Brussels, 02/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - The main workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars devoted to issues related to European integration during the month of June:
Steering through the debt trap and slow growth: is the Eurozone in need of drastic reforms? - Brussels, Friday 4, from 9.00am to 5.30pm. Event organised by the Madariaga Foundation and the Committee of the Regions. Speakers include Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, economist and former Italian Finance Minister (to be confirmed), Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions, Pervenche Berès, MEP, Odile Renaud-Basso, Joint Head of the Private Office of Mr Van Rompuy, and representatives of DGs ECFIN and TAXUD at the European Commission. Contact: Marco Giuli - mgiuli@madariaga.org. Tel.: +32 2 209 62 17. Registration: info@madariaga.org. Fax: +32 22096211.
The EU and the Caspian - What sort of strategy? - Brussels, Monday 7, from 9.30am to 11.30pm. Round table debate organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC). Contact: Amanda Paul - a.paul@epc.eu. By invitation only.
EU enlargement: The Croatian experience - Brussels, Monday 7, from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Speaker: Andrej Plenkovic, Croatian Secretary of State for European Integration. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
EU & Russia - Modernisation for Economic Stability and Investment Growth - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Conference organised by the EU-Russia Centre and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. Information: http: //http://www.eu-russiacentre.org/eurc/eu-russia-modernisation-for-economic-stability-and-investment-growth.html .
Democracy in Turkey - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from 10.00am to 11.30am. Event organised by the EPC. Speakers: Richard Howitt, MEP, Jean-Christoph Filori, Head of Unit (Turkey), European Commission, Sahin Alpay, Zaman, Riza Turmen, Milliyet, Hüseyn Bagci, Middle Eastern Technical University. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
Compliance in Public Procurement “Self-Cleaning” as best way in fighting corruption? - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from 10.00am to 1.00pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Heide Rühle, MEP (to be confirmed), Nico Spiegel, Legal Adviser, DG MARKT, European Commission, Michael Fruhmann, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Hans-Joachim Priess, Head of Public Contracts Department, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Klaus Moosmayer, Siemens AGand Alan Gourley, Crowell Moring. Online registration: http: //http://www.ceps.eu/node/3274/3274/subscribe . Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
After the August war: a new strategy for engagement with Georgia - Wednesday 9, from 10.00to 12.00noon. Event organised by the EPC. Speakers include Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Head of the Georgian Mission to NATO. Contact: Amanda Paul - a.paul@epc.eu.
European Budget: impossible or necessary? Breaking the taboo - Brussels, Wednesday9, from 1.00pm to 7.00pm. Event organised by Confrontations Europe as part of its “Entretiens économiques européens” series. Speakers: Hervé Jouanjean, Director General for Budget, European Commission, Gilles Carrez, Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Assemblée nationale (France), Petra Merkel, Chairwoman of the Budget Committee, Bundestag (Germany), Jean-Luc Dehaene, MEP and former Prime Minister of Belgium, Alain Lamassoure, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Dariusz Rosati, MEP. Registration: Juliette Aduayom - jaduayom@confrontations.org. Fax: +33 (0)1 45 56 18 86. For further information, contact: Carole Ulmer - Tel.: +33 1 43 17 32 90 - culmer@confrontations.org. Programme: http: //http://www.confrontations.org/spip.php?page=evenement&id_article=758 .
EUROPE 2020 Strategy: towards sustainable economic and social recovery - Brussels, Wednesday 9, from 1.00pm to 2.15pm. Event organised by the Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE). Speaker: Mario Sepi, President of the European Economic and Social Committee. For more information, go to: http: //http://www.cife.eu/index.php?id_rub=1256123582&id_parent_rub=0&id_top=1256123582 .
How do Democracies in Europe, the Middle-East and South Asia React to Terror? - Brussels, Thursday 10, from 9.00am to 10.45am. Event organised by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit and Alexander Nuno Alvaro. Speakers: Alexander Nuno Alvaro, MEP, Gilles De Kerchove, EU Anti-terrorism Coordinator, Efraim Halevy, former Head of Mossad, Vikram Sood, former Head of RAW. Registration: Adam Mouchtar - adam.mouchtar@europarl.europa.eu.
