Brussels, 28/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The main workshops, colloquia conferences and seminars on issues related to European integration during the month of April 2008:
Success in Afghanistan: How to define it, how to make it happen - Brussels, Tuesday 1 April, from 10.30am to midday. Event organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC). Speakers: Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Antonio Missiroli, Director of the EPC, Helen Campbell, Head of Unit Afghanistan, DG Relex (European Commission), Jamie Shea, of the private office of the Secretary General of NATO, Shada Islam, EPC researcher and Daniel Korski, ECFR researcher. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
Down under and over here: Australia, the EU and the challenges of globalisation - Brussels, Wednesday 2, from 4.00pm to 5.15pm. Event organised by the EPC. Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
After Iraq and Afghanistan - Shall we ever intervene again? - Brussels, Wednesday 2, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Conference organised by The Centre. Speakers: Robert Cooper, Director General at External Relations, Secretariat of the Counc of the EU, Paddy Ashdown, former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu.
Europe: The State of the Union - Brussels, Thursday 3, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Event organised by The Centre. Speaker: Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics, University of Birmingham. By invitation only. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu.
Policy-making vs Lobbying: Mastering anticipation - Brussels, Thursday 3. Conference organised by the European Training Institute. Contact: info@e-t-i.be.
Development Policy Forum: How best can business contribute to Europe's aid efforts? - Brussels, Thursday 3, from midday to 4.00pm. Round table discussion organised by Friends of Europe. For further information:
http: //http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Events/2008/DPFBigbusinessandEuropesaid/tabid/1031/Default.aspx . Contact: ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org.
Perspectives for European Water Management Law - Brussels, Thursday 3 and Friday 4. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5232.htm .
Enlarging the Schengen Area - Trier, Thursday 3 and Friday 4. Conference organised by the ERA. Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5542.htm .
Public finances in the EU - Brussels, Thursday 3 and Friday 4. Conference organised by the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA). Speakers: Pierre Aghion, University of Harvard, Lars Heinkenstein, Court of Auditors, André Sapir, ULB, Jacques Pelkmans, College of Europe. By invitation only. For further information: http: //ec.europa.eu/dgs/policy_advisers/public_finance_conference_en.htm.
Justice and Home Affairs in the EU: Migration, border control and counter-terrorism in an enlarged Schengen area - Paris, Thursday 3 and Friday 4. Event organised by The Cicero Foundation. Speakers: Wouter van de Rijt, Council of the UE, Ivan Gelbard, Europol, François Falletti, Eurojust member for France, Stefano Bertozzi, member of the Frattini private office. Contact: info@cicerofoundation.org.
Shell Energy scenarios to 2050 - Brussels, Monday 7, from 5.00pm to 7. Conference organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers: Javier Solana, EU High Representivd for the CFSP, Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive of Shell and Claude Turmes, MEP. Contact: Giovanni Colombo - giovanni.colombo@friendsofeurope.org.
More politics into EU policies? How to fix Europe's problems - Brussels, Monday 7, from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. Exchange of views organised by the EPC. Speakers: Professor Simon Hix, London School of Economics, and Gijs de Vries, former EU anti-terrorism coordinator: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
A new Baltic Sea Strategy - Brussels, Monday 7. Meeting of experts organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Contact: sekretariat@eukas.be.
Unbundling, Regulation and Network coordination: How the third liberalisation package will change power markets? - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from 9.00am to 11.30am. Event organised by the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri). Speakers: Pierre Bornard, Chairman of the Steering Committee, ETSO, Matthias Dürr, RWE representative in Brussels, Jan Horst Keppler, Professor, Paris Dauphine and researcher with Ifri's Energy programme. Contact: jaureguy@ifri.org.
From the Balkans to Turkey: an Austrian perspective on EU enlargement - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from1.15pm to 2.15pm. Lunchtime debate organised by the Ifri and introduced by Robert Weiss, First Secretary, Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union. Contact: boodts@ifri.org.
Sustainable Competitiveness? Balancing the need for a green economy with European competitiveness - Brussels, Tuesday 8. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Gert-Jan Koopman, Director for Industrial Policy and Economic Reforms, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, MEP, Peter Cartwright, Chairman Centre européen des silicones, Mateja Mlakar, Competitiveness and Growth Adviser, Slovenian Representation to the EU. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
Everyday Democracy in Europe - Brussels, Tuesday 8, from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Event organised by The Centre. Speakers: Margot Wallström, European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, Professor Paul Skidmore, University of Princeton. By invitation only. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu.
Competition in a Converging Market Place - Brussels, Wednesday 9. « Spring Lecture » organised by the Institute for European Studies with Karel Van Miert, former European Competition Commissioner, Mikko Alkio, Secretary of State, Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy, Thomas Vinje, Associate, Clifford Chance. Registrations at: http: //http://www.ies.be/medialectures/registration .
The Lisbon scorecard VIII: Is Europe ready for an economic storm? - Paris, Wednesday 9, from 4.00pm to 7.00pm. Event organised by the Centre for European Reform. Speakers: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of Bruegel, Ann Mettler, Executive director of the Lisbon Council. Contact: events@cer.org.uk.
Burma - Moving Towards Democracy - Brussels, Thursday 10. Round table discussion organised The Centre. Speakers: Bronislaw Geremek, MEP, Dick Gupwell, Secretary General of the European Institute for Asian Studies, Harn Yawnghwe, Director of the National Reconciliation Program and the Euro-Burma Office, Brussels, Nick Grono, Deputy President of the International Crisis Group Europe. By invitation only. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu.
Combating Corruption in the EU - Trier, Thursday 10 and Friday 11. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main /4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5544.htm.
Re-assessing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) - Brussels, Monday 14. Debate organised by Friends of Europe with Jonathan Horrell, Kraft Foods Corporate Affairs Manager for the UK and Ireland, and Tensie Whelan, Executive Director of Rainforest Alliance. Contact: anne-christine.wegener@friendsofeurope.org. For further information: http: //http://www.friendsofeurope.org/ .
EU-US Defence Cooperation - Brussels, Monday 14, from midday to 4.00pm. Round table discussion organised by Cooperation Security & Defence Agenda (SDA). Contact: jessica.henderson@securitydefenceagen. For information on the programme: http: //http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org/Events/2008/ DefenceBurdenSharingRTMarch32008/tabid/1039/Default.aspx.
The EU budget review 2008/09 - Brussels, Monday 14, from 1.15pm to 3.15pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Tamás Szemlér, Institute for World Economics, Jorge Nuñéz Ferrer, CEPS, Marc Pallemaerts, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Filipa Figueira, CEPS. For further information: http: //http://www.ceps.be/Event.php?event_id=291 . Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
Assessing the effectiveness of aid: lessons for donors - Brussels, Monday 14, from 4.30pm to 6.00pm. Event organised by the EPC. Speaker: Augusto Lopez Claros, Senior Adviser, DARA. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
What form of food labelling could help win the war on obesity? - Brussels, Tuesday 15. Lunchtime debate organised by Friends of Europe. Contact: anne-christine.wegener@friendsofeurope.org.
The CFSP after the Lisbon Treaty - Brussels, Tuesday 15, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Lunchtime debate introduced by Nicole Gnesotto, dormer director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and associate researcher with the Ifri. Contact: boodts@ifri.org.
A social Europe fit for globalisation - Brussels, Wednesday 16, from 9.00am to 5.30pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, Marjeta Cotman, Slovenian Minister for Employment, Families and Social Affairs, Marek Belka, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and Vladimir Špidla, European Social Affairs Commissioner. Invitations available at: http: //http://www.ceps.eu/files/290.pdf . Programme: http: //http://www.ceps.eu/files/Prog290.pdf .
Public Service Broadcasting, Film Funding and State Aids in the New Media Environment - Brussels, Wednesday 16, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Event organised by the Institute for European Studies of the VUB. Speakers: Pedro Dias, DG Competition, European Commission, and Ross Biggam, Director General, Association of Commercial Television in Europe. Information and registrations at: http: //http://www.ies.be/node/320 .
Breakfast meeting with Meglena Kuneva, European Consumer Protection Commission. Brussels, Thursday 17. Organised by the CER. Contact: events@cer.org.uk.
Impact assessments: what is their actual impact on decision-making? - Brussels, Thursday 17. Conference organised by the European Training Institute. Contact: info@e-t-i.be.
Les PRT en Afghanistan: un outil des phases de sortie de guerre - Paris, Thursday 17, from 12.30pm to 2.00pm. “Séminaire-sandwich” organised by the Ifri. Speaker: Lieutenant-colonel Paul Haéri, Etat-Major des armées. Contact: baniamer@ifri.org.
-New employment policies in the EU - What Can We Learn from the Best Performing Countries? - Paris, Thursday 17 and Friday 18. Event organised by The Cicero Foundation. Speakers: Patrick Sapy, ADIE, Henri Sterdyniak, Sciences-Po Paris, Observatoire des conjonctures économiques, Eckhard Wurz, OECD. Contact: info@cicerofoundation.org.
Caucasian Future 2008: Transformation and Integration for Caucasian Stability and Development - Brussels, Monday 21, from 9.00am to 6.00pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speakers: Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the Caucasus, Michael Emerson, CEPS. Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu.
Conflict Prevention and Climate Change - Event organised by the Fondation Madariaga. Brussels, Thursday 24, from 9.00am to 5.30pm. Speakers: Helga Schmid, Director, Policy Unit, Council of the UE, Dirk Messner, Director du German Development Institute and Tom Spencer, Vice-Chairman, Institute for Environmental Security. Contact: Magali Auquier - info@madariaga.org.
3rd European Forum for In-house Counsel - Bruxelles, Thursday 24 and Friday 25. Organisation: Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration:
http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5494.htm .
The European Arrest Warrant and Joint Investigation Teams in Practice - Trier, Thursday 24 and Friday 25. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5545.htm .
Tax Litigation from the Outset - Ljubljana, Thursday 24 and Friday 25. ERA Conference. Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_6346.htm .
The Draft Common Frame of Reference - Ljubljana, 24-25 April. ERA Conference. Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_6297.htm .
Reform of the European Wine Sector- Trier, 28-29 April. Conference organised by the ERA: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5539.htm . (O.L.)