Draft Agenda April 15 to 19 2024 Seattle.pdf
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This document is a draft agenda for a study visit by officials from the North Macedonia Judiciary and Media Council to Seattle, Washington from April 15-19, 2024. The agenda includes a detailed schedule of visits and meetings with various entities such as the Washington State Supreme Court, Superior Court, U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. District Court, Seattle Times newspaper, and King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. The purpose of the visit is to support judicial transparency and media reporting.
The related federal contract opportunity is Solicitation Number 191NLE24Q0059 for travel services, including hotel accommodations and transportation, for the North Macedonian officials during their visit to Seattle. The solicitation is being issued by the Department of State Office of Acquisition Management.
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NORTH MACEDONIA JUDICIARY-MEDIA COUNCIL’S STUDY VISIT TO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATE
April 15-19, 2024
SUPPORT JUDICIAL TRANSPARENCY AND MEDIA REPORTING
CONTACTS:
INL Macedonia:
Virginia (Ginny) Elliott +389 70 384931
Verica Spaseva +389 70 276521
Interpreter (consecutive translation, only if needed for clarifications during official part):
Zlata Gjuroska Brajovikj
PARTICIPANTS:
Name / surname position Phone number mail
1 Mirjana Lazarova Trajkova Supreme Court Judge +389 78 447188 mirjanalazarovatra@gmail.com
2 Burim Sejdini Chief Judge of Administrative Court
+389 70 362374 burimsejdini@hotmail.com
3 Elena Ivanovska Mukoska journalist +389 72 320730 elenaivanovskabb@gmail.com 4 Aleksandar Atanasov journalist +389 75 284504 aleksandar.atanasov@mia.mk 5 Ardit Ramadani journalist +389 70 544702 ardit.ramadanni@gmail.com 6 Virginia (Ginny) Elliott INL Director 7 Verica Spaseva INL staff +389 70 276521 SpasevaV@state.gov 9 Zlata Gjuroska Brajovikj interpreter +389 70 244684 zlata.brajovik@yahoo.com mailto:mirjanalazarovatra@gmail.com mailto:burimsejdini@hotmail.com mailto:elenaivanovskabb@gmail.com mailto:aleksandar.atanasov@mia.mk mailto:ardit.ramadanni@gmail.com mailto:SpasevaV@state.gov mailto:zlata.brajovik@yahoo.com
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Departure from Skopje airport
Group of 8 arrives at Seattle airport.
Makwa Global Professional Services will provide transportation from airport to:
HOTEL
a Transportation Coordinator will meet you ___.
Drive is about _____minutes.
Free evening
Sunday, April 14, 2024
FREE DAY
Monday, April 15, 2024
9:15 am Group meets at hotel lobby and goes to hotel conference room.
9:30-11:30 am Judge William Downing introductory talk on their experience in
Washington (State & Federal Constitutions, statutes, Court Rules, Bench- Bar-Press Committee…)
Do we need transport for next meeting or we can walk?
Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu and the two or three representatives from the Court Administrator’s Office
Address:
Walk to lunch ???
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Walk/Drive to Superior Cour
Superior Cour: judge, PIO, Court Clerk
Wendy Ferrell and Lorrie Thompson of the State Court Administrator’s
Office (who act as PIO’s) one of the Supreme Court Justices (either Debra Stephens or Barbara
Madsen (who head up the BBP Committee currently).
Walk/Dive to hotel
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
8:15 am Group meets in hotel lobby.
Take your passports with you.
8:30 am Depart hotel and walk/drive to __________
9:00 am -12:00 pm US Attorney’s Office; Emily Langlie (PIO) and Mike Lang (an AUSA who has done State Department work in Senegal, Iraq and Turkey) Address: United States District Court – Western District of Washington (federal court)
12:00 pm Walk to lunch venue
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Walk/drive to United States District Court – Western District of
Washington (federal court)
Judge John Coughnour (who has done a lot of work with judges and lawyers in former Soviet bloc countries) and Judge Robert Lasnik (trained as a journalist, active in BBP matters).
Address: United States District Court – Western District of Washington (federal court)
Tour court, observe proceedings if anything in session.
4:30 pm Depart for hotel
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
8:30 am Group meets in hotel lobby.
8:30 am Depart hotel and drive to Seattle Times newspaper
9:00 am-12:00 pm Working press (Seattle Times newspaper newsroom):
investigative journalists Jonathan Martin (Seattle Times editor), Lulu Ramadan and/or Sydney Brownstone (Times reporters), Linda Byron (TV investigative reporter, teacher), Ken Armstrong (ProPublica writer focusing on justice issues)
Walk to lunch venue
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Walk/drive to meeting venue
2 pm – 4:30 pm courthouse beat” reporters; Mike Carter (Seattle Times), Deborah Horne (KIRO television reporter), Rowland Thompson (Allied Daily Newspapers lobbyist and open government advocate)
Address: Seattle Times newspaper
4:30 pm Depart ___________ for hotel
(drive is approximately ___ minutes)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
8:30 am Depart hotel and drive to
9:00 am Court King County Superior Court (Seattle Municipal Court): (meet with a trial court judge, a PIO, court clerk overseeing file access, and a prosecuting attorney). Observe proceedings.
Walk to lunch venue
Lunch
Drive to University
University to meet with CIP folks
Address
4:30 pm
Depart University to walk/drive to hotel
Friday, April 19, 2024
8:30 am Depart hotel and drive to King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Lunch
King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Observe some sentencing
3:30 pm Drive/walk back to hotel
Saturday, April 20, 2024 (arrival in Skopje on April 21)
Morning Check-out from hotel
Group meets in hotel lobby, picks up luggage and puts it on the bus
Departure from hotel to Seattle international airport
(drive is approximately __ minutes)
Flight:
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