Brussels, 17/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The following conferences and debates on European issues are being organised in the second half of January and the month of February:
European Forum on the Aarhus Convention in Brussels on 19/21 January, organised by the European Environmental Bureau, which will look at the ratification of the Convention and the protocols that are currently being prepared, such as the protocol on assessing environment strategies or the regiester of transfers (Mara Silina, EEB in Brussels. Tel: 02 289 1090. Fax: 02 289 1099. mara.silina@eeb.org http://www.eeb.org ).
Conference on L'Amérique de Bush et l'après 11 September in Paris on 21 January with Stanley Hoffmann, Professor at Harvard University organised by the Institut français des relations internationales.(Ifri, 27, rue de la Processsion, F-75740 Paris Cedex 15 or http://www.ifri.org ).
Working dinner of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium in Brussels on 23 January on the Launch of the Euro with the Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders.(Tel.(Brussels) 02 540 9030).
The British Chamber of Commmerce is also organising A Driving Satefy Day in Nivelles on 25 January and a conference on Internet Security and Cyber-Crime on 29 January.
Conference on European Defence R&D: Time for Action? in Brussels on 24 January, organised by GPC International, with the participation of the former DSACEUR Sir Rupert Smith, the executive Vice-President of EADS Tom Endersen, Elmar Brok MEP and the President of the WEU Assembly Klaus Bühler. (Kara Condon, Tel: 02- 285 4610. kara.condon@gpcbrussels.com).
European Insittutie of Public Admminstration (EIPA) on Committees and Comitology in the Political Process of the European Community in Maastricht on 22/24 January for officials rempresenting EU Member States on committee looking at European legislation. (Lisette Borghans, European Institute of Public Administration. PO Box 1229, NL-6201. BE Maastricht. Tel: 31-43-329 6334. Fax: 329 6296. l.borghans@cipa-nl.com.).
Conference in Warsaw on 31 January organised by the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry, on Preparing for Enlargement by Revising the Rules - An Opportunity for Self-Medication, with the AESGP President Alessandro Banchi, the Polish Health Minister, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt MEP and Paul Weissenberg, Nils Behrndt and Barbara Moretti from the European Commission. (AESGP, 7 avenue de Tervuren, Brussels 1040. Tel: 02 735 5130. Fax: 735 5222. L.Gits@aesgp.be http: //http://www.aesgp. be).
Conference on New Technologies and Disability organised in Madrid on 6 February by Fundación ONCE. (Weber Shandwick/Adamson, Park Leopold, Rue Wiertz 50, Brussels 1050. Tel: 02- 743 4224. Fax: 02- 743 4222. http://www.discapacidad-tecnologia.com http: //http://www.discapacidad-tecnologia.com ).
Seminar organised by the Local Government International Bureau and University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies in London on 15 February on Research, development and innovation in creating new economies aiming to see how the UK can meet its Lisbon Summit objectives. Participants include representatives from the European Commission like Dimitri Corpakis from the Directorate-General for Research, and representatives of the British government, the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions. (Local Government International Bureau, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ. Tel: 207 664 3125. Fax: 207 664 3128. http: //http://www.lgib.gov.uk/pubs/ or jasbir.jhas@lgib.gov.uk).
EIPA seminars on Understanding the European Union decision-making process beginning in Maastricht on 21/22 February and continuing on 6/7 June, 26/27 September and 21/22 November. (Araceli Barrágan, Maastricht. Tel: 31-43-329 6325. Fax: 329 6296. a.barragan@eipa-nl.com.).
Conferences and debates organised by the Centre d'Etude et de Promotion des Relations entre les Pays de la CE et de l'Amérique latine on EU/Latin American dialogue in the framework of the Madrid Summit on 19 and 26 February and 5, 12, 19 and 26 March (CERCAL in Brussels. Tel: 02 650 3103).
International seminar on Justice and Home Affairs - Towards the Full Implementation of the Amsterdam Treaty in Paris on 14/15 February, organised by the Cicero Foundation. Participants include Adrian Fortescue, Directorr General at the European Commission's DG JHA, Olivier De Baynast, the French government's representative on Eurojust and Estonia's chief negotiator in the countries accession negotiations with the EU, Priit Kolbre. (The Cicero Foundation. 54, Rue de Prony, F-75017 Paris. Tel: 43 80 18 21. Fax: 42 6792 04. Info@cicerofoundation.org http://www.cicerofoundation.org ).
Working dinner at the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium in Brussels on 21 February with the Belgian Energy Minister Olivier Deleuze.