Brussels, 08/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - Some conferences and other European events in December:
'La crise institutionnelle de l'Europe: Au fait…Qu'en pensent les nouveaux Etats membres ?', a conference organised by Notre Europe in Paris on 9 December at the 'Maison de l'Europe'. Notre Europe President and former member of the ECB Governing Council, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, will make the opening address. (Info: Tel. + 33 (1) 44 58 97 97 /98).
Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Danish labour minister will speak on the experience of the Danish model at a conference organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) on 9 December. (Info: Anne Marie Boudou. Tel: Tel: (+32 2) 229 39 11).
A European Summit on noise at work will be held in Bilbao (Spain) on 12 December, organised by the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work. (Info: Tel +34-94-479 43 60, Fax +34-94-479 43 83).
On 12 December, the CEPS is organising a seminar on the role of inter-regionalism in the EU's foreign policy, to be attended by the deputy Director General at the European Commission for Asia and Latin America, Hervé Jouanjean. (Info: Anne Marie Boudou. Tel: Tel: (+32 2) 229 39 11).
The British Chamber of Commerce is holding a Breakfast Briefing in the Montgomery Hotel in Brussels on 13 December with Jonathan Faull, Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security at the European Commission. (Info: Tel: +32 (0)2 540 90 30, Fax: +32 (0) 2 512 83 63).
In Brussels on 13 December, the European Policy Center (EPC) and the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung is holding a debate between various experts, including Annalisa Giannella, personal representative of EU High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana on EU visions and policies to combat weapons proliferation and terrorism. (Info: Tel +32 (0)2 231 03 40 - Fax +32 (0)2 231 07 04).
In Brussels on 15 December, the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) is organising a conference with Peter Ricketts, the UK's Permanent Representative to NATO, on 'The ESDP-NATO relationship: a British view at the time of the UK Presidency'. (Info: Tel: 02 514 12 33 - Fax: 02 511 67 70 - E-mail: nadege.ricaud@tepsa.be).
In Brussels on 19 December, the EPC is organising a 'Breakfast Policy Briefing' on the Austrian Presidency's priorities with Austria's Permanent Representative to the EU, Gregor Woschnagg. (Info: Tel +32 (0)2 231 03 40 - Fax +32 (0)2 231 07 04).