

- Eurasia Security Program
The Chisinau conference was the forth annual gathering of alumni and regional experts affiliated with Harvard’s Black Sea Security Program, which takes place every April at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Prior conferences took place in Yalta, Ukraine (2002), Baku, Azerbaijan (2003) and Batumi, Georgia (2004). The primary missions are: 1) to provide a forum for regional experts to discuss critical security issues pertaining to the Black Sea region, 2) to strengthen and expand the regional network initiated by the Black Sea Security Program’s annual April conference, and 3) to involve American general officers and policy makers in dialogue about security in the Black Sea region.
For more information, please refer to the Black Sea Security Program website at www.harvard-bssp.org or contact Program Director Sergei Konoplyov at 617-405-8046 or sergei_konoplyov@harvard.edu.
AGENDA
6 June, Monday
Arrival of participants to Chisinau
18:00-- 19:00 Ice breaker
19:00 – 21:00 Official Dinner hosted by Minister of Defense
7 June, Tuesday
9:30 Opening remarks: Minister of Defense Vasiliu Plesca
Country presentations
10:00 – 10:25
Georgia: Reform on Security Ministries/Westernizing Georgia’s Ministry, Separatist Conflicts and the Threat to Georgian Domestic Stability.
Gela Bezhuashvili, Secretary, National Security Council
10:25 – 10:50
Armenia: Cooperation with Western Security Systems: NATO, OSCE
Ashot Voskanian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10:50 – 11: 15
Azerbaijan: Trans-Caspian Cooperation; Western Security Integration; Iran
Fuad Isgenderov, Deputy Minister of National Security
11:15 – 11:40
Bulgaria: New NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea.
Ilko Dimitrov, Deputy Minister of Defense
11:40 – 12:10 Coffee break
12:10- 12:35
Greece: The relations of the European Union with the Black Sea Countries
12:35 – 13:00
Moldova: security implications of the unresolved Transdnistria situation on the region; Efforts to curb transnational threats.
Anatol, Gozun, Deputy Head, Information and Security Service
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
Romania: New NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea;
Ovideu Dranga, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defense
15:30 – 16:00
Turkey: status of Black sea security organizations (BLACKSEAFOR, etc.); analysis of threat environment and effects on the Black Sea region; US-Turkey Relations.
Captain Temel Ersoy, Defense Advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey
16:00 – 16:30
Ukraine: Trans-National Threats, Defense Reform/NATO integration
Boris Andresyuk, Head, Security and Defense Committee, Supreme Rada
20:00 Dinner at Chisinau restaurant
8 June, Wednesday
9:30 – 10:00
US Cooperation with the Region
James MacDougall, Principal Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense/International Security Policy/Eurasia
10:00 – 10:30
EUCOM Partnerships programs
Admiral Bill Goodwin, EUCOM
10:30 – 11:00
EU Cooperation with the Region
Major General Jean-Pierre Herreweghe - Deputy Director General and Chief of Staff - European Union Military Staff
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Security priorities in the Black Sea/Caspian Sea Region
Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies
12: 00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
NATO Policy in the Region
Jean Fournet, Deputy Secretary General of NATO
15:30 Open Discussion
16:30 Conclusion of the Workshop
20:00 Final Dinner
9 June, Thursday
9:00 – 15:00 Visit to Trasdniester Region
16:00 – 21:00 Visit to Cricova Wine Cellars
10 June, Friday
09:00 Departure of participants.