Good Governance in the Black Sea Region

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1 Good Governance in the Black Sea Region Conference Programme Organisers: Austrian Foreign Ministry, (International Cultural Policy) and the Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions, Vienna For information contact: Dr Melanie Sully, Vice-President of the Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions, Co-Partners: City of Vienna Austrian Embassy (Kulturforum) Kiev City of Odessa Representatives of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine in Odessa Rainer Staltner, General Director, Novolog, Odessa Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture/ Kulturkontakt, Odessa Supporting Project Team: Translator German-Russian/Ukrainian, Maxim Didenko, Odessa Assistant Translator German-Russian/Ukrainian, Lilia Berlinskaya, Odessa Translator English-Russian Olga Kamenchuk, Moscow Local Co-ordinator Cvetlana Koroleva, Odessa 1

2 This conference brings together experts, academics, civil society representatives and diplomats from different countries of the European Union and the Black Sea region, including the Caucasus, to look at the state of play on democratic culture and governance in the area. Topics will be reviewed to assess the quality of governance and democracy such as media pluralism, political participation (youth, women), parliaments and government, the rule of law and predictability, checks and balances, reform of the judiciary, democratic control of the security forces and local democracy. The conference serves as a basis for a continuation of the project viz. a book and follow-up conference. At a time when the image of politics generally in many countries is not especially high, this conference seeks to open up a debate in a strategic region to help consolidate confidence and political stability, also by engaging local and regional actors in this dialogue. Friday Conference Hall, Odessa National Polytechnic University (together with the Higher Educational Institution Berezovka) Odessa National Polytechnic University 1, Ave. Shevchenko Consecutive Translation German/Ukrainian/Russian (separate translations for English/Russian) 9.00 Conference Hall Open to the Public 9.15 Gennady Oborskii, Rector of the Odessa National Polytechnic University Wolf-Dietrich Heim, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria in Ukraine (in Ukrainian) Eduard Matwejtschuk, Governor of Odesa, tbc Kostyantyn Rzhepishvskyy, Head of the Representatives of the MFA, Odesa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ambassador Martin Eichtinger, Director General for Cultural Policy, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna (in English) 9.45 Current Project: Democratic Culture in the Black Sea Region, Professor Melanie Sully Vice-President, Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions, Vienna 2

3 9.50 The Eastern Partnership and Civil Society Development in Partner Countries with respect to the Black Sea Region (eg Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine), Petr Mares, Special Envoy for Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Czech Republic, (in Russian) Good Governance in Georgia: at a turning point?, Kornely Kakachia, Associate Professor, Dept of Political Science, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, Visiting Scholar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, (in English) Good Governance in Azerbaijan: issues and challenges, Anar Valiyev, Associate Dean, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku (in English) Discussion Coffee Civil Society in Action and the work of NGOs: case study Crimea Oleg Smirnov, Director, Integration and Development Centre for Information and Research, Simferopol, Crimea (in Russian) Promoting Good Governance in Ukraine, Diana Zubko, Civil Society Impact Enhancement Programme Manager, International Renaissance Foundation (Open Society/Soros), Kiev (in Russian) Political Participation of Women in the Black Sea Region, Karin Esposito, Democratic Governance Officer, OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw, Poland (in English) Commentator: Sergii Glebov, Department of International Relations, Odessa, Mechnikov University Two Student Speakers from the Young European Club, Mechnikov University. Discussion Moderation- Kerry Skyring former ORF Austrian Radio correspondent Vienna, free lance journalist Deutsche Welle, BBC, FM4 Vienna (in English) 3

4 13.00 Buffet Lunch organised by Berezovka Academy, Director Valentina Shevchenko Civil Society and Good Governance: the Romanian Experience, Alexandru Coita, Permanent Representative of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies to the European Parliament (in English) Civil Society in the Republic of Moldova in the Context of a Fragmented Society, Michael Schieder, Head of ADA, Chisinau, Chargé d Affaires Embassy Austria (in German) The work of the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine - engagement with civil society and youth in Ukraine and Moldova, Udo Burkholder, Head of Mission, EUBAM, Odesa (in English, Russian translator provided by EUBAM.) Turkey and Good Governance: work in progress before the parliamentary elections, Basak Kale, Department of International Relations, METU University, Ankara (in English). Discussion Moderation Volodymyr Dubovyk, Associate Professor, Odessa National University, Director Centre for International Studies In the intervals there will be Side Events outside conference hall eg: Cultural Cooperation with Odessa and Sochi; Preserving heritage as a Civil Society Project, Leonid Roukmann, President Odessa World Club, Greek Cultural Foundation The Bulgarian Diaspora Save the Black Sea and Ecology Alliance Française Bayrisches Haus, Odessa plus Ukrainian Musicians and Singers BREAK event continues at new venue! 4

5 Venue: I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, 2 Dvoryanskaya Str Book Presentation Anchors of Democracy: the Black Sea and Press Conference Friday, 27 th May, Rector, Odessa National University, Prof Igor Koval, Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations Eduard Matwejtschuk, Governor of Odessa, tbc Editor Anchors of Democracy: the Black Sea (Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna) Vice President of the Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions, Vienna, Dr Melanie Sully. Representatives of the Foreign Ministries of Austria and Ukraine incl. Ambassador Dr Martin Eichtinger, Director General for Cultural Policy, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Dr Olga Kamenchuk, Professor Applied Sociological Analysis and Sociology of Mass Communication, MGIMO State University of International Relations, Moscow, Director of International and Public Affairs, VCIOM-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre Moscow and Graduate of the Diplomatic Academy Vienna. Emmanuel Dupuy, Ministry of Defence, Paris 5

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