The Impact of the EU Accession Process on Human Rights -
Croatian and Macedonian experience
March 14-17, 2008
Ohrid, Macedonia,

Partner project: Human Rights Center, Croatia and Foundation Open Society Institute - Macedonia
Supported by East-East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program of the Open Society Institute

AGENDA

March 14, 2008 (Friday)

19.00 Arrival to Ohrid

19.30 Dinner

March 15, 2008 (Saturday)

Opening Session: Panel discussion: EU and Human Rights in Macedonia and Croatia

10.00-10.20 Welcome and opening remarks
Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director, Foundation Open Society Institute - Macedonia
Tin Gazivoda, Director, Human Rights Center, Zagreb, Croatia

10.20-10.40 Human Rights Situation in Republic of Macedonia Dragi Celeski, leader of the working group of human rights, Assessment of Good Governance Potential in Macedonia, FOSIM's project

10.40-11.00 Human Rights Situation in Republic of Croatia
Žarko Puhovski, Member of the HRC's Steering Board

11.00-11.15 Impact of the EU Accession Process on Human Rights in Croatia
Jagoda Novak, Head of Information and Research Department,
Human Rights Center, Zagreb, Croatia

11.15-11.30 Impact of the EU Accession Process on Human Rights in Macedonia
Danica Stanojevic, Assessment of Good Governance
Potential in Macedonia, FOSIM's project

11.30 - 11.45 Coffee break

11.45 - 13.00 Panel discussion
Moderator: Jasminka Friscik, ESE

13.00 - 14.30 Lunch break

Workshop Session I - Antidiscrimination Legislation

Facilitator: Dance Danailovska, Project Coordinator, FOSIM
Reporter: Tanja Vlašić, Assistant, Office for Human Rights, Government of the Republic of Croatia

14.30 - 14.45 Macedonian Antidiscrimination Legislation: Challenges and Experiences
Bekim Kadriu, M.A Human Rights, SEEU, Faculty of Law, Tetovo

14.45 - 15.00 Croatian Experience in Creating the Antidiscrimination Policy
Predrag Šipka, Deputy Head of the Office for Human Rights,
Government of Republic of Croatia

15.00 - 16.30 Discussion and concluding remarks

Workshop Session II - Free Legal Aid Legislation

Facilitator: Maja Hasanbašić, Head of Programs and Activities Department, Human Rights Center
Reporter: Neda Korunovska, Law Program Coordinator, FOSIM

17.00 - 17.15 Forms and Capacities of Free Legal Aid in Macedonia
Danilo Mandic, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association

17.15 - 17.30 Initiative and the Process of Adopting the Legal Aid Act in the period 2004-2007/
Free Legal Aid Act - Experiences and Recommendations
Ružica Maurović Mitrović/Ariana Vela,
Members of the Croatian Government's working group on the behalf of the Coalition of NGOs that provide free legal assistance

17.30 - 19.00 Discussion and concluding remarks

19.30 Dinner

March 16, 2008 (Sunday)

Plenary Session - Reports from workshop sessions
Moderator: Zarko Trajanovski, Member of FOSIM's Executive Board

10.00 - 10.15 Antidiscrimination workshop session (Report)

10.15 - 11.00 Discussion

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 - 11.45 Free Legal Aid workshop session (Report)

11.45 - 12.30 Discussion

12.30 - 13.00 Concluding remarks and recommendations
Moderators: Slavica Indzevska, Deputy Executive Director for Joint Programs and East-East Program Coordinator, FOSIM and Tin Gazivoda, Director, Human Rights Center, Zagreb, Croatia

13.00 - 15.00 Lunch

Free afternoon

19.00 - 21.00 Dinner in town

March 17, 2008 (Monday)

10.00 Departure to Skopje

12.30 - 13.00 Press conference - Public presentation of concluding remarks and recommendations
(NVO Infocentar, Skopje)

14.00 - 14.45 Travel to Skopje Airport

16.00 Departure to Zagreb