AGENDA
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
15:00 – 17:00 Registration
19:30 – 21:30 Welcome Reception at Hotel Holiday Inn
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Speeches
 Ms. Karin Schulz - Director of Development Consulting, SIPU International AB
 Mr. Jovan Andonovski - State Secretary, Government Secretariat for European
Affairs
 H.E. Ambassador Aivo Orav - EU Ambassador, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
 Mr. Andris Kesteris - Principal Advisor Civil Society and Media, DG ELARG
09:30 – 09:45 Coffee Break
09:45 – 10:45 Plenary presentation of the regional report “Keeping up the Momentum: Improving
Cooperation Between Public Institutions and Civil Society in the Western Balkans and
Turkey”
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Dr. Dragan Golubović (Senior Legal Adviser, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law)
presenting the regional report “Keeping up the Momentum: Improving Cooperation
Between Public Institutions and Civil Society in the Western Balkans and Turkey“
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Dr. Vedran Džihić (Professor, Institute for Political Science, University of Vienna)
responding to the report
10:45 – 11:45 Workshop - Discussion of up to five key recommendations from the “Keeping up the
Momentum” report
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Group 1: Topic: Make sure that governments' responsibility for collaboration with
CSOs does not end with the establishment of institutional mechanisms, facilitated by
Rafal Serafin
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Group 2: Topic: Utilize the impact of EU integration, facilitated by Tanja Hafner
Ademi
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Group 3: Topic: Ensure that policy documents for civil society development are
realistic and evidence based, facilitated by Dragan Golubović
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Group 4: Topic: Engage in capacity building, facilitated by Vedran Džihić
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Group 5: Topic: Reach out to grassroots CSOs, facilitated by Branka Peurača
11:45 – 12:15 Coffee Break
12:15 – 13:15 Report back from workshops on the “Keeping up the Momentum” report
recommendations
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 Plenary presentation on monitoring civil society cooperation with public institutions in the
Western Balkans and Turkey and partnership/communication between the two sectors

Tanja Hafner Ademi (Executive Director, Balkan Civil Society Development Network)
presentation of the Matrix for Monitoring of the Enabling Environment for civil
society development
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Branka Peurača (Consultant, Meliora d.o.o) presentation on effective
communication between public institutions and CSOs in the Western Balkans and
Turkey
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Rafal Serafin (Programme Manager, The Partnering Initiative, International Business
Leaders Forum) presentation on building effective cross-sector partnerships
15:15 – 17:15 National and regional workshops on monitoring civil society cooperation with public
institutions in the Western Balkans and Turkey and partnership/communication between
the two sectors
20:00
Dinner at City Hall Venue
Thursday, 8 November 2012
09:00 – 10:00 Plenary discussion of commitments made in the national and regional workshops on
monitoring and partnership/communication between civil society and public institutions
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12.30 Plenary discussion of regional cooperation on monitoring and partnership/communication
between civil society and public institutions
12:30 – 13.00 Closing Speech
 Åke Sahlin - Project Director, SIPU International AB
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and end of conference