Brussels, 01/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The main workshops, colloquies, conferences and seminars organised in December on the theme of European integration are:
The difficult task of building participatory European democracy: what place for civil society? - Brussels, Thursday 3, 9.30am - 12.30pm. The event is organised by Confrontations Europe. Speakers include: Evelyne Pichenot, President of the EU delegation to that European Economic, Social and Environmental Committee, France, and Matthieu de Nanteuil, lecturer at The Catholic University of Leuven. Contact: Ursula Sérafin - userafin@confrontations.org .
Dinner-Debate with Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Forces in Europe (SACEUR), NATO - Brussels, Monday 7, 12.30 - 1.45pm. Event organised by Security & Defence Agenda (SDA). Information: info@securitydefenceagenda.org.
The Consumer Rights Directive: taking stock and moving forward - Brussels, Tuesday 8, 8.30 - 12.15pm. Event organised by Forum Europe. Contact: James Wilmott, Director of Forum Europe - Tel: +44 (0) 2920 783 022 - Email: james.wilmott@forumeurope.com.
A new era in the Balkans - Brussels, Tuesday 8, 8.30am - 5.30pm. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers: Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Enlargement; Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Milo Dukanovic, his counterpart from Montenegro; Vygaudas Ušackas, European Minister for Foreign Affairs from Lithuania; Miroslav Lajcák, European Minister for Foreign Affairs from Slovakia; Mladan Dinkiæ, Serbian Minister for the Economy and Regional Development; Ilir Meta, Albanian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Péter Balázs, Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Ahmet Shala, Minister for Finance and the Economy in Kosovo. Further information: http: //http://www.friendsofeurope.org .
Migration, trafficking and the new international criminality - Brussels, Tuesday 8, 6.00- 8.00pm. Event organised by the IES. Speakers: Paul de Hert, ULB, Gus Hosein, London School of Economics. Information: ies@vub.ac.be.
Cross-border philanthropy in Europe - Brussels, Wednesday 9. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and enrolment at the following address:
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Doing business with china: looking ahead to the next decade - Brussels Wednesday 9, 9.00am-5.30pm. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers include: Zhe Song, Ambassador and Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, as well as John Farnell, Director, DG Enterprise at the European Commission. Further information: http: //http://www.friendsofeurope.org .
From market to obligatory targets - how European policy changed its priorities -Brussels, Thursday 10, 8.30am - 4.00pm. Event organised by the Centre for European Energy Strategy. Speakers include: Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy, Jo Leinen MEP, Dr Werner Brinker, Executive Director EWE AG, Germany and Michel Derdevet, lecturer at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Programme: http: //http://www.confrontations.org/IMG/pdf/2009-12-09_CERES_Draft_Programme.pdf . Tel: + 32 2 775 31 79. Email: office@ceres-energy.org.
Enterprise and policies for tackling the crisis: employment and training and long term investment - Brussels, Thursday 10 and Friday 11, 9.00am- 6.00pm. Events organised by Confrontations Europe. Speakers: Pierre Lellouche, French Secretary of State for European Affairs ( attendance to be confirmed), Christopher Murray, Chargé d'affaires, US Mission to the EU and Pervenche Berès, president of the European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee. Complete programme: http: //http://www.confrontations.org/spip.php?page=evenement&id_article=556 . Contact: Ursula Sérafin - userafin@confrontations.org.
Energy security: is this a challenge for the markets or for the strategic community as well? - Brussels, Monday 14. Events organised by the IES with the participation of Jamie Shea, NATO's Director of Planning. Information: mark.de.clerck@vub.ac.be.
NATO, the credit crunch and the new security environment - Brussels, Thursday 17. Event organised by the SDA. Information: http: //http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org . (O.L./transl.fl)