Program
14:00 - 14:10 Opening by Drs. Ehsan Turabaz, President of the Netherlands-Afghanistan Business Council and Honorary Council of Afghanistan
14:10 - 14:50 Keynote speech by Ambassador of Afghanistan, Dr. Nezam
(translation from French by RA-student Lou-Davina Stouffs)
14.50: - 15:10 Keynote speech by Christa Meindersma,
Deputy Director of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
15:10 - 15:40 Discussion by the expert panel:
· Dr. Herman Lelieveldt (Chairman)
Associate Professor of Political Science at Roosevelt Academy
· Andrew Mann,
Counselor for Political & Economic Affairs of the US Embassy
· Lieutenant Colonel Wilfed Rietdijk,
Former Commandant of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Uruzgan
· Dick Oosting,
Europe Director of the International Center for Transitional Justice
· Drs. Marie José Alting von Geusau,
Director of the Center for International Legal Cooperation
· Dick Scherjon,
Board of Directors of Rabobank Netherlands
15:40 - 16:00 Questions and discussion with the audience
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee & tea
16:15 - 17:00 Workshops:
1. Afghanistan Military Missions (English).
Location: Burgerzaal, Rapporteur: Theresa Kayser
2. Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en de Rol van de Privaatsector (Dutch)
Location: Raadzaal, Raporteur: Michelle van Geffen
3. Rechtsstaat in Afghanistan (Dutch)
Location: B &W Kamer, Moderator: Imro Baldew, Rapporteur: Anton Buntinx
17.05: -17:20 Concluding Remarks by Prof. Dr. Giles Scott-Smith,
Professor in International Relations and Ernst van der Beugel Chair
in Diplomatic History at Leiden University
17:20 - 17:40 Closing (Coffee & tea)