PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

EU&WESTERN BALKANS, SARAJEVO 9-13/11/2004

DAY

PLACE

ACTIVITIES

TUESDAY 9/11

Arrival Day

afternoon

Bjelave Hostel

Check-in hostel, refreshing hour

20:00

Vjecna Vatra

(Eternal Flame)

Meeting Point for dinner at restaurant Mrkva

20:00

Dinner, ice breaking games

21:30

Cafe Mash

WEDNESDAY 10/11

Theme: Former Yugoslavia & Bosnia

10:00-11:00

Holiday Inn

(Drina Salon)

Opening of the conference: The role of the EU in the Balkans.

Welcome address by Ambassador Humphreys,

head of the EC delegation in BiH

11:00-11:45

Holiday Inn

(Drina Salon)

Coffee break and Registration

11:45-12:30

Holiday Inn

(Drina Salon)

The role of the EU in the Yugoslav conflict

By Niels Hoffmann

12:30-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

MZ Marijin Dvor

Regional experiences towards the EU

Followed by a discussion

The Croatian experience

By Mr. Starcevic from the Croatian embassy

16:00-18:30

Around the city

Guided tour of Sarajevo

18:30-21:30

Restaurant Avlija

Bosnian night

THURSDAY 11/11

Theme: EU & Western Balkans

10:00-10:45

MZ Marijin Dvor

Challenges for EU integration: corruption

By Ermina Memic-Porca and Darijo Lazic

from Transparency International

10:45-11:30

MZ Marijin Dvor

Challenges for EU integration: human rights standards in the region

By Massimo Moratti

from the International Committee for Human Rights

11:30-11:45

MZ Marijin Dvor

Coffee break

11:45-12:30

MZ Marijin Dvor

Challenges for EU integration: economic development

By Richard Ots from the OHR (Bulldozer responsible)

12:30-13:30

MZ Marijin Dvor

Challenges for EU integration: discussion

13:30-15:00

Lunch

15:00-16:00

Dutch Embassy

The Dutch EU Presidency policy towards

the Western Balkans

By H.E. Mr. Robert Bosscher, Ambassador of

The Netherlands to B&H

16:00-16:30

Dutch Embassy

drink

16:30-19:00

Free time

19:00-21:00

Dinner

21:30

Buddha Bar

FRIDAY 12/11

Theme: Focus on the region

10:00-11:30

MZ Marijin Dvor

Managing Multi-ethnic Societies

By Mitja Zagar, director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Slovenia

11:30-11:45

MZ Marijin Dvor

Coffee Break

11:45-14:00

MZ Marijin Dvor

Workshop: Conflict Resolution

By: Vladimir Radunovic

14:00-15:30

Lunch

15:30-16:00

Closing of conference, handing out of Diploma's

21:00

The Club

SATURDAY 13/11

MOSTAR TRIP

8:30

Departure to Mostar

20:45

Latest arrival in Sarajevo

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