Agenda: Consultations on Bulgaria’s Road to the Global Refugee Forum

Consultations on Bulgaria’s Road to the Global Refugee Forum

Tuesday, 27 June 2023, Sofia Balkan Palace Hotel, 09:30 – 13:30 hours EET

AGENDA

09:30 – 10:00 Welcome and registration

Sofia Balkan Palace Hotel, 5, pl. "Sveta Nedelya" Square, 1000 Sofia

10:00 – 10:10 Welcoming remarks

Seda Kuzucu, UNHCR Representative in Bulgaria

10:10 – 10:30 Remarks and stocktaking and learning from GRF 2019

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

10:30 – 10:50 GRF and global multi-stakeholder engagement

Ana Carolina Pinto Dantas, UNHCR, team of Assistant High Commissioner for Protection

10:50 – 11:00 Inclusion in Action

Mohadese Mirzae, UNHCR supporter and refugee from Afghanistan

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45 GRF pledges, socio-economic inclusion

Susanne Klink, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Europe, Snr. Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officer

11:45 – 12:05 Refugee participation & refugee led initiatives

Sara Alkaf and Olena Gritsyuk, National Assembly of Refugees in Bulgaria

12:05 – 12:15 Good practices from Plovdiv

Stefan Stoyanov, Deputy Mayor, Plovdiv municipality

12:15 – 12:25 Private sector engagement in the GRF

Gabriela Dimitrova, Director International Relations Dpt, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

12:25 – 12:35 Experience of American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad

Tsvetelina Angelova, Foundations and Institutional Support Manager, AUBG

12:35 – 12:45 Closing remarks

Seda Kuzucu, UNHCR Representative in Bulgaria

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch