1. W E L C O M E to the RECOMMEND study tour 2013 by Barbara Nährer Lead Partner of RECOMMEND 11th – 12th April 2013 St. Pölten & Vienna

2. AGENDA 11th April 2013  09:05Welcome by and presentation of ecoplus. The business Agency of Lower Austria Stefan Liebert, Department Head Cluster  09:15Presentation of LA Cluster initiatives & RIS Sustainability Erika Schwaiger- ecoplus Cluster Project Manager  09:25Presentation of Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria (BEUC) Alois Geißlhofer – ecoplus Clustermanager BEUC  09:45Visit tour in office building ecoplus (Passive housing)  10:30Group picture with host & delegation & speakers 11th April 20132

3. AGENDA 11th April 2013  10:45Welcome and presentation of Lower Austrian State Government and its Office Department of environmental and energy economics Peter Obricht (head of department)  11:00Presentation of best practice example - Ecomanagement Lower Austria - Barbara Nährer (programme manager)  11:10Presentation of core area “energy economics” of Dept. environmental and energy economics Josef Fischer (section climate and energy)  11:20Presentation of ENU-Energy and Environment Agency of Lower Austria Hubert Fragner (head of department “Communities”)  11:30Presentation of the LA Chamber of Commerce- environmental consulting programme Raimund Mitterbauer (head of department) 11th April 20133

4. AGENDA 11th April 2013  12:15Lunch at Landhausküche (self service)  13:15Departure to an ecomanagement best practice example- meeting point: Klangturm (PLEASE BE IN TIME)  14:00Best practice example “GUGLER” – print shop, certified cradle to cradle- print products  15:00Departure from gugler back to St. Pölten  15:30Visit of exhibition at eco-management Day Lower Austria 2013  16:00opening of eco-management Day Lower Austria 2013 Welcome by Petra Bohuslav, member of provincial government and Lower Austrian minister of the economy  17:35reception & informal networking 11th April 20134

5. AGENDA 12th April 2013  08:59Departure from train station from St. Pölten to Wien Westbahnhof Train railjet, duration 25 minutes (see travel information, please be in time!!)  09:24Arrival at train station “Wien Westbahnhof” Ingrid Rozhon will pick you up at your platform  10:00EcoBusinessPlan Vienna Thomas Hruschka & Bertram Häupler (Programme managers “EcoBusinessPlan Vienna”, Environmental Dept. -MA22)  11:00 EcoBuyVienna M. Grimburg (Programme manager „EcoBuy Vienna“, Environmental Dept. -MA22)  12:00Views from an environmental consultant Bernhard Kasper, Consultant (company: Denkstatt)  12:45Best Practice Example Cateringsolutions Ltd. Winner of Environment price 2012 & Owner of Austrian environmental label for „Green meetings & Events“  13:00networking and lunch served by Cateringsolutions Ltd.  14:00end of RECOMMEND study tour 11th April 20135