09:30

Registration

10:00-10:10

Welcoming Remarks

Marcel Röthig, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Caucasus

10:10-10:25

Keynote Speech: Giorgi Margvelashvili (conf), 4^th President of Georgia

10:30-11:30

PANEL 1:

Germany’s Eastern Policy in South Caucasus and Georgian-German Cooperation (Keynote speech and comments)

Keynote Speech: From Ostpolitik to the present day: the German task of looking beyond the Russian horizon– Stefan Müller (conf) – Head of the „Public History“ department at the Archive of Social Democracy

*(max 20 min.)

Comments: Georgian perspective of Georgian-German cooperation of Social Democrats during the first republic 1918-1921 – Irakli Iremadze (conf) – Coordinator, Researcher at Ilia State University

*(max 10 min.)

Moderated by Marcel Röthig (tbc), Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Caucasus

11:30-11:50

Coffee Break

11:50 – 13:30

PANEL 2:

Westpolitik, Ostpolitik, and Deutschlandpolitik: Insights from both sides of the Wall (GDR/FRG) (Keynote speeches and Q&A)

Keynote Speech: Westpolitik, Ostpolitik, and Deutschlandpolitik: Insights from the GDR – Markus Meckel (conf) – Pastor (retired), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the GDR, Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2009). Co-founder of the Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SPD) together with Martin Gutzeit (1989), serving as the second spokesperson of the SDP
*(max 20 min.)

Keynote Speech: Westpolitik, Ostpolitik, and Deutschlandpolitik: Insights from the FRG – Ortwin Hennig (conf) – Ambassador (ret.) (Georgia: 2010-2015), Programme Director, training for Diplomats from Afghanistan and Region (Federal Foreign Office)
*(max 20 min.)

Moderated by Maia Panjikidze (conf), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2012- 2014)

13:30:14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:20

PANEL 3 (Part I):

Lessons from Germany: Adapting Experience for Georgia’s Western Policy (Speeches, Inter-panel Discussion, and Q&A)

Speakers:

Giorgi Margvelashvili (conf), 4^th President of Georgia

Maia Panjikidze(conf), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2012–2014)

Stefan Müller (conf) – Head of the „Public History“ department at the Archive of Social Democracy

Markus Meckel (conf) – Pastor (retired), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the GDR, Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2009). Co-founder of the Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SPD) together with Martin Gutzeit (1989), serving as the second spokesperson of the SDP

*(max 5 min. each speaker for a speech)

*(max 30 min. inter-panel discussion)

Moderated by Tsotne Tchanturia, GIPA

16:20-16:40

Coffee Break

16:40-18:20

PANEL 3 (Part II)

Lessons from Germany: Adopting Experience for Georgia’s conflict policy and near neighborhood (Speeches, Inter-panel Discussion, and Q&A)

Speakers:

Paata Zakareishvili (tbc) – State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia (2012-2016)

Davit Jishkariani (tbc) – Coordinator, Researcher at the Max Weber Stiftung, Georgia

Ortwin Hennig (conf) – Ambassador (ret.) (Georgia: 2010-2015), Programme Director. training for Diplomats from Afghanistan and Region (Federal Foreign Office)

*(max 5 min. each speaker for a speech)

*(max 30 min. inter-panel discussion)

Moderated by Salome Alania, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, South Caucasus