Kosovo Compromise hosts Balkans panel at "Davos of Eastern Europe"
The Kosovo Compromise project is hosting the panel called "The Balkan Puzzle: Striking a Balance", organized on September 11 at the 19th Economic Forum in Krynica Zdroj, Poland.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, September 07, 2009
The Economic Forum in Krynica is one of the most significant international events in Europe, dubbed the "Davos of Eastern Europe".
It has been held annually since 1991 by the Warsaw-based Institute for Eastern Studies in the picturesque mountain resort of Krynica in southern Poland.
Every year, the Forum brings together high-level participants from more than 60 countries, with the aim of developing dialogue and cooperation among EU countries, their neighbours and partners.
The Forum agenda includes more than 100 discussion panels that come under 10 thematic tracks including business and investment, European economic policy, energy, geopolitics, international security, the EU & its neighborhood, and other similar debates.
The 19th Economic Forum will be opened with the opening plenary sessions entitled: European Solidarity - 20 Years After. with the participation of the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The panel moderated by the Kosovo Compromise project will be held on September 11.
SEPTEMBER 11
10:55-12:05
Partner: Kosovo Compromise Project
The Balkan Puzzle : Striking a Balance
The Balkans 2009: Kosovo's status remains in limbo; Croatia's and Macedonia's EU integrations face neighbours' hurdles; Bosnia's internal divisions undermine its future. Is there an end in sight to the Balkans' ethnic and territorial disputes? What is the key EU message being sent and heard in the Balkans this year: visa liberalization or enlargement fatigue? What is stalling the Balkans' economy - the world economic crisis or internal corruption and lack of reforms? Are South Stream and Nabucco complementary or competing in the region? What are the missing puzzles in the Balkan's quest for peace and stability?
Moderator:
Aleksandar Mitic, Director, Kosovo Compromise Project
Speakers:
Olga Algayerova, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
Hido Biscevic, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Davor Bozinovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Croatia
Commentator:
Neil Barnett, Independent Journalist & Writer, -, United Kingdom
Dusan Prorokovic, Executive Board Vice-President, Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbia
