Brussels, 06/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The following conferences, debates and seminars covering European issues are taking place in November:
Economic and Enterprise Reform in China: The challenges for government and business - Steyning, West Sussex (GB), from 5 to 8 November: a Wilton Park conference looking at the necessary reforms and strcutures for implementing good governance and how legal systmes and regulations will have to be altered once China joins the WTO (Info: Lorraine Jones, Tel: 00 (+44 1903) 817772, admin@wiltonpark.org.uk, http: //wiltonpark.org.uk);
Earning Consumer Trust in the 21st Century - Brussels, 7 and 8 November: this EuroCommerce forum will focus on food safety and the Internet's impact on customer and inter-company relations. (Info: Carole Brigaudeau Tel: 00322.230.67.11, forum@eurocommerce.be, http: //http://www.eurocommerce.be/ forum);
Gender and Research - Brussels, 8 and 9 November: a conference organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development, designed to encourage gender mainsteaming - getting women and their experiences integrated into European research, particularly in the framework of the European Research Area. (Info: L. Maxwell, Tel: 00322.295.37.36, linda.maxwell@cec.eu.int, http: //http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/science-society/women.htm );
Mandat d'arrêt européen, gel des avoirs bancaires: Les premières concrétisations de la reconnaissance mutuelle en matière pénale » - Brussels, 9 November: a conference organised by the Institut d'Etudes européennes of the ULB (a French speaking university in Brussels) on the occasion of the publication of the collection "a reconnaissance mutuelle des décisions judiciaires pénales dans l'Union européenne". The following will be participating: the European Commissioner Antonio Vitorino; the Belgian Justice Minister Marc Verwilghen; Koen Lenaerts, judge at the Court of First Instance; and Françoise Tulkens, judge at the European Court of Human Rights (Info: Jeanne De Ligne, Tel.. 00322.650.30.93, jdeligne@admin.ulb.ac.be);
Seminar on CSR and the pharmaceutical industry - Brussels, 9 November: a series of seminars organised by GPC Government Policy consultants, looking at the impact the European Commission's Green Paper on companies' civil liability might have on specific industries, with this seminar (the first in the series) focussing on the pharmaceutical industry and bringing together industry representatives, patients and the European institutions (Info: Macchia Flaminia 00322.234.68.99, Info@gpcbrussels.com, http: //http://www.gpcinternational.com );
The Belgian Presidency's is organising: "International best practices in evaluation of research in public institutes and universities: best practice in evaluation" in Brussels, 12 and 13 November (Info: http://www.cordis.lu/belgium/home.html );
Crossborder and transnational cooperation: Is Europe inventing itself in its margins? - Brussels, 13 November: a conference organised by Notre Europe and Union camere to shed light on nine different types of co-operation in cross-border regions and wider geographical areas (Info: Alessanda Pasetti, Tel. 0032 2 512 22 40, sede.Brussels@unioncamere.be);
FISA Conference 2001 - EU research into reactor safety - Luxembourg, 14 November (Info: http://www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/src/ev-fisa.htm );
Social Integration and European Economic Activity - Brussels, 16 November: conference organised by "Europe and Enterprises" with the support of the European Commission to get a better insight into Europe from the point of view of pensions and healthcare (Info: Tel: 00 (+33) 1 42 93 40 10, team@europe-entreprises.com, http://www.europe-entreprises.com );
Subsidiary protection: Improving or degrading the right of asylum in Europe? - Brussels, 16 and 17 November: conference organised by the Odysseus network of legal studies into immigration and asylum in Europe (Info: Tel.. 00322.650.49.96/38 85, odysseus@ulb.ac.be, http: //ulb.ac.be/assoc/odysseus;
Migration to Europe: What needs to change? - Steyning, West Sussex (GB), from 19 to 21 November: a Wilton Park conference looking at the effectiveness and fairness of different procedures under the strain of increased migration; and also into policies and ways of "fairly and rapidly" distinuishing between economic migrants and refugees and looking at how xenophobia can be reduced in in Europe (Info: Lorraine Jones, Tel: 00 (+44 1903) 817772, admin@wiltonpark.org.uk, http: //wiltonpark.org.uk);
Opening of the exhibition on "Jewish Resistance in EUROPE 1939-1945" - Brussels, 20 November: an event organised by the European Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the international B'nai B'rith Organisation at the Royal Military History Museum (Info.: Tel. 0032 2 743 07 43, konradbe@pophost.eunet.be, http: //http://www.kas.de ).
European Digital Rights Management Seminar - Conference in Amsterdam on 20 November (Info.: http://www.europedrm.com , http: //http://www.europeddrm.com
Presentation by Franz Fischler, European Agriculture Commissioner - Brussels, 21 November (Info.: Tel. 0032 2 743 07 43; konradbe@pophost.eunet.be, http: //http://www.kas.be
2nd International Forum on inter-Enterprise Partnership: Environment and prevention at work - Namur, 21 to 23 November: meeting organised by Wallonia's group of Euro Info Centres, allowing a round trip of the international market of technologies for the environment and prevention at work (Info.: Alexandra Dupont, Tel. 0032 65 31 40 02, eic.wallons@skynet.be, http://www.eicwallons.com )
Telecom, Internet, Media: le temps des hauts débits? - Montpellier, 22 and 23 November: The 2001 edition of the IDATE International Days is devoted to the maturity of the different high output platforms, to the services for a mass market and to the conditions for recovery in the telecom-Internet-Media industries (Info.: Sophie Monjo, Tel.: 00 (+33) 4 67 14 44 56, info@idate.fr, http://www.idate.fr )
Les politiques d'immigration en perspective: A comparison between Canada and the European Union - Brussels, 23 and 24 November: an international and interdisciplinary colloquy organised by the European Studies Institute/European Pole Jean Monnet in Brussels with the Centre for Canadian Studies at ULB and the international Metropolis project (Info.: Ms de Walsche, Tel. 0032 2 650 49 69).
European Paper Week - Brussels, 27 to 30 November: seminar in English, organised by the European Institute of Public Administration for professionals (Info: Miss Gediz Cleffken, Tel. 00 (+31 43) 3296279, g.cleffken-turan@eipa-nl.com).