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Brussels, March 29-30, 2000

Agenda


Day 1: Wednesday, 29 March 2000
  

11.00 – 11.20

Morning Session

 

11.00 – 11.10

Opening statement and welcome by Commissioner Patten

 

11.10 – 11.20

Opening statement by President Wolfensohn

  11.20 – 11.30 Statement by Mr Hombach, Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact
  11.30 – 12.40 A series of presentations by each of the countries of the region of their Stability Pact action plans. Countries to be included: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, and Romania. UNMIK and Montenegro will also give a presentation

12.40 – 13.00

Closing statements for morning session:

 

Mr Seixas da Costa, Minister of State for European Affairs (Portugal), EU Presidency

 

Mr Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the EU Council / High Representative for CFSP

 

Mr Elmar Brok, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on behalf of Mrs Fontaine, President of the European Parliament

13.00 – 14.45

Lunch
13.15 Press conference - short press briefing by Chairs (and Mr Hombach)

14.45 – 18.00

Statements by delegations
  14.45 – 15.00 EIB statement on Infrastructure Projects and EBRD statement on Private Sector Development Projects
  15.00 – 18.00 Statements by country delegations

 

16.30 – 16.45

Coffee available

18.00 – 18.30 Concluding statements

 

by Johannes Linn (World Bank, Vice President for Europe and Central Asia) and Catherine Day (European Commission, Deputy Director General for External Relations)



Day 2: Thursday, 30 March
 

09.00 – 09.10

Opening of meeting

09.10 – 10.00

Session 1 Presentation of financing needs

09.10 – 09.30

Presentation by EIB of infrastructure projects

09.30 – 09.45

Presentation by EBRD of private sector development programmes

09.45 – 10.00

Presentation by the Stability Pact of projects and programs on democratisation and human rights (Working Table 1), security issues (Working Table 3), and remaining projects on economic reconstruction, development and cooperation (Working Table 2)

10.00 – 12.30

Session 2 Open discussion and pledging for individual projects

11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 16.00

Continuation of Session 2

15.00 – 15.15

  Coffee break

16.00

Conclusion of the meeting
by Johannes Linn (World Bank, Vice President for Europe and Central Asia) and Catherine Day (European Commission, Deputy Director General for External Relations)

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