GENEVA CENTRE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES (DCAF) CONFERENCE Contemporary Security Sector Governance Issues Moscow April 8- 9 , 2005 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME April 8th, 2005 DCAF – ISKRAN Venue: ISKRAN, Moscow Abstract: DCAF, in cooperation with ISKRAN (Sergei Rogov) organises a set of lectures on the following topics: 1) Armed Forces Professionalisation (Karl Rambke, GCSP, Geneva) 2) Social/Legal Aspects of Armed Forces Service in NATO/EU context (Ferenc Molnar, Zrinyi Miklos Defence Academy, Budapest) 3) Police Reform - the European context (Marina Caparini, Senior Fellow, DCAF) 4) Armed Forces and the Media (Marina Caparini, Senior Fellow, DCAF) 5) Security Sector Governance Karl H. Rambke, (GCSP, Geneva) (DCAF Invitee) 6) Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector Philipp Fluri, (Dep. Director, DCAF, Geneva) 7) Security Sector Reform in South East Europe Philipp Fluri, (Dep. Director, DCAF, Geneva) 1 Programme: 1000 – 1400 Dr. Philipp Fluri lectures at the Institute for USA and Canada's ISKRAN graduate facility on Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Democratic Control of Intelligence Services, and Security Sector Reform. ISKRAN graduate students are invited to the 'War on Terror' conference on April 9. 2 April 9th, 2005 DCAF – Hungarian House of Culture Venue: Hungarian Culture Center, Moscow Povarskaya str, 21, Metro Stations Arbatskaya or Barrikadnaya. Abstract: DCAF, in cooperation with the Hungarian House of Culture/Moscow (Ilona Kiss) organises a conference on “Security Sector Governance and the War on Terror” on April 9th 2005. Three sessions will be dedicated to: 1) The War on Terror in the Euro-Atlantic Policy Discourse David Spence (EU Commission Representative, Geneva) (DCAF Invitee) Tatiana Shakleina (USA-Canada Institute, Moscow) (HCC Invitee) (2) The War on Terror – Security Sector Governance and Military Implications Karl H. Rambke, (GCSP, Geneva) (DCAF Invitee) Agnieszka Gogolevska (Office of the Prime Minister, Warsaw) (DCAF Invitee) Vladimir Baranovsky, (Deputy Director, IMEMO, Moscow) Sergei Oznobishev (Institute for Strategic Assessments, Moscow) (3) The Impact on Society and Media Marina Caparini (Senior Fellow, DCAF) Kirill Haratyan, (Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta.ru, Moscow) Vladimir Socor (Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC) Programme: 1030 Introductory Remarks: Dr. Philipp Fluri, Democratic Control of Armed Forces (Geneva), Keynote: Mr. David Spence, Senior Political Adviser, EU Mission to Geneva 1100 Session 1: The War on Terror in the Euro-Atlantic Policy Discourse Participants: Professor Pavel S. Zolotaryov, Deputy Director, The Institute of USA and Canada Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) Péter Tálas, Zrinyi National Defence University (Hungary) Vladimir I. Batyuk, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Center for North Atlantic Securuty, the Institute of USA and Canada Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) 1240 Session 2: The War on Terror – Security Sector Governance and Military Implications 3 Participants: Mamma N. Mammaev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defence Alexander N. Kostin, Vice-President for the World Anticriminal and Antiterrorist Forum Dr. Karl-Heinz Rambke, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (Switzerland) Dr. Alexander I. Shumilin, Director of the Center of the Greater Middle East Conflicts Dr. Agnieszka Gogolewska, Polish Ministry of Defence Dr. Ferenc Gazdag, Teleki Institute of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) 1430 – 1500 Coffee and Snack Break 1500 Session 3: The War on Terror`s Impact on Society and Media Participants: Valentin I. Varennikov, Army General, President of Russian League for Human Dignity Defence and Security, MP Russian State Duma Sulieta A. Kusova, Director General of the Center for Ethnic and Confessional Issues in the Mass Media Dr. Ferenc Molnár, Zrinyi National Defence University (Hungary) Alexander S. Brod, Director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights Ilya A.Nazarov,Post-graduate Researcher, the Institute of USA and Canada Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) 1800 Dinner Additional Information: The workshop is organised by DCAF, For general matters relating to the contents of the workshop, please contact Eden Cole at e.cole@dcaf.org. For organisational and logistical matters, including assistance in obtaining visas, please contact Ms. Claude Gosteli at c.gosteli@dcaf.ch. 4