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LESSONS LEARNED FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION:  PERSPECTIVES FROM BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA

LESSONS LEARNED FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA

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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

  • Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee at the EP

  • Dzevdet Chakarov, Co-president of Movement for Rights and Freedoms party

  • Svenja Hahn, President of the ALDE Party (video address)

 

14:45 - 15:30 Panel discussion: From accession to integration – learning from our shared experience

  • Emir Coric, International Secretary of Liberal Democratic party, North Macedonia and 

Vice-President of the European Association for Local Democracy

  • 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

  • Pavlin Krastev, MP - Bulgarian National Assembly

  • 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

  • Ines Holzegger, President of the European Liberal Youth organization (LYMEC) - opening video

  • Tanzer Yuseinov, Co-president of YMRF

  • Ibraim Zaydenov, Co-president of YMRF

  • Open floor participation 

 

18:15 - 18:30 Closing 

 

19:30 - 22:00 Dinner and end of program