with the support of

Open Society Institute

organized on June 17, 2008 in Bratislava conference

Values in the Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic

Program:

9.30 – 10.30 AM Panel I:

Policy of selected democratic European countries in the area of support for democracy and observation of Human Rights, Civil Freedoms and the Rule of Law in the third countries

Presentations:
Svetozár Gavora, Conservative Institute

Study by Svetozár Gavora on Foreign Policy of Spain is available as PDF document (Only in Slovak language) here and study on Foreign Policy of Norway is available as PDF document (Only in Slovak language) here

Ondrej Schütz, Conservative Institute

Study by Ondrej Schütz on Foreign Policy of Slovenia is available as PDF document (Only in Slovak language) here

Moderator:
Ondrej Dostál, Conservative Institute

10.30 – 10.45 AM Coffee Break

10.45 – 13.15 PM Panel II:

Policy of the Slovak Republic in the area of support for democracy and observation of Human Rights, Civil Freedoms and the Rule of Law in the third countries

Panellists:
Eduard Kukan, Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
František Šebej, .týždeň
Ivan Kuhn, Conservative Institute Analyst

Study by Ivan Kuhn on Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic is available as PDF document (Only in Slovak language) here

Svetozár Gavora, Conservative Institute
Ondrej Schütz, Conservative Institute

Moderator:
Jozef Majchrák, .týždeň

13.15 – 14.00 PM Break and Refreshments

14.00 – 15.30 PM Panel III:

Panel: Official development assistance and the assistance in Democracy building and protection of Human Rights and Civil Freedoms. (Diplomacy and NGO – opportunities and limits of cooperation in support of democracy in third countries)

Panellists:
Jeff Lovitt, PASOS

More information on project Evaluation of the Democracy Assistance Policies and Priorities of the Visegrad Countries is available on PASOS website here

Grigorij Mesežnikov, Institute for Public Affairs
Nora Beňáková, Človek v ohrození
Zuzana Fialová, consultant for human rights, security and development aid

Moderator:
Ivan Kuhn, Conservative Institute

15.30 PM End of conference

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