Annotated Agenda

10:00-10:20

• The meeting will be formally opened by the Special Co-ordinator. Subsequently, the EU Presidency will address the Table.

• The Special Co-ordinator does not anticipate general statements. Interventions by delegations will be reserved to the various agenda items.

10:20-10:30

1. Participation/facilitation in the Stability Pact

   The Special Co-ordinator will ask the Table to confirm consensus reached concerning the acceptance of Moldova as participant, and the CoE Development Bank as facilitator, in the Stability Pact. Subsequently, the President of Moldova would address the Table. After that, the CoE Development Bank would take the floor.

10:30-10:45

2. Chairmanship of Working Tables

   Bodo Hombach will thank outgoing Chairman of WT I, Panagiotis Roumeliotis. He will then invite the Table to confirm consensus reached regarding the nomination of Alexander Rondos as Chairman of WT I. Subsequently, the Special Co-ordinator will express his thanks for the work of Thierry Le Roy as Chairman of the sub-table on Justice and Home Affairs. The sub-table, at its last meeting, invited the EU to nominate the new Chair. The Swedish EU presidency has meanwhile proposed Per Sjögren as new Chairman. The Special Co-ordinator will invite participants to confirm this nomination.

10:45-11:15

3. Report from the meetings of 27 June 2001 (trade, refugee matters, SEE Regional Meeting)

   The Table will hear a report from Chairman of Working Table II, Fabrizio Saccomanni, on the “Memorandum of Understanding” on intra-regional trade liberalisation signed at the Ministerial Meeting on 27 June. Concerning refugee issues, Chairman of the Steering Group of the Regional Return Initiative Hans Koschnick will inform participants about the “Agenda for Regional Action” that will have been launched the preceding day. Subsequently, Stability Pact Regional Envoy Mihai Razvan Ungureanu will present the conclusions of the traditional pre-meeting of countries in the region and neighbouring countries. Delegations will be asked to include comments on this agenda item in their statements in the following session.

11:15-13:00

4. Special Co-ordinator’s proposal on strategic priorities of the Stability Pact

   The Special Co-ordinator will introduce the document “Strategic framework and key priorities” of the Stability Pact. The revised text will be circulated in advance. The Chairmen of the Working Tables will elaborate on priorities mentioned in the document. The floor will be open to delegations for final comments after which the Regional Table will be invited formally to adopt the document.

14:30-16:00

5. Stability Pact options for enhanced conflict prevention in the light of recent destabilising developments in SEE

   Participants have been invited to present their views on this topic to the Special Co-ordinator prior to this Regional Table meeting. The Special Co-ordinator has circulated a food for thought paper as a basis for discussion. Delegations will be invited to comment on this item.

16:00-17:15

6. Regional Conference in Bucharest

   The Special Co-ordinator, together with the World Bank and the European Commission as lead agencies for the donors coordination process, will introduce the concept of the Regional Conference to the Table. The organisers of the Regional Conference, World Bank and European Commission, will report on upcoming preparations of this event. Participants will be invited to comment at the end of these interventions.

17:15-17:30

7. Any other business