European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m. | Registration
9.00 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. | Inaugural session
Welcome addresses
- Edi RAMA, Prime Minister of Albania
- Oliver RÖPKE, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
9.15 a.m. – 10.15 a.m.
Session I: Current state of play in EU-Albania relations and the accession process
- H.E. Silvio GONZATO, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Albania
- Majlinda DHUKA, Minister of State and Chief Negotiator of Albania
- Andrej ZORKO, President of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
Discussion
10.15 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.
Coffee break + Press Conference (tbc)
10.45 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Session II: Functioning of the EU-Albania Joint Consultative Committee: procedural aspects
- Delina IBRAHIMAJ, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Business Climate
- Olta MANJANI, Deputy Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation
- Andrej ZORKO, Co-chair of the JCC from the EU side
- Juliana HOXHA, Co-chair of the JCC from the Albanian side
- Adoption of the agenda
- Short introduction of the members of the joint body
- Adoption of the rules of procedure
- Approval of the permanent observers
11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
Session III: Role of Organised Civil Society in the Enlargement Process
- Ionuţ SIBIAN, Vice-President of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
- Jacek KRAWCZYK, JCC member
- Gledis GJIPALI, Member of the JCC from the Albanian side (on functioning of the social and civil dialogue in Albania)
- Valerie COVIC, Attaché for Cooperation with Civil Society, Delegation of the European Union to Albania
Questions and answers