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1 Day 1, Thursday 21 October Opening remarks Black Sea NGO Forum rd edition Investing in Our Common Future October 2010 Hotel Malibu, Bvd. Mamaia 316 Mamaia, Constanta AGENDA State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Niculae Idu, Head of Representation, Representation of the European Commission in Romania Alina Inayeh, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation Press conference Coffee break Review of major political and economic developments in the region (economy, politics, EU policies) Moderator: Alina Inayeh, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation Iulian Fota, Councilor, Romanian Presidency Tedo Japaridze, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) Jana Kobzova, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Ognyan D. Minchev, Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) Country developments (I) including state of civil society, main issues on the public agenda, economic reforms, policies to mitigate crisis Moderator: Sorin Mereacre, East European Foundation (Republic of Moldova) (tbc) Armenia Boris Navasardian, Yerevan Pres Club Azerbaijan Mehriban Rahimli, Open Society Foundation Georgia Arnold Stepanian, Public Movement " Multinational Georgia" Lunch

2 Country developments (II) including state of civil society, main issues on the public agenda, economic reforms, policies to mitigate crisis Moderator: Joanna Rohozinska, National Endowment for Democracy Belarus - Usevalad Rahojsha, New Eurasia Establishment R. Moldova Angela Vacaru, Academy for Educational Development Russia - Lilia Shibanova, GOLOS Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Open Ukraine Foundation (tbc) Country developments (III) including state of civil society, main issues on the public agenda, economic reforms, policies to mitigate crisis Moderator: Ozgur Ünlühisarcıklı, German Marshal Fund of the US (Turkey) Turkey Zeynep Meydanoglu, TUSEV Romania Ancuta Vamesu, FDSC Bulgaria Ralitsa Velichkova, BCNL Coffee break NGO Fair Around the Black Sea - a multimedia project, in which two Romanian journalist discover stories, portraits and images in the middle of local communities. The journalists have crossed Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine and Moldova to illustrate the differences and similarities between the communities around the Black Sea, as they fail to appear in daily press Welcome Dinner

3 Day 2, Friday 22 October Thematic panels (I) Coffee Break Thematic panels (II) Democracy and Citizen Participation [open Moderator: Barbara Eros (DemNet Hungary) How does the level of civic participation affect the quality of governance and democracy in the region? What effective solutions did work to increase citizen participation at local and/or national level? What should governments and international community do to increase citizen participation at local and/or national level? Does civic participation help decrease corruption? Does monitoring public spending work? Sustainable Economic Development [open Moderator: Vesna Ciprus, UNDP Bratislava Angela Achitei, Alaturi de Voi (Romania) Despina Pascal, Romania Youth Policies [open Moderator: Natalia Cojohari/Alexandru Coica/Eduard Mihalas (CNTM Moldova) Can effective local governance really contribute to poverty alleviation? - good practices - case studies of NGO work - How effective is civil society networking for sustainable economic development in the region? (including think tanks, business associations, foreign investors etc.) What is the impact of NGOs (think tanks, business associations) on economic good governance and transparency? What is the expected impact of free trade agreements with the EU for the economies in the region? Are public-private partnerships (PPPs) a solution or a risk? To what extent NGOs and business associations can work together to promote CSR in the region? Do the countries in the Black Sea region invest in their youth? How effective are youth policies in the region? What is the situation of youth organizations in the region? How much youth mobility is there in the region? How strong is the EU and international support for youth policies in the Black Sea region?

4 Bridging Divided What does true reconciliation entail? How can it be achieved and Communities [open what is the role of civil society? How can its achievement be assessed? Roxana Cristescu (CMI What are the most effective ways to build confidence within Finland) divided communities? What are the limits that (high) politics draw among divided societies and how can civil society mitigate them? Environment & Climate Change [open Moderator: Rubel Oleg (Black Sea Branch of Ukrainian Environmental. Academy of Science Ukraine) How relevant are the international mechanisms for the protection of minority rights to the reconciliation processes in the region? What are the environmental priorities for the Black Sea region at present? What resources do exist to implement the Black Sea environmental agenda? What is the impact of climate change in the region and how should it be mitigated? Lunch Donors and international actors' perspectives on civil society developments in the region Moderator: Mariano de Donatis, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation Sorina Canea, Black Sea Joint Operational Programme (tbc) Mark Cunningham, Black Sea Trust Joanna Rohozinska, National Endowmnent for Democracy Norma Nitescu, MATRA Program Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands USAID (tbd) Coffee break Partnership meetings / Study visit to local NGOs / Free time Dinner

5 Day 3, Saturday 23 October Cross-sector panels: Capacity building for NGOs [workshop] Ken Phillips, (Organization Futures LLC USA) Organizational development / Human resources Challenges for the independence of the civil society [open Moderator: Cosmin Barzan, Centrul de resurse civice (Romania) Relations with donors and public authorities Networking and solidarity among NGOs in the region [workshop] Andra Tanase (TRIALOG Austria) Networks / coalitions /platforms New Media / PR & Comunication. Public campaigns [workshop] Bobby Voicu / Alina Simpetru (Romania) New Media / PR & Comunication / Public campaigns Coffee break Black Sea NGO Award Ceremony Reports from the panels Conclusions and recommendations Lunch Departures Dinner for the remaining participants

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