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NATO Parliamentary Assembly

88th ROSE-ROTH Seminar

With the National Assembly of the Republic of

Belgrade, Serbia 31 March- 2 April 2015

SERBIA, THE WESTERN BALKANS, AND THE EURO-ATLANTIC COMMUNITY

24 March 2015

OFFICIAL SEMINAR HASHTAG #NATOPABELGRADE2015

www.nato-pa.int  Place du Petit Sablon 3  1000 Brussels, Belgium • Tel: + 32 (0) 2 513 28 65

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Monday 30 March

Arrival of participants

No organised transfers between the airport and the hotels

Accommodation Metropol Palace Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 69 11000, Serbia Telephone: +381 11 3333 100 Fax: +381 11 3333 300 theluxurycollection.com/metropolpalace

Seminar Venue National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Small Plenary Hall (near main entrance) Nikola Pasic Square 13, Belgrade 11 000

Tuesday 31 March

7:30-8:15 Registration of participants staying at the hotel Metropol Palace, hotel lobby

7:30-8:30 Registration of local participants in front of the Small Plenary Hall, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia

8:20 Departure by bus from the hotel Metropol Palace to the Parliament

8:30 Arrival at the Parliament

8:50 Seating of participants

Opening Session

Moderator Dragan SORMAZ (Serbia), Head of the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA

9:00-9:20 Welcome remarks and opening address Aleksandar VUCIC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, followed by Q&A

9:20-9:25 Remarks by Igor BECIC, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia

9:25-9:30 Remarks by Dragan SORMAZ, Head of the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA

9:30-9:35 Remarks by Paolo ALLI, NATO PA Vice-President

9:35-9:40 Remarks by Jean-Daniel RUCH, Ambassador of to Serbia and Montenegro

9:40-10:00 Key note presentation by Ivan VEJVODA, Senior Vice President for Programs, German Marshall Fund of the

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10:00-10:45 Q&A

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

Session I Serbia in the Euro-Atlantic Community

Panel 1:

Moderator Dubravka FILIPOVSKI (Serbia), Member of the Serbian Delegation to NATO PA

11:00-11:15 Amb. Roksanda NINCIC, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia

11:15-11:45 Q&A

11:45-12:00 Zoran DJORDJEVIC, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia

12:00-12:30 Q&A

12:30-14:00 Hosted buffet lunch in the parliament restaurant

Panel 2:

Moderator Branislav BLAZIC (Serbia), Member of the Serbian Delegation to NATO PA

14:00-14:15 Amb. Michael DAVENPORT, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia

14:15-14:30 Amb. Jan VARSO, Ambassador of Slovakia to Serbia

14:30-14:45 Marko SAVKOVIC, Program Director of the Belgrade Security Forum

14:45-15:30 Q&A

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

Session II The Western Balkans and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Moderator Milovan MILOSEVIC, Executive Director, Atlantic Council of Serbia

15:45-16:00 Amb. Miomir UDOVICKI, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to NATO

16:00-16:15 Amb. Stelian STOIAN, Permanent Representative of Romania to NATO

16:15-16:30 Jelena MILIC, Executive Director, Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies

16:30-16:45 Savo KENTERA, President of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro

16:45-17:30 Q&A

Evening Free for embassy meetings

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Wednesday 1 April

Session III Regional Co-operation in the Western Balkans

Moderator Paolo ALLI (Italy), Vice-president of the NATO PA

9:30-9:45 Dimitar BECHEV, Senior Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science

9:45-10:00 Janez KOPAC, Director, Energy Community

10:00-10:15 Julian POPOV, Fellow, European Climate Foundation

10:15-11:00 Q&A

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

Session IV Foreign Fighters in the Middle East and North Africa: A Common Challenge

Moderator Julio MIRANDA CALHA (Portugal), General Rapporteur, Defence and Security Committee (DSC)

11:15-11:30 Aleksandar DJORDJEVIC, Director, Security Information Agency, Republic of Serbia

11:30-11:45 Sulejman UGLJANIN, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, President of the National Council of the Bosnian National Minority

11:45-12:00 Esad HECIMOVIC, Editor, OBN TV, Sarajevo

12:00-12:15 Raffaello PANTUCCI, Director of International Security Studies, RUSI

12:15-13:15 Q&A

13:15-14:45 No host lunch in the parliament building on Kralja Milana St.14, in front of the Nikola Pasic Square (full menu for 830 RSD – in cash)

Session V The Fight against Corruption and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

Moderator Jose LELLO (Portugal), Chairperson, Political Committee (PC)

14:45-15:00 Nebojsa STEFANOVIC, Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia

15:00-15:15 Goran SVILANOVIC, Secretary General, Regional Co-operation Council

15:15-15:30 Sonja STOJANOVIC-GAJIC, Director, Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP)

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15:30-16:15 Q&A

16:15-16:30 Coffee break

Session VI Defence Management Reform and Integrity Building

Moderator Simon LUNN, Senior Fellow, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF) and former Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

16:30-16:45 Alberto BIN, Director, Integration, Partnership and Co-operation, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO

16:45-17:00 Todor TAGAREV, Associate Senior Fellow, DCAF

17:00-17:15 Brigadier General Slobodan JOKSIMOVIC, Head, Strategic Planning Department, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia

17:15-18:00 Q&A

19:30 Bus departure from the hotel

20:00 Dinner hosted by Dragan SORMAZ, Head of the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA, Club of VS, Braće Jugovića St,19 (by invitation only)

Thursday 2 April

Session VII The Brussels Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina: The Way Forward

Moderator Dr Karl A. LAMERS (), Chairperson, Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships (PCNP)

9:00-9:15 Marko DJURIC, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Republic of Serbia

9:15-9:30 Dusan JANJIC, Senior Researcher, Centre of Sociological Research, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Belgrade

9:30-9:45 Krenar GASHI, Doctoral Fellow, Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Founding Director of the Institute for Development Policy (INDEP)

9:45-11:00 Q&A

11:00-11:15 Closing remarks

11:15-11:30 Coffee break

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Field Trip Smederevo

11:30 Departure from the Serbian Parliament to Smederevo by bus

12:30-13:15 Visit of the winery “Jeremić”. Wine tasting and hors d'oeuvre.

13:30-14:00 Tour of the Smederevo Fortress (last Serbian fortress from the Middle Ages and the largest "built on flat lands” fortress in Europe)

14:00-15:00 Tour of villa “Obrenovic”

15:00-17:00 Lunch in restaurant “Vila Jugovo”

17:00 Departure from Smederevo by bus

18:00 Arrival at the hotel Metropol in Belgrade

Friday 3 April

Departure of participants

No organised airport transfers

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