Danube/Black Sea/South Caucasus/Central Asian…

The following four sessions provide insight into some of the Alliance's regional strategies and priority areas. Discussions will feature a number of experts and practitioners from the respective regions and thus present in-depth knowledge on national strategies, realities on the ground and future outlooks and priorities. Speakers: Marton Mehes, Director Balassi Institute - Collegium Hungaricum Vienna, Initiator of Danube Culture Cluster, Member of the Steering Group of Priority Area 3 of the EU Danube Strategy; Victor Tvircun, Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC); Adil Akhmetov, Senator, Member of Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General Democracy Head of Delegation of Council of Europe; Floriane Hohenberg, Head of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, OSCE - ODHIR; Vasif Eyvazzade, Director for International Relations, Ministry of Culture, Aserbaidjan Rapporteur: Iliana Schmatelka, Managing Director, International Leadership Institute, Austria/Bulgaria Moderator: Martin Eichtinger, Director-General for Cultural Policy, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria