‘Open Parliament’

The subject is closely linked to the ‘failed states’ phenomenon, and governance and anti-corruption issues as some of its aspects, focusing in particular on the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Invited will be national and sub-national MPs, government officials, academia, media, relevant NGOs and interested international organisations’ representatives. This ‘Open Parliament’ discussion is aimed to stimulate further thoughts on state/capacity building on the road to the European integrations, with a particular emphasis on the rule of law and corruption issues, yet what is the underlining idea is to critically examine governance and development under international administrations.

09:30 – Welcome address: Boris Divjak, TI BiH Chair of BoD
09:40 – Opening of the Open parliament: Matthew Rycroft, UK Ambassador to BiH
10:00 – Keynote address: Prof. David Chandler: Transparent and accountable government – Road to state-building and to European perspectives

11:00 – Q&A and discussion – moderator Srdjan Blagovcanin, TI BiH Executive Director

12:30 – Lunch

13:30 – Panel discussion: State-building – governance and development under international administrations

Panelists: Prof. David Chandler, Westminster University

Dr. Florian Bieber, University of Kent

Dr. Michael Schmunk, German Ambassador to BiH

Prof. Nerzuk Curak, Sarajevo Faculty of Political Science

Boris Divjak, Transparency International

Moderator: Michael Wiechert, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung BIH Director

15:00 – Q&A and discussion

16:30 – Closing of the Open Parliament: Beriz Belkic, BiH Parliamentary Assembly Speaker

16:45 – End

Start Date: 27 Sep 2007
End Date: 27 Sep 2007
Organiser: Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina
Further Information:

Početna

Location/Address:
The venue is the Parliamentary Assembly, the white hall (House of Peoples), Sarajevo.
Contact Information:
Boris Divjak +387 51 216 928
Srdjan Blagovcanin +387 51 216 369

sblagovcanin@ti-bih.org
TI Participants:
TI BiH