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PROGRAMME

Thursday, 2.11.2006

Arrival of participants and accommodation

20.00 Dinner

Friday, 3.11.2006

09.00 – 09.30 Accreditation and registration of participants

09.30 – 09.45Opening of the Seminar

Welcoming remarks by Ralf Jaksch – Representative of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Sofia

09.45 – 10.00Presentation of the programme, organisers, participants and main speakers

Danail Danov – Programme Director of Media Development Center – Sofia

10.00 – 11.00 First Session: Evaluation of the Progress Report on Bulgaria from EU Perspective

Speaker: Hans-Joachim Falenski, Foreign Policy Advisor, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Parliament, Berlin

11.00 – 11.15Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.00 Discussion

Moderator: Danail Danov, Media Development Center

12.30 – 14.00Lunch

14.00 – 14.45Second Session: Bulgaria’s Contribution to the New European Union

Speaker: Dr Haralan Alexandrov, social anthropologist, New Bulgarian University

14.45 – 15.30 Discussion

Moderator: Danail Danov, Media Development Center

15.30 – 15.45Coffee Break

15.45 – 16.30Third Session: Bulgarian Policy in EP: Before and After Bulgaria’s EU Accession

Speaker: Maria Cappone, MP and observer at the European Parliament

16.30 – 17.00Discussion

Moderator: Ilin Stanev, International Economics and Politics Editor, Capital Weekly

20.00 Buffet – Dinner

Saturday, 4.11.2006

09.30 – 10.15Fourth Session: Assessment of the Achievements of Bulgaria between November 2005 and May 2006 EC Reports

Speaker: Lyubov Panayotova, Programme Director, European Institute, Sofia

10.15 – 11.00Discussion

Moderator: Danail Danov

11.00 – 11.15Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.00Fifth Session: Media Perception and Coverage of the EU Accession of Bulgaria

Speaker: Dobromir Zhivkov, sociologist, MARKET LINKS Agency

12.00 – 12.30 Discussion

Moderator: Danail Danov

12.30 – 14.00Lunch

14.00 – 14.45Sixth Session: Project for Bulgaria as a Future EU Member

Speaker: Rayna Karcheva, EU Accession Adviser to Deputy PM Daniel Valchev

14.45 – 15.30Discussion

Moderator: Ognian Zlatev, Managing Director, Media Development Center, Sofia

15.30 – 15.45Coffee Break

15.45 – 16.30Seventh Session: Bulgaria’s Progress Report: the Journalist Perspective

Speaker: Ilin Stanev

16.30 – 17.00Final Discussion and evaluation of the seminar

Moderator – Ognian Zlatev

20.00 Dinner

Sunday, 5.11.2006

Breakfast

Departure of participants