Sicherheitspolitisches Forum: Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen der Ostsee- und der Schwarzmeerregion

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Programm

Day 1, 10th September

18:00

High-level opening session

UKRAINE’S ROLE IN BALTIC AND BLACK SEA REGIONS

Welcome address and chairing of the opening

• Krista Kiuru,Finnish MP and STETE’s chair

• Ilkka Kanerva,Finnish MP, Chair of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assem

• Ihor Dolhov,Head of foreign policy department in presential administration of Ukraine

• Besik Tserediani,Deputy Minister on Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia

• Witold Sobków,Ambassador,Acting Political Director, MFA of Poland

• Rolf Ekéus,Former High Commissioner on National Minorities at the OSCE, Sweden

• General Dr. Klaus Olshausen,Former military representative of Germany in NATO

Day 2, 11th of September

9:00

PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE’S EU MEMBERSHIP AND CURRENT EU NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY RELATIONS

Chair

• Nico Lange,Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,Kiev

Speakers

• Witold Sobków,Ambassador, Acting Political Director, MFA of Poland

• Oleksandr Potiekhin,Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine

• Ilkka Kanerva,Finnish MP, Chair of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

10:00

MODELS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION IN BALTIC SEA REGION

Chair

• Heikki Järvenpää,The Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE)

Speakers

Northern Dimension

• Hanna Lehtinen,Head of the Unit for the Northern Dimension, MFA of Finland

Eastern Dimension

• Johan Frisell,Director and Head of Eastern Europe Division, MFA of Sweden

Baltic Sea Region cooperation – where to go after almost 20 years of cooperation

• Barbro Widing,Council of Baltic Sea States, WGEC

Border cooperation with Russia – experiences from Finland

• Antti Hartikainen,The Finnish Border Guard

11:15

REGIONAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

Chair

• Nico Lange,Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung

Speakers

EU Black Sea synergy

• Traian Laurentiu Hristea,Ambassador of Romania to Ukraine

Impacts of Georgian situation to Ukraine and neighbourhood

• Oleg Rybachuk,Former Head of Presidential Secretariat, Ukraine

Overview of the situation in Georgia

• Ghia Khasia,Director of Independent Radio “Atiati”, Georgia

Overview of the situation in Transnistria

• Sergio Burka,Moldova

14:00

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY AND PROTECTION – COMMON OBJECTIVES FOR NORTH AND SOUTH

Chair

• Krista Kiuru,Finnish MP and STETE’s chair

Speakers

Concrete project: Environmental Partnership (NDEP)

• Martti Poutanen,Ministry of the Environment of Finland

Ukraine’s environmental situation from NGO perspective

• Serhiy Kurykin,Head of the Public Council within the Nuclear Regulation Committee of Ukraine

• Anna Golubovska-Onisimova,President of Mama-86

Moldovan- Ukrainian cooperation on the Dniester river basin

• Tamara Kutonova,The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine

15:30

Parallel working groups

I PROSPECTIVE NATO MEMBERSHIP

Chair

• Svyatoslav Pavlyuk,Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI)

Speakers

Regional consequences of Ukraine’s NATO membership

• Jakub Godzimirski,The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

• Michael Gorny,St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies, “Strategy”

• Klaus Olshausen,General Dr., Germany

II ENERGY SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF BALTIC & BLACK SEA COOPERATION

Chair

• Krzysztof Bobinski,Unia & Polska, PAUCI

Speakers

Caucasian pipelines and trans-border high politics

• Mikko Palonkorpi,Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki

Energy efficiency on the local level in Ukraine

• Anatoliy Kopets,Executive Director of Association “Energy efficient cities of Ukraine”

III EUROPE AND BLACK SEA REGION: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HUMAN DIMENSION

Chairs

• Rolf Ekéus,Swedish diplomat,former High Commissioner on National Minorities (OSCE)

Speakers

Rule of law and strategies against corruption

• Åke Peterson,Head of Office of Council of Europe

Visa issue – crusial challenge in EU-Ukraine relations

• Grzegorz Gromadzki,Batory Foundation, Warsaw

• Jeffrey Labovitz,Chief of Mission,IOM Ukraine

Humanitarian situation in Georgia

• Julia Kharashvili,Ministry of Emergencies of Georgia

17:00

FROZEN CONFLICTS IN UKRAINE’S NEIGHBOURHOOD

Chair

• Jan Pieklo,PAUCI

Speakers

Different models for conflict resolution (focus on Transdnestria, South Ossetia)

• Janne Taalas,Councellor, Deputy Head of the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force

• Andrew Filmer,Deputy Head of Operations of the Mission,EUBAM

• Rolf Ekéus,Former High Commissioner on National Minorities at the OSCE,Sweden

Crimea as the emerging hot spot: The Sevastopol / Black Sea fleet question

• Rainer Lindner,German Institute for Internatio

18:15

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

Rapporteurs of the working groups

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• Gunnar Lassinantti,The Olof Palme International Center, OSSE-nätverket