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Day One 6 February: Round Table I Day Two 7 February: First Annual Meeting of the Task Force on Inter-cultural Dialogue and Round Table II Day Three 8 February: Conference on Kosovo Inter-ethnic and Inter-religious Relations: Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation

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Day 1: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 (open for public)

Round table I

18:00 – 19:30 Round table I: “Role of Islam in the Contemporary Societies”

Panelists: Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid; Dr. Mustafa Cerić, Reisu-l-ulema; Mufti Nedžad Grabus

Moderator: Borut Grgič, Director of Institute for Strategic Studies

Venue: Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova 2, Ljubljana

2 05.02.2007 Day 2: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

First Annual Meeting of Task Force on Inter-cultural Dialogue

12:00 – 12:15 Opening Session: Family photo (Castle Jable Courtyard)

Welcome Address: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, President of CEP Executive Board and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (open to public)

Opening Remarks: Denis Risman, Programme Director of CEP (open to public)

Closed for public:

12:15 – 13:00 Session One: Castle Jable (Knight Hall) Logistical Matters and Election of CEP Task Force Chair

Moderator: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, President of CEP Executive Board and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

13:00– 14:15 Lunch Castle Jable (Wedding Hall)

Key Note Address: Dr. Mustafa Cerić, Reisu-l-ulema of Islamic Community of BiH

14:30 – 16:30 Session Two: Castle Jable (Knight Hall) “ Promoting Inter-cultural Dialogue: One of Priorities of Slovenian EU Presidency in 2008”

Presentation: Dr. Klemen Klun, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

Moderator: Dr. Andrej Rahten, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister

Session Three: Castle Jable (Knight Hall) “CEP Task Force on Inter-cultural Dialogue – its Vision and Strategy”

Moderator: Dr. Andrej Rahten, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and the Chair of CEP Task Force

Presentation: Tomaž Zalaznik, Nova revija

18:00 – 19:30 Round table II (open to public) “Dialogue among Cultures and Promotion of Democracy”

Panellists: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Dr. Benjamin Barber, Dr. Giandomenico Picco, and Dr. Drago Ocvirk

Moderator: Dr. Klemen Klun; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

Venue: Library Oton Župančič, Kersnikova 2, Ljubljana

20:00 Reception at the Grand Hotel Union (Silver Room)

3 05.02.2007 Day 3: Thursday, February 8, 2007 (open to public)

Inter-ethnic and Inter-religious Relations: Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation in Kosovo

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Session: Castle Jable (Auditorium)

Welcome Address: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

Opening remarks: His Excellency, Stanislav Hočevar, Archbishop of Belgrade, His Excellency, Mufti mag. Nedžad Grabus, Head of the Islamic Community of Slovenia Dr. Benjamin Barber, Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break and Family Photo (Castle Jable Courtyard)

10:15 – 12:15 Panel A: Castle Jable (Auditorium) “Understanding the Ethnic Groups of Kosovo: Towards an Active Inter-cultural Dialogue”

Moderator: Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid, president of Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK

Panellists: Wolfgang Koeth, Political Advisor, European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo Dušan Janjić, Forum for Ethnical Relations, Serbia Leon Malazogu, Project on Ethnic Relations, Kosovo Sebastijan Šerifović, Roma and Ashkalia Documentation Centre, Kosovo Adrian Zeqiri, European Centre for Minority Issues, Kosovo

12:15 – 13:45 Lunch: Standing buffet: Castle Jable (Wedding Hall)

13:45 - 14:15 Press conference hosted by Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Venue: Castle Jable

14:15 – 16:15 Panel B: Castle Jable (Auditorium) “The Aftermath of the Kosovo Final Status: The Future of Inter-cultural Cooperation in Kosovo and its Challenges”

4 05.02.2007 Moderator: Mr. Giandomenico Picco, Former Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Year of Dialogue among Civilisations

Panellists: Arben Qirezi, Senior Political Adviser to the Prime Minister, PISG, Kosovo Gianluca Silvestrini, Regional Programme Division, Directorate of Culture, Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Council, Council of Europe Biljana Todorovic, Forum Civil Peace Service, Mitrovica, Kosovo Prof. Dr. Karmit Zysman, Balkan Sunflowers, Kosovo

17:00 – 18:00 Guided Walk around Old Part of Ljubljana (optional)

19:00 – Dinner at the Grand Hotel Union (Red Room)