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| First workshop: |
The architecture of cooperation: shaping
a common vision and setting a common agenda for the Black
Sea region |
| Questions: |
Why do we need improved cooperation?
What are the critical gaps in regional cooperation?
How can we fill these gaps?
• How to make best use
of existing initiatives?
• What new initiatives are
needed?
What are the main constraints to filling these gaps and how
can they be overcome? |
| Speakers: |
Janos HERMAN, principal adviser, European Commission;
Altai EFENDIEV, Deputy Secretary General, BSEC;
Bruce JACKSON, director, Project on Transitional Democracies
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| Location: |
I.C. Brătianu Hall, Palace of Parliament |
| Second Workshop: |
Good governance – strategic investments in a better
common future |
| Questions: |
What are the markers of good governance and of progress
towards good government?
What are the threats to good governance in the region?
How do we overcome the main threats to good governance?
• At national level (governmental institutions, political
culture, civil society)
• At regional level (peer-to-peer
reviews)
• At international level (carrots and sticks)
What are some concrete initiatives to tackle one or two main
obstacles to good governance? |
| Speakers: |
Peter SEMNEBY, EU Special Representative for South Caucasus
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Oazu NANTOI, Public Policy Institute - R. Moldova
Phil HENDERSON, Vice-President of the German Marshall Fund
of the US ,
Aleksandr I. NIKITIN, Director of the Centre for Political
Research, Moscow State Institute for International Relations
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| Location: |
Nicolae Balcescu Hall, Palace of Parliament |
| Third workshop: |
Sustainable development – energy, trade
and environment |
| Questions: |
What are the main challenges to sustainable development
in the region?
• Trade enhancement
• Energy
security
• Environment protection
How do we overcome these challenges and create opportunities?
• National level
• Regional level
• International level
• Private sector
What are some potential comparative advantages of the region
that can be exploited? |
| Speakers: |
Federico BONAGLIA, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre,
Volodymyr LUCHNIKOV, director UKRENERGO,
Vladimir SOCOR, Senior Fellow Jamestown Foundation,
Representative of the government of Azerbaijan |
| Location: |
Drepturile Omului (Human Rights) Hall, Palace of
Parliament |
| Fourth workshop: |
Crisis management: prevention, response,
readiness and recovery |
| Questions: |
What are the main crises that could affect the region?
• Terrorism
• Natural disasters
• Health
pandemics
What are the key organisational capabilities for crisis management?
• National level
• Regional level
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International level
What needs to be built to improve readiness in the region?
• Organisational capabilities
• Internal and
external resources |
| Speakers: |
Sergiu MEDAR, presidential adviser for national security,
Romania,
Alexander RUSETSKY, Executive director South Caucasus Institute
for regional security,
Velizar SHALAMANOV, George C. Marshall – Bulgaria |
| Location: |
Nicolae Iorga Hall, Palace of Parliament |
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