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
