Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast and the Baltic Sea Region

 

- An Appeal for Enhanced Co-operation

 

Kaliningrad State University, 8 - 10 February, 2001

 

Thursday, 8 February

3-7 pm

Opening Session

 

Baltic Sea – A Region of European Co-operation

 

Chairmen:       * Rector Andrei Klemeshev, Kaliningrad State University

* Member of Parliament, Chairman of STETE Kimmo Kiljunen

                      * Vice Rector for International Affairs Vera Zabotkina, Kaliningrad State University

 

Opening Address:

                      * Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast Vladimir Jegorov

 

Speakers:       * Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland

* Arthur Kuznetsov, Ambassador, MFA of the Russian Federation

* Ragnar Ängeby, Ambassador, Deputy Head of Policy Planning, MFA, Sweden

* Jan Tombinski, Director of the European Policy Department, MFA, Poland

* Evaldas Ignatavicius, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

* Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, Ambassador, Chairman of the CSO of CBSS, Germany

* Vladimir Nikitin, Speaker of the Kaliningrad Duma

 

5 - 5.30 pm Coffee Break

 

* Juri Savenko, Mayor of Kaliningrad

* Carsten Søndergaard, Ambassador, Under Secretary of State, MFA, Denmark.

* Iveta Šulca, Director of the EU Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Latvia

* Rein Oidekivi, Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Estonia

* Mette Kongshem, Director General of the Department for Bilateral European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Norway

* Helle Degn, Commissioner of the CBSS on Democratic Development, Denmark

* Søren Christensen, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

                      * Alexander Kondakov, Deputy Minister of Education of RF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 9 February

9 – 11.30 am

Panel Discussion I

 

Kaliningrad Oblast - Which Way Forward?

 

Speakers:       EU Enlargement, the Northern Dimension and Kaliningrad           

* Deputy Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast Anatoly Khlopetsky

* Senior Researcher Pertti Joenniemi, Copenhagen Peace Research Institute

* Vice Speaker of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Head of the Committee on Development of Special Economic Zone Sergei Kozlov

* Dr. Heinz Timmermann, German Federal Institute for Russian, East European and  International Studies

* Second Secretary Giovanni Cremonini, Delegation of the European Commission in  Russia

* Professor Urpo Kivikari, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

                      * Professor Gennady Fedorov, Representative of the Kaliningrad Region            

* Member of European Parliament Elisabeth Schroedter

 

Chairmen:     * Vice Rector for International Affairs, Dr. Vera Zabotkina, Kaliningrad State University

                      * First Secretary James Baxendale, British Embassy in Brussels

 

11.30 am - 1.00 pm Lunch

 

1.00-3.30 pm

Panel Discussion II

 

Cross-border Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region

                            

Speakers:       * Head of International Department Victor Romanovsky, Regional Administration of Kaliningrad Oblast

* Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavicius, Lithuania

* Ambassador Ragnar Ängeby, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

* Counsellor Bo Lindroos, Unit for Northern Dimension, Finnish Ministry for  Foreign Affairs

* Senior Adviser Zbigniew Krużyński,  Polish Ministry For Foreign Affairs

* Independent Economic Consultant Stephen Dewar      

* Head of the Committee on Economic Policy Juri Matochkin, Kaliningrad  Regional Duma

* Chief of External Relations Department Alexander Songal, Kaliningrad Duma

 

Chairmen:       * Director, Vice Chairman of STETE Heikki Järvenpää, UPM Kymmene

                      * Professor Gennady Fedorov, Representative of the Kaliningrad Region

 

3.30 - 4 Coffee Break

 

 

4 – 6.30 pm

 

Panel Discussion III

 

Networking, Civil Society and Democracy

 

Speakers:      * Member of Kaliningrad Regional Duma Solomon Ginzburg

* Chairman of Swedish Delegation to the EU’s Committee of Regions Roger Kaliff

* Associate Professor Tatyana Polajeva, Tallinn Technical University

* Deputy Director Christian Wellmann, Schleswig-Holstein Institute for Peace Research

* Co-ordinator Victoria Osipenko, UNICEF

                             * Rector Andrei Klemeshev, Kaliningrad State University

 

Chairmen:       * Vice Mayor of Kaliningrad Silvia Gurova

* Special Adviser Gunnar Lassinantti, Olof Palme International Centre

 

 

Saturday, 10 February

 

9 am              Excursion to Baltijsk, Departure from the hotel Kaliningrad/Chaika

Visit to the Cathedral, some other sights and the Port of Kaliningrad

 

11 am            Arrival in Baltijsk

 

11 am - 1 pm  Session on:

                     

Speakers:       Experiences and perspectives of Co-operation

* Mayor of Baltisk Alexander Kuznetsov  

* Senior Project Manager Peter Althini, The Baltic Institute in Karlskrona

Baltic Sea Security in the 21st Century

* Acting Commander of the Baltic Fleet Vladimir Valuev

* Commodore Georgij Alafuzoff, The Finnish National Defence College, Department  of Strategic Studies

                     

Chairmen:       * Victor Koshelev, Deputy Head of Baltisk Municipality on Spatial Planning and  Foreign Relations

                      * Head of Division Jan Foghelin, Swedish National Defence Research Agency

 

1.30 - 3 pm    Lunch

 

3 - 4 pm         Visits to local sights

 

5 pm              Arrival in Kaliningrad

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

The conference is organized by

 

The Nordic Forum for Security Policy

The Kaliningrad State University and

The Regional Administration of Kaliningrad Oblast

 

 

The conference is sponsored by

 

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Ministry for Education of Finland

The Nordic Council of Ministers