3rd meeting

7 October 2016 - Conference room "Belgrade", Palace of Serbia

2 Mihajla Pupina Boulevard, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia

PROGRAMME

8.30 a.m. – 9 a.m. / Registration of participants
9 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. / Opening session
Welcoming words
v  Mr Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of Serbia (tbc)
Inaugural addresses
v  Mr Ionut Sibian, Member of the EESC, JCC Co-chair
v  Mr Branislav Čanak, Trade Union Confederation "Nezavisnost", JCC Co-chair
9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. / Session I: Current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process
v  Ms Oskar Benedikt, Deputy Head of EU’s Delegation to Serbia
v  Ms Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team of Serbia with the EU
Debate
10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. / Coffee break + Press Conference (tbc)
10.45 a.m. – 12 noon / Session II: Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom & Security, with a focus on migration
v  Mr Vladimir Petronijević ,Grupa 484
v  Ms Ana Milićević-Pezelj, JCC member from the EU
v  Ms Brigitte Kuchar, Programme manager for Migration in the EU Delegation to Serbia
Debate
12 noon – 1 p.m. / Session III: Chapter 20 - Enterprise and industrial policy, with a focus on promoting entrepreneurship
Presentation of report(s):
v  Ms Dragica Martinović Džamonja, JCC member from the EU
v  Mr Nebojša Atanacković, JCC member from Serbia
v  Mr Zdravko Ilić, JCC member from Serbia
Debate
1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. / Lunch
2.30 p.m. – 3 p.m. / The economic and social impact of industrial pollution and climate change
Information by Mr Zvezdan Kalmar Krnajski Jović, JCC member from Serbia
Debate
3 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. / Coffee break
3.15 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. / Adoption of the Joint Declaration
4.30 p.m. / End of the meeting.

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