09:30   Opening ceremony

Danijel Koletić, Apriori-Institute for Integrated-Inclusive Communications Southeast Europe

Holger Haibach, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office for Croatia and Slovenia

09:40-09:55   Communication in political foundations

Holger Haibach, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office for Croatia and Slovenia

09:55-10:10   Ten key points of the transformation of counties in the function of citizens

Goran Pauk, President of the Croatian Association of Counties

10:10-10:25   Elections in the Age of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Violeta Cvetkovska, PR manager in the municipality of Karpoš

10:25-10:40   Citizen dialogue in the EU’s regions and cities

Christian Spahr, Secretary General, Assembly of European Regions (AER); former Spokesperson of the European Commission; former Head of the KAS Media Programme South East Europe

10:40-11:00   Key communication challenges of the city of Labin

Nino Bažon, Information Advisor, Administrative Department for the Affairs of the Mayor, City Council and General Affairs of the City of Labin

11:00-11:15   Key communication strategies of the European Union

Tina Zournatzi, Director of the Strategic Communications Department at the European Commission

11:15-11:30   What did Croatia do during its presidency of the European Union?

Krešo Glavač, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

11:30-11:45   Transparent education of local government

Jovana Važić, Director of the Communication and Coordination Department of the National Academy of Public Administration of the Republic of Serbia

11:45-12:45  PANEL: The media perspective of public administration communication messages

Moderator:  Dražen Dretar, Interim Head of the Administrative Department for the Affairs of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Varaždin

Panelisten:

Jadranka Rabrenović, Journalist in the daily newspaper and portal Pobjeda

Robert Čoban, President of Color Press Group and Director of Color Media Communications

Siniša Vukelić, Editor-in-Chief of the portal Capital.ba

Boris Vlašić, Journalist of Jutarnji list

12:45   Debate

13:00   Official end of the first day of the conference

09:30   Greetings

Danijel Koletić, Apriori-Institute for Integrated-Inclusive Communications Southeast Europe

Holger Haibach, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office for Croatia and Slovenia

09:40-09:55   Communication at the local level - examples and experiences from Germany

Jürgen Banzer, Vice-president of the CDU Representatives' Club in the provincial parliament of the German federal state of Hessen

09:55-10:10   Key messages on the importance of transparent communication in the field of public relations

Nevenko Herceg, Prime Minister of the Herzegovina-Neretva County / Canton

11:10-10:25   The vision that positioned the city of Žalec

Janko Kos, Mayor of the City of Žalec, Republic of Slovenia

10:25-10:40   Key services of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia

Tadej Gabrijel, Secretary in the Department for Information Society and Information of the Ministry of Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

10:40-11:00   Digital communication of the City of Crikvenica

Ivona Matošić, Deputy Mayor of the City of Crikvenica

11:00-11:15   Key communication strategies of the European Union

Vincenzo Le Voci, Secretary General of the Venice Club

11:15-11:30   Key points of transparency in communication

Erik Den Hoedt, Director of the Public Communications and Information Service of the Government of the Netherlands

11:30-11:45   External and internal communication in public administration

Jelena Hrgović Tomaš, Deputy Mayor of the City of Split

11:45-12:45   PANEL:  Characteristics and Challenges of Communication in Political and Public Institutions 

Moderator: Holger Haibach, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office for Croatia and Slovenia (tbc)

Panelisten:

Melita Pavlek, Secretary General of the Croatian Association of Counties

Almedina Porča, Assistant Mayor for Public Relations and Information System of the Municipality of Stari Grad

Jelena Parezanović, Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia - Department for Cooperation with the Media; special adviser to the Minister

Vesna Škare Ožbolt, Former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Croatia

13:00    Closing remarks and closing of the conference​​​​​​​