Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
Security Forum
Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
28 – 29 June
2007
1.
Information
The second Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Council Security Forum with the participation of Foreign and other ministers of
NATO and Partner countries will take place in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia on 28-29 June 2007. The NATO
Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will chair the Forum to be held in
the city of Ohrid, and the
Government will be the host.
2.
Programme and Pools
The detailed Media Programme for the
EAPC Security Forum will be available upon accreditation. Via a system of pools,
a restricted number of writing press will be invited to participate in
the panels and the plenary sessions. This year the panels will focus on
Afghanistan,
Kosovo and the Balkans, and Energy security. Pools will also be constituted to
bring visual media to the beginning of each of these events. Panel and
plenary sessions in their entirety will be covered live and transmitted to the
Media Centre via close-circuit television. Pool cards will be available for
pick-up at the information desk of the media centre beginning at 16h00 on
Thursday, 28 June
2007.
3.
Venue
The EAPC Security Forum will be held in the Inex
Gorica Hotel in Ohrid. The Media Centre will be located on-site, and the Media
Accreditation Office will be in the Hotel Millenium Palace, Kej Marchal Tito
b.b., 6000 Ohrid (tel/fax: +389.46.263.361; email: millenium_palace@mt.net.mk). The Accreditation Office is near the historic
centre of town and within 10-15 minutes by shuttle bus from the media
centre.
4.
Accreditation and Security Checks
Media representatives wishing to cover the EAPC
Security Forum need to request accreditation. Applications can only be made
electronically on-line via internet, by clicking on the following link:
https://my.hq.nato.int/jas.
The process requires interested
media representatives to create a user name and password and to provide a
digital picture (3.5 x 4.5 cm passport-size photograph in JPEG format).
Applications for accreditation should be made no later than noon on Friday 22 June
2007. Applications received after that date may encounter delay
or be rejected. Media representatives having completed the request for
accreditation on the internet must bring a print-out of the request
confirmation.
Access to the Media Centre requires
a media pass delivered at the accreditation office. Media passes will not be
mailed to applicants and must be picked up in person at the Media Accreditation
Office upon presentation of a valid I.D. card or passport and a valid press card
(or letter of accreditation from a recognised media organisation). Passes need
to be worn visibly at all times and secondary identification may be asked by
security personnel at any time. Media representatives are informed that security
personnel will examine and may test equipment and personal effects carried onto
the site and are advised to arrive with sufficient lead time to clear security
checks.
Television and radio broadcasters,
wire services and photo agencies bringing bulky equipment are particularly urged
to bring it into the Media centre on 27 June and no later than 10 a.m. on 28 June 2007.
6.
Broadcasting
Television editing booths and Radio
ISDN lines are located in the Media Centre. A Radio interview room and TV stand
ups are also available. Satellite uplink trucks and O.B. vans will be parked
close to the Media Centre.
The Host Television Broadcaster,
Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), will provide live coverage of arrivals of
delegations, the public sessions of all meetings and panel discussions and
international news conferences. For enquiries, or to book a TV editing booth,
please contact :
Mr. Blazo
RISTOV
National TV Broadcasting
MRTV
Telephone: +389.23.23.95.20
(Office), +389.70.33.83.62 (Cellular)
Email: blazo.ristov@mt.net.mk
The host Radio Broadcaster, MRT,
will provide the signal and technical assistance. For enquiries, or to book the
radio studio or a radio ISDN workstation:
Mr. Dimac
Mitkovski
National TV Broadcasting
MRTV
Email: dimac_mk@yahoo.com
7.
Communications
Laptop computers need to be equipped
with RJ 45 plugs in order to connect to the high-speed internet. ISDN lines will
also be available for radio transmissions. Please check if you need to use an
adaptor in ‘Euro ISDN’ standard. Electricity in Ohrid is 220 Volts and plugs
have two round pins
8.
Accommodations
Media representatives are encouraged
to stay in Ohrid and are advised to book their hotel rooms as soon as possible.
Millennium
www.mileniumpalace.com.mk
e-mail: millenium_palace@mt.net.mk
tel. ++ 389 (0) 46 263 361
fax ++389 (0) 46 267 010
Address: Quay Marshal Tito b.b.
Donco
www.hoteldonco.com.mk
e-mail:
flamengo@mt.net.mk
tel. ++ 389 (0) 46 262 610
GSM. 389(0)71 222 668
address: Blvd Turisticka 92
Lebed
www.hotellebed.com.mk
e-mail:
tani@mt.net.mk
tel. ++ 389 (0) 46 25 00 04
fax 389 (0) 46 26 36 07
address: Quay Marshal Tito
b.b.
Riviera
www.rivierahotel.com.mk
e-mail:
hotel_riviera@mt.net.mk
tel. ++ 389 (0) 46 26 87 35
fax 389 (0) 46 25 41 55
For further information, please
contact Mr. Milan Janakievich :
Office Phone:
+389.23.282.144
Cellular Phone:
+389.70.279.992
Email: janikijm@mk.pims.org
9.
Transport
The host nation will organise
transport to and from designated media hotels and the Accreditation Office and
to the Media Centre, via a shuttle bus system whose schedule will be available
at the hotels, the Accreditation Office and the
Centre.
Furthermore, a limited number of seats is being
reserved on the NATO plane travelling to Ohrid directly from
Brussels on 28 June for members of
the press permanently accredited to NATO. Requests to book a seat on the NATO
plane should be addressed to the Head of Media Operations at NATO Headquarters
in Brussels, Mr. Damien Arnaud, via
electronic means only on press-at-ohrid@hq.nato.int. The persons travelling to Ohrid that way can
also return on the NATO plane on 29 June after the end of the last scheduled
event.
10.
Enquiries
Ms. Vesna Poposka
Mr. Damien Arnaud
EAPC Security Forum Media
Coordinator
NATO Media Coordinator
Telephone: +389.71.237.854.
Telephone: +32.2.707.5038
Email: eapcmediamk@mt.net.mk
Email: press-at-ohrid@hq.nato.int