PUBLIC POLICY TRAINING SUMMER ACADEMY , 7 – 11 JULY 2019, HOTEL LUCKY BANSKO

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                                            P R O G R A M

7 JULY – Arriving and Accommodation of the Participants

20. 00 h. – Informal Dinner

8 JULY

9.00 h. – Registration of the Participants

9.30 h. – Opening Session

             – Dr. Zdravko Popov, President of the Public Policy Institute

             – Prof. Dr. Bogdan Mirtchev, Hanns Seidel Stiftung

9.50 h. – Prof. Dr. Dencho Georgiev, VUB, Centre for Economic Law and Governance, Brussels – “Institutions and Law Making in the European Union” – lecture and discussion;

11.00 h. – Coffee Break

11.20 h. – Dr. Gergana Radoikova, Political Sciences Department, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”– “The EU and Its Citizens – Lost in Translation?” – lecture and discussion;

12.30 h.– Prof. Dr. Bogdan Mirtchev, German Studies Department, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – “The Regional Dimension of a United Europe” – lecture and discussion;

13.30 – 14.30 h. – LUNCH

14.30 h.– Ambassador Dr. Lyubomir Kyuchukov, Director of the Economics and International Relations Institute – “European Parliament Elections and the Western Balkans” – lecture and discussion;

15.40 h. – Coffee Break

16.00 h. – Ambassador Ivan Petkov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – “The Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) under the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Office” – lecture and discussion;

17. 15 h. – Asen Charliyski, Public Policy Institute – Energy Efficiency – Priority for the EU and Bulgaria” – lecture and discussion

20.00 h. – DINNER

9 July

9.00 h. – Dr. Tony Dimov, Chairman of the Center for Regulatory Impact Assessment – “Regulatory Reform – the “Do Nothing” Option for Bulgaria” – lecture and discussion;

10.10 h. – Ass. Prof. Dr. Iva Pushkarova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”/Ministry of Interior Academy – Organized-Crime Risks and Challenges Faced by State Administration”- lecture and discussion;

11.15 h.  – Coffee Break

11.30 h. – – Dr. Mariana Todorova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences/Public Policy Institute – “Artificial Intelligence Implications in Education, Labor, Government and Public Sectors” – lecture and discussion;

12.35 h. – Pavel Ivanov, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Administration – “In the Maelstrom of State Regulations: How Behavioral Insights Can Help Creating Better Policies and Business-Friendly-Environment” – lecture and discussion;

13. 45 – 14.45 – LUNCH

15. 00 h.  –– Prof. Dr. Ivanka Mavrodieva, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”/Executive Board Member of the Rhetoric Society of Europe – “Political Communication in 21st Century: Traditional and New Genres, Arguments and Techniques” – lecture

16.30 – Coffee Break

16.50 – Prof. Dr. Ivanka Mavrodieva, – Simulation Game with the Participants;

20.00 h. – DINNER

10 July

9.00 h. – Hristo Kutiev, Institute for the State and Law, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences/Public Policy Institute – “Internal Security System and Justice in the EU” – lecture and discussion;

10.15 h. – Jordan Bojilov, Chairman of the Sofia Security Forum – “Risks and Challenges to the Security on the Balkans” – lecture and discussion;

11.30 h. Coffee Break

11. 45 h. Velko Ivanov, Secretary General of European Movement in Bulgaria – “Improving the European Communication in the Enlargement Process” – lecture and discussion;

12.45 h. – Rumiana Decheva, Public Policy Institute – “The Balkans: Troublesome Grounds or an Area where Co-produced Policies and Acts Move Mountains?” – lecture and discussion;

13. 45 h. – Concluding Remarks

14.00 h. – LUNCH

15.30 – 18. 30 – CULTURAL PROGRAM

20.00 – OFFICIAL DINNER

11 JULY – Departure of the participants.

PARTICIPANTS

  1. Ivana Boskovic (Montenegro)
  2. Goran Vojinovic (Montenegro)
  3. Lazar Otasevic (Montenegro)
  4. Igor Rocen (Montenegro)
  5. Darja Tanevski (Montenegro)
  6. Dragana Glavas (Bosna I Herzegovina)
  7. Bojan Golic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
  8. Vildan Hadzihasanovic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
  9. Merima Mujanovic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
  10. Ilir Bytyqi (Kosovo)
  11. Jeton Pireva (Kosovo)
  12. Kenan Islami (Kosovo)
  13. Xhevat Podvorica (Kosovo)
  14. Jeton Maliqi (Kosovo)
  15. Danica Nasova-Ivanova (North Macedonia)
  16. Juliana Karai (North Macedonia)
  17. Ermira Sulejmani (North Macedonia)
  18. Juvena Puka (Albania)
  19. Manjola Fagu (Albania)
  20. Agron Koka (Albania)
  21. Dobromir Penchev (Bulgaria)
  22. Hristo Simeonov (Bulgaria)