PUBLIC POLICY TRAINING SUMMER ACADEMY , 7 – 11 JULY 2019, HOTEL LUCKY BANSKO
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
- Ivana Boskovic (Montenegro)
- Goran Vojinovic (Montenegro)
- Lazar Otasevic (Montenegro)
- Igor Rocen (Montenegro)
- Darja Tanevski (Montenegro)
- Dragana Glavas (Bosna I Herzegovina)
- Bojan Golic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
- Vildan Hadzihasanovic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
- Merima Mujanovic (Bosna I Herzegovina)
- Ilir Bytyqi (Kosovo)
- Jeton Pireva (Kosovo)
- Kenan Islami (Kosovo)
- Xhevat Podvorica (Kosovo)
- Jeton Maliqi (Kosovo)
- Danica Nasova-Ivanova (North Macedonia)
- Juliana Karai (North Macedonia)
- Ermira Sulejmani (North Macedonia)
- Juvena Puka (Albania)
- Manjola Fagu (Albania)
- Agron Koka (Albania)
- Dobromir Penchev (Bulgaria)
- Hristo Simeonov (Bulgaria)