Kosovo International Summer Academy 2016 Program Schedule

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12 – 22 July, 2016

Prishtina, Kosova

12 July, 2016 Arrival
12:00 – 19:30 / Registration
20:00 – 20:30 / Opening/welcoming remarks by KSA Executive staff
20:30 – 22:.00 / Dinner
13July, 2016
07.00 – 09.00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:30 / Ulrike Lunacek - Austrian politician, EP Vice-President, Member of the Greens / EFA group. Lunacek is Kosovo-Rapporteur in EP and co-president of the Intergroup on LGBTI Rights and Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Substitute in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affair (a welcoming video from Brussels)
10.00 – 11:20 / H.E. Mr. Enver Hoxhaj – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo
Topic: ‘’Kosovo’s Foreign Policy in times of global uncertainty’’
11:20 – 11:30 / Break
11: 30 - / Mrs. Valdete Idrizi, Executive Director of CiviKos Platform,
International Peace Price Winner - The WIFTS Peace Award 2016
12:30 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30– 15:00 / Dr. William Mulligan, University College Dublin, Centre for War Studies
''Peace-making after World War I, 1918-1925''
15:00 – 15:15 / Coffee Break Time
15.15 – 17.00 / Prof. Dr. Remzije Istrefi
Topic: ‘’Transitional Justice in Kosovo’’
18:00-22:00 / Explore Prishtina and Dinner
14 July, 2016
07:00 – 09:00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09: 30 – 10:45 / Mr. Ruud Vermeulen, Head of Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Kosovo
“The IMF’s Role in Kosovo”
10:45 – 11:00 / Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 / Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo
‘’Contribution of OSCE in strengthening the leading role of women in political dialogue and participation’’
12:30 – 13:30 / Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 / Mr. Arban Abrashi, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
17:00 - / Departure to Artana (Novobërda) Castle
18:00 – 19:00 / Visiting Artana (Novobërda) Castle
19:30 –21:30 / Dinner at Restaurant KullaVllasaliu
21:30 - / Departure to Prishtina
15 July, 2016 / "Etiquette and protocol – introduction"
07.00 – 08.30 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:00 – 10:30 / Ms. Arbnora Gojani Mazreku – ProProtocol -
What are protocol and protocol principles?
- Etiquette vs. protocol
- Protocol principles
- Appearance / Introduction / authority / first impression / verbal and non-verbal communication
10:30 – 10.45 / Break
10:45 – 12.00 / Ms. Arbnora Gojani Mazreku – ProProtocol
Topic: ‘’ Forms of addresses, order of precedence, seating plans’’
12:00 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 / Ms. Arbnora Gojani Mazreku – ProProtocol
Topic: ‘’Meetings & conferences’’
-Elements of planning and organizing
- Dress code
15:00 – 15:15 / Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 / Ms. Arbnora Gojani Mazreku – ProProtocol
Topic: ‘’UN / EU / NATO (Hierarchy, Flags)’’
16:30 – 17:00 / Open Discussion
20:00 / Dinner
16 July, 2016
07.00 – 08.00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
08:00 – / Departure to Mitrovica
09:00 – 10:00 / Visiting Mitrovica Bridge(bridge that divides the town of Mitrovica)
10:00 – 11:30 / Departure to Prekaz and exploring Memorial Complex
11:30 - / Departure for Prizren
11:30 – 13.00 / Explore Prizren League, Mosque, Church, River
13:00 – 14.00 / Lunch
14:00 – 19.00 / Explore Prizren, Castle
19:00 / Departure for Prishtina
20:00 / Dinner in Prishtina
17July, 2016
07.00 – 08.30 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:00 – 10:00 / Departure for Gadime Caves
12- 00 15:00 / Visit to Rugova
15:00 – 18.30 / Visit to Radavc
13:00 – 18.00 / Exploring Drini Lake
18.30 - / Dinner at Drini Lake
20:00 – 21.30 / Departure for Prishtina
18 July, 2016
07.00 – 09.00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:00 – 12.00 / Sir Geoffrey Nice & Dr. Nevenka Tromp
''Conflict and independence: the role of blunder, error and international intentions'' (Seminar)
Sir Geoffrey Nice – British barrister; distinguished human rights lawyer; prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević in International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in Hague.
Dr. Nevenka Tromp - Executive Director at GNF on Law, History, Politics and Society in the Context of Mass Atrocities, The Hague, Netherlands; Lecturer at the European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
12.00 – 13.30 / Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 / Dr. Valon Murtezaj – Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister and IÉSEG School of Management, France
Topic: Negotiating in a globalized world
15:00 – 15.15 / Coffee Break
15:15 – 17:00 / Doc. Dr. Aleksandar R. Ivanović – University of Novi Pazar, Serbia
‘’Multiculturalism and inter-ethnic conflicts in the former Yugoslavia“
18:30 – 20.00 / Dinner
21:30 / Planned Social Activity
19 July, 2016
07.00 – 9.00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
10:00 – 11:30 / Ms. Angelika Viets (German Ambassador to Kosovo)
‘’The German Western Balkans policy, including Kosovo, the Berlin Process and migration’.
11:30 – 11.45 / Break
11:45 – 13.15 / Dr. Florian Qehaja - Executive Director of Kosovo Center for Security Studies
Topic: How to counter violent extremism?
13.15 – 14.20 / Lunch
14.30 – 15.45 / Ms. Edita Tahiri - Minister of Dialog (Minister without Portfolio)
Representative of the Republic of Kosovo, in Kosovo – Serbia dialogue in Brussels
15:45 – 16:00 / Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 / Mr. Jan Braathu (Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo and Albania)
Topic: ‘’The role of Norway in peacebuilding in Balkan’’
19:30 - / Dinner
20 July, 2016
07.00 – 08.50 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:00 – 10:20 / Mr. Tienmu Ma, Special Advisor for International Human Rights Law to the Ombudsperson
Topic: The Ombudsperson as Constitutional Watchdog
10:20 – 10:30 / Coffee Break
10:30 – 11.30 / Colonel Muhaedin Bela - State Advisor for Policy and Planning in Ministry of Defence in Republic of Macedonia
12:00 – 13.00 / Lunch
13:00 – 14.30 / Dr. Elton Skendaj, University of Miami, USA
"Trade-offs between Statebuilding and Democratization in Kosovo"
19:00 – 21:00 / Dinner
21 July, 2016
07.00 – 09.00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
09:00 – 10.00 / Exam
10:30 – 12.00 / Tour to Parliament; Meeting with the Kosovo MP’s
12:20 – 13.20 / Tour to Government of Kosovo, Meeting with the Prime Minister’s Cabinet
13:30 – 14.30 / Lunch
17:30 – 19.00 / Closing Ceremony - Graduation
20:00 – 22:00 / Closing Dinner
22 July, 2016
07.00 – 10:00 / Breakfast at the Hotel Garden
10:00 – 15.30 / Departure