Opening

12:30-13:15 Sandwich lunch hosted by the NATO PA / DCAF

13:15 Welcome / Introduction

JosÃ© Lello, President of the NATO PA

Simon Lunn, Senior Fellow, DCAF, and Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Keynote Address

13:30-14:15 Ali Ahmad Jalali, Distinguished Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University; former Interior Minister of Afghanistan

Challenges to Stability in Afghanistan and Key Responses: Security Sector Development and the Rule of Law

Followed by Q&A

Security CHALLENGES: Ongoing Operations and DEfence & Security

Sector reform

14:15-15:45 Moderator: Simon Lunn, Senior Fellow, DCAF, Associate Fellow, GCSP

Security Situation in Afghanistan and International Security Stabilisation Efforts: An Overall Assessment

Nicholas Grono, Deputy President, International Crisis Group (ICG)

NATO's Stabilisation Strategy

Gordon Brett, Head, Operations Section, NATO

The EU Contribution: The ESDP Police Mission in Afghanistan, EUPOL AFGHANISTAN

Jean-Baptiste Valmary, EU Council Secretariat

The Missing Dimension: the Border Issue and the Role of Pakistan

Anatol Lieven, KingÂ’s College

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

Development challenges: Drugs, Rule of Law, GOVERNANCE

16:00-17:30 Moderator: David Hobbs, Secretary General, NATO PA

The Challenges of Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan

Sari Kouvo, Senior Program Fellow on Afghanistan - International Centre for Transitional Justice, Research Fellow - NATO Defence College

The Drugs Challenge

Philippa Rogers, Deputy Head of the Afghan Drugs Inter-Departmental Unit (ADIDU), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

Reconstruction and Development: the European Commission's Contribution

Bettina Muscheidt, EU Commission, RELEX, Desk Afghanistan

Concluding remarks: Hugh Bayley, General Rapporteur, Economics and Security Committee, NATO PA

17:30 End of meetings