Programme

9.45 a.m. | Welcome Coffee

10 a.m. | Welcoming speech 

  • Mr Oliver Röpke, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, 
  • Mr Andrej Zorko, President of the Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
  • Ms Dubravka Bošnjak, Minister of Civil Affairs, Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (tbc) 
  • H.E. Luigi Soreca, Head of EU Delegation to BiH

10.15 a.m. | Enabling civic space and freedom of expression in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Ionuţ Sibian, Vice-President of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
  • Aida Daguda, Director of Civil Society Promotion Centre and Chair of the Advisory Body of the Council of Ministers of BiH for Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Ivana Korajlić, Executive Director at Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Leila Bičakčić, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN)

Interventions by participants

11.15 a.m. | Coffee break

11.30 a.m. | The state of social dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Ada Huibregtse, Chief Technical Advisor of the Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP) project (ILO components)  
  • Goran Stanković, Secretary General, Confederation of Trade Unions of the RS (SSRS) 
  • Lejla Čaušević-Sućeska, Head of International Department, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of BiH (SSSBiH) 
  • Mario Nenadić, Director, Association of Employers of FBiH 
  • Saša Aćić, Director, Union of Employers of RS 

Interventions by participants

12.30 p.m. | Lunch break

2.00 p.m. | Participation of organised civil society from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future accession negotiations with the EU and in the implementation of the Reform Agenda and the New growth plan for the Western Balkans 

Lessons learned and ongoing preparations

  • Dragica Martinović Džamonja, Vice-President of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
  • Aurelie Valtat, Head of European Integration, Political and Economic Affairs, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Elvira Habota, Director, Directorate for European Integration
  • Zoran Zeljko, Director, Directorate for Economic Planning 
  • Alen Gudalo, Program Coordinator of the Initiative for Monitoring the EU Integration, Sarajevo Open Centre

Interventions by participants

3.30 p.m. | Conclusion of the conference 

  • Mr Andrej Zorko, President of the Western Balkans Follow-up Committee and end of the meeting