The former president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, will be one of the speakers at the Global Citizen Forum, which is being held next week in Sveti Stefan.
According to reports, Barroso will speak on the topic of "Uncertainty in the European Union". Barroso headed the EU's executive body for 10 years, where he was succeeded by Jean-Claude Juncker in 2014.
According to reports, the Forum will be opened by Prime Minister Duško Marković, and Montenegrin officials will be attended by Secretary of the National Security Council Veselin Veljović and Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Pavle Radulović, who will speak on the panel "National Identities - The Changing Nature of Citizenship in Europe". Veljović will speak on the panel "Security: Maintaining Security in an Age of Uncertainty", where retired General Wesley Clark will speak. He was the commander of NATO forces for Europe at the time of the bombing of FRY in 1999. As stated, the participants of the forum will also deal with the situation in the region. On the panel "Spotlight in the Balkans: The present and the future in the current geopolitical context", in which, among others, the former president of Bulgaria, Petar Stojanov, will take part: public opinion polls conducted by the institute last year predicted that Great Britain would leave the EU and Donald Trump would win the US presidential election.
Through a video link, the executive director of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgijeva, and the general director of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will address the guests. Georgieva will speak on the topic of sustainable investments, and Bokova on the topic of "Global challenges, local answers".
The working part of the forum will be closed by actor Robert de Niro, who will speak on the topics "Caribbean of the Future" and "The Reality of Climate Change". He will be joined at the sessions by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Brauni, and the founder of the Global Citizen Forum, Armand Arton. Sveti Stefan is the fourth host of the forum, after Dubai, Toronto and Monaco.
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