HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE ON THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS OF THE WESTERN BALKANS IN A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

with Members of the European , Members of Parliament of Pre-Accession Countries and Members of Parliament of EU Member states

Organised by the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) in cooperation with the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Sub-Committee on Human Rights and EP Delegations for relations with the countries of Western Balkans

Brussels, 20-21 November 2017

Meeting rooms: PHS 05B001 (Monday) JAN 2Q2 (Tuesday)

PROGRAMME

Contact: Mr Thierry Jacob [email protected] +32 2 28 42277 , Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit

Monday 20 November

14:30 – 15:00 Arrival and registration of the participants at the “Events participants and guests” on the Esplanade Solidarność

Meeting room: Paul-Henri Spaak building, PHS 05B001

In the Chair: Mr Eduard Kukan Chair of the Working Group on Western Balkans in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Delegation to the EU Serbia SAPC

15:00 – 15:10 Welcome by the Chair

15:10 – 15:30 Address by Ms Heidi Hautala, Vice-President of the European Parliament, on behalf of Mr Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

*** (Closed door meeting) 15:30 – 17:40 The reform agenda and its implementation Introductory remarks by Mr Eduard Kukan Exchange of views with the Standing Rapporteurs and shadow-rapporteurs for the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs and with the Chairs of Delegations to Joint Parliamentary Committees and for relations with enlargement countries (see list of participants) Conclusion by Mr Christian Danielsson, Director-General for Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations, DG NEAR, European Commission *** 17:40 – 17:55 Coffee break

17:55 – 18:40 Meeting with Members of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, chaired by Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights

The parliament’s role in empowering the civil society / Promoting good governance, the Rule of Law and Non-discrimination

Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri

Mr Erwan Fouéré, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

Ms Uranija Pirovska, Director, Helsinki Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Exchange of views

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner hosted by Ms Heidi Hautala, Vice-President of the European Parliament, on behalf of Mr Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament Presidential dining room PHS 12th floor (Only by invitation)

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Tuesday 21 November

10:00 – 10:20 Arrival of the participants at the entrance of the “József Antall” building on the Esplanade Solidarność

Meeting room: József Antall building, JAN 2Q2

Joint meeting with the Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Mr David McAllister, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

10:30 – 12:30 Public Hearing ”Mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II): matching funding with political priorities”

Introductory remarks by Mr David McAllister

Ms Marietje Schaake, MEP, Chair of the Working Group on External financial instruments in the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Ms Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, Director for the West Balkans, DG NEAR, European Commission

Mr Erwan Fouéré, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

Exchange of views

Concluding remarks: Ms Marietje Schaake

12:45 – 14:30 Buffet Lunch jointly with participants of the event on Youth political participation (Members’ restaurant - ASP Ground floor) (Only by invitation)

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Joint meeting with the Committee on Foreign Affairs in presence of representatives of the national of the EU

15:00 – 15:05 Opening remarks by Mr David McAllister, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

15:05 – 15:20 Keynote address by Mr Christian Danielsson, Director-General for Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations, DG NEAR, European Commission

15:20 – 15:50 Western Balkan countries’ views on the integration process

Mr Taulant Balla, Member of the European Integration Committee, Ms Borjana Krišto, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr/Ms..., Assembly of Kosovo* Mr Artan Grubi, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, Assembly of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mr Adrijan Vuksanović, Chair of the European Integration Committee, Parliament of Mr Milorad Mijatović, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of the Republic of Serbia

15:50 – 16:15 The perspectives of EU integration and the accession process

Ms Keit Pentus-Rosimannus MP, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia (), on behalf of Estonian Presidency of the Council Mr Hristo Gadzhev MP, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly of Bulgaria, on behalf of the incoming Presidency of the Council Mr Eduard Kukan, MEP, Chair of the AFET Working Group on Western Balkans and of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia SAPC Ms Angelina Eichhorst, Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service

16:15 – 17:25 Exchange of views

17:25 – 17:40 Concluding remarks

End of the Conference

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence. European Parliament, Directorate for Democracy Support, Pre-Accession Actions Unit High-level Round Table: the European integration process in a regional perspective" Brussels, 20-21 November 2017