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Second Annual International Conference: NATO, EU and the New Risks: a Southeast Europe Perspective
29-30 October, 2004
Boyana Conference Center
Sofia, Bulgaria
AGENDA
Thursday, 28 October, 2004
Arrivals
Registration
19.30 Reception hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Plamen Panayotov
Friday, 29 October, 2004
09.00 Opening
Dr. Ognian Shentov, Chairman, Center for the Study of Democracy
09.15 First panel: NATO’s contribution to stability and security and the new challenges. EU’s new role in SEE security
Mr. Plamen Panayotov, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Mr. Nikolay Svinarov, Minister of Defense of Bulgaria
Mr. Dominick Chilcott, Director, EU Policy, UK Foreign Office
Discussion
Panel Chair: Ambassador Boyko Noev, Director, European Program, Center for the Study of Democracy
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
Ambassador Michael Sahlin, EU Special Representative in Macedonia
Mr. Mate Raboteg , State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Croatia
Ambassador Lubomir Ivanov , Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to NATO
Discussion
Panel Chair : Dr. Emil Tsenkov, Director, Information Centre on the Council of Europe
13.00 Lunch hosted by the Minister of Defense of Bulgaria
14.30 Second panel: New security risks, inter-agency co-operation. Security sector and defense transformation
Mr. Dragan Djurovic , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Montenegro
Lieut. Gen. Atanas Zaprianov, Deputy-Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff (PowerPoint presentation, 2,10 Mb)
Mr. Dragan Jočić, Minister of the Interior of Serbia
Discussion
Panel Chair: Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Chavdar Chervenkov, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy
15.45-16.00 Coffee break
Prof. Georgi Petkanov, Minister of the Interior of Bulgaria
Dr. Vlado Buchkovski , Minister of Defense of Macedonia
Maj. General Holger Sammet, Assistant Director IMS NATO, Planning and Policy
Mr. Zamfir Geanta , Deputy Director, General Inspectorate, Border Police, Romania
Panel Chair: Colonel Valeri Ratchev, Deputy Commandant, Defense and Staff College, Bulgaria
20.00 Dinner hosted by the Mayor of Sofia Stefan Sofiyanski
Saturday, 30 October, 2004
09.30 Third panel: Public-private partnerships in tackling the new risks
Ms. Elizabeth Pond , Editor, Transatlantic Internationale Politik
Dr. Dimitar Yonchev , Chairman, Balkan Security Forum
Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Anyu Angelov , Chairman, Center for the Study of National Security
Panel Chair : Mr. Boyko Kotzev , Deputy Minister of Interior, Bulgaria
12.00 Closing remarks
Prof. Georgi Petkanov , Minister of the Interior of Bulgaria
13.00 Lunch hosted by Interior Minister Petkanov
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