21th 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.

Barbora Legényová Tomáš Strážay Alexander Duleba Peter Brezáni

European Affairs Central Europe International Security

Date: 27.03.2023, 09:00

Place: Congress Hall of MFEA SR (Hlboká 2)

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 21th 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.

You can register for the event at this link by March 23, 2023.

Live stream of the conference will be available on our Facebook page (in Slovak language) and on our YouTube channel (in English language).

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 Speaker of the Slovak Parliament BORIS KOLLÁR (TBC)

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 – 14:10

Lunch break

14:10 – 14:30

Address by the Prime Minister of SR EDUARD HEGER (TBC)

Q&A

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 – 17:00

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

17:00 – 17:15

Concluding remarks

TOMÁŠ STRÁŽAY, Director, SFPA

17:15

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.

21th Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy of the Slovak republic

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