SIXTH ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY FORUM

February 17, 2004
Agenda

Boyana Conference Center, Pavilion 2, Sofia

11:00 - 11:30	Opening remarks Dr. Ognian Shentov, Chairman, Center for the Study of Democracy Mr. Anton Stankov, Minister of Justice, Chairman, Anti-Corruption Coordination Commission, Council of Ministers Mr. Jose Lopez-Jorrin, Ambassador of Spain to Bulgaria Ms. Debra McFarland, Mission Director, USAID/Bulgaria
11:30 - 13:00	Countering Corruption in the Context of the Democratic Reform: the Role of the Judiciary Dr. Maria Yordanova, Director of Law Program, Center for the Study of Democracy Mr. Alexander Stoyanov, Director, Vitosha Research Mr. Boyko Kotsev, Deputy Minister of Interior Mr. Hristo Manchev, Deputy Prosecutor General, Head of the Supreme Prosecution Office of Cassation Ms. Tatyana Doncheva, MP, Parliamentary Group of the Coalition for Bulgaria, Member, Parliamentary Committee on Legal Issues Ms. Ekaterina Michailova, MP, Union of the Democratic Forces, Deputy Chair, Parliamentary Committee on Legal Issues Ms. Nelly Koutzkova, Chair, Sofia District Court, Chair, Association of Judges in Bulgaria Discussion Mr. Georgi Nikolov, Chair, Natonal Audit Office Mr. Silvi Chernev, Chair, Court of Arbitration, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ms. Svetla Petkova, Deputy Chair, Supreme Administrative Court Mr. Rumen Georgiev, Deputy Director, National Investigation Service Ms. Nadezhda Mahmudieva, Lawyer, Bulgarian Association for Out-of-Court Conflict Resolution, Plovdiv
13:00	Cocktail