Security Sector Reform and the Media

Regional Conference on defence and the freedom of information

Organized by the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF and medienhilfe Switzerland in cooperation with the Center for Civil-Military Relations CCMR and the Media Center Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, November 14/15, 2003

Conference Agenda (draft version) and presentations

November 14, 2003 Venue: Media Center, Makedonska 5, Belgrade

09.00-09.30  Opening / Welcome

• Address by Mr. Boris Tadic, Minister of Defense of Serbia and Montenegro

• Address by the Swiss Ambassador, Mr. Gaudenz Ruf

• Welcome by Mr. Roland Brunner, exec.dir. medienhilfe, on behalf of the Swiss organizers: Coalition Building for Democratic Reforms

• Welcome by the local hosts CCMR & MC

 09.30-11.30  Security Sector Reform (Moderator: Mr. Jan Arveds Trapans, DCAF)

• Mr. Boris Tadic, the Minister of Defense of Serbia and Montenegro

• Mr. Miroslav Hadzic, CCMR: Reform of the Security Sector (Summary)

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break

12.00.-13.30  New Security Challenges (Moderator: Mr. Miroslav Hadzic, CCMR)

• Mr. Jan Arveds Trapans, DCAF – Global Trends

• Ms. Marina Caparini, DCAF – Regional Trends

13.30-14.30 Lunch

  14.30-16.00 Public Opinion and the Military (Moderator: Mr. Roland Brunner, mh)

• Ms. Jasmina Glisic, CCMR: Public Opinion and the Military

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break

16.30-18.00   Legal Framework and Media Regulation (Moderator: Mr. Srdjan Radovanovic, MC)

• Mr. Andrew Puddephatt, Article 19: Legal Framework and Media Regulations - Global and European Standards

• Prof. Vladimir Vodinelic, CUPS – Serbia and Montenegro: Free Access to Information Legislation in Serbia

• Mr. Boro Kontic, Media Center – Bosnia and Herzegovina: Security Sector Reform and the Media

18.00-19.00   Summary of the findings of the first day – CCMR and MC

20.00 Official Dinner for invited guests

November 15, 2003 Venue: Central Officers Club of Army of Serbia and Montenegro (Dom Vojske), Brace Jugovica 19, Belgrade

09.30-11.00   The Defense Community: Challenges for Public Information Management (Moderator: Mr. Aji Buchanan, RACVIAC Public Information)

• Mr. Mark Laity, NATO - Global: The Media and the Military - Belgrade briefing

• Ms. Jelena Kovacevic, MoD – Serbia and Montenegro

• Mr. Marjan Gjurovski, MoD - Macedonia: The Defense Community: Challenges for Public Information Management, Macedonia

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-13.00   Media Coverage of the Security Issues (Moderator: Mr. Roland Brunner, mh)

• Mr. Nikolaos Arvanites, Journalist/Researcher: The Forms of informative Interventions

• Ms. Jovanka Matic, CCMR – Serbia and Montenegro: Serbian Media Coverage of the Security Sector Reform

• Ms. Lora Arbana, Albanian Institute of International Studies - Albania: Understanding Defense and Security In Correlation to Civil Society and Media

13.00-14.00   Lunch

14.00-15.00   Challenges for Reporting (investigative journalism) (Moderator: Ms. Jovanka Matic, CMMR)

• Mr. Vlada Milic, Mreza TV Production Group – Serbia and Montenegro: New "Watchdog" Software

• Mr. Pero Jurisin, STINA-News Agency - Croatia: Security Sector Reform and the Media

15.00-16.00   Initiatives under way and further action needed (Moderator: Ms. Jasmina Debeljak, MC)

• Mr. Vladimir Bilancic, OSCE Serbia and Montenegro: OSCE Role in Security Sector Reform - Region of SEE

• Mr. Dragan Janjic, Beta News Agency – BetaDefence Bulletin

• Ms. Jasmina Debeljak – Media Center: Initiatives under way and further action needed

16.00-16.30   Coffee Break

16.30-17.00   Findings and recommendations for follow-up action

• Ms. Jovanka Matić, CCMR

• Mr. Roland Brunner, mh

• Representatives of the MoD

• Local organizers Mr. Miroslav Hadzic, CCMR and Mr. Zoran Jelicic, MC

• Swiss organizers DCAF

17.00-17.15   End of the conference

go to top

medienhilfe, P.O. Box, CH-8031 Zürich, Switzerland
Phone +41-1-272 46 37,  Fax +41-1-272 46 82, email: info@medienhilfe.ch