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NATO Parliamentary Assembly

SUB-COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE (CDSDG)

DRAFT PROGRAMME AND LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND ,

7 – 10 MARCH 2016

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IMPORTANT NOTICE  All meetings, speakers and venues are still to be confirmed.  All participants are required to carry their passports with them at all times.

SUNDAY 6 MARCH SARAJEVO

Arrival of participants in Sarajevo Individual transfer from Sarajevo airport to the hotel

Accommodation Hotel Europe Sarajevo Vladislava Skarica 5, Sarajevo, 71000 Phone: +387 33 580 600 Preferential rate: 90 euros per night (double room single occupation), including breakfast, internet and VAT, excluding 1.25 euros/night city tax Reservations: [email protected] Deadline for reservations: 27 February 2016

Evening Free

MONDAY 7 MARCH SARAJEVO

8:40 – 9:00 Registration of participants in hotel lobby

9:00 Meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus to the Parliamentary Assembly

Meetings with members of the 9:30 – 10:45 Joint Committee on Defence and Security, members of the Collegium of the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, and members of the BiH Delegation to the NATO PA Location: Blue Hall, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Building Trg BiH br. 1, 71000 Sarajevo

 Nikola LOVRINOVIĆ, Head of the BiH Delegation to the NATO PA  Borjana KRIŠTO, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH  Ognjen TADIĆ, Speaker of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH  Sifet PODŽIĆ, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

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11:00 – 12:00 Meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Defence and the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Location: Blue Hall, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Building Trg BiH br.1, 71000 Sarajevo

 Marina PENDEŠ, Minister of Defence of BiH  Boris JERINIĆ, Deputy Minister of Defence of BiH  Lieutenant General Anto JELEČ, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of BiH  Major General Senad MAŠOVIĆ, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of BiH  Major General Mirko TEPŠIĆ, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of BiH

12:00 – 12:15 Coffee break

Meeting with representatives of the 12:15 – 13:30 Republika Srpska Location: Blue Hall, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Building Trg BiH br. 1, 71000 Sarajevo

 Milorad DODIK, President of the Republika Srpska  Željka CVIJANOVIĆ, President of the Republika Srpska Government

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch hosted by the BiH Delegation to the NATO PA Location: Restaurant of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH

Meetings with 15:00 – 16:30 representatives of the civil society

Location: Blue Hall, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Building

Trg BiH br. 1, 71000 Sarajevo

 Srđan BLAGOVČANIN, Transparency International  Nerzuk Ćurak, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo  Miloš ŠOLAJA, PhD, Center for International Relations, Banja Luka  Diana GUPTA, PhD, Atlantic Council, Mostar  Izudin HASANOVIĆ, PhD, Professor and Dean, Law Faculty, Tuzla  Denisa SARAJLIĆ MAGLIĆ, Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), Sarajevo  Denis HADŽOVIĆ, PhD, Centre for Security Studies of BiH

16:30 Transfer by bus to the hotel

Evening Free for Embassies

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TUESDAY 8 MARCH SARAJEVO/BELGRADE

Important notice: Participants must check-out of the hotel and bring their luggage to the designated bus located outside the hotel.

9:00 Meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus to the Presidency Building

9:30 – 10:30 Meeting with Members of the BiH Presidency Location: Presidency Building, Maršala Tita 16, 71000 Sarajevo

 Mr Dragan ČOVIĆ, PhD  Mr Bakir IZETBEGOVIĆ, PhD  Mr Mladen IVANIĆ

10:30 – 11:00 Transfer by bus

11:00 – 12:00 Meeting with Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH and Josip BRKIC, Deputy, Committee for NATO Integration Location: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building, Musala 2, 71000 Sarajevo

12:00 – 12:30 Transfer by bus to Camp Butmir

13:00 – 14:15 Visit to Camp Butmir Location: Sarajevo

13:00 – 13:30 Meetings with Brigadier General Giselle M. WILZ, NATO HQ Commander Sarajevo and with Major General Johann LUIF, Commanding Officer of EUFOR

13:30 – 14:15 Hosted lunch

14:15 Transfer by bus to the airport

TUESDAY 8 MARCH 2016: SARAJEVO – BELGRADE

Flight JU 113 (Air Serbia) Depart from Sarajevo (SJJ): 15:15 Arrival in Belgrade (BEG): 16:05

