The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) in cooperation with the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) and the Representation of the European Commission in Hungary have the pleasure of inviting you to the conference entitled
How long can enthusiasm towards the EU be sustained?
The Future of the EU-Western Balkans Relations
to be held on
6 November 2018 (Tuesday) at 10 a.m.
at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
13-15. Bérc Street, Budapest 1016
The event is public but registration is required.
Please register until noon on 5 November 2018
The discussion will be held in English.
Please note that any audiovisual recording of the event can only be made upon the prior express, written approval of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Agenda
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Opening remarks
Márton UGRÓSDY
Director of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
10.10 Welcome speech
Richárd HÖRCSIK
Committee for European Affairs, National Assembly, Hungary
10.30 Does deepening integration contradict enlargement?
H.E. Ms. Elisabeth ELLISON-KRAMER
Ambassador of Austria, representing the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Péter SZTÁRAY
State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Clive RUMBOLD
Acting Head, Western Balkans Division, European External Action Service
Moderator
Márton UGRÓSDY
Director of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
12.00 Buffet lunch
13.15 Can the EU integration process succeed without political leadership?
Lívia JÁRÓKA (Videotaped message)
Vice-President, European Parliament
Srđan MAJSTOROVIĆ
Chairman of Governing Board, European Policy Centre, Serbia
Kalinka GABER
State Secretary at the Secretariat for European Affairs, Cabinet of the Prime Minister, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Moderator
Anna OROSZ
Research Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Will the Western Balkans ever catch up? – Evaluation of the economic transformation strategy in the Western Balkans
Ana-Maria BOROMISA
Head of Department for International Economic and Political Relations, Institute for Development and International Relations, Croatia
Enio CIVICI
Director, Economic TV SCAN, Albania
Belma ČOLAKOVIĆ
Chief Economist, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moderator
Péter GORECZKY
Senior Analyst, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary