Programme

PROGRAMME

8.30 – 9.00 a.m.        Registration of participants

9.00 – 10.00 a.m.      Inaugural session

Opening remarks by Mr Zoran Stojiljković and Ms Ana Milićević-Pezelj, co-chairs of the EU-Serbia JCC

Current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process

  • Yngve Engstroem, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Serbia
  • Tanja Miščević, Chief Negotiator for Serbia's Accession to the EU

Debate

10.00 – 10.15 a.m.     Coffee break

10.15 a.m. – 12 p.m.  Follow-up on Chapter 19 of the accession negotiations – Decreasing of Inequality and Promotion of Equal Opportunities in Social Policy and Employment

Presentation of the reports:

  • Georges Dassis, Member of the EU-Serbia JCC
  • Mihail Arandarenko, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade
  • Statement by Christiane Westphal, Policy Officer, DG EMPL, European Commission

Debate

12 – 1 p.m.      Instrument of Pre-Accession – Serbia's experience and expectations

  • Branko Budimir, Assistant Minister, Ministry of European Integration of the Government of the Republic of Serbia
  • Tanja Petrović, Executive Director, Young Researchers of Serbia
  • Nicolas Bizel, Operations - Head of Section 1, EU Delegation to Serbia
  • Dimitris Dimitriadis, Member of the EESC

1 – 2 p.m.        Lunch

2–3.30 p.m.     Enabling civic space and overview of the civil society situation in Serbia

Presentation of the reports:

  • Marina Škrabalo, Member of the EU-Serbia JCC
  • Sonja Stojanović Gajić, Member of the EU-Serbia JCC
  • Statement by Svetlana Djukić, Project Manager, EU Delegation to Serbia

Debate

3.30–3.45 p.m.            Coffee break

3.45–4.30 p.m.            Adoption of the Joint Declaration

4.30 p.m.                     End of the meeting

 

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