

- Eurasia Security Program
The European Union and the Black Sea region
Place : Varna, Bulgaria
Date : 6 - 7 October 2006
Contributors : 18, for each debate, one presentation, two disputants
Time : Three half days
Organisation pool : Centre Thucydide – Paris / Centre de droit europйen – Paris / South-West University of Bulgaria – Sofia / Varna Free University – Varna
First half day : 6 October 2006 - 9 am – 1 pm
Opening address : 9 am – 9.30 pm : Local authorities
First theme : The European Union: an actor of the Black Sea region
Session 1. 9.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.: The enlargement of the European Union and its future consequences in the Black Sea region: between adhesion and European Neighbourhood Policy
Presentation (10 mn): Marie-France Christophe-Tchakaloff *
Discussants (7 mn for each person): Panayotis Gavras*
Sena Latif*
General discussion
10.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.: Coffee break
Session 2. (11.15 a.m. – 12. 30 a.m.) : The place of the European Union in the regional power competition/partnership
(Between Russia and the US, its relations with the main regional actors and its influence to develop regional governance)
Presentation : Levent Unsaldi
Discussants : Tetyana Boburka*
Ednan Agaev*
General discussion
Second half day: 6 October 2006 - 2.30 pm – 6.15 pm
Second theme: The European Union and dynamics in the Black Sea region
Session 3. (2.30 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.) : The European Union and energy security: how to secure energy transits from Caspian space?
Presentation : Pascal Lorot or Stйphane Delory*
Discussants: Alexander Gontcharenko*
Marcin Tatarzyński*
General discussion
3.45 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. : Coffee break
Session 4. (4.15 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.) : The European Union and maritime issues in the Black Sea area
Presentation : Sergiu Celac*
Discussants : M. X
Volodymir Nikitin (Tentative)
General discussion
Third half day: 7 October 2006 - 9.30 pm – 12.30 pm
Third theme: The European Union and regional cooperation : raising issues for a future regulation
Session 5. (9.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.) : The role of the European Union in dealing with regional conflicts: between ethnic and borders crisis
Presentation : Milan Milanov *
Discussants : Oazu Nantoi*
Sergei Konoplyov
General discussion
10.45 a.m. – 11 a.m : Coffee break
Session 6. (11 a.m. – 12.15 a.m.) : The European Union and regional institutions: BSEC, GUUAM and BLACKSEAFOR
Presentation : Mustafa Aydin*
Discussants : Gabriela Belova*
Yannis Valinakis*
Conclusion : 12.15 a.m. – 12.30 a.m. :
Serge Sur, Centre Thucydide, Paris
Closing of the Conference