Cooperation between V4 and the Western Balkans – what role for think tanks? – Think Visegrad mid-term conference 2019

27. mája 2019 - Hotel Devín, Bratislava

Day 1 – 27 May 2019 (Monday)

14:00 – 14:30 Opening remarks

František Ružička, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia

Marek Pavlík, Deputy Director, International Visegrad Fund (IVF)

Gjergj Murra, Director, Western Balkans Fund (WBF)

Tomáš Strážay, Deputy Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)

14:30 – 16:00 Panel 1 – V4-WB cooperation in the context of the Berlin Process and summit in Poznań

Beata Jaczewska, European Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Momčilo Radulović, President, European Movement in Montenegro

Gledis Gjipali, President, European Movement in Albania

Moderator: Anna Orosz, Senior Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT), Budapest

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:20 Panel 2 – V4-WB think tank cooperation: different stakeholders´ perspective

Marek Pavlík, Deputy Director, International Visegrad Fund (IVF)

Dafina Bequiri, Programme Coordinator, Western Balkans Fund (WBF)

Colloquium moderated by Tomáš Strážay, Deputy Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)

20:00 – 21:30 Informal Dinner

Venue: restaurant Leberfinger, Viedenská cesta 257, Bratislava

 

Day 2 – 28 May 2019 (Tuesday) 

9:30 – 11:30 Panel 3 – On the way to the next EU-Western Balkans Summit:  how to exploit the V4´s potential? 

Jelica Minić, Vice President, European Movement in Serbia

Marta Szpala, Senior Fellow, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

Zoran Nečev, Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis – Skopje

Moderator: Pavol Demeš, Foreign Policy Analyst

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

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