09:00-10:00

Registration and coffee

10:00-10:40

Welcome and opening address

• Mr. Mile Janakieski, the Minister of Transport and Communications of Republic of Macedonia
• HE Ambassador Natalya Drozd, Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje
  
• Mr. Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director, FOSIM
  

Moderator:

Dr. Marjan Gushev,

Metamorphosis Foundation Board Member

10:45-11:45

Best Practices in Institutional Framework Building

Speakers

• Dr. Marijana Vidas-Bubanja , Chair of eSEE Initiative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe: Regional Perspective
• Ms. Dessi Pefeva , Project Coordinator, ISOC Bulgaria: Case study – Bulgaria
• Mr. Miroslav Jovanovic, head of IT department, Ministry of Finance of RM: Law on Information Society

Moderator:

Mr. Zoran Janevski, NSIOD Task Force representative

11:45-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-13:15

E-government & Citizen Participation

Speakers

• Mr. Vladimir Aleksic , Center for Internet Development, Belgrade: Overview of e-government development in the region
• Mr. Igor Stamatovski , Free Software Macedonia: Open Standards
• Ms. Karina Donevska , General Secretariat, Government of RM: e-services case study (uslugi.gov.mk)
• Mr. Aleksandar Ugrinoski , state advisor, Agency of Civil Servants: Public Servants Employments System

Moderator:

Dr. Danilo Gligoroski , Norvegian University of Science & Technology, Trondhaim  

13:15-14:45

Buffet Lunch

14:45-15:45

Freedom of Information and Data Privacy

Speakers

• Ms. Fani Davidova , Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria: FOI in the EU
• Mr. Janko Nikolovski , Commission for Free Access to Information of Public Character of RM: Implementation of the Law on Access to Information
• Mr. Antoin O'Lachtnain , Digital Rights Ireland, representative of EDRI: EU perspective on privacy
• Dr. Karel Neuwirt , Team Leader, EAR Project, Technical Assistance to the Directorate for PD Protection: Data protection
• Ms. Marijana Marusic , Director, Directorate for Personal Data Protection of RM

Moderator:

Ms. Danche Danilovska, FOI program Coordinator, FOSIM
 

15:45-16:30

Summary of Day 1

Moderators presenting the conclusions and recommendations from the previous sessions 

Moderator:

Dr. Marjan Gushev, Metamorphosis Foundation Board Member

10:00-11:15

e-Commerce, Cyber-crime and cyber-security legislation

Speakers

• Mr. Bogdan Manolea, executive director, APTI.Ro: regional overview/Romanian experience
• Mr. Ljubomir Trajkovski , Information Security Management Principal Consultant: Implementing information security standards
• Mr. Jovce Plastinoski, Deputy chief of party, eGov Project/USAID and Ms. Marta A. Tomovska , CEO UNet: VeriSign Report and the Next Steps
• Mr. Vasko Kronevski, vice president of MASIT: B-business Environment in RM

Moderator:

Mr. Marjan Ristevski,
Chief Inspector For Computer Related Crime, Ministry of Interior of RM
 

11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

New Media Influence on Policy

Speakers

• Mr. Christian Moeller , Coordinator, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna: Digital switch - analog to digital media
• Mr. Ljubisha Gorgevski , Director of B.U. Engineering, Macedonian Broadcasting: Terrestrial Broadcasting; Analog to Digital Transition in RM
• Ms. Jelena Surculija , Media expert, Belgrade: Regional perspective

Moderator:

Ms. Sally Broughton
Head of Media Development, OSCE Mission to Skopje
 

12:30-14:00

Buffet Lunch

14:00-15:00

Building Synergy: Bridging the Gap eEU-eSEE

Fishbowl Roundtable Discussion: NGO and Government representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

Conclusions and recommendations 

Moderator:

Ms. Malinka Jordanova, Secretariat for European Affairs, Government of RM 

15:00-15:15

Break (adaptation of the premises)

15:15-17:00

Final Discussion

Moderators presenting the conclusions and recommendations from the previous sessions

Closing addresses by 

• HE, Vele Samak, Minster of Government of RM for foreign investment
• Мr. Tim Donnay, Acting Mission Director, USAID
• Ms. Maria Louisa Silva Mejias, UNDP Resident Representative

Moderator:

Mr. Bardhyl Jashari, Director, Metamorphosis Foundation
 

Track 1

Track 2

09:00-12:00

Online Journalism
Lead by Mr. Borce Manevski, OSCE Mission to Skopje

• Intro to Online Journalism
  
• Case Study: www.mrt.com.mk
• Mr. Filip Stojanovski, Metamorphosis: Effective Internet Searching
• Mr. Darko Buldioski, New Media Center: blogs, vlogs, podcasting, RSS

Gender evaluation of IT projects
Lead by Ms. Danijela Babic, ZaMir, Zagreb

• Gender Evaluation Methodology
• Ms. Marija Savova & Mr. Bobi Badarevski, Zdruzhenska NGO: Gender Analysis of National Strategy for IS Development of RM
  

12:00-15:00

Freedom of Expression on the Internet
lead by Mr. Christian Moeller, Coordinator, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna

• Intro to general framework of human rights on the internet
• Protection of anonymity
• Ms. Jelena Surculija, Media expert, Belgrade: Case Studies

e-Accesibity: Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the IS
Lead by Mr. Jovan Petrov, Web Projects Manager, Metamorphosis

• Accessibility and Usability Standards for web design
• Mr. Toni Pajdakov, Associacion of Blind People, Veles: Experiences & Challenges in Using ICT to Aid Blind People in Macedonia
• Mr. Filip Stojanovski, Program Coordinator, Metamorphosis: Overview of Accessibility on the Macedonian web

15:00-18:00

Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
lead by Mr. Tomislav Medak and Mr. Marcell Mars, Multimedia Institute/ net.culture club MAMA, Zagreb, and Ms. Neda Zdraveva and Mr. Nenad Gavrilovic, CIPE, Faculty of Law, Skopje

• Intro to Copyright
• EU Copyright Directives
• Creative Commons
  

Free and Open Source Software Intro
Lead by NGO Free Software Macedonia

• What is Free and  Open Source Software (F/OSS)?
• F/OSS in practice (where to find it and how to use it)
• Ms. Jordanka Petrushevska, e-rider, Metamorphosis: F/OSS Solutions for NGO and Local Govt. Needs in Macedonia & Linux Professional Institute (www.lpi.org) Programs in Macedonia