Programme

Justice and Mediation for EU Integration: Regional Insights on
Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Mediation and Increasing Mediation Case Numbers
14 November 2024, Sarajevo, Hotel Ibis Styles

Organized by CSSP Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation, in collaboration with the High Judiciary and
Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office

Welcoming and Registration of Participants

Welcome Address

Opening Remarks and Session I
Strengthening Mediation to Support the EU Integration of Bosnia and
Herzegovina: Legal Reform and Increasing Case Numbers

Master of Conference: Ms. Merjem Nurikić Haljeta, Regional coordinator, CSSP,
Western Balkans

•  Ambassador Dr. Thomas Fitschen, Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany
•  Mr. Alfredo Strippoli, Head of Rule of Law, Delegation of the European Union
to Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Mr. Halil Lagumdžija, President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial
Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Mr. Admir Suljagić, Director of the Secretariat of the High Judicial and
Prosecutorial Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Mr. Dejan Đurović, Vice President of the Judicial Commission, Brčko District
•  Mr. Christoph Lüttmann, Managing Director, and Ms. Manuela Mangold,
Board Member, CSSP, Germany

Coffee Break

Session II
Mediation in Legal Reforms for EU Accession: Challenges, Best Practices and
Lessons Learned from South-East Europe

Moderator: Mr. Vincent Lungwitz, Program Manager, CSSP, Germany

• Mr. Enrico Visentin, Program Manager for Judiciary and Anticorruption,
Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ms. Ganimete Xhelili, President of the Chamber of Mediators, Kosovo*
• Ms. Nataša Novaković, Head of the Directorate for Civil Legislation, Ministry
of Justice, Montenegro
• Mr. Ivan Knežević, Head of the Department for Alternative Resolution of
Labor, Economic and Small Value Disputes, ADR Center, Montenegro
• Ms. Gordana Bogeska, Mediator, Chamber of Mediators, North Macedonia

Lunch 

Session III
Court Referrals: Challenges, Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Southeast Europe

Moderator: Ms. Bérangère Dailly, Program Manager, CSSP, Kosovo*
• Mr. Adnan Konushevci, Judge, Judicial Council, Kosovo*
• Mr. Bujar Ahmeti, Judge, Judicial Council, Kosovo*
• Ms. Ana Bilić, Head of the Department for Improving the Efficiency and
Quality of Judicial Work, High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
• Ms. Lucia Popescu, Member of the Judicial Council, Moldova
• Mr. Luan Dibra, Adviser, High Judicial Council, Albania
• Mr. Milazim Mustafa, Certified mediator and a member of the High Judicial Council, North Macedonia

Coffee break

Session IV
Promotion of Mediation: Various Experiences from South-East Europe

Moderator: Ms. Vjola Goda, Project Coordinator, CSSP, Albania

• Mr. Ergys Qirici, Director of the Free Legal Aid Directorate, Ministry of
Justice, Albania
• Ms. Enila Hasani, Head of the Legal Department and Member of the Board,
National Chamber of Mediation, Albania
• Mr. Dumitru Lefter, Director of the Mediation Center of the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Moldova
• Mr. Nikola Tomić, National Association of Mediators, Serbia

Closing Words

• Mr. Christoph Lüttmann, Managing Director, CSSP, Germany
• Ms. Ana Bilić, Head of the Department for Improving the Efficiency and Quality of
Judicial Work, High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina

End of the Conference

Reception and Joint Dinner

Representatives from judicial institutions, experts, lawyers, and mediators from Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Turkey, and Germany will attend the conference.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.