Preliminary agenda

NEW ENERGY ROUTES IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE
AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION

- inter-sectoral conference -
Opatija, Croatia, 30 May – 1 June 2008
(Hotel Adriatic)

Tentative agenda

Friday, 30. May

17,30 Registration of participants
18,00 – 18,40 Opening of the conference:

Organizers (Human Rights Center, Heinrich Boll foundation Office in Zagreb and Eko Kvarner)
Representative of the Primorsko goranska county – tbc
Representative of the Government of the Republic of Croatia – tbc
Representative of the Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia – tbc

18,40 – 18,50Presentation of the Sisak Declaration and the South East European Pipeline NGO Network (SEEPNN) – Adelita Selmić, Sisak Eco Action
18,50 – 19,10Key Note speech by international expert:
Energy, Environment and Human Rights Protection
19,10 – 19,45Discussion
19,45Dinner
21,00 Reception at Villa Angelina – welcome drink with Opatija mayor, Mr. Amir Muzur

Saturday, 31 May

Plenary Session: Energy Strategy and Human Rights in South East Europe
Moderator: Tin Gazivoda, Director of the Human Rights Center

08,30 – 9,15 "Croatia as the Crossroads of Energy Routes" – Mr. sc. Krešimir Cerovac, Head of Departmnet for Energy Systems and Restructuration, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia
Ante Markov (JANAF)
representative from the civil society - tbc
9,15 – 10,00Discussion
10,00 – 10,30Coffee break with snacks

Thematic Session: Oil Projects
Moderator:

10,30 – 11,15 Presentation and mapping out of oil projects:
Vladimir Vranković (JANAF), PEOP - tbc
AMBO Consortium, AMBO - tbc
Transneft, Burgas-Alexandroupolis - tbc
11,15 – 12,00Discussion

Thematic session: Gas projects
Moderator:

12,00 – 12,45Presentation and mapping out of gas projects:
"Adria LNG Project" Dr. Michael Mertl, Director of the ADRIA LNG d.o.o.
"Ionian Adriatic Gas Pipeline" Plinacro – tbc.
"Gas Project NABUCCO" Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH - tbc
12,45 – 13,15Discussion
13,15 – 14,00Lunch
14,00 – 15,30Break

Workshop Session:

15,00 – 16,15

Parallel workshops

Workshop I: Human Rights Standards in the field of environmental protection
Guest speaker: Yves Lador (Switzerland, Expert in Environmental law) - tbc
Moderator: Maja Hasanbašić - tbc
Rapporteur:

Workshop II: Assessment of the projects from the perspective of the EU/Russia/USA energy policies and energy policies of the countries in the region. Climate change aspects
Guest speaker: Clement Therme (French Institute of Foreign Relations)
Moderator:
Rapporteur: Tonči Tadić - tbc

16,15 – 16,45Coffee break
16,45 – 18,00

Parallel workshops:

Workshop III: Analysis of the energy projects from the perspective of specific geographic position
Guest speaker:
Moderator: Vjeran Piršić - tbc
Rapporteur:

Workshop IV: Alternative sources of energy and future perspectives.
Guest speakers: Igor Raguzin, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia
Moderator: Vladimir Lay - tbc
Rapporteur:

Reports from the workshops by rapporteurs:

18,30 – 19,10Report from the Workshop I (10 minutes)
Report from the Workshop II (20 minutes)
Report form the Workshop III (20 minutes)
Report form the Workshop IV (20 minutes)
19,30 Dinner

Sunday, 1 June

Plenary Session: Concluding remarks
Moderator: Srđan Dvornik

9,30 – 11,30Conclusions, recommendations and proposals from the conference
11,30 – 12,00Coffee break
12,00 Lunch
(12,00 – 13,00Press conference of the organizers)
15,00 – 17,00 Boat trip.
17,30Departure

Expert Council of the conference:
Velimir Pravdić, Member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts Vladimir Lay, Honorary Member of Zelena akcija, Croatia Mirjana Matešić, Director of the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development Krešimir Cerovac, Head of the Departmnet for Energy Systems and Restructuration, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia.

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