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07/09/10

Croatia Summit 2010 – South East Europe Facing Global Challenges



Programme

Friday, 9 July 2010

17:00 Opening Session

Opening remarks by:

Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister

Ivo Josipović, President

Moderator: Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister

Keynote speakers:

François Fillon, Prime Minister

Donald Tusk, Prime Minister

Borut Pahor, Prime Minister

Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister

Sali Berisha, Prime Minister

19:15 Family Photo

Saturday, 10 July 2010

9:00 Plenary Session

Economic Governance / Towards Prosperous Economies

As the world slowly pulls out of the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, questions regarding economic governance arise, as does the role of the G20 in leading and creating the future framework for prosperous economies. The world in the post financial crisis is of concern to us all and problems that lay ahead need to be solved by reaching mutual consensus.

Moderator: Đuro Popijač, Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

Panellists

Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister

Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour

Lord Wallace of Saltaire, House of Lords

Timmy Dooley, Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Affairs

Luc Liebaut, Director for South Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Zoltán Áldott, President of the Management Board, INA

Hido Biščević, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council

Discussion

10:00 Coffee Break

10:15 Plenary Session

Global Security and Transatlantic Relations

One of the goals of this summer’s conference will be to discuss Europe’s security architecture which is closely linked with Europe’s Common Security and Defense Policy post Lisbon Treaty. Discussions will tackle NATO’s new Strategic Concept which will shape the transatlantic community’s future and will define NATO’s key purpose and priorities. Intensifying interaction between EU and NATO member states with countries from the region, in critical areas of security and development will also be an important issue.

Moderator: Branko Vukelić, Minister of Defence

Panellists

Juraj Chmiel, Minister for European Affairs

Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General, OSCE

Peter Ammon, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office

Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, State Secretary for European Affairs

Šarūnas Adomavičius, Vice – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Robert Cooper, Director-General for External and Political-Military Affairs, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Antonio López-Istúriz White, MEP, European People’s Party, Secretary General

Lord Anderson of Swansea, House of Lords

Aurélia Bouchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Regional, Economic and Multilateral Affairs, NATO

Michael Haltzel, Johns Hopkins University

Discussion

11:30 Coffee Break

11:45 Plenary Session

Future Vision for South East Europe

10 years following the Zagreb Summit we will discuss regional cooperation and the current state of the EU Enlargement process, which has proven to be an effective catalyst for positive transformation of internal reforms for the countries in the South East Europe. This plenary session will also provide a unique opportunity for senior officials and experts to work towards developing a broader vision for anchoring Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU mainstream.

Moderator: Gordan Jandroković, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

Panellists:

Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission

Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Antonio Milošoski, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Milan Roćen, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Skender Hyseni, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs

Nickolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dimitris Droutsas, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs

János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Egemen Bagis, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator

Hannes Swoboda, MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats, Vice-President; Rapporteur on Croatia

Discussion

13:45 Concluding session

Luka Bebić, President of the Croatian Parliament

Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister

14:00 Press conference given by Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister

Possibility for bilateral meetings