European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
15th meeting of the EU–Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee
09:00–09:30 Connection test with remote participants
09:30–10:30 Inaugural session
Welcome remarks by
- Oliver RÖPKE, incoming President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the External Relations Section (REX), EESC
Opening remarks by:
- Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, Member of the European Parliament (online)
- Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU and Boško SAVKOVIĆ, co chairs of the EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee
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Current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process
- HE Ana HRUSTANOVIĆ, Head of Mission, Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU
Debate
10:30–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–12:45 Promoting media freedom in Serbia
- Christian MOOS, EESC member, rapporteur presenting EESC opinion on European Media Freedom Act
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Panelists
- Adam SANTOVAC, Executive board member of the Association of Independent Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), journalist
- Jelena VASIĆ, Krik
- Jelena ZORIĆ, BIRN, Vreme
- Georgi GOTEV, Senior Editor, Euractiv (online)
- Antoinette NIKOLOVA, Director, Balkan Free Media Initiative
- Tommaso NODARI, Civil Rights Defenders
Debate
12:30-12:45 State of play of the accession process
- Maja SMRKOLJ, Policy officer, DG NEAR, European Commission
12:45-13:00 Overview of the rule of law situation in Serbia
- Katarina GOLUBOVIĆ, Serbian member of the EU-Serbia JCC
13:00–14:30 Lunch break
The afternoon session is reserved for JCC members only