The Stability Pact will hold its Working and Regional Table Meetings at the same location, on two consecutive days.  Day 1 (4 Dec) will host the Working Table Meetings of Working Table I (Human Rights and Democratisation) from 09.00h to 13.00h, Working Table II (Economic Reconstruction, Development and Co-operation) from 11.00h to 17.30h, Working Table III (Security Issues) from 14.10h to 19.00h.

Venue for Table Meetings:                           Hotel Tirana, 4 December 2003, 09:00h 

Venue for Regional Table Meeting:              Hotel Sheraton, 5 December 2003, 09:00h 

On Day 1, the Working Tables will review and discuss all activities relating to each Table with a particular focus on the six core objectives for the year 2004. 

The Working Table III Meeting of day 1 will be marked by a short meeting of the Regional Table from 14:00h to 14:10h to approve personnel appointment of new WT III Chair Janez Premoze.

Day 2 is reserved for the Regional Table, the “general assembly” of all Stability Pact countries and organizations, hosted by the Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano and chaired by Special Co-ordinator Erhard Busek. 

Journalists may cover the opening sessions of each Table meeting and are kindly invited to a press briefing on each Working Table (4 Dec) and to the main Press Conference of the Regional Table (5 Dec), according to the following schedule:

4 December 2003 

09:15 – 10:15                  Working Table I Opening Session 

11.00 – 11:25                  Working Table II Opening Session 

13:00 - 13:30                  Press Briefing given by WT I Chair, Elisabeth Rehn 

13:30 – 14:00                  Press Briefing given by WT II Chair, Fabrizio Saccomanni 

14:00 – 14:10                   Short Regional Table (personnel appointment of new WT III Chair Janez Premoze) 

14:10 – 14:30                  Working Table III Opening Session 

16:00 – 16:30                  Press Briefing given by WT III Chair, Janez Premoze 

5 December 2003 

09:00 – 10:30                  Opening Session 

§             Opening Remarks by the host PM Fatos Nano 

§             Introductory remarks from SC Erhard Busek  

§             Keynote Address by the Chair of SEECP  

Deputy Foreign Minister of BiH Lidija Topic 

§             Statement from the Italian EU Presidency 

Senator Roberto Antonione, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

§             Statement from the European Parliament 

Jannis Sakellariou, MEP 

§             Statement from the European Commission 

Director Reinhard Priebe 

§             Statement from the OSCE Chairman in Office 

10:30                              Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum on Education (Albania/Moldova)  —          Photo Opportunity 

10:30 – 11:00                  Press Conference with Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Special Co-ordinator Busek and SEECP Chair  

For accreditation,        please fax/mail to the Press and Information Department  

of the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

                             Fax: +355 (4) 362 087         //          E-mail: dshtypi@mfa.gov.al

The deadline     for accreditation is 3 December 2003