Brussels, 10/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - The following symposia, conferences and seminars have been organised to discuss European issues in January and the beginning of February:
European Pharmaceutical and Food Legislation: Time for a Change. Vienna, 16-18 January. Association of the European Self -Medication Industry (AESGP). Top on the agenda: revision of legislation on pharmaceuticals and enlargement, dividing line between medicines and food supplements. With Paola Testori-Coggi and Paul Weissenberg, Directors at the European Commission in charge of food safety and single market respectively. (Info: AESGP. 7, avenue de Tervuren. Brussels 1040. Tel. 02 735 5130. Fax: 02 735 5222. E-mail: g.labet@aesgp.be)
European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). Bank Secrecy-Myth, Reality and Future. Gstaad, 16-17 January (Info: c.lamesch@eipa.net). Committees and Comitology in the Political Process of the European Community. Maastricht, 21-23 January (Info: b.vetter@eipa.nl.com). Judicial Crime in Civil and Criminal Matters, Mutual Recognition and the Evolution of Trust. Luxembourg, 23-24 January (Info: c.lamesch@eipa.net).
Financing SMEs. Luxembourg, 23 January. Conference organised by The Bridge Forum Dialogue, with Philippe Maystadt, President of the European Investment Bank and Yves Mersch, President of the Central Bank of Luxembourg. (Info: The Bridge Forum Dialogue, Central Bank of Luxembourg. 2, boulevard Royal, L-2983 Luxembourg. Tel.: 3524774-4239. Fax: 4774-4910.e-mail: sg@bcl.lu).
Models of cooperation within an enlarged EU. Brussels, 28 January. Conference organised by the Royal Institute of International Relations and the National Bank of Belgium, with Guy Verhofstadt, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Louis Michel, André Flahaut, Didier Reynders, Antonio Vitorino and Klaus Hänsch. (Info: Geert Temmerman, à Brussels. Tel: 02 221 2640 or 0475 25 78 54. Fax: 02 221 3189).
Who will supervise Banks in Europe? Brussels, 5 February. Inaugural lecture of the W. J. Ganshof van der Meersch Chair to be delivered by Dr Mads Andenas, Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Fondation Philippe Wiener-Maurice Anspach, Avenue F.D.Roosevelt 50, Brussels 1050. Tel: 02 650 49 69, fax: 02 650 30 68).
Learntec 2003: 11th European Conference and Specialist Trade Fair for Educational and Information Technology. Karlsruhe, 4-7 February. Coordination by the Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training). Info: http://www.learntec.de or e-mail: joahn.debrandere@newsenginepr.com