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December 14, 2002
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Opening remarks
Dr. Maria Yordanova, Director of the Law Program, Center for the Study
of Democracy
Antoaneta Tzoneva, Sofia Municipality Local Civic Mediator
Ian Stewart, Director, British Council in Bulgaria |
| 09:45 - 10:30 |
The Ombudsmen in the UK
Peter McMahon, Deputy Ombudsman of London |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
The Activity of the Center for the Study
of Democracy for Establishing the Ombudsman Institution in Bulgaria
Konstantin Tanev, Research Fellow, Law Program, Center for the Study
of Democracy |
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Presentation of the Structure of the
Ombudsman Information Network
Dimitar Markov, Project Coordinator, Law Program, Center for the Study
of Democracy |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Citizens' Advice Bureaus: Alterantive
to the Ombudsman Institution in Bulgaria
Vladimir Filipov, Secretary of Krasna Poliana Region in Sofia
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| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Establishing the Local Ombudsman Institution
in Veliko Turnovo Municipality
Teodora Kaleynska, Director, European Information Center - Veliko
Turnovo |
| 12:00 - 12:20 |
Discussion |
| 12:20 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 |
Round Table 1: Establishing Ombudsman
Institution on Local Level: Practice and Prospectives
Moderator: Dr. Zhivka Damianova, Coordinator of Coalition 2000
Short speeches of the local ombudsmen of Mladost Region in Sofia,
Veliko Turnovo and Razgrad |
| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Coffee break |
| 15:50 - 17:00 |
Discussion. Concluding notes. |
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| December 15, 2002 |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
The London Office of the Local Ombudsman
in England
Peter McMahon, Deputy Ombudsman of London |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Questions and Answers Session |
| 10:20 - 11:20 |
Round Table 2: Establishment of National
Association of the Local Ombudsmen in Bulgaria
Moderator: Konstantin Tanev, Research Fellow, Law Program, Center
for the Study of Democracy
Short speeches of the local ombudsmen of Rousse, Stara Zagora, Dobrich
and Koprivshtitsa |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
Concluding notes. Closing |
