BULGARIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION - Medienprogramm Südosteuropa
Seminar
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