Details

20 March 2009, Friday

09:00 – 09:30 Accreditation and registration of participants

09:30 – 09:45Opening addresses

Welcoming address by Dr. Dirk Foerger, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, South East Europe Media Programme

Representative of Media Development Center

09:45 – 10:45Introduction: presentation of the seminar agenda, organizers, speakers, participants, challenges and expectations.

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

10:45 – 11:00Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00Bulgaria’s progress in reforming judiciary: highlights of recent EC report

Speaker: Hans-Joachim Falenski, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser, CDU/CSU, Bundestag

12:00 – 13:00Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

13:00 – 14:30Lunch

14:30 – 15:45Challenges in fight of organized crime and reform of judiciary: an expert view

Speaker: Tihomir Bezlov, Center for Study of Democracy

15:45 – 16:00Coffee break

16:00-17:00Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

20:00 Dinner

21 March 2009, Saturday

09:30 – 10:30EU foreign policy: New challenges and directions: focus on recent gas crisis, diversification of energy sources, climate change policies

Speaker: Hans-Joachim Falenski, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser, CDU/CSU, Bundestag

10:30 – 11:00 Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

11:00 – 11:15Coffee break

11:15 – 12:00EU foreign policy in 2009: relations with USA; increased role of EU in conflict areas (Afghanistan, Gaza strip, Iraq)

Speaker: Hans-Joachim Falenski, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser, CDU/CSU, Bundestag

12:00 – 13:00Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

13:00 – 14:30Lunch

14:30 – 15:30EU foreign policy – can Europe be alone?

Speaker: Nikolay Mladenov, MEP, EPP-ED

15:30-15:45Coffee break

15:45 – 16:30Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Media Development Center

16:30-17:00Evaluation and closing remarks