From the Berlin Wall to the Enguri Bridge
13-15 May
Program
Venue: GIPA Campus (Ponichala), Rustavi Highway N22a, 0114, Tbilisi, Georgia (tbc)
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), 4th President of Georgia |
10:30-11:30 |
Keynote Speech: From Ostpolitik to Today: Germany’s Evolving Eastern Policy in the South Caucasus PD Dr. Stefan Müller (conf) – Head of the „Public History“ department at the Archive of Social Democracy. Comments by Irakli Iremadze (tbc), Geo perspective of GEO-Ger SD cooperation during first republic 1918-1921 *(max 10 min.) Moderated: Marcel Röthig, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Caucasus (tbc) |
11:30-11:50 |
Coffee Break |
11:50 – 13:30 |
Deutschlandpolitik: Insights from Both Sides of the Wall (GDR/FRG) Markus Meckel (conf) – Pfarrer (im Wartestand), Außenminister a.D. MdB 1990 – 2009. 7.Okt.1989 – Gründung Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR (SDP), Initiator der Gründung zusammen mit Martin Gutzeit, seit Zweiter Sprecher der SDP Moderated by by Maia Panjikidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2012- 2014) (conf) |
13:30:14:30 |
Lunch Break |
14:30 – 16:10 |
Lessons from Germany: Adapting Experience for Georgia’s Western policy
Giorgi Margvelashvili, 4th President of Georgia (conf) Maia Panjikidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2012–2014) (conf) Markus Meckel (conf) – Pastor (retired), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, 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. Moderated by Tsotne Tchanturia, GIPA (conf) (max. 5 min. each speaker) |
16:10-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
16:30-18:10 |
Lessons from Germany: Adoption Experience for Georgia’s conflict policy and near neighborhood Speakers: Paata Zakareishvili (tbc) Davit Jishkariani (tbc) Ortwin Hennig (conf) – Ambassador (ret.) (Georgia: 2010-2015), Programme Director. training for Diplomats from Afghanistan and Region (Federal Foreign Office) Moderated by Salome Alania, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, South Caucasus |
Day 2: May 14, 2025
Time |
Activity |
08:00 – 08:50 |
Breakfast at the Hotel in Tbilisi |
09:00 – 14:00 |
Departure from Tbilisi to Zugdidi |
14:00 – 15:30 |
Check-in and Lunch at LETO Hotel/Restourant. |
15:30 – 17:00 |
Visit to the Dividing Line (Enguri Bridge) and the German POW Memorial (Rukhi fortress) |
17:00 – 18:30 |
Visit to Enguri Hydropower Plant (Excursion) |
19:00 – 21:00 |
Dinner at the Holy Mary Dadiani Church Satrapezo and meeting with clergy |
21:00 – 22:00 |
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Day 3: May 15, 2025
Time |
Activity |
08:00 – 09:00 |
Breakfast at the Hotel |
10:00 – 12:00 |
Visiting Tour to Dadiani Palaces |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch Diaroni |
13:00 |
Departure to Tbilisi |
International Symposium:
From the Berlin Wall to the Enguri Bridge
13 May, 2025
Venue: GIPA Campus (Ponichala), Rustavi Highway N22a, 0114, Tbilisi, Georgia (tbc)
Einführung: Simona Koss, Vorsitzende des Bundesverbandes Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft e.V.
Markus Meckel und Adam Krzeminski im Gespräch
Moderation: Dr. Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz
Hier finden Sie Einladung und Programm: 2025-6-10 program_135mm_Helsinki_Remembrance Symposium_2025_v6 (1)-1
Markus Meckel eröffnet im Gespräch mit Michael Zantovsky (Prag) zum Thema: The Spirit of Helsinki (10. Juni 2025 – 18.00 – 19.00)