PREPARING FOR THE EUROPE OF TOMORROW
21st November 2001, European Parliament, Brussels
CENTRAL EUROPEAN OPINION RESEARCH GROUP FOUNDATION
Detailed conference programme
Welcoming speech
09.00-09.10 – Ms Cecilia Malmström, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee
Mr Doeke Eisma, Former Member of the European Parliament and Honorary Adviser of CEORG, Conference Chairman
Opening Address
09.10-09.20 – Accession Countries: about value creation
H.E. Miloš Zeman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
09.20-09.40 – Preparing for the Europe of Tomorrow
Dr Bronislaw Geremek, Former Foreign Minister of Poland
09.40-10.00 – An enlarged European Parliament: more power to the people or a ‘democratic’ smokescreen?
Mr Elmar Brok, Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee
10.00-10.20 – Bridging the Gap between the Public and the Process of the Enlargement
Mr Graham Avery, Chief Adviser, DG Enlargement, European Commission
10.20-10.40 – Debates
10.40-10.55 – Coffee break
10.55-11.00 – Presentation of CEORG & introduction of the Panel Discussions
Mr István Tóth, Board Member of CEORG
11.00-12.15 – Applicants’ Perceptions of EU Enlargement Economic and Financial Outlook
(Panel Discussion)
⋅ Keynote speaker: Mr Thierry Malleret, Director for Europe and central Asia, World Economic Forum (15 minutes)
⋅ Moderator: Mrs Jenel Siemplenski, Emerging Markets Editor, Wall Street Journal Europe
⋅ Participants: Mr István Tóth, Board Member of CEORG (Hungary); Mr Mark Ambler, New Europe Programme Director, PriceWaterhouseCoopers; Mr Ricardo Maggi, DG Ecfin, European Commission (3×10 minutes)
⋅ Interventions from the audience (30 minutes)
12.15-14.00 – Official Lunch (by invitation only)
14.00-15.20 – Applicants’ Food Safety and Environmental Perceptions
(Panel Discussion)
⋅ Introductions: Baron Paul De Keersmaeker, Member of the Board of Tractebel, Former Agriculture Secretary of Belgium; Mr Afzaal Malik, Director Public Affairs / Central Europe, Eurasia & Middle-East, Coca-Cola (2×10 minutes)
⋅ Moderator: Mr David Webber, Representative of CEORG
⋅ Participants: Mrs Mara Silina, Enlargement and OECD co-ordinator, European Environmental Bureau; Dr Eliška Rendlová, Representative of CEORG; Ing Sir Jiri, Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic; Ms Krisztina Kelemen, Hungarian Ministry of Environment (4×10 minutes)
⋅ Interventions from the audience (20 minutes)
15.20-15.40 – Coffee break
15.40-17.00 – Applicants’ Perceptions of the EU Enlargement Policy
(Panel Discussion)
⋅ Keynote speaker: .E. Dr. Endre Juhász, Chief Negotiator and Ambassador of Hungary to the European Union (15 minutes)
⋅ Moderator: Mr Renaud Soufflot De Magny, Press & Communication Service, European Commission
⋅ Participants: Dr Krzysztof Zagórski, Board Member of CEORG (Poland); Mr Peter O’Donnell, Journalist, EIS; Dr Rado Genorio, Deputy Director, Government Office for European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia (3×15 minutes)
⋅ Interventions from the audience (20 minutes)
17.00-18.00 – Conclusions and closing of the conference
Dr Bronislaw Geremek, Former Foreign Minister of Poland
Belgium, Central Europe and the Future of Europe
H. E. Didier Reynders, Minister of Finance of Belgium
Mr Rio. D. Praaning, Secretary General, the Central European Opinion Research Group Foundation (CEORG)
Honorary Patrons Committee
- H.E. Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
- H.E. Miloš Zeman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- H.E János Martonyi, Foreign Minister of Hungary
- Mr Raymond Barre, Former Prime Minister of France
- Mr Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Former Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
- H.E. Libor Sečka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the European Union
- Mr Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden
- Mr Jacques Santer, Former President of the European Commission
- Dr. József Szájer, Chairman of the Committee of European Integration Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary
- Dr. Bronisław Geremek, Former Foreign Minister of Poland
