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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10256

16 November 2010

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS / (eu) events from wednesday 17 to friday 19 november 2010

Wednesday 17

Barcelona (from Wednesday 17 to Friday 19). EuroMeSCo - Annual Conference and Assembly 2010. euromesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1204&Itemid=42&lang=en.

Brussels. Golden Stars of EU Citizenship: Award Ceremony. Ceremony organised by the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/173070-golden-stars-of-eu-citizenship-award-ceremony/mode/window

Brussels (Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18). Vehicle Inspection and Mileage Fraud Conference. Event organised by the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/ id/2977-vehicle-inspection-and-mileage-fraud-conference/mode/window.

Brussels, European Parliament. The road to peace - facing the challenge. Seventh International conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds organised by the EUTCC (The EU Turkey Civic Commission). Contact: Kariane Westrheim - Menneskerettighetenes plass 1 - 5007 Bergen, Norway. Tel. + 47 976 42 088 - http://www.eutcc.org .

Brussels (9.00am - 5.30pm). Food Security and Agricultural Strategies: What Room for Multilateral Governance? Event organised by the Madariaga Foundation and Momagri. Presentation: http://www.madariaga.org/upcoming-events/358-food-security-and-agricultural-strategies-what-room-for-multilateral-governance . Contact: info@madariaga.org.

Brussels, European Parliament, room PHS 7C50 (9.30am - 6.30pm). Conference on Independence in Europe Equality for Nations - Equality for Nations in the 21st Century. Conference organised by the European Free Alliance group at the European Parliament. For information: Steven Cornelius. Tel: + 32 (0) 2 284 16 65.

Brussels, European Parliament (9.30am - 12.30pm). Meeting of the "Internal Market and Services" working group: fiscal policies and the internal market. Organised by Confrontations Europe. Contact: Nicolas Galudec -ngaludec@confrontations.org.

Brussels (12.30pm - 2.30pm). The European External Action Service: Added value or just a “28th Foreign Ministry”? Event organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. For information: http://www.boell.eu/calendar/VA-viewevt-en.aspx?evtid=8949&returnurl=/index.html . Contact: Marianne Ebertowski - ebertowski@boell.eu.

Brussels (2.00pm - 3.30pm). Environmental Studies: Environmental protection/preservation in conflict with other interests. Event organised by the IES. For information: Contact: http://www.ies.be/contact .

Brussels (2.30pm - 5.00pm). The rocky road to 'normality': public opinion in the Balkans. Event organised by the EPC. For information and registration: http://www.epc.eu/calendar.php .

Brussels (3.30pm - 4.30pm). European Parliament electoral reform. Forum organised by the EPC. For information and registration: http://www.epc.eu/calendar.php .

Brussels (6.00pm - 8.00pm). Autumn Lecture Series: Economic migration policy for the EU. Event organised by the The Institute for European Studies (IES). For information: Contact: http://www.ies.be/contact .

Brussels (6.00pm - 8.00pm). EU Levers to Accelerate City Actions on Climate Change Mitigation. Event organised by the CEPS. For information: http://www.ceps.eu/event/eu-levers-accelerate-city-actions-climate-change-mitigation .

Brussels (from Wednesday 17 at 8.00am to Friday 19 at 6.00pm). The EU in Close-up. Event organised by The Institute for European Studies (IES). For information: http://www.ies.be/node/926 .

Thursday 18

Brussels. EU Prize for Literature. Event organised by the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/170076-eu-prize-for-literature/mode/window.

Brussels (8.00 am - 9.30am). The future of European regional/cohesion policy in light of EUROPE 2020, the economic crisis and the budget review. Breakfast organised by the EPD. For information: http://www.epc.eu/calendar.php .

Brussels (8.30am - 3.30pm). Europe's energy revolution: Opportunities and constraints. Summit organised by Friends of Europe. Contact: n.news@epc.eu. For more information: http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Events/tabid/452/EventType/EventView/EventId/496/EventDateID/502 /PageID/2562/EuropesenergyrevolutionOpportunitiesandconstraints.aspx.

Brussels (9.00am - 12 midday). Towards a pact for a greater European market. Event organised by Confrontations Europe. For information: http://www.confrontations.org/spip.php?page =evenement&id_article=867.

Brussels (1.15pm - 2.30pm). Fiscal Exits: From strategy to implementation. Event organised by the CEPS. For information: http://www.ceps.eu/event/navigating-fiscal-challenges-ahead .

Brussels (4.00pm - 6.00pm). The UK Government and European Policies. Event organised by Federal Trust and TEPSA. For information: http://www.tepsa.be/index.asp.

Brussels (7.30pm -9.00pm). Stability, Security, Prosperity - The Future of Europe and the Euro. Conference organised by the EPP. Contact: Christian Kremer - ckremer@epp.eu) or Ms Ines Prainsack iprainsack@epp.eu, Tel: +32/2/285.41.48, Fax: +32/2/300.80.12). Programme: images.europaemail.eu/client_id_5328/attachments/Programme_EPP_Conference_on_Stability _Security_Prosperity_-_the_Future_of_Europe_and_the_Euro_18th_of_November.pdf.

Brussels, (Thursday 18 and Friday 19). Living in a Low-Carbon Society. Event organised by Atomium Culture. For information: atomiumculture.eu/node/437.

Dans toute l'Europe. European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Initiative of the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/2743-european-antibiotic-awareness-day/mode/window.

Luxembourg (Thursday 18 and Friday 19). EuroVoc Conference. Conference organised by the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/167081-eurovoc-conference/mode/window.

Mellieha (Malta) (Thursday 18 and Friday 19). European Tourism Forum. Forum organised by the European Commission. For information: europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/154063-european-tourism-forum/mode/window.

Milan (Thursday 18 and Friday 19). EU crisis management: institutions and capabilities in the making. Presentation of the results of research into this subject. Event organised by IAI in collaboration with the U Veronesi Foundation for the progress of science. For information: iai.it/. Contact: iai@iai.it.

Friday 19

Brussels (10.00am - 11.30am). Is the EU losing Ukraine or business as usual? Event organised by the EPC. For information: http://www.epc.eu/calendar.php .

Brussels (9.00am - 7.00pm). Tearing Down the Great Wall of Ignorance between China and the EU. Event organised by the Madariaga Foundation. For information: http://www.madariaga.org/ upcoming-events/361-tearing-down-the-great-wall-of-ignorance-between-china-and-the-eu.

Brussels (9.00am - 7.00pm). Competition and Regulation in Network Industries. Event organised by the CEPS. For information: http://www.ceps.eu/event/competition-and-regulation-network-industries-0 .

Brussels, Esplanade du parlement européen (12.15pm - 2.00pm). Human chain around the European Parliament against poverty, for another response to the crisis. Demonstration organised by the NGO Coalition for the European Year 2010. For information: Nellie Epinat - Nellie.epinat@eapn.eu ou team@eapn.eu.

Vilnius (9.00am). Impact of Crisis on Employment in the Baltic States. Conference organised by the European Economic and Social Committee and the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas). For information: http: //europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/173051-impact-of-crisis-on-employment-in-the-baltic-states/mode/window.