The EU and the Western Balkans: Between Mistrust and Common Interests

THE EU AND THE WESTERN BALKANS: Between Mistrust and Common Interests

Regional Conference, Banja Luka June 24-25, 2022

Agenda

Day 1 (Jun 24)

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

• Introductory remarks H.E. Johanna Stromquist, Ambassador of Sweden in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Srđan Blagovčanin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Panel I: Politics and
enlargement practice – how to proceed?

• Prof. Dr. Tanja Miščević, Deputy Secretary General of the Council for Regional Cooperation, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
• Dr. Neven Andjelic, Assistant Professor, Regent University in London
• Nebojša Lazarević, Founder of the Center for European Policies
• Dr. Senada Šelo Šabić, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Development and International Relations
• Prof. Dr. Jelena Džankić, Professor, European University Institute
• Moderator: Dr. Adnan Huskić, Professor, University – Sarajevo School of Science and Technology

12:30 p.m. – 01:00 p.m. Coffee break

01:00 p.m. – 02:15 p.m. Panel II: (Un)learned lessons: Catch 22 From hybrid regimes and captive states of the Western Balkans to full members?

• Dr. Goran Svilanović, Former Secretary General of the Council for Regional Cooperation; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Dr. Mladen Ivanić, Former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kori Udovički, President of the Board of Directors and Chief Economist, Center for Advanced Economic Studies in Belgrade
• Moderator: Vladimir Šušak, Journalist, BHRT

02:15 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. Lunch

03:30 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Panel III: Regional cooperation

• Emir Đikić, Director, CEFTA Secretariat
• Prof. Dr. Tanja Miščević, Deputy Secretary General of the Council for Regional Cooperation, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
• Dr. Jelica Minić, President of the European Movement Serbia
• Moderator: Dragana Đurica

06:00 p.m. Reception

Day 2 (Jun 25)

09:30 – 10:45 a.m. Panel IV: Rule of law

• Prof. Dr. Zoran Stoiljković, Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
• Drago Kos, Former Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Combating Corruption in International Business Transactions.
• Branko Perić, Judge, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Moderator: Ivana Korajlić, Executive Director, Transparency International BiH

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 a.m. Panel V: Civil society, media and freedom of speech

• Aleksandra Tomanić, Executive Director, European Fund for the Balkans
• Bojana Jovanović, Deputy Editor, Krik
• Prof. Dr. Katarina Peović, Member of Parliament, Croatian Parliament
• Leila Bičakčić, Director, Center for Investigative Journalism
• Maja Sever, President of the Union of Croatian Journalists, President of the European Federation of Journalists
• Nemanja Todorović Štiplija, Editor-in-chief of European Western Balkans
• Hrvoje Zovko, President of the Croatian Journalists’ Association
• Moderator: Prof. Dr. Danijela Majstorović, Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Philology in Banja Luka