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09:00–9:30 | Registration of participants

09:30–11:15 | Inaugural session

Opening remarks by Juliana HOXHA and Violeta JELIĆ, co chairs of the EU-Albania Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)

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Current state of play in EU-Albania relations, including the fulfilment of interim benchmarks for Cluster 1: The Fundamentals of the Accession Process and the implementation of the Reform Agenda within the growth plan and facility for the Western Balkans

  • Olta MANJANI, Deputy Minister of Economy and Innovation
  • André RIZZO, Head of the Political Section, Delegation of the European Union to Albania
  • Andrej ZORKO, Vice-President of the EESC’s Western Balkans Follow-up Committee on REX/612 Civil Society’s Role in Supporting Reform under the Growth Plans for the Western Balkans and Moldova, as well as in Ukraine’s Reform Path

Debate

11:15–11:30 | Coffee break

11:30–13:00 | Cluster 2: Internal market, with a focus on Albania's preparations to join EU Single Market

  • Albin GEGA, Director-General for Employment Policies, Vocational Training, and Social Security, Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Vice-Chair of Interinstitutional Working Group on Chapter 2 – Free Movement of Workers
  • Matteo BORSANI, EU side JCC member, on INT/1070 Assessment of the Letta and Draghi reports on the functioning and competitiveness of the EU's Single Market
  • Ines MUÇOSTEPA, Head of Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Albania, Albanian side JCC member 
  • Koli SINJARI, Executive Director, BiznesAlbania, Albanian side JCC member - Representative of Business Organisations
  • Arben SHKODRA, Secretary General of the Association of Producers "Alert Center"
  • Krisela HACKAJ, Executive Director, Cooperation and Development Institute 

Debate

13:00–14:30 | Lunch break

14:30–15:30 | Cluster 2: Internal Market, with a focus on consumer protection

  • Enkelejd MUSABELLIU, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Head of the Negotiating Working Group for Chapter 28 – Consumer and health protection
  • Granit SOKOLAJ, Founder & Executive Director at ALERT Center (NGO)
  • Elisa TENEQEXHI, Programme Manager Food safety, Consumer Protection and Fisheries  
  • Lidija PAVIĆ-ROGOŠIĆ, EU side JCC member

Debate

15:30–16:30 | Overview of the civil society situation in Albania, including social dialogue

  • Zana VOKOPOLA - Executive Director, Institute for Urban Research - Representative of Civil Society Organisations
  • Ermelinda MAHMUTAJ - Executive Director, Center for Environmental Development, Education and Networking -Representative of Civil Society Organisations
  • Arjola ALIKA, Vice President, Union of Independent Trade Unions of Albania - Representative of the trade union organisations
  • Dirida NIKOLLAJ, Head of International Department at the Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania - Representative of the trade union organisations
  • Valerie COVIC, Attaché for Cooperation with Civil Society, Delegation of the European Union to Albania
  • Ewa KULIK-BIELIŃSKA, EESC member on new MFF and financing opportunities for CSOs (EU Agora)

Debate

16:30–17:00 | Adoption of the Joint declaration

17:00 | End of meeting