The conference will take place in conjunction with the PASOS General Assembly 2007 (a meeting of the PASOS members - 30 Members and 3 Associate Members spanning 21 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia).
The PASOS Assembly, including project development meetings, takes place on 2-3 November. For the full three-day conference, including registration form, see attachments.
* confirmed participants
Common Foreign Policy Priorities towards an Open Society - a PASOS international think-tanks' conference
Berlin, Germany
Thursday 1 November
08.15-08.45: Coffee and registration
08.45-08.55: Welcome by Vita Terauda, Chair, PASOS, and Director, Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS
08.55-09.00: Introduction by Jeff Lovitt, Executive Director, PASOS
09.00-10.30: Plenary I - The Role of the EU Presidency in Setting Strategy
(Moderator: * Jacek Kucharcyzk, Deputy Chair, PASOS, and Director of Programmes, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland)
Panellists (invited):
José Caetano de Campos Andrada da Costa Pereira, Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic (EU Presidency, July-December 2007) to the Federal Republic of Germany
* Hans Dieter Lucas, Ambassador, Special Envoy for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany (EU presidency, January-June 2007)
Pirkka Tapiola, Senior Adviser, Policy Unit (liaison for Finnish EU Presidency, July-August 2006), Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Ulrike Guerot, Head, Berlin office, European Council on Foreign Relations
* Krzysztof Bobinski, Vice-President, Union & Poland Foundation, Poland
* Ivan Krastev, Chair, Centre for Liberal Studies, Bulgaria
* Fraser Cameron, Director, EU-Russia Centre, Brussels
11.00-13.00: Plenary II - Strengthening Democracy Promotion as a Pillar of a Common EU Foreign Policy
(Moderator: * Jeff Lovitt, Executive Director, PASOS)
Panellists (invited):
* Viktar Karneyenka, Vice-President of the Movement for Freedom, Belarus
* Maria Leissner, Ambassador for Democracy, Sweden
* Markus Meckel, MP, German Bundestag
* Věra Řihačková, Research Fellow, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Czech Republic
* Roel van Meijenfeldt, Executive Director, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
* Andrei Sannikov, International Co-ordinator, Charter 97, Belarus
* Balazs Jarabík, Chief of Party, Civil Society Development Program for Belarus PACT
* Igor Blažević, Director, Human Rights and Democracy Department, People in Need Foundation, Czech Republic
* Jan Pieklo, Executive Director, Polish-Ukrainian Co-operation Foundation
Gabriele Baumann, Head of Division, Central and Eastern Europe, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany
14.15-15.45 (two parallel sessions)
Panel (1): Threats to Democracy in New and Prospective EU Member-states
(Moderator: * Aaron Presnall, Director of Studies, Jefferson Institute, Serbia)
Panellists (invited):
Borys Tarasyuk, Chairman, Political Party "People's Movement of Ukraine", Ukraine
* Jacek Kucharczyk, Deputy Chair, PASOS, and Director of Programmes, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland)
* Martin Bútora, Honorary President, Institute for Public Affairs, Slovakia
* Vita Terauda, Chair, PASOS, and Director, Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, Latvia
* Ivan Krastev, Chair, Centre for Liberal Studies, Bulgaria
Dr Franz-Lothar Altmann, Head, Balkan Research Section, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany
Panel (2): Extractive Industries Transparency and a Common EU Energy Policy: Levers towards Democratic Accountability?
(Moderator (invited): * Vanessa Herringshaw, Director, London Office, Open Society Institute Revenue Watch)
Panellists (invited):
* Grzegorz Gromadzki, Director, International Co-operation, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
* Gubad Ibadoglu Bayramov, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Azerbaijan National Council Coordinator
* Robert R. Amsterdam, Partner, Amsterdam & Peroff, international defence counsel for Mikhail Khodorkovsky
* Graham Baxter, International Business Leaders Forum
* Meruert Makhmutova, Director, Public Policy Research Centre, Kazakhstan
16.15-18.00 (two parallel sessions)
Panel (3): The European Neighbourhood Policy as a Tool (a) Towards European Integration, and (b) to Resolve "Frozen Conflicts"
(Moderated by * Kalman Mizsei, EU Special Representative for Moldova *
Panellists (invited):
(a) Pirkka Tapiola, Senior Adviser, Policy Unit, Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
* Igor Munteanu, Executive Director, Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul"
* Vugar Bayramov, Chair, Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan
* Olga Shumylo, Director, European Integration and Foreign Affairs Programme, International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine)
(b) * Hans Dieter Lucas, Ambassador, Special Envoy for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
* Ghia Nodia, Chairman, Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Georgia
* Tevan Poghosyan, Executive Director, International Centre for Human Development, Armenia
* Jörg Himmelreich, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
Panel (4): Public Policy Education and Research Workshop - Potential Partnerships between Policy Centres and Policy Schools
(Moderator (invited): * Uwe Puetter, Associate Professor, Head, Department of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary)
Panellists (invited):
Gesine Schwan, President, Europa Universität Viadriana, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Bohdan Krawchenko, Dean, University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Anke Hassel, Professor in Public Policy, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
* Volodymyr Nikitin, Director, International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine
* Giorgio Dominese, Professor of Economy and Policy of Transition, LUISS University Rome, Professor of Economics and Finance of Transition at Udine University, and Co-ordinator of CEEUN-Central Eastern European University Network
* Cholpon Nogoibaeva, PASOS Board of Directors, and Programme Director, Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan