European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9th meeting of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform
11:00 Opening session
- Opening remarks by Mr Kakha Gogolashvili and Ms Dovilė Juodkaitė, Co-chairs of the EU-Georgia CSP
Application of Georgia for the EU Membership: New Window of Opportunity and prospects for EU Candidacy
- Mr Teimuraz Janjalia, Georgian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- H.E. Mr Carl Hartzell, Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia
- Ms Diana Jablonska, Head of Unit for Georgia and Moldova, Neighbourhood East and Institution Building, European Commission
- Debate
12:30 Coffee break
13:00 Economic and social impact of the war in Ukraine on Georgia and the EU and the role of civil society in the post-war recovery
- Mr Vladimer Papava, Economist, member of Georgian Academy of Science, former Minister of Economy
- Mr Vakhtang Charaia, Professor, University of Business and Technology
14:00 Lunch break
15:00 Assessment of the state of play of EU-Georgia Association Agreement/DCFTA:
Work done for delivering on the EC Questionnaire as a test for the Georgian Civil Service
- Mr David Bujiashvili, Director of the EU and Sectoral Integration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
16:00 Human rights in the face of war and crisis
- Mr Cristian Pîrvulescu, Chair of the EESC Group on Fundamental rights and the Rule of Law
- Mr Mikhaylo Drapak, Ukrainian Prism
- Mr Ucha Nanuashvili, Human rights and peace activist, former Ombudsman of Georgia