| 1st day: |
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| 15:00-17:30 |
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DELEGATE AND SPEAKER REGISTRATION |
| 18:00-19:00 |
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WELCOME & AGENDA OVERVIEW |
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Speakers:
- Tedo Japaridze, NATO Workshop Co-Director. Secretary General, The Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Georgia
- John Wood, Chairman, The Trilateral Group, UK
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Issues: Setting the Agenda:
- Euro-Atlantic Security and Integration of the Black Sea Region.
- Identifying concrete steps for the Black Sea and Caucasus regions from the NATO Illicit Trafficking Workshop, Norton Manor, September 2004, UK.
- The relationship between narcotics trafficking, illicit funds development and transactions, and WMD acquisition efforts by rogue states and terrorist groups.
- Improving co-operation in information sharing, the development of a common set of Warnings and Indicators, communications and training between governments, inter-governmental agencies and the private sector regarding illicit trafficking in the region.
- The threat of Improvised Explosive Devices.
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| 19:30 |
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RECEPTION & WELCOME DINNER |
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Speaker:
- Chris Donnelly, Senior Fellow Defence Academy, UK, Former Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General
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Issues:
- The NATO Perspective – Working with Partner Countries to Counter Illicit Trafficking and related security threats in the Black Sea and Caucasus Region.
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| 2nd day: |
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| 09:00-10:45 |
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ROUNDTABLE: COUNTER TRAFFICKING CHALLENGES IN THE BLACK SEA REGION |
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Issues:
- Security and the Role of the Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation
- Current Regional counter trafficking cooperation
- Traditional Contraband Channels (Tobacco, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals etc.)
- Shortfalls in International and National Controls over high-risk commodities such as Sealed Radioactive Sources
- Improvised Explosive Devices
- Terrorist capabilities in the Region
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| 10:45-11:00 |
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COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00-13:00 |
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ROUNDTABLE: STRATEGIC COOPERATION TO COUNTER ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN THE REGION |
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Issues: Strengthening cooperation between government agencies responsible for counter trafficking:
- Warnings & Indicators
- Intelligence & Information Sharing
- Customs, Police and other Law Enforcement
- Training and Maintenance
- IAEA and US Support for Regional Counter Trafficking Programs, DOE, DOD, State, NRC etc.
- NATO Border Security Working Group
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| 13:00-14:30 |
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LUNCH |
| 14:30-17:00 |
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ROUNDTABLE: TECHNICAL COOPERATION – DETECTION & INTERDICTION OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES & OTHER SECURITY THREATS |
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Issues:
- Technical Shortfalls in the Black Sea Region
- International Technical Cooperation Agreements
- Pooling of resources - sharing monitoring and detection equipment etc.
- IAEA TecDocs – Prevention of Illicit Trafficking
- New Technologies
- Legislative Requirements
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| 19:30 |
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RECEPTION:
Followed by DINNER |
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| 3rd day: |
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| 09:00-11:00 |
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ROUNDTABLE: ACTION ITEMS AND CLOSING REMARKS |
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Issues:
- Findings and Action Items
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| 11:00 |
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COFFEE BREAK |
| 12:00-13:00 |
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LUNCH |
| WORKSHOP CLOSES |
