Peter Vlasveld, Host

The Netherlands

Peter Vlasveld has a business in auditing and advisory services after being Head of the Audit Authority of The Netherlands for over a decade. Peter has extensive knowledge and experience with EU grants both from management side as from audit side. In addition, Peter has been lecturer for many international events, e.g. seminars, twinning projects and EU wide working groups. 

Katarzyna Pamuła-Wróbel

Poland

Katarzyna Pamuła-Wróbel is a Director at Olesiński i Wspólnicy in a State aid Department. She specializes in legal advisory services related to State aid and European funds. For almost 11 years she worked at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in the Department of State Aid Monitoring, where she held the position of Deputy Director for the last 4 years. She has many years of experience in examining the existence of State aid and ensuring its compatibility with the internal market. 

Melvin Könings

The Netherlands

Melvin Könings is senior managing consultant on EU State aid affairs for the Lysias Consulting Group in The Netherlands. He studied Public Administration. Melvin has a wide practical experience in local, national, and international civil service (e.g. European Commission / DG Competition). 
From his in depth State aid assessments, Melvin Könings knows a wide variety of policy instruments in detail. Not only from a legal perspective, but also from an economic and political perspective. He is also very well informed on the notification procedures for State aid measures, both procedural but also practical.  

19 May 2025

09.00 Welcome and introduction of the participants
09.30 Introduction to EU State Aid Law – history and motivation
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Key concepts and principles and types of state aid rules
12:00 De minimis aid: practical experiences
12.30 Lunch break
13:30 What is a SME company?
14.15 How to combine EU funding and national funding
15.00 Tea break
15.15 How to grant legitimate State aid: using the GBER
16.30 End of day 1

20 May 2025

09.00 Wrap up day 1 – Q&A session
09.15 Services of General Economic Interest (incl. Altmark)
10.00 First practical example: assessment of a State aid case
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Outcome and discussion
11:30 State Aid rules and SCOs
12.00 Dealing with irregularities and recovery of aid and audit
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 State Aid rules and infrastructure
14.30 Second practical example - assessment
15.00 Tea break
15.15 Outcome and discussion
16:00 Incentive effect, Transparency Module
16:30 End of day 2

21 May 2025

09.00 Wrap up day 2
09.30 Novelties like the upcoming de-minimis register and EU Industry Policy
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Financial Instruments (loans, equity, guarantees)
12.00 Third practical example - assessment
12.30 Lunch break
13:30 Third practical example – discussion and explanation
14.00 Innovation and Environmental aid, practical examples
15.00 Tea break
15.15 Assessing State aid projects of the participants
16:00 Wrap up of the seminar and sharing eyeopeners
16:30 End of seminar