Provisional Agenda 17th BALKAN CONFERENCE 21 23 September 2011, Bucharest, ROMANIA

September 20th 2011 Arrival of participants 19:00 Welcome reception September 21st 2011 09:00 - 09:30 09:30 - 10:30 Registration of participants Opening ceremony of the 17th Balkan Conference. Opening speeches:

Mrs. Mihaela Geoana President of the Romanian Red Cross Mrs. Anitta Underlin Head of Europe Zone, IFRC ICRC Ambassador/Minister Adoption of the Agenda and Rules of Procedure Election of the Drafting Committee and a Secretary of the Conference Report on the follow-up and new developments since the 16th Balkan Conference 10:30 11:00 Coffee break PANEL 1 11:00 - 12:00 Active Ageing in the light of 2012 European Year for Active Ageing Chaired by: Presentations: IFRC Policy on Active Ageing - Anitta Underlin (IFRC Europe Zone) Vienna Commitments regarding ageing population (Austrian RC) Emilie Goller Home Care Conference Report Montenegro RC Bulgarian RC - project 12:00 - 12:45 12:45 13:00 13:00 - 14:00 Working groups / Presentations Reports from the Working Groups / Q&A Lunch

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PANEL 2

Migration Unity in diversity / the need for a common approach / bringing further the migration agenda at the Movements International Conference 2011 Chaired by: Presentations: 1. Turkish RC - TRCS Syrian Population Influx operation 2. Bulgarian RC youth Positive Images 3. ... Working groups Coffee Break DISASTER MANAGEMENT prevention and preparedness Chaired by: Presentations: (joint projects on cross-border cooperation) 1. SEE Forum on Climate change adaptation Montenegro RC 2. Macedonian RC 3. Bulgarian RC Conclusions of the day Dinner

14:00 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 PANEL 3 16:00 - 17:00

17:30 17:45 19:30

September 22nd, 2011 PANEL 4 09:00 - 10:00 DISASTER MANAGEMENT - response & recovery Chaired by: Presentations: 1. Serbian RC 2. Montenegro RC 3. ... 4. ... Working groups Reporting of the WG / Q&A

10:00 10:45 10:45 11:00

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11:00 - 11.30 PANEL 5 11:30 - 13.30

Coffee Break Wider views on Movement issues in Europe and beyond Chaired by: Presentations: Global Resource Mobilization Strategy (Lindsay Dalton-Hopwood) ICRC preparations for the 2011 International Conference

13:30 - 14:30 PANEL 6 14:30 - 16:30 16:30 17:00 20:00

Lunch Psycho-Social Approach within the Red Cross Activities European Network for Psycho-Social Support - Lena Tynnemark (Swedish RC) & Sanja Pupacic (Croatian RC) Questions and Answers Official Dinner

September 23rd, 2011 09:00 - 11:00 RC EU Office Updates / 2013 budget / multiannual framework - Leon Prop (RC EU Office) European Funding Practitioners Group Resource Mobilization specificities Emilie Goller (Austrian RC) and Lindsay Dalton Hopwood (British RC) 11:00 11:30 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Commitments of the Balkan Conference Presentation Adoption of Final Document

Wrap-up and closing 12:00 Lunch

Guided tour of the Parliament Palace

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