+/- 16h30 Organised transfer by bus to the hotel

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Accommodation Hotel Metropol Palace Bulevar Kralja Aleksander 69, Belgrade 11000 Phone: +381 11 3333 100 Preferential rate: 90 euros per night (classic double room single occupation), including breakfast, internet and VAT, excluding 1.25 euros/night city tax Reservations: [email protected] Deadline for reservations: 29 February 2016

Evening Free for Embassies

WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH BELGRADE

8:30 For Members: meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus to the Embassy of Slovakia

9:00 – 10:30 Ambassadors’ Roundtable at the Embassy of Slovakia (NATO Contact Embassy) Location: Bulvar umetnosti 18, 11070

Introductory remarks by H.E. Mrs Dagmar REPČEKOVA, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the Republic of Serbia

10:30 – 11:00 Transfer by bus to the hotel and to the Parliament

10:45 For Associate Members: meet in hotel lobby and transfer by bus to the Parliament

11:00 – 11:30 Meetings with Igor BECIC, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Location: National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Pasic Square n°13, 11000 Belgrade

11:30 – 12:15 Meetings with members of the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence, Internal Affairs and European Integration Location: National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Pasic Square n°13, 11000 Belgrade

Meeting with the 12:20 – 13:00 Members of the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA Location: National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Pasic Square n°13, 11000 Belgrade

13:05 – 14:30 Lunch hosted by the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA Location: Restaurant of the National Assembly Nikola Pasic Square n°13, 11000 Belgrade

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14:30 – 15:30 Meeting with Aleksandar VUCIC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Location: tbc

15:30 – 16:30 Meeting with Ivica DACIC, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Location: tbc

16:30 – 17:30 Meeting with Nebojsa STEFANOVIC, PhD Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia Location: Ministry of the Interior, The Palace of Serbia Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2a, West Wing

17:30 Transfer by bus to the hotel

19:40 Meet in hotel lobby and departure by bus to the restaurant

20:00 Dinner hosted by the Serbian Delegation to the NATO PA Location: Klub poslanika (Deputies’ Club), Tolstojeva 2

THURSDAY 10 MARCH BELGRADE

9:00 Meet in hotel lobby and depart by bus

9:30 – 10:30 Meeting with Aleksandar VULIN, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Location: tbc

10:30 – 11:00 Transfer by bus to the BCSP

11:00 – 13:00 Meetings at the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Location: Djure Jaksica 6, II floor, 11000 Belgrade

13:00 Transfer by bus to the hotel

+/- 13:00 End of meetings and individual departure of participants

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

OFFICERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE (CDSDG)

Chairperson Lord JOPLING (), Vice-President of the NATO PA Vice-Chairperson Andrius MAZURONIS (Lithuania)

MEMBER DELEGATIONS

Croatia Nenad STAZIC Ulla SCHMIDT, CDS Special Rapporteur Greece Panagiota DRITSELI Christos KARAGIANNIDIS Italy Bruno CENSORE Aleksandrs KIRSTEINS Portugal Vitalino CANAS, CDS Chairperson Slovenia Jasna MURGEL* Spain Luis RODRIGUEZ-COMENDADOR Turkey Zehra TASKESENLIOGLU Aydin UNAL

ASSOCIATE DELEGATIONS

Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola LOVRINOVIC Dusanka MAJKIC Asim SARAJLIC Giorgi BARAMIDZE Davit DARCHIASHVILI Levan BERDZENISHVILI Montenegro Mevludin NUHODZIC Obrad Miso STANISIC Serbia Branislav BLAZIC** Dubravka FILIPOVSKI** Dejan RADENKOVIC** Aleksandar RADOJEVIC** Dragan SORMAZ

DELEGATION STAFF

Germany Andrea BISCHOFF Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljko GRUBESIC Montenegro Zorana BACOVIC Serbia Dragana RADOJEVIC** Turkey Omer Faruk KILICKAYA

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT

Deputy Secretary General Ruxandra POPA Director of the Committee Andrius AVIZIUS

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INTERPRETERS

Bosnian/English TBC

Serbian/English Slavica BOJINOVIC** Ana MILANOVIC** * Sarajevo only ** Belgrade only

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