

- Eurasia Security Program
BLACK SEA SECURITY PROGRAM REGIONAL WORKSHOP
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
By the initiative of Romanian Ministry of National Defense the Harvard Black Sea Security Program Regional Workshop will take place in Bucharest from October 22 - 26, 2006. The primary topic of discussion will be Shared Concerns and Common Approaches to Black Sea and Caspian Sea Security. The event is a follow-up to the fifth annual Black Sea Security Program, which took place in April, 2006 and hosted participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States.
The Bucharest conference is the fifth 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), Batumi, Georgia (2004) and Chisinau, Moldova (2005). 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.
A G E N D A
22 October, Sunday
Arrival of participants to Bucharest on “Henri Coanda” International Airport
18:00-- 19:00 Ice breaker at Haiducului Hotel
19:00 – 21:00 Cocktail at Haiducului Hotel
23 October, Monday
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast at Restaurant of Haiducului Hotel
9:30 Opening remarks: Minister of Defense
Country presentations
10:00 – 10:25
Georgia: Reform on Security Ministries/Westernizing Georgia’s Ministry, Separatist Conflicts and the Threat to Georgian Domestic Stability.
Mamuka Kudava, Deputy Minister of Defense
10:25 – 10:50
Armenia: Cooperation with Western Security Systems: NATO, OSCE
TBD
10:50 – 11: 15
Azerbaijan: Trans-Caspian Cooperation; Western Security Integration; Iran
Shahin Sultanov, Commander of the Navy
11:15 – 11:40
Bulgaria: New NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea.
Nikola Nikolov, Bulgarian MoD
11:40 – 12:10
12:10- 12:35
Russia: Russian policy in the Black Sea Region
Valeriy Uskov, Russian MoD
12:35 – 13:00
Moldova: security implications of the unresolved Transdnistria situation on the region; Efforts to curb transnational threats.
Colonel Macrinschi, Deputy Chief of General Staff
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch at Byzantine Hall of National Military Circle
15:00 – 15:30
Romania: NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea;
Mihai-Rгzvan Ungureanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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 Zahit Ogurlu, Turkish Navy
16:00 – 16:30
Ukraine: Trans-National Threats, Defense Reform/NATO integration
Alexander Skipalskiy, Deputy Head, Center of Strategic Studies and Analysis
17:00 – 19:30 Visit to National Defense University and/or shopping on Bucharest at Romania Plaza Mall
20:00 Official Dinner hosted by Minister of Defense at Bucharest Military Restaurant (at National Military Circle)
24 October, Tuesday
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast at Restaurant of Haiducului Hotel
9:30 – 10:00
US Cooperation with the Region
Office of the Secretary of Defense/International Security Policy/Eurasia
10:00 – 10:30
EUCOM Partnerships programs
EUCOM
10:30 – 11:00
EU Cooperation with the Region
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 Analyst, Jamestown Foundation
12: 00 – 14:00 Lunch at Byzantine Hall of National Military Circle
14:00 – 15:00
NATO Policy in the Region
NATO
15:00 Open Discussion
15:30 Conclusion of the Workshop
16:00 – 19:30 Visit to Cotroceni Palace Museum or/and Palace of the Parliament, and/or going to shopping at Bucharest Mall.)
20:00 Final Dinner at Bucharest Military Restaurant on National Military Circle
25 October, Wednesday
9:00 – 18:00 Visit to Sibiu area http://www.sibiu2007.ro/en2/sibiu.htm (travel by air)
26 October, Thursday
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast at Restaurant of Haiducului Hotel
09:00 Checkout and departure of participants.
Notes
* All presentations will be carried on at The Marble Hall of National Military Circle.