Programme

09h30 – 11h15 Inaugural session

Opening remarks by Gordana ĐUROVIĆ and Decebal-Ștefăniță PADURE, co chairs of the EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)

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Current state of play in EU-Montenegro relations, including the fulfillment of interim benchmarks for Cluster 1: The Fundamentals of the Accession Process and the New growth plan and facility for the Western Balkans

  • Maida GORČEVIĆ, Minister of European Affairs, Government of Montenegro (tbc)
  • Predrag ZENOVIĆ, Chief Negotiator for Montenegro's Accession to the European Union (tbc
  • H.E. Oana-Cristina POPA, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegr
  • Andrej ZORKO, President of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee on REX/581 New growth plan and facility for the Western Balkans

Debate

11h15 – 11h30 Coffee break

11h30 – 13h00 Cluster 4: Green agenda & sustainable connectivity, with a focus on environment & climate change

Presentation of the reports:

  • Member of Negotiating team for Cluster 4 and Head of the Negotiating Working Groups for Chapter 27 – Environment & Climate Change
  • Azra VUKOVIĆ, Executive director, NGO Green Home
  • Jovana JANJUŠEVIĆ, Executive Director, Center for Protection and Research of birds of Montenegro (CZIP) 
  • István KOMORÓCZKI, member of the JCC, on relevant opinions from the EESC's Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section (NAT)

Debate

13h00 – 14h30 Lunch break

14h30 – 15h30 Cluster 4: Green agenda & sustainable connectivity, with a focus on energy & transport policy

Presentation of the reports:

  • Head of the Negotiating Working Groups for Chapter 15 – Energy, Chapter 14 – Transport policy and/or Chapter 21 – Trans-European networks
  • Diana MILEV ČAVOR, Programme Coordinator, ECO-TEAM 
  • Amra PEPIĆ, Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP), example of Municipality Tuzi 

Debate

15h30 – 17h00

Overview of the civil society situation in Montenegro, including social dialogue

  • Marina VUJAČIĆ, Montenegrin delegation to the EU Montenegro JCC
  • Vanja ĆALOVIĆ MARKOVIĆ, Executive Director of MANS - Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector
  • Kristina MIHAILOVIĆ, Executive Director, NGO Parents Social partners from Montenegr
  • Ana MARIGUESA, Programme Manager Civil Society, Delegation of the EU in Montenegro

Debate

17h00 – 17h30 Adoption of the Joint declaration

17h30 End of meeting