27-29 June 2018, Grand Dome
98th Rose-Roth Seminar
NATO Parliamentary Assembly In cooperation with the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia - Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Western Balkans: Reinforcing the European Peace Project
Wednesday 27 June
Moderator: Ilija DIMOVSKI, Head of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
Opening addresses by:
- 9:10-9:15 Ilija DIMOVSKI, Head of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
- 9:15-9:30 Talat XHAFERI, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia including Q&A
- 9:30-9:35 Paolo ALLI, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 9:35-9:40 Sybille SUTER TEJADA, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Macedonia
- 9:40-10:00 Zoran ZAEV, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia including Q&A
Keynote address by:
- 10:00-10:20 Key note address by James W. PARDEW, Former US Special Envoy in the Balkans and former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations
- 10:20-10:45 Q&A
- SESSION I Strengthening the Rule of Law, Reform in the Administration and Judiciary, and Fighting Corruption
Moderator: Plamen MANUSHEV (Bulgaria), Vice-Cahirperson of the Political Affairs Committee of the NATO PA
- 11:00-11:10 Address by Renata DESKOSKA, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Macedonia
- 11:10-11:30 Q&A
Panel Discussion
- 11:30-11:40 Erwan FOUERE, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
- 11:40-11:50 Marija RISTESKA, President, Center for Research and Policy Making
- 11:50-12:20 Discussion
- SESSION II Good Neighbourly Relations and Stability in the Western Balkans: Building Measures of Mutual Trust
Moderator: Vesel MEMEDI, Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia and Member of the Delegation to the NATO PA
- 14:00-14:10 Address by Mr.Goran STEVCHEVSKI, Director, Directorate for bilateral relations with South-East European countries and regional initiatives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 14:10-14:30 Q&A
Panel Discussion: Perspectives from the Neighbours
Moderator: Paolo ALLI, President of the NATO PA
- 14:30-14:35 Daniela BOUDINOVA, Deputy Head of Mission
- 14:35-14:40 Dusanka DIVJAK-TOMIC, Ambassador
- 14:40-14:45 Ylber HYSA, Ambassador
- 14:45-14:50 Fatos REKA, Ambassador
- 14:50-14:55 Dimitris YANAKAKIS, Ambassador
- SESSION III The Migration Crisis and the Balkan Route
Moderator: Afrim GASHI, Alternate Member of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
- 16:15-16:25 Oliver SPASOVSKI, Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Macedonia
- 16:25-16:35 Nikolovski TIHOMIR, Associate Protection/ Legal Officer, the United Nations Refugee Agency Representation in Skopje (UNHCR)
- 16:35-16:45 Aleksandar TODOSIEV, Head of Section for International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, National Coordinator, Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI)
- 16:45-17:45 Discussion
- 17:45 Reception hosted by H.E. Talat XHAFERI, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
Thursday 28 June
- SESSION IV NATO’s Aspirants in the Western Balkans: The Way Forward
Moderator: Katerina KUZMANOVSKA, Member of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
- 9:30-9:40 Address by Bekim MAKSUTI, Deputy-Minister of Defence, Republic of Macedonia
- 9:40-10:10 Q&A
Panel Discussion
- 10:10-10:20 Stevo PENDAROVSKI, National Coordinator for the preparation for NATO membership
- 10:20-10:30 Josip BRKIC, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10:30-10:40 Danijela BARISIC, Ambassador of Croatia to the Republic of Macedonia, NATO Contact Point Embassy
- 10:40-10:50 Ismet RAMADANI, President of the Euro-Atlantic Council, Skopje
- 10:50-11:45 Discussion
- SESSION V Defence and Security Sector Reforms
Moderator: Marc REMILLARD, Programme Manager, Southeast Europe Division, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF)
- 12:00-12:10 Dragan LOZANCIC, Senior Expert, on Aspects of Intelligence Sector Reform in Light of Euro-Atlantic Integration
- 12:10-12:20 Teodora FUIOR, Project Coordinator, Southeast Europe Division, DCAF on Security Sector Accountability in Regional Euro-Atlantic Integration Processes
- 12:20-13:15 Discussion
- SESSION VI From Skopje to Brussels: Next Steps in the European Integration Process
Moderator: Kostadin Kostadinov, Deputy Member of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
- 15:00-15:10 Address by Bujar OSMANI, Vice Prime Minister in charge of European Integration of the Republic of Macedonia
- 15:10-15:30 Q&A
Panel Discussion
- 15:45-15:55 Lukas HOLUB, Head of Political and Information Section, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Macedonia
- 15:55-16:05 Judy DEMPSEY, Nonresident Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and Editor in Chief of Strategic Europe
- 16:05-17:00 Discussion
Friday 29 June
- SESSION VII The State of the Media Landscape in the Western Balkans: The Influence of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Creation of Public Opinion
Moderator: Maria MARTENS (Netherlands), Chairperson of the Science and Technology Committee of the NATO PA
- 9:30-9:40 Address by Robert POPOVSKI, Minister without Portfolio in charge of Communications, Accountability and Transparency
- 9:40-10:10 Q&A
Panel discussion
- 10:10-10:20 Sinisa-Jakov MARUSIC, Journalist Balkan Insight/Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
- 10:20-10:30 Nemanja TODOROVIC STIPLIJA, Editor-in-Chief, European Western Balkans
- 10:30-11:15 Discussion
- SESSION VIII Interethnic Relations in the Western Balkans
Moderator: Ahmet Berat CONKAR (Turkey), Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations of the NATO PA
- 11:30-11:40 Hazbi LIKA, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Ohrid Framework Agreement Implementation, Republic of Macedonia
- 11:40-12:00 Q&A
- 12:00-12:10 Veton LATIFI, Professor, University of South-East Europe
- 12:10-12:20 Zvezdana KOVAC, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe
- 12:20-13:00 Discussion
- 13:00-13:05 Closing remarks by Ilija DIMOVSKI, Head of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the NATO PA
- 13:05-13:10 Closing remarks by a NATO PA representative