Seminar
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Energy security is a crucial part of a country’s national security; but significantly influenced by the country’s geopolitical position. The Western Balkan countries are still vulnerable to electricity and gas cutoffs, and have many external and domestic risks to settle on the way of improving their energy security.
The conference aims to offer platform for discussing energy security from policy and geopolitical perspective relative to the Western Balkan region and to raise energy security challenges as well as the domestic readiness to address them. The idea behind this conference is to be an open forum for exchanging on the matter of energy security in the Western Balkans including the input of various stakeholders.
WEDNESDAY| 05. NOVEMBER 2014
9.30 – 10.00
ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
10.00 – 10.20
OPENING AND WELCOME SPEECHES
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Sonja ZUBER, Analytica
Representative, Ministry of Economy (tbc)
10.20 – 11.50
ROLE OF GEOPOLITICS IN ENERGY SECURITY
Moderator: Andreja BOGDANOVSKI, Analytica
Martin VLADIMIROV, Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
Noemie REBIERE, Centre de Recherche et d'Analyse Géopolitiques, French Institute of Geopolitics
Metodi HADZI JANEV, Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski”
11.50 – 12.10
COFFEE BREAK
12.10 – 13.40
DOMESTIC READINESS TO RESPOND TO ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGES
Moderator: Ana STOJILOVSKA, Analytica
Representative, Energy Regulatory Commission
Hans-Helge SANDER, German Embassy Skopje
Viktor DIMITRIEVSKI, Energy regulative department, EVN Macedonia
13.40 – 14.00
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
14.00 – 14.30
COCKTAIL
