PROGRAM
23 November 2024
Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Hotel Grand Hotel Plovdiv - Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev 2 str.
13:00 - 14:00 Welcome reception
14:00 - 14:45 Opening address
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Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee at the EP
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Dzevdet Chakarov, Co-president of Movement for Rights and Freedoms party
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Svenja Hahn, President of the ALDE Party (video address)
14:45 - 15:30 Panel discussion: From accession to integration – learning from our shared experience
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Emir Coric, International Secretary of Liberal Democratic party, North Macedonia and
Vice-President of the European Association for Local Democracy
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Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee at the EP
15:30 - 15:45 Open discussion: Q/A
15:45 - 16:30 Fireside chat: Regional Collaboration - Building a stronger Balkan region
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Pavlin Krastev, MP - Bulgarian National Assembly
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Valentin Tonchev, Executive Director EU Meets the Balkans Forum
16:30 - 16:45 Open discussion: Q/A
16:45 - 18:15 Roundtable discussion: Advocating for Change - Youth and Policy Reforms
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Ines Holzegger, President of the European Liberal Youth organization (LYMEC) - opening video
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Tanzer Yuseinov, Co-president of YMRF
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Ibraim Zaydenov, Co-president of YMRF
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Open floor participation
18:15 - 18:30 Closing
19:30 - 22:00 Dinner and end of program