The European Union as a strategic choice – Experiences of Serbia and Romania (Belgrade, 7th June 2022)

The European Union as a strategic choice – Experiences of Serbia and Romania (7th June 2022)
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Agenda:
WELCOME ADDRESSES
Dragan ĐUKANOVIĆ, President, Center for Foreign Policy, Belgrade
Victor BOŞTINARU, President, Western Balkan Forum, Bucharest

KEY NOTES
Dirk Lorenz Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
Head of Mission Embassy of the French Republic to the Republic of Serbia
Knut Fleckenstein – Member of the European Parliament – Committee on Foreign Affairs

PANEL I: THE SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS: VIEWS FROM BUCHAREST AND BELGRADE
Moderator: Andrej IVANJI, journalist, Vreme, Belgrade
Panelists:
Gabriela DRĂGAN, General Director, European Institute of Romania (EIR), Bucharest
Ivica DAČIĆ, Speaker, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade
Milos Vucevic, Mayor of Novi Sad, European Capital of Culture 2022

PANEL II: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
Moderator: Dragan ĐUKANOVIĆ, President, Center for Foreign Policy, Belgrade
Panelists:
Knut Fleckenstein, SPD Germany, mediator for interparty dialogue in Serbia, ex MEP EU
Branko RUŽIĆ, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade
Suzana GRUBJEŠIĆ, Vice President, Center for Foreign Policy, Belgrade

PANEL III: REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE – THE WAY TO COMPREHENSIVE EUROPEAN STABILITY
Moderator: Stefan BOŠKOVIĆ, Program Asistent, Center for Foreign Policy, Belgrade
Panelists:
Liliana Popescu, Vice Dean, the Faculty of Political Sciences, National Academy of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest
Jelica MINIĆ, president, European Movement in Serbia, Belgrade
Vladimir ATELJEVIĆ, Researcher, University of Donja Gorica, Podgorica
Nataša GAĆEŠA, Consultant, ex MEP President of Board for youth and sport, Belgrade

CLOSING REMARKS
Victor BOŞTINARU, President, Western Balkan Forum, Bucharest
Dragan ĐUKANOVIĆ, President, Center for Foreign Policy, Belgrade