ISS SEMINAR WITH IRRI-KIIB:
BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA: PARTNERS IN AFRICA
Tuesday, 13 September 2005

ISS Experts Seminar with the Belgian Institute for International Relations
Brussels, 13 September 2005
Egmont Palace, Place du Petit Sablon, 1000 Brussels

09.00 – 09.15 Registration

09.15 – 09.20 Welcome by Mr. Jan Grauls, Vice-President of IRRI-KIIB

09.20 – 09.30 Opening Remarks

- Mr. Jerry Matjila, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa

- Mr. Pierre Labouverie, Ambassador of Belgium to South Africa

09.30 – 11.00 Panel 1: The Security-Development Nexus

Chair: Mr. Jerry Matjila, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa

- Mr. Richard Cornwell, Senior Research Fellow, ISS

- Representative of the European Commission (to be confirmed)

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 Panel 2: The Role of the African Union

Chair: Mr. Mark Geleyn, Ambassador, Director General, Bilateral Affairs, Belgian FPS Foreign Affairs

- Dr. Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director, ISS

- Mr. Koen Vervaeke, Policy Unit, Council of the EU

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 16.00 Panel 3: Trilateral Cooperation in the DR Congo

Chair: Mr. Jean Lint, Ambassador, Director Africa, Deputy DG Bilateral Affairs, Belgian FPS Foreign Affairs

- Mr. Henri Boshoff, Military Analyst, ISS

- Mr. Tom Wouters, Major, Cabinet of Belgian Defence Minister Flahaut

16.00 – 16.15 Concluding Remarks

Mr. Jan Grauls, Vice-President of IRRI-KIIB