96 TH ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR & SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT

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1 Original: English SEM / ESCTD NATO Parliamentary Assembly 96 TH ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR & SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT The Western Balkans: Past Misperceptions, Current Challenges and Future Endeavours Ljubljana, Slovenia 7-9 November 2017 DRAFT PROGRAMME IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Updated 31 August 2017

2 Monday 6 November 2017 ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS No organised airport transfers ACCOMMODATION Hotel Slon Slovenska Cesta 34 Ljubljana, Osrednjeslovenska 1000 Slovenia Evening Free Tuesday 7 November 2017 Registration of participants staying at the Hotel Slon Registration of local observers and local guest speakers will take place inside the National Assembly Departure to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Šubičeva ulica 4 SI-1000 Ljubljana 9:15 Arrival at the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia OPENING SESSION Jasna MURGEL, Head of the Slovenian Delegation to the NATO PA 9:30-9:40 Milan BRGLEZ, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia 9:40-9:45 Swiss Government Representative (to be confirmed) 9:45-9:50 Paolo ALLI, NATO PA President (to be confirmed) 9:50-10:10 Keynote presentation by The Honorable Rose E. GOTTEMOELLER, Deputy Secretary General, NATO (to be confirmed) 10:10-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:15 Coffee break 1

3 SESSION I SECURITY IN THE BALKANS: CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 11:15-11:25 Borut PAHOR, President of the Republic of Slovenia (to be confirmed) 11:25-11:55 Discussion (30mn to be confirmed) 11:55-12:05 Andreja KATIČ, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia on Slovenia s Contribution to Regional Stability 12:05-12:15 Vincenzo AMENDOLA, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy on An Italian Perspective (to be confirmed) 12:15-12:25 Wolfgang PETRITSCH, President of the Austrian Marshallplan Foundation, Ambassador and former EU Special Envoy for Kosovo and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina An Austrian perspective 12:25-13:15 Discussion 13:15-15:00 lunch hosted by the Slovenian Delegation to the NATO PA (location tbc) SESSION II THE EURO-ATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE OF THE WESTERN BALKANS 15: Karl ERJAVEC, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia 15:10-15:20 Speaker tbd, NATO HQ, on Chances the Remaining Countries in the Western Balkans Have of Joining NATO 15:20-15:30 Johannes HAHN, EU Commissioner, European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, on Promoting the European Vocation of the Western Balkans the Role of the European Union (to be confirmed) 15:30-16:15 Discussion 16:15-16:30 Coffee break SESSION III THE WESTERN BALKANS IN A CHANGING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT 16:30-16:40 Speaker tbd on How NATO Sees the Security Challenges in the Western Balkans 16:40-16:50 Predrag JUREKOVIĆ, Head, Section for Conflict Analysis, the Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management at the Austrian National Defence Academy, on A Region in Limbo: South East Europe in the Light of Strained Western-Russian Relations 16:50-17:45 Discussion 2

4 Evening reserved for Embassies Wednesday 8 November 2017 SESSION IV THE LEGACIES OF THE PAST AND CURRENT CHALLENGES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Part one 9:30-9:45 Christopher BENNETT, Spokesperson and Political Adviser to the Specialist Prosecutor on Developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina 9:45-10:00 Erwan FOUÉRÉ, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 10:00-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:30 Coffee break SESSION IV THE LEGACIES OF THE PAST AND CURRENT CHALLENGES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Part two 11:30-11:45 Sonja STONJANOVIC GAJIC, Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, on Serbia (to be confirmed) 11:45-12:00 Jan BRAATHU, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, on Kosovo (to be confirmed) 12: Discussion 13:00-15:00 Lunch (Free time) SESSION V THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES TODAY 15:00-15:15 Dejan VERČIČ, Professor and Head of Centre for Marketing and Public Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, on Fake News and its Consequences 15:15-15:30 Dunja MIJATOVIĆ, former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media 15:30-15:45 Frederick FOOY, Chief Analyts, Operational Support Branch, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence 15:45-16:45 Discussion 1 Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name 3

5 19.30 Dinner offered by the Head of the Slovenian Delegation to the NATO PA, Jasna MURGEL at the Grand hotel Union Miklošičeva cesta 1, 1000 Ljubljana Thursday 9 November 2017 SESSION VI THE MIGRATION CHALLENGE: IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOCIETIES OF THE WESTERN BALKANS 09:00-09:10 Gordana DELIC, Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy (to be confirmed) 09:10-09:20 Ioannis ARMAKOLAS, Assistant Professor at the university of Macedonia (to be confirmed) 9:20-10:15 Discussion 10:15-10:30 Coffee break SESSION VII TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 10:30-10:45 Peter SANFEY, Deputy Director, Country Economics and Policy Vice Presidency Policy and Partnerships, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on General Overview of the Economic Situation in the Western Balkans 10:45-11:00 Fredrik WESSLAU, Director of the Wider Europe Programme European Council on Foreign Relations on Reform and the Challenge of Corruption and State Capture (to be confirmed) 11:00-11:45 Discussion 11:45-12:00 Concluding remarks 12:00-13:30 Lunch FIELD VISIT TO PIVKA AND DINNER 13:30 Departure by bus from Ljubljana 14:30 Arrival in Pivka 14:45-16:45 Guided tour of the Park and the Museum of Military History Kolodvorska cesta Pivka 17:00 Departure to Postojna/Prestranek 17:30-19:30 Dinner hosted at the tourist farm Smrekarjeva domacija 4

6 Grobišče 11, 6258 Prestranek 19:35 Departure by bus to Ljubljana 20:30 Arrival in Ljubljana Free evening Friday 10 November 2017 DEPARTURE OF PARTICIPANTS No organised transfers to the airport 5