Programme

Schedule

Subject

8.30 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Registration of participants

9 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.

 

Opening session

Welcoming words

  • Mr Goran Trivan, Minister of Environmental Protection
  • Ms Mateja Norčič Štamcar, Deputy Head of EU’s Delegation to Serbia

Inaugural addresses

  • Mr Zoran Stojiljković, Trade Union Confederation "Nezavisnost", JCC Co-chair
  • Mr Ionut Sibian, Member of the EESC, JCC Co-chair

9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.

Session I: Current state of play and challenges in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process

  • Ms Jovana Milovanović, Assistant of Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs
  • Ms Radica Nusdorfer, Head of the European Integration and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Serbia

Debate

10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.

Coffee break + Press Conference (tbc)

10.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Session II: Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change

Part I – state of play and presentation of report(s)

State of play

  • Mr Richard Masa, EU Delegation to Serbia
  • Ms Danijela Božanić, Ministry of Environmental Protection

Presentation of report(s) on greening of the economy:

  • Mr Ionut Sibian, JCC member from the EU
  • Mr Zvezdan Kalmar Krnajski Jović, JCC member from Serbia

Debate

12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Lunch

1.30 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Session II: Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change

Part II – Public Hearing

Environmental issues in the areas of energy and transport in Serbia - How to mitigate economic and social impact of industrial pollution and climate change?

Introduction by Mr Zvezdan Kalmar Krnajski Jović, JCC member from Serbia

Representatives of social partners and other CSOs from Serbia
Vladimir M. Pavlović, Belgrade Open School
Ivan Karić, MP,  the Green Party of Serbia
Aleksandra Knez Milojković, Alliance for Common Good

3 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.

Coffee break

3.15 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Adoption of the Joint Declaration

4.30 p.m.

End of the meeting.