2nd SMAFIN Expanded National Roundtable in Croatia

“Sustainable finance and implementation of energy efficiency projects”

croatia

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

08.30 – 16.00

Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb

AGENDA

Time Topic
08:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants
09:00 – 10:00 Opening Speech (CGBC, REGEA)

Keynote Presentation 1 – Slađana Ćosić (Head of European Investment Bank in Croatia – EIB)

Keynote Presentation 2 – Irena Križ Šelendić (Director of the Directorate for Energy Efficiency in the Buildings Sector, European Union Projects and Programmes Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets – MPGI)

Keynote Presentation 3 – Hrvoje Galičić (Advisor to the Management Board of Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development – HBOR)

Q&A
10:00 – 11:00 Panel 1 – EU Taxonomy and New Financing Models

Moderator: Marko Markić (Head of Certification in Croatia Green Building Council – CGBC)

PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

  • Hana Zoričić (Deputy to the Chief State Treasurer at Ministry of Finance – MFIN)
  • Nataša Mlakar (Director of ESG Competence Center Director for Corporate and SME at Privredna banka Zagreb – PBZ)
  • Ivana Cepić (Head of ESG at Zagrebačka banka d.d. – ZABA)
  • Snježana Turalija (Director of GREENiKA)

Q&A
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Panel 2 – Decarbonization of Construction Sector

Moderator: Aleksandar Jelovac (Head of Program in Croatia Green Building Council – CGBC)

PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

  • Irena Križ Šelendić (Director of the Directorate for Energy Efficiency in the Buildings Sector, European Union Projects and Programmes Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets – MPGI)
  • Josip Grubišić (Head of Sales, Presales and Business Development at Samsung Electronics)
  • Ivica Vlahek (Head of Technical Information Manager at JUB d.o.o.)
  • Goranka Tropčić Zekan (Senior Consultant and Managing Director at Klimaproing d.o.o.)

Q&A
12:30 – 13:30 Panel 3 – Energy Renovation of Residential Buildings – Energy Communities – Energy Poverty

Moderator: Slavica Robić (Assistant Director at REGEA)

PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

  • Ines Božičević (Head of Sector for Energy Efficiency at Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund – EPEEF/FZOEU)
  • Tin Bašić (co-founder of Zgradonačelnik.hr)
  • Mladen Slavica (Head of Service Management Group at Erste&Steiermärkische Bank)
  • Igor Kemenović (Chairman of Board at Croatian Association of Heat Facade Systems Manufacturers – HUPFAS)

Q&A
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30 Panel 4 – New Technical Requirements and Standards

Moderator: Marko Zlonoga (Head of Buildings Department at REGEA)

PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

  • Dijana Bezjak (Head of Service for Financial Instruments at Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds – MRRFEU)
  • Miljenko Sedlar (Head of Climate Department at REGEA)
  • Matija Vajdić (Head of Department for Renewable Energy and Environmental Protection at Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar – EIHP)
  • prof.dr.sc. Zoran Veršić (Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb)

Q&A
15:30 – 16:00 Closing the national NRT event

2nd SMAFIN Expanded National Roundtable in Croatia: Agenda (HR)

2nd SMAFIN Expanded National Roundtable in Croatia: Agenda (EN)