1500-1515

1

CONFERENCE OPENING
Aims and methods

Chris LANGDON
Associate Director, Wilton Park

1515-1645

2

STATE OF SOUTH EAST EUROPE - OVERVIEW

Gerald KNAUS
Director, ESI Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit, Pristina and Berlin

Alex RONDOS
Director General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Adviser to the Greek Foreign Minister, Athens

1715-1845

3

ROAD TO NOWHERE? A DECADE OF ECONOMIC CHANGE IN SE EUROPE AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

Michael PALAIRET
Reader in Economic History, University of Edinburgh

Vladimir GLIGOROV
Senior Researcher, WIIW (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies), Vienna

1900

CONFERENCE RECEPTION

1930

DINNER

0915-0930

0930-1100

4

OVERVIEW

THE USES OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

Andrew BEARPARK
Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary General, UNMIK, Pristina

1130-1300

5

EU POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH EAST EUROPE: 2004 AND BEYOND

Reinhard PRIEBE
Director, W Balkans DG Relex, European Commission, Brussels

Spyros ECONOMIDES
London School of Economics and International Institute for Strategic Studies, London

Alex RONDOS  (Chair)

1430-1615

6

THE WESTERN BALKANS AND THE EVOLVING EU FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Stefan LEHNE
Director, Directorate General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the EU, Brussels

Carl BILDT
Former Swedish Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for the Balkans.

1630-1800

7

PARALLEL DISCUSSION GROUPS 1

INTERNATIONAL POLICY: APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED

• BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

  Edward LLEWELLYN
  Head of Political Department, Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo.

  Chair: Marcus COX
  General Editor, ESI, Sarajevo

• KOSOVO

  Roy DICKINSON
  European Union Pillar of UNMIK in Pristina
  European Commission Brussels

  Chair: Verena KNAUS
  Analyst, Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit, EU Pillar, UNMIK, Kosovo

1830-2000

8

 PARALLEL DISCUSSION GROUPS 2

 INTERNATIONAL POLICY: APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED

• FRY MACEDONIA

  Helene HOLM PEDERSEN
  Former Chef de Cabinet, EU Special Envoy Skopje. Council of the EU

  Chair: Kristof BENDER
  Senior Analyst, ESI, Skopje

• SERBIA

  Ivan VEJVODA
  Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Serbia.

  Frances ABOUZEID
  Public Information Specialist, USAID/Office of Transition, Belgrade

2030

DINNER

0900-0930

0930-1115

9

OVERVIEW & DISCUSSION GROUP REPORT BACK

LESSONS FROM ASSISTANCE –BUILDING DEMOCRACIES, BUILDING MARKETS

Tom CAROTHERS
Senior Associate and Director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC

David ELLERMAN
Economic Adviser to the Chief Economist, World Bank, Washington DC

Ivan KRASTEV (Chair)
Chairman of the Board and Research Director at the Centre for Liberal Stategies, Sofia

1145-1315

10

ASSISTANCE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

LESSONS FROM EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES  (Greece, UK)

Ilias PLASKOVITIS
Secretary-General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens

Mike TODD
Director of Communications, MarketingManchester and former EU Spokesperson, Pristina

1530-1600

11

SOUTH EAST EUROPE: TAKING POLICY FORWARD –NEXT KEY STEPS

Kim TRAAVIK
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo

1600-1730

12

PANEL DISCUSSION:

HOW CAN WE BUILD A CONSENSUS FOR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN SEE: "BALKANS 2004"?

Ivan KRASTEV
Chairman of the Board and Research Director at the Centre for Liberal Stategies, Sofia

Judy DEMPSEY
Diplomatic Correspondent, Financial Times, Brussels

Minna JÄRVENPÄÄ
Adviser to Michael Steiner, UNMIK, Pristina

Misha GLENNY (chair)
Director SEE Change, Brighton

1800-1900

13

PANEL DISCUSSION:

POLICY CONCLUSIONS

Co-Chairs
Gerald KNAUS
Director ESI and LLA, Berlin & Pristina

Chris LANGDON
Associate Director, Wilton Park

2000

CONFERENCE DINNER

0900

Participants Depart