 Gdańsk |
| 09:00 – 15:00 | Workshop LV4WW | Chamber of Commerce |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Workshop BA&VET | Chamber of Commerce |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | tbc |
| 16:30 – 18:30 | Social Event – Sightseeing / Boat Trip | tbc |
| 19:00 | Welcome Dinner Hanse-Parlament | tbc |
| Thursday, 18 September 2025 | ||
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Formal General Assembly Hanse-Parlament | Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee break | Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 10:45 – 13:30 | Conference : Workplace Innovation and Dual Education Pathways | Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 14:30 – 17:30 | Conference: Workplace Innovation and Dual Education Pathways | Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 19:30 | Dinner | tbc |
| Friday, 19 September 2025 | ||
| 09:30 – 12:00 | Hanse-Parlament Seminar “SMEs in Focus: Tackling Challenges & Unlocking Potential” | Chamber of Commerce, Piwna 1/2, 80-831 Gdańsk |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Light Lunch | Chamber of Commerce |
| 13:00 | Individual Departures | Chamber of Commerce |