Zagreb – ESI moderating "20 years of EU membership" panel discussion
29 January 2015
ESI's Gerald Knaus was invited to moderate a panel on "Sharing of expectations, experiences and lessons learnt" of 20 years of EU membership of Austria, Finland, and Sweden.
Participants:
- H.E. Manfred Scheich, fmr. Chief Negotiator for the EU accession and Permanent Representative of Austria to the EU
- H.E. Eikka Kosonen, Ambassador, Prime Minister's office, fmr. Head of Representation of the European Commission to Finland, fmr. Permanent Representative of Finland to the EU
- H.E. Frank Belfrage, Rt. State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, fmr. Chief Negotiator for the EU accession and fmr. Permanent Representative of Sweden to the EU
- Christian Danielsson, Director General, Directorate General Enlargement, European Commission and fmr. Permanent Representative of Sweden to the EU
Gerald also provided a Food For Thought paper to stimulate discussions about the future of EU enlargement.
The event was attended more than 50 diplomats:
- Irene Lack-Hageneder, Commercial Attaché, Austrian Embassy
- Lidija Čehulić Vukadinović, Faculty of Political Science of Zagreb University
- Senada Šelo Šabić, IRMO
- Doc.dr. Snjezana Vasiljevic, M.Phil (Cantab), Assistant Professor, Chair of European Public Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of law
- Miro Kovač, međunarodni tajnik HDZ
- Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Sr. Economist, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, World Bank
- Tatjana Radošević, IOM
- H.E. Mrs. Emanuela D'ALESSANDRO, Italian Ambassador
- Tome Antičić, Director, Ruđer Bošković Institute
- Predrag Bejaković, Institute of Public Finance
- Lina Nordborg, Departementssekreterare, Gruppen för EU-policy och Centraleuropa, Enheten för Europeiska unionen, Utrikesdepartementet, STOCKHOLM
- H.E. Mr. Hans Peter ANNEN, German Ambassador (from 10:30 to 11:05)
- Davorka Budimir, M.Sc., President, Transparency International Croatia
- H.E. Mrs. Eleni GEROKOSTOPOULOU, Greek Ambassador
- Mrs. Vladislava Iordanova, Deputy Head of Mission, Belgian Embassy
- H.E. Mr. Poul Erik Dam Kristensen, Danish Ambassador
- H.E. Hyung-won Suh, Korean Ambassador
- Mark Armstrong, Head of Political Section, British Embassy
- Ingrid Szabó, Uprava za europske poslove, Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova (MFAE)
- H.E. Mr. Stefan Estermann, Ambassador of Switzerland
- H.E. Mr. Martin Košatka, Czech Ambassador
- Mr. Yukihiro Takeya, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan
- Tamara Elveđi Jerman, Direktorica/Head, Centar za nerezidente/Centre for Non-residents, Zagrebačka banka d.d., UniCredit Group
- Davor Ivo Stier, European Parliament, Member
- H.E. Mrs. Susan Cox, Australian Ambassador
- Dijana Padezanin, Research & Economic Officer, Australian Embassy
- Mr. H.E. Dato' Saiful Azam Martinus Abdullah, Ambassador, Embassy of Malaysia
- Danijel Mondekar, predsjednik Odbora za europske poslove, Hrvatski sabor
- H.E. Mr. Moulay ABBÈS EL KADIRI, Ambassador of Morocco
- Deividas STANKEVIČIUS, Head of the Office, Office of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania
- Dorut Lucan, First Secretary, Embassy of Romania
- Martina Sedmak Sahan, Voditeljica EU Deska, EU fondovi i posebni aranžmani financiranja, Poslovna strategija i proizvodi financiranja, Korporativno i privatno bankarstvo, ZABA
- Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, EBRD Director, Croatia
- H.E. Mr. Kenneth Merten, U.S. Ambassador
- Maggie Nardi, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission
- Marija Kapitanović, načelnica Sektora za Jugoistočnu Europu, MVEP
- Niki Pečarević, voditelj Službe za proširenje, MVEP
- Ivane Karanušić, Služba za proširenje, MVEP
- Mario Zadro, Služba za proširenje, MVEP
- Sanja Novaković, MVEP
- BiH Embassy
- Lai van Beek, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Veronika BARCZI, EU Affairs, Embassy of Hungary
- H.E. Mrs. Tanya Dimitrova, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria
- H.E. Mr. JÚLIO JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA CARRANCA VILELA, Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic
- Damir Zovak, ZABA
- Neven Pelicarić, Ured predsjednika Vlade RH (Prime Minister's Office)
- H.E. Mr. Juraj PRIPUTEN, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic
- H.E. Mrs. SHKËNDIJE GECI SHERIFI, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo
- Mr. AMR AFIFI MAHMOUD SELIM, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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