Programme

The morning session is open to the public and media

09:00–09:30 | Connection test with remote participants

09:30–10:30 | Inaugural session

Opening remarks

  • Tasos YIAPANIS and Boško SAVKOVIĆ, co chairs of the EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee

Welcome remarks

  • Oliver RÖPKE, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Laurentiu PLOSCEANU, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

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

  • Danijel APOSTOLOVIĆ, Head of Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU
  • Gordan BOSANAC, Member of the European Parliament
  • Jiri PLECITY, Head of Unit Serbia, Kosovo* DG ENEST, European Commission

Discussion

 

10:30-11:00 | Coffee break

 

11:00-11:40 | Understanding protests in Serbia and their impact on Civil Society Organizations

  • Igor BANDOVIĆ, Director, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
  • Maja STOJANOVIĆ, Citizens Initiatives 

11:40-12:30 | Preparations for EXPO 2027

  • Miloš Đorđević, Transparency Serbia 
  • Vladimir JOVANOVIC, spokesman of the Union of Serbian Engineers

Discussion

12:30-13:00 | Overview of the rule of law situation in Serbia

  • Boško SAVKOVIĆ, Serbian Member of the EU-Serbia JCC from Group I
  • Duško VUKOVIĆ, Serbian Member of the EU-Serbia JCC from Group II
  • Jovana SPREMO, Serbian Alternate Member of the EU-Serbia JCC from Group III

13:00–14:30 | Lunch break

The afternoon session is reserved for JCC members only

14:30–17:00 | Adoption of the Joint Declaration

17:00 | End of meeting

 

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence