Brussels, 30/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Here are the main workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars on issues of importance to European integration during the month of July 2009:
Eastern Promises Initiative - Roundtable on Crimea - the road ahead - Brussels, Thursday 2, from 3.00pm to 4.30pm. Round table discussion organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC). By invitation only. Contact: a.akcakoca@epc.eu.
EU Social and Employment Law: Policy and Practice in an Enlarged Europe - Brussels, Thursday 2, from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Debate organised by The Centre with John Monks, Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation and Philippa Watson, lawyer, London. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu. For more information: http: //http://www.thecentre.eu/Forum/Strand-2/Book-Launch-Debate-EU-Social-and-Employment-Law-Policy-and-Practice-in-an-Enlarged-Europe .
Electricity interconnections in Europe - Brussels, Monday 6, from 9.00am to 11.00am. Seminar organised by the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) with Susanne Nies, researcher, Ifri Senior Fellow Brussels, Sophie Dourlens, analyst, Cross Border Power Trade Department, CRE, and François Meslier, Director, Vice-President, Interconnections Mission, EDF-électricité de France.
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Communiquer dans les conflits d'aujourd'hui - Brussels, Monday 6, from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. Conference organised by l'Ifri in partnership with the NATO Library, with Marc Hecker, research fellow, Ifri, on the occasion of the publication of his book co-authored with Thomas Rid, research fellow, John Hopkins University: “War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age”, Praeger. http: //http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/manifestations/conf_rences_1031842048599/publi_P_conf_livre_war _1245751303822 for further information. Contact: boodts@ifri.org.
CHES Annual Lecture - Development policy and health: taking stock of EU action - Brussels, Tuesday 7. Lecture organised by the EPC. Speaker: Stefano Manservisi, Director General, DG Development, European Commission. Contact: n.news@epc.eu.
The New European Parliament: Perspectives, Challenges and Tribulations - Brussels, Wednesday 8, from 12.45pm to 2.45pm. Event organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Speakers: Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP, Jochen Bittner, Die Zeit, Julia de Clerck-Sachsse, CEPS. Contact: ebertowski@boell.be.
Tackling Climate Change: A Japanese Perspective towards Copenhagen - Brussels, Wednesday 8, from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Conference organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Speaker: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Special Adviser to the Japanese government. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
Is the EU on the Right Track with Financial Regulation? - Brussels, Thursday 9, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the Madariaga Foundation. Speakers: Alexandre Lamfalussy, economist and Nicolas Véron, Bruegel. Contact: info@madariaga.org. (O.L./transl.rt)