- inter-sectoral conference -
Opatija, Croatia, 30 May - 1 June 2008
(Grand Hotel Adriatic)

Agenda

Friday, 30. May

17,00 Registration of participants

17,30 - 18,15 Opening of the conference:
Maja Hasanbašić, Human Rights Center
Vedran Horvat, Heinrich Böll foundation - Office in Zagreb
Vidoje Vujić, County Vice-President of the Primorsko goranska county
Branimir Horaček, Head of Directorate for Energy nad Mining, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia
Borislav Vučković, Social and Humanitarian Advisor to the President of the Republic of Croatia

18,15 - 18,25 Presentation of the Sisak Declaration and the South East European Pipeline NGO Network (SEEPNN) - Adelita Selmić, Sisak Eco Action

18,25 - 19,00 Key note speech:
Žarko Puhovski, Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
"Postmodern protection of human rights: pipeline globalisation and cross-sector cooperation"

19,00 - 19,45 Discussion

19,45 Dinner

21,00 Reception at Villa Angelina - welcome drink with Opatija mayor, Mr. Amir Muzur

Saturday, 31 May

Plenary Session: Energy Strategy and Human Rights in South East Europe
Moderator: Tin Gazivoda, Director of the Human Rights Center

9,00 - 10,00 "Croatia as the Crossroads of Energy Routes" - Mr. sc. Krešimir Cerovac, Head of the Department for Energy Systems and Restructuration, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia
"Lessons learned:experience of the Civil Society" Vjeran Piršić, NGO Eko Kvarner
"Energy Projects, Croatian Policy and General Public-Needs and Misunderstandings" Igor Dekanić, Professor at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Oil, University of Zagreb

10,00 - 10,45 Discussion

10,45 - 11,15 Coffee break

Thematic Session: Oil Projects
Moderator: Zlatko Hill, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Science Council for Oil

11,15 - 12,00 Presentation and mapping out of oil projects:
"Pan European Pipeline" Gordana Sekulić, JANAF Croatia
"AMBO Pipeline" Staniša Nikolovski, Fossil Fuels and Energy Efficiency Unit Department of Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Economy, Macedonia


12,00 - 12,45 Dicussion

12,45 - 14,30 Lunch

Thematic session: Gas Projects
Moderator: Mirza Kušljugić, Chairman of the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina

14,30 - 15,15 Presentation and mapping out of gas projects:
"Adria LNG Project" Dr. Mladen Šourek, Director of the LNG-Energy Project INA
"Ionian Adriatic Gas Pipeline" Vladimir Đurović, Plinacro Croatia
"Gas Project NABUCCO" Clement Therme, French Institute of Foreign Relations

15,15 - 16,00 Discussion

16,00 - 16,30 Coffee berak

Workshop Session:

16,30 - 17,45 Parallel workshops

Workshop I: Human Rights Standards in the field of environmental protection
Guest speaker: Annalisa Savaresi, Expert in Environmental Law, Cambridge University
Moderator: Maja Hasanbašić, Human Rights Center
Rapporteur: Marijana Ivanova, ERINA (Journalists Legal Environmental Center)

Workshop II: Assessment of the projects from the perspective of the EU/ Russia / USA energy policies and energy policies of the countries in the region. Climate change aspects
Guest speaker: Clement Therme, French Institute of Foreign Relations
Moderator:Bastian Hermisson, Heinrich Boll Foundation-Central Office Berlin
Rapporteur: Tonči Tadić, NGO Eko Kvarner

17,45 - 18,00 Break

18,00 - 19,15 Parallel workshops:

Workshop III: Analysis of the energy projects from the perspective of specific geographic position
Guest speakers:
Aleksandar Kovačević, Energy Consultant
Davorin Marković, Director of the State Institute for Nature Protection, Croatia
Moderator: Vjeran Piršić, NGO Eko Kvarner
Rapporteur: Petar Ćulibrk, Green Initiative of Vojvodina, Coordinator for conservable development

Workshop IV: Alternative sources of energy and future perspectives
Guest speaker: Vladimir Potočnik, NGO DOOR (Society for Sustainable Development Design)
Moderator: Vladimir Lay, Croatian Environmental Education Center
Rapporteur: Vedran Horvat, Heinrich Böll foundation - Office in Zagreb

19,15 Dinner

Sunday, 1 June

Plenary Session: Concluding remarks
Moderator: Srđan Dvornik , Free lance consultant and human rights activist

9,30 - 10,10 Report from the Workshop I (10 minutes)
Report from the Workshop II (10 minutes)
Report form the Workshop III (10 minutes)
Report form the Workshop IV (10 minutes)

10,10 - 11,30 Conclusions, recommendations and proposals from the conference

11,30 - 12,00 Coffee break

12,00 Lunch

(12,00 - 13,00 Press conference of the organizers)

15,00 - 17,00 Boat trip.

17,30 Departure

Expert Council of the conference:
Velimir Pravdić, Member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts
Vladimir Lay, Honorary Member of Zelena akcija, Croatia
Mirjana Matešić, Director of the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development
Krešimir Cerovac, Head of the Departmnet for Energy Systems and Restructuration, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Enterpreneurship of the Republic of Croatia