Host:
Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Co- chairs:
Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ambassador Dr. Boris Frlec, Head of Task Force OSCE
Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs –Mr. Earl Turcotte, Director, Mine Action and Small Arms Team, Canadian MFA

4. October 2005
Welcome drink reception hosted by Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

5. October 2005
08:30 – 09:00 Opening Session
Opening Statement by Representative of Georgian Government – TBD
Opening Remarks by Amb. Boris Frlec, Head of Task Force OSCE Slovenian MFA
Opening Remarks by Mr. Earl Turcotte, Director Mine Action and Small Arms Team, Canadian MFA
Opening Remarks by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Ms. Silvie Brigot

09:00 – 10:30 Session 1
Setting the Scene: The Nature of the Problem and Experiences in Mine Action to Date
Moderator: Amb. Roy Reeve, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia / Rapporteur: Mr. Zbignew Fec, OSCE Mission to Georgia

1. Georgia – Representative of Georgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Defense
2. Armenia – Mr. Armen Grigoryan, UNDP Mine Action programme Manager for Armenia
3. Azerbaijan – Mr. Aziz Aliyev, Representative of Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA)
4. Q & A

1030 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 13:30 Session 1 - continued

5. Presentation: Ms. Narine Berikashvili, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) - Overview of the Landmine Problem in the South Caucasus
6. Presentation: Mr. Paul Castella, Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - The Human Cost of Anti-personnel Mines and the International Response
7. Presentation: Mr. Robert Cugelj, director Slovenian Institute for Rehabilitation – Report on Rehabilitation Capacities in the Caucasus
8. Presentation: Former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff, General   (ret’d) Maurice Baril - Military Utility of Anti-Personnel Landmines
9. Q & A
 
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH

15:00 – 17:00 Session 2 

Mine action as a Confidence Building Measure and Models of Regional Cooperation

Moderator: Mr. Jernej Cimpersek, Slovenian Mission to the OSCE / Rapporteur Mr. Iztok Hočevar, ITF

1. Presentation: Mr. Dorijan Maršič,  International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) - South Eastern Europe as a Model of Regional Mine Action Co-operation
2. Presentation: Dr. Archil Samadashvili, Georgian Technical University - Regional Capacity and Confidence building through Management Training Courses
3. Presentation: Canada – Cooperation, Assistance and Confidence Building through Stockpile Destruction
4. Q & A

Evening reception hosted by OSCE mission in Georgia

6. October 2005

09:00 – 10:30  Session 3

The Way Forward: Next Steps in Mine Action for the South Caucasus

Moderator: Mr. Cory Anderson, Mine Action Team, Canadian MFA  / Rapporteur Mrs. Karin Asselin, Canadian Mission to the OSCE       

1. Presentation: GICHD – Ambassador Stephen Nellen – What is the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and How Can it Help
2. Presentation: UNDP – The Next Steps in Mine Action for the South Caucasus
3. Presentation: Federation Suisse Deminage (FSD) Mine Action Activities within OSCE Scope of Work - The Tajikistan Case

10:45 – 12:00    Roundtable Discussion / Next Steps
Keynote speaker Mr. Bob Eaton

12:00   Closing Statement by representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia)

 

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