Wednesday, 25th april Senate Hall, main building 9:00 – 9:45 20 years of CBSS and civil society in Baltic Sea Region

Mr. Jan Lundin Director General of the CBSS Secretariat, Stockholm

9:45 – 10:30 The EUSBSR: Experiences and Perspectives

Mr. Anders Lindholm European Commission, DG Regio

Moderator: Mr. Krister Hanne, German BS NGO Focal point

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:45 Panel discussion: The EUSBSR and opportunities for civic participation

Mrs. Bjarney Friðriksdóttir Council of the Baltic Sea States, Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings

Mr. Anders Lindholm European Commission, DG Regio

Mrs. Darja Akhutina and Mr. Jens William Grav Baltic Sea NGO Network

Prof. Dr. Bernd Henningsen Department of Northern European Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; DeepWater – The Baltic Sea Region Think-Tank

Moderator: Dr. Tobias Etzold German Institute for International and Security Affairs

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Restaurant “12 Apostel”, Georgenstr. 2 Auditorium Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 3 14:15 – 16:00 Closing session

Presentation of workshop results

Discussion and agreement on final statement

Summary of the X. Baltic Sea NGO Forum

Moderator: Mrs. Anna-Lena Pohl, German BS NGO Focal Point End of conference

Social Capital for a sustainable Baltic Sea Region

X. Baltic Sea NGO Forum

23–25 april 2012

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Sponsored by Media Partner

Monday, 23rd april Senate Hall, main building 12:00 – Registration

14:00 – 14:10 Welcome and introduction

Mr. Krister Hanne, German BS NGO Focal Point

14:10 – 14:30 Greetings

Mr. Peter Schoof Director European Affairs, German Federal Foreign Office

State Secretary Mrs. Hella Dunger-Löper State of Berlin Delegate to the Federation and Commissioner for European Affairs, Commissioner for Active Citizenship

Prof. Dr. Michael Kämper-van den Boogaart Vice President for Academic Studies and International Affairs of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Mr. Kurt Bodewig Former Federal Minister of transportation and infrastructure Chairman Baltic Sea Forum

14:30 – 14:50 Review NGO Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

Mrs. Darja Akhutina, Mr. Jens William Grav Baltic Sea NGO Network

14:50 – 15:00 Presentation Initiative World NGO Day

Mr. Marcis L. Skadmanis World NGO Day Secretariat, Executive Director

Mrs. Rasma Pīpiķe Civic Alliance – Latvia, Director

15:00 – 15:20 Presentation NGOs in Belarus

Mrs. Irina Kalinovskaja Belarussian Association for Environmental Management

15:20 – 15:30 Presentation Black Sea NGO Network

Mrs. Gabriela-Raluca Simbotin Black Sea NGO Network

15:30 – 15:45 Presentation The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation

Mr. Martins Murnieks German Marshall Fund of the United States

Moderator: Mr. Krister Hanne, German BS NGO Focal Point

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 16:25 Presentation of Workshop I: Youth Mr. Lars Kascha, Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs

16:25 – 16:35 Presentation of WS II: Environment Mrs. Silke Junge, German-Russian Exchange

16:35 – 16:55 Project presentation balt adapt and RADOST Mrs. Franziska Stuke, Ecologic Institute Berlin

17:00 – 18:30 First sessions WS I: Youth, and WS II: Environment 17:00 – 17:30 Presentation of Workshop III: Human Rights

Introductory speech by Mrs. Merle Haruoja, Estonian Institute of Human Rights “Looking into the future: Human Rights – Challenging Developments in the Baltic Sea Region”

17:30 – 17:40 Presentation of Workshop IV: Social Affairs Mr. Rolf Solvang, Welfare Alliance Norway

17:40 – 17:50 Presentation Workshop V: Civic Participation & Lifelong learning Mrs. Rasma Pīpiķe, Civic Alliance – Latvia

Moderator: Mrs. Anna-Lena Pohl, German BS NGO Focal Point

Permanent Representation of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein to the Federal Government, In den Ministergärten 8

19:00 Baltic Sea Days’ Cultural Kick-Off in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein to the Federal Government (see invitation)

Tuesday, 24th april

9:00 – 10:30 Workshop sessions

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:45 Workshop sessions

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch WS I, III, IV and V Restaurant “12 Apostel”, Georgenstr. 2

13:00 – 16:30 Meeting with Baltic Sea Parliamentarians (Special delegation) Place: German Bundestag, Paul-Löbe-Haus

14:15 – 16:00 Workshop sessions

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

German Federal Foreign Office, Weltsaal (Entrance: Unterwasserstr. 10) 17:00 Presidential function (see admission ticket “Einlasskarte”)