(Participation
upon invitation only) |
December
15, 2002
Arrival
of delegations |
| 20:00 |
Welcome
Reception at the Makedonia Palace Hotel
|
December
16, 2002
|
| 8:30
- 9:00 |
Registration
of Participants
|
| 9:00
- 10:15 |
Opening
Session
- Opening
Remarks: SC Erhard Busek
- Keynote
Address: "The European Union and South Eastern Europe:
Priorities for the Greek Presidency" - H.E. George Papandreou
- "The
Importance of Regional Ownership: Experiences from the
SEECP" - H.E. Goran Svilanovic, Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia
- Message
from the EU Presidency: Ambassador Hans Grunnet
- Address
by the European Parliament, MEP Hannes Swoboda
- EU
Commission outline Accession and Association: Reinhard
Priebe
- The
Role of the Private Sector and the New BAC for SEE - Nikos
Efthymiadis
|
| 10:15
- 10:45 |
Coffee
break
|
SESSION
I
|
| 10:45
- 11:00 |
The Stability
Pact in 2002: Challenges and Results
The Stability Pact 2003 and Beyond: Mission, Strategy, Core
Objectives and Operational Goals (E. Busek)
|
| 10:45
- 11:15 |
Core
Objectives - Some Highlights
Local Democracy and Cross Border Cooperation
Alex Rondos
Regional Energy
Fabrizio Saccomani
|
| 11:30
- 13:30 |
Discussion |
| 13:30
- 15:00 |
Lunch
|
SESSION
II
|
| 15:00
- 16:45 |
Regional
Security Perspectives after NATO Enlargement
Vladimir Drobnjak
The Stability Pact Initiative to Manage and Stabilise Population
Movements
Per Sjogren/Soren Jessen Petersen
Discussion
|
16:45
- 17:00
|
Coffee
break
|
CLOSING
SESSION
|
| 17:00
- 17:30 |
Reconciling
the Future: Building Peaceful, Democratic and Prosperous Communities
in SEE
Chairman's Conclusions
Erhard Busek
|
| 19:30
- 20:30 |
Visit
to the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum
|
|
21:00 |
Official
dinner hosted by Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Mr. Paschalides |