CEP
Day One 6 February: Round Table I
Day Two 7 February: First Annual Meeting of the Task Force on Inter-cultural Dialogue and Round Table II
Day Three 8 February: Conference on Kosovo Inter-ethnic and Inter-religious Relations:
Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation www.cep.si
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05.02.2007
Day 1: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 (open for public)
18:00 – 19:30
Panelists:
Round table I:
“Role of Islam in the Contemporary Societies”
Moderator:
Venue:
Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid; Dr . Mustafa Cerić, Reisu-l-ulema; Mufti Nedžad
Grabus
Borut Grgič, Director of Institute for Strategic Studies
Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova 2, Ljubljana
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05.02.2007
Day 2: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
12:00 – 12:15 Opening Session:
Family photo (Castle Jable Courtyard)
Welcome Address: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, President of CEP Executive Board and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Slovenia (open to public)
Opening Remarks: Denis Risman, Programme Director of CEP (open to public)
Closed for public:
12:15 – 13:00 Session One: Castle Jable (Knight Hall)
Moderator: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, President of CEP Executive Board and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Logistical Matters and Election of CEP Task Force Chair
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Castle Jable (Wedding Hall)
Key Note Address: Dr.
Mustafa Cerić, Reisu-l-ulema of Islamic Community of BiH
14:30 – 16:30 Session Two: Castle Jable (Knight Hall)
“Promoting Inter-cultural Dialogue: One of Priorities of Slovenian EU
Presidency in 2008”
Presentation: Dr. Klemen Klun, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Moderator: Dr. Andrej Rahten, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime
Minister
Session Three: Castle Jable (Knight Hall)
“CEP Task Force on Inter-cultural Dialogue – its Vision and Strategy”
18:00 – 19:30
Moderator: Dr. Andrej Rahten, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime
Minister and the Chair of CEP Task Force
Presentation: Tomaž Zalaznik, Nova revija
Round table II (open to public)
“Dialogue among Cultures and Promotion of Democracy”
Panellists:
Moderator:
Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Dr. Benjamin Barber, Dr. Giandomenico Picco, and Dr.
Drago Ocvirk
Dr. Klemen Klun; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Library Oton Župančič, Kersnikova 2, Ljubljana Venue:
20:00 Reception at the Grand Hotel Union (Silver Room)
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05.02.2007
Day 3: Thursday, February 8, 2007 (open to public)
9:30 – 10:00 Opening Session: Castle Jable (Auditorium)
Welcome Address: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Opening remarks: His Excellency, Stanisl av Hočevar, Archbishop of Belgrade,
His Excellency, Mufti mag. Nedžad Grabus, Head of the Islamic Community of
Slovenia
Dr. Benjamin Barber, Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and
Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland
Coffee Break and Family Photo (Castle Jable Courtyard) 10:00 - 10:15
10:15
– 12:15
Panel A: Castle Jable (Auditorium)
“Understanding the Ethnic Groups of Kosovo: Towards an Active Intercultural
Dialogue”
Moderator: Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid, president of Muslim Council for Religious and Racial
Harmony UK
Panellists: Wolfgang Koeth, Political Advisor, European Commission Liaison Office to
Kosovo
Dušan Janjić, Forum for Ethnical Relations, Serbia
12:15 – 13:45
13:45 - 14:15
Leon Malazogu, Project on Ethnic Relations, Kosovo
Sebastijan Šerifović, Roma and Ashkalia Documentation Centre, Kosovo
Adrian Zeqiri, European Centre for Minority Issues, Kosovo
Lunch: Standing buffet: Castle Jable (Wedding Hall)
Press conference hosted by Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Castle Jable Venue:
14:15 – 16:15 Panel B: Castle Jable (Auditorium)
“The Aftermath of the Kosovo Final Status: The Future of Inter-cultural
Cooperation in Kosovo and its Challenges ”
Moderator: Mr. Giandomenico Picco, Former Personal Representative of the UN Secretary
General for the Year of Dialogue among Civilisations
Panellists: Arben Qirezi, Senior Political Adviser to the Prime Minister, PISG, Kosovo
Gianluca Silvestrini, Regional Programme Division, Directorate of Culture,
Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Council, Council of Europe
Biljana Todorovic, Forum Civil Peace Service, Mitrovica, Kosovo
Prof. Dr. Karmit Zysman, Balkan Sunflowers, Kosovo
17:00 – 18:00 Guided Walk around Old Part of Ljubljana (optional)
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19:00 – Dinner at the Grand Hotel Union (Red Room)
05.02.2007
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