Organizers:

Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
Foreign Policy Association of Moldova
Friedrich Ebert Foundation Regional Office “Dialogue Eastern Europe”

 

Event venue: Hotel Codru, str. 31 August 1989, 127

Working language: Romanian/English

 Agenda

17th of May, 2017

 

09:00 – 09:30Registration of participants (Welcome coffee)

 

09:30 – 09:40Opening and welcome remarks

 

Andrei Popov, Deputy Chairman of the APE Administration Council, Foreign Policy Association of Moldova

Marcel Röthig, Director of the Regional Office “Dialogue Eastern Europe” at Friedrich Ebert- Stiftung , Ukraine

Sergiy Gerasymchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian Prism

 

9:40 – 11:00Panel I:  “Defining security options for Moldova in a new regional security environment”

 

Moderator:

Victoria Bucataru, Executive Director, Foreign Policy Association of Moldova

 

Speakers:

Robertas Sapronas EU High-Level Advisor on Security Sector Reform, Moldova

Viorel CIBOTARU, Executive Director, European Institute for Political Studies in Moldova; Ex-Minister of Defense of the Republic of Moldova

Ion TABIRTA, Analyst, Institute for Development and Social Initiative, (IDIS Viitorul), Moldova

Danu MARIN, Researcher, Foreign Policy Association of Moldova

 

Commentator: Dr. Alla Rosca, Research Associate, Edgewater Research, New Orleans, USA

 

11:00-11:15Coffee-break

 

11:15-12:45Panel ІI: “Building up a common security approach in the EaP area: common challenges and cooperation opportunities”

 

Moderator:

Marcel Röthig, Director of the Regional Office “Dialogue Eastern Europe” at Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung

 

Speakers:

Sergiy Gerasymchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian Prism, Ukraine

Arseni Sivitski, Director, Center for Strategic and Geopolitical Studies, Belarus

Lasha Tughushi, head, Fund “Liberal Academy Tbilisi” Georgia

Richard GiragosIan, Director, Regional Studies Center Armenia

 

Commentator: Dr. Alla Rosca, Research Associate, Edgewater Research, New Orleans, USA

 

12:45-13:00Conclusion