Summer Seminar 2011

Official opening of the Twelfth Summer Seminar for Young Public Servants from Southeastern Europe and the Black Sea Region - Welcoming Addresses of Angel Cholakov, Dr. Ivanka Petkova, Dr. Klaus Fiesinger, and Yasen Georgiev

"The Experience of Bulgaria after the EU Membership" - Dr. Kaloyan Simeonov, State Expert, EU Affairs Coordination Directorate, Council of Ministers of Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia. On this picture Monika Panayotova, Yasen Georgiev (Chair) and Dr. Kaloyan Simeonov

Monika Panayotova (Member of the 41st National Assembly, Chairperson of the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds) and her experience on "The EU Funds – a Challenge or/and an Opportunity for the New EU Member States?". On this picture Dr. Kaloyan Simeonov, Yasen Georgiev (Chair) and Monika Panayotova.

"The EU Membership - the Case of Romania" - Laurentiu-Liviu Flueraru, Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Bucharest

Working Groups Discussions: "EU Integration and Transformation"

Erand Ibrahimi presents the results from the working group discussions on the topic "The Process of EU Integration – the Potential Candidate Countries"

Jola Himci presents the results from the working group discussions on the topic "The Process of EU Integration – Challenges to the Candidate Countries"

Honorary Morning Speech of Dr. Klaus Fiesinger "The Engagement of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in the Sector of Justice and Home Affairs in South Eastern Europe". On this picture Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Stratenschulte, Dr. Klaus Fiesinger and Desislava Petrova (Chair)

"Future Challenges to the EU Integration Process" - Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Stratenschulte

"Challenges and Opportunities to the Eurozone" - Dr. Ivanka Petkova, Chairperson, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia

"Economic Perspectives of the SEE and Black Sea region" - Jens Bastian, Alpha Bank Fellow for Southeast Europe, St. Antony's College, Oxford

Discussion in Working Groups on the topic "Economic Challenges to the SEE and Black Sea region"

"The Use of Competencies in Job Design and Recruitment of Civil Servants in the Western Balkan States" - Panos Liverakos, RCPAR Team Leader, Democratic Governance Practice, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre. On this picture Nadya Yorgova (moderator) and Panos Liverakos

"Relations between the EU and China" - Prof. András Inotai, Director General, Institute for World Economics, Budapest; President, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia. On this picture Prof. András Inotai, Desislava Petrova (moderator) and Cornelius Ochmann

World Cafe – Strategy "Europe 2020" – Priorities And Prospects Towards the Future of the European Union moderated by Vanya Ivanova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia

"Achievements of the Hungarian EU Presidency" - H. E. Judit Láng, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hungary in Bulgaria, Sofia. On this picture Yasen Georgiev (Chair), H. E. Judit Láng and H.E. Gerhard Reiweger.

"Public Diplomacy" - H.E. Gerhard Reiweger, Ambassador of Austria to Bulgaria, Sofia

Presentation of the results on salient points discussed in the working groups. On this picture Jola Himci (Albania), Zaur Shiriyev (Azerbaijan) and Ana Puh (Croatia)

Presentation of the results on salient points discussed in the working groups. On this picture Oksana Diakun (Ukraine), Sava-Constantin Diamandi (Romania), Elif Kurşunlu (Turkey), Laurentiu-Liviu Flueraru (Romania) and Daniel Hinšt (Croatia)