21st Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy of the Slovak republic
21st Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy of the Slovak republic
The Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy
of the Slovak Republic is a platform that has a special position
in the public foreign policy discourse. The uniqueness of this year’s edition will lie in its scope,
as the conference will evaluate a period exceeding one year, the period of the Slovak Republic's existence in a changing geopolitical, security policy and foreign policy environment, which only underlines
the exceptional place of the conference in the foreign policy debate in the Slovak Republic.
Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic would like to invite you to the 21st Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy of the Slovak Republic. The conference will be held on 27 March, 2023.
The conference will be held in the Slovak language. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
9:00 – 9:10
Opening remarks
JURAJ STERN, Chairman of the SFPA Board of Directors RASTISLAV KÁČER, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of SR
9:10 – 9:30
Address by the President of SR ZUZANA ČAPUTOVÁ
Q&A
9:35 – 11:00
PANEL I: 30 years of Slovak foreign policy
consensus building and setting of priorities, institution building and the role of civil society
Host EVA MIHOČKOVÁ, zahranicnapolitika.sk
Panelists MAGDALÉNA VÁŠÁRYOVÁ, Founder of SFPA PAVOL DEMEŠ, former Minister of International Relations of SR and Co-founder of SFPA IVAN KORČOK, former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of SR MIROSLAV LAJČÁK, former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of SR
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee break
11:20 – 11:40
Address by the Prime Minister of SR EDUARD HEGER
Q&A
11:45 – 13:10
PANEL II: EU and the Slovak Republic
Host MARTA JANČKÁROVÁ, RTVS
Panelists ANDREJ STANČÍK, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic KATARÍNA CSÉFALVAYOVÁ, Institute for Central Europe VLADIMÍR BILČÍK, MEP RADOVAN GEIST, Euractiv
13:10 – 14:35
Lunch break
14:35 – 16:10
PANEL III: Ukraine and the change of global secuirty environment
Chat with the Minister of Defense (20 min)
Host ANDREJ MATIŠÁK, Pravda Daily
JAROSLAV NAĎ, Minister of Defense
Host LUCIA YAR, Euractiv
Panelists INGRID BROCKOVÁ, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of SR KATARÍNA MATHERNOVÁ, Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (online) MARIÁN MAJER, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense ALEXANDER DULEBA, SFPA
16:10 – 16:25
Coffee break
16:25 – 17:15
What’s next, Slovak foreign policy?
Chat with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of SR
Host PAVOL DEMEŠ, Member of the SFPA Board of Directors
RASTISLAV KÁČER, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of SR
17:15 – 17:30
Concluding remarks
TOMÁŠ STRÁŽAY, Director, SFPA
17:30
Glass of wine
At the same time, we would like to invite you to the presentation of the book Testimonies and experiences: Thirty years in Slovak diplomacy, which was published on the occasion of 30 years of Slovak diplomacy.
Video recording of the conference in English is available here:
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