Parliamentary Election in , 1 October 2012 PROGRAMME OF THE BRIEFING FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Delegations of the OSCE PA, PACE, EP and NATO PA Hotel Radisson Blu (Iveria Ball room), , 29-30 September, 2012

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Time Event

08:30 Briefing packs and accreditation ID available for collection

08:40 Meeting of the OSCE PA Delegation

Opening by the Heads of Parliamentary Delegations 9:00 – 9:20 . Mr. Tonino Picula, Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE CiO , leader of the OSCE STOs, Head of Delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. . Mr. Luca Volonte, Head of Delegation of PACE . Mr Marian-Jean Marinescu, Head of Delegation of the European Parliament . Mr. Assen Agov, Head of Delegation of the NATO PA

Political Background 9:20 – 9:45 . Ambassador Philip Dimitrov, Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia . Ms Caterina Bolognese, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia . NATO Representative in Georgia

Electoral Administration 9:45-10:30 . Mr. Zurab Kharatishvili, Chairman of the Central Election Commission

. Meeting with Mr Giga Bokeria, Head of the Inter-Agency Task Force on 10:30 – 11:15 Free and Fair Elections

. Meeting with Mr. Mamuka Katsikadze, Chairman of the Voters' List 11:15 – 12:00 Verification Commission

. Meeting with Mr Lasha Tordia, Chairman of the State Audit 12:00 – 12:45

12:45 – 14:00 BREAK OSCE/ODIHR EOM Core Team 14:00 – 15:30 Introduction . Nikolai Vulchanov Political overview, campaign activities and media landscape Elections framework , polling procedures . Questions

Roundtable with Observer Organisations 15:30 – 16:30 . Mrs. Nino Lomjaria, International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) . Ms Tamar Chugoshvili, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) . Mrs. Eka Gigauri, Transparency International, Georgia . Ms Keti Chachava, New Generation New Initiative (NGNI) . Mr Irakli Melashvili- Head of Freedom of Choice

Roundtable with NGO Representatives (International and Georgian) 16:30 – 17:30 . Mr. Luis Navarro, National Democratic Institute . National Republican Institute . IFES . Caucasus Institute for Peace and Development . Clean politics . Open Society Georgia Foundation

Roundtable with Media Representatives 17:30 – 18:30 . Mr. David Paichadze, Journalist at GPB . Mr. Giorgi Chanturia – Director General of the Georgian Public Broadcaster . Mr. Kakha Bekauri - Head of TV 9 . Mr. Mamuka Ghlonti - Head of Maestro TV . Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty . Mr. Zviad Koridze - Media expert . Ms. Ia Antadze - Media expert

19:00 Reception for all parliamentary observers hosted by the Ambassador of Italy, Federica Favi together with the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Venue: Residence of the Italian Ambassador, 9a Jorbenadze Str. Tbilisi Regrets only: +995 32 292 1586 A bus will depart from the Radisson Hotel at 18:50. Sunday, 30 September

Time Event

Meetings with representatives of Political Parties and Blocs 09:00 – 11:00 09:00 – 10:00 United National Movement – President Saakashvili (invited) (2hrs) 10:00 – 11:00 Coalition – Bidzina Ivanishvili (invited)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

Meetings with representatives of Political Parties and Blocs (continued) 11:15 – 13:15 11:15 – 12:15 Representatives of opposition parties in the current Parliament (2:45hrs) (Invited) 12:15 – 13:15 Representatives of opposition parties not in the current Parliament (Invited)

Concluding Remarks 13:15

Deployment 13:20 . Area specific briefing conducted by OSCE/ODIHR LTO teams 1/2 . Meeting with interpreters and drivers

Monday, 1 October

Time Event

All day Observation of Opening, Voting and Vote Count

Tuesday, 2 October

Time Event

Morning Debriefings of PA Delegations

Press conference