Agenda
Fourth
Meeting of the Regional Table
Venue: Makedonia Palace Hotel
Thessaloniki,
16 December 2002
8:30 - 17:30
(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 |
