09h30 – 11h15 Inaugural session
Opening remarks by Andrej ZORKO and Pavle D. RADOVANOVIĆ, co chairs of the EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
Current state of play in EU-Montenegro relations, including overview of 2022 Montenegro Report
- Milena ŽIŽIĆ, State Secretary of the Ministry of European Affairs, Government of Montenegro
- H.E. Oana-Cristina POPA, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro
Debate
11h15 – 11h30 Coffee break
11h30 – 13h00 Revised enlargement methodology – Cluster 1: The Fundamentals of the Accession Process, with a special focus on Judiciary and Fundamental rights and the Functioning of democratic institutions
Presentation of the reports:
- Bojan BOŽOVIĆ, Head of the Working Group for Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights
- Prof. Gordana ĐUROVIĆ, Montenegrin delegation to the EU Montenegro JCC
- Milena BEŠIĆ, Director at Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
- Pavle ĆUPIĆ, Legal Advisor in Civic Alliance and CSO member of the Council for the Rule of Law
- Ionuţ SIBIAN, president of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee, presenting EESC's own-initiative opinion SOC/725 Communicating fundamental rights and the rule of law
Debate
13h00 – 14h30 Lunch break
14h30 – 15h30 Revised enlargement methodology – Cluster 1: The Fundamentals of the Accession Process, with a special focus on Justice, Freedom and Security
Presentation of the reports:
- Miloš RADONJIĆ, Head of the Working Group for Chapter 24 – Justice, Freedom and Security
- Dragana JAĆIMOVIĆ, Public Policy Researcher in Institute Alternative and member of the Working Group for Chapter 24
- Vanja ĆALOVIĆ MARKOVIĆ, Executive Director of MANS - Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector
- Ionuţ SIBIAN, president of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee and rapporteur of the EESC's opinion SOC/738 Asset recovery and confiscation
Debate
15h30 – 16h30 Overview of the civil society situation in Montenegro
- Marina VUJAČIĆ, Montenegrin delegation to the EU Montenegro JCC
- Ana MARIGUESA, Programme Manager Civil Society, Delegation of the EU in Montenegro
- Daliborka ULJAREVIĆ, Executive Director of Centre for Civic Education
Debate