New transatlantic trends in competition policy - Brussels, Thursday 10, from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers: Joaquín Almunia, European Competition Commissioner, Sophia in 't Veld, MEP, J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner at the FTC (US Federal Trade Commission), David Drummond, Deputy Chairman, Google and Alberto Heimler, Chairman of the Working Group on Competition and Competition Regulation (OECD). Contact: Jacqueline Hogue - Tel.: +32 (0)2 737 9150 - Jacqueline.hogue@friendsofeurope.org.
Priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the EU - Brussels, Friday 11, from 8.00am to 9.30am. Event organised by the EPC. Speaker: Jean de Ruyt, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu .
European Government Bond Market integration: Where do we stand? - Brussels, Tuesday 15, from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the CEPS and ECMI. Speakers: John Berrigan, Director macro-financial stability, DG ECFIN, European Commission, Paul De Grauwe, Professor, University of Louvain, René Karsenti, President, International Capital Market Association, President of ECMI. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
Kosovo, 2 ans après, un premier bilan - Brussels, Wednesday 16, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri). Speaker: Sébastien Gricourt, former policy adviser to UNMIK/Prime Minister's Office and KFOR. Contact: Adélaïde Boodts - info.bruxelles@ifri.org - Tel.: +32 2 238 51 10.
Crisis: Cause Containment and Cure - Brussels, Thursday 17, from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speaker: Thomas F. Huertas, banking Sectro Director, Financial Services Authority, United Kingdom. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
6th International Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice - Bilbao (Spain), fro: Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 June. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Further information: http: //http://www.era.int .
NATO's European Dimension International - Brussels, Monday 21, from 11.00am to 5.30pm. Conference organised by Security & Defence Agenda (SDA). Speakers: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, Imants Liegis, Latvian Defence Minister (to be confirmed), Dmitri Rogozine, Head of the Russian Mission to the EU, John McColl, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO, Robert Cooper, Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Secretariat General of the Council of the EU, Luis Manuel Cuestas Civis, Secretary General for Defence Policy, Spanish Ministry of Defence, Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary General for Peace-keeping Operations, UN, Kai Eide, former UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Larry Hirst, IBM Corporation. Contact: sda5@securitydefenceagenda.org. Registration: http: //mde.efficy.be/Efficy.dll/guest?page=MDE_onLineReg/form.htm&app=mde&publ=3165.
Implementing the Stockholm programme: priorities for the new Commissioner for Home Affairs - Brussels, Tuesday 22, from 8.00am to 9.30am. Breakfast Policy Briefing organised by the EPC. Speaker: Cecilia Malmström, European Internal Affairs Commissioner. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
Barroso II: agenda and challenges - Brussels, Tuesday 22, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Lunchtime debate organised by Ifri and introduced by Johannes Laitenberger, Head of President Barroso's Private Office, European Commission. Contact: Adélaïde Boodts - info.bruxelles@ifri.org. Tel.: +32 2 238 51 10. Online registration: http: //http://www.ifri.org/index.php?page=inscription-a-un-evenement&id=6038 .
The Area of Freedom Security and Justice ten years on: Achievements and challenges ahead - Brussels, Wednesday 23, from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Emilio De Capitani, Secretariat of the civil liberties, justice and internal affairs committee, European Parliament, Karl von Wogau, Secretary General, European Security Foundation and former MEP, Johannes Vos, Council of the EU, Peter Hobbing, Associate Researcher, CEPS. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
Les enjeux d'une politique européenne de l'énergie - Paris, Tuesday 22 at 17.30pm. Event organised by the Réseau de transport de l'électricité (RTE) and Ifri. Speaker: Günther Oettinger, European Energy Commissioner. By invitation only. Contact: Djémila Boulasha - djemila.boulasha@rte-france.com.
Towards a European Demos? 2009 European Elections in a Comparative Perspective - Brussels, Thursday 24, from 9.30am to 12 noon. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Andrew Duff, MEP, Jacek Kucharczyk, Director, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland, Doru Frantescu, Executive Director, VoteWatch.eu. Online registration: http: //http://www.ceps.eu/node/3392/3392/subscribe . (O.L./transl.rt)