CEORG presented the first international conference on…
Trends in EU, Czech, Hungarian and Polish public opinion on enlargement:
implications for EU institutions and industry
17th October 2000
European Parliament, Brussels
The Conference
CEORG’s conference will be an exclusive forum for industries, investors
and national and European Union authorities to discuss key aspects of the
schedule and shape of EU enlargement and its direct relevance for policy and
business strategy development.
During the conference, new data and analysis, mutual perceptions and expectations
concerning EU enlargement will be presented. New Czech, Polish and Hungarian
public opinion surveys on EU integration and NATO membership will be discussed,
alongside more specific opinion research results on economic and social matters.
The surveys concerned are now being carried out by IVVM, TÁRKI and CBOS.
The conference is a project of the first Central European non-governmental
research initiative in EU Brussels, CEORG. It intends to use its social
research potential in the three major EU applicant countries (Poland, Hungary
and the Czech Republic) to raise the true questions and issues concerning
EU’s and Applicant’s public opinion on EU enlargement and its
implications for future EU and industrial policies.
CEORG’s conference anticipates the European Commission’s new
communications policy on enlargement. The debates are certain to add important
elements to the political debate on EU enlargement.
» Participants
Program
PART I
- 8.30 – 9.00 Registration (EP Spaak Building – Reception)
- 9.00 – 9.05 Opening, by Mrs Cecilia Malmström, Member of the
European Parliament, Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and
Reform Party; Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint
Parliamentary Committee
- 9.05 – 9.20 The European Parliament’s role in the enlargement
process of the EU, by Mr Jas Gawronski, Member of the European Parliament,
Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and
European Democrats; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights,
Common Security and Defence Policy; Rapporteur for Poland’s accession
to the EU
- 9.20 – 9.25 Presentation of CEORG, by Mr István György Tóth, Director
General, TÁRKI, Founding Member of CEORG
- 9.25 – 9.40 A precise date for EU enlargement, by David Whineray, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
- 9.40 – 10.00 Discussion
PART II
- 10.00 – 10.15 Czech, Hungarian and Polish public opinion on EU
integration and NATO membership, by Dr. Krzysztof Zagórski, Director, CBOS,
Founding Member of CEORG
- 10.15 – 10.30 EU public opinion on enlargement: attitudes towards the
applicant countries, by Mr Thomas Glaser, Information and Communication,
DG Enlargement
- 10.30 – 10.45 NATO’s enlargement: Trends in western political and
public opinion, by Dr. Jamie Shea, NATO’s Spokesman and Acting Director
of Information & Press
- 10.45 – 11.00 Discussion
- 11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
- 11.20 – 12.05 Panel: EU public opinion on enlargement: The trends for
EU enlargement and its consequences in the applicant countries. Participants:
Mr István Kovács, Deputy Director General, EU Political Affairs Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary; Dr. Marie Chatardová, Director of
the Department Communication Strategy, Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic;
Mr Jacek Szymanderski, Communication Adviser to H.E. Artur Balazs, Minister
of Agriculture of the Republic of Poland
- 12.05 – 12.20 Discussion
- 12.20 – 12.40 Panel: Perceptions of enlargement among EU industries.
Participants: Mr Herbert Kellner, Deputy Secretary General, COPA-COGECA;
Dr. Manfred Sappok, Vice-President, CAEF; Mrs Elena Maria Peresso, Adviser
Europe Desk, EURELECTRIC
- 12.40 – 12.55 Discussion
- 13.00 – 14.15 Lunch
PART III
- 14.15 – 14.30 Trends in income, lifestyle, consumption patterns and
future expectations in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary, by Mr István
György Tóth, Director General, TÁRKI, Founding Member of CEORG
- 14.30 – 14.45 The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Employment and
Labour Markets in the EU Member States, by Mr Georg Fischer, Head of Unit,
DG Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission
- 14.45 – 15.00 The role of EU and CEEC Chambers of Commerce and Industry
network in preparing enterprises for enlargement, by Mr Marco Lopriore,
Director, UNIONCAMERE
- 15.00 – 15.30 Discussion
- 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
- 16.00 – 16.23 Panel: Perceptions of Western products and services in
Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. Participants: Mr Marek Kapuscinski,
Director Marketing C&EE, Procter&Gamble; Mr András Patai,
Hungarian Association of Cigarette Manufacturers; Dr. Eliška Rendlová,
Director, IVVM, Founding Member of CEORG
- 16.30 – 17.00 Panel: Perceptions of Central European products in EU.
Participants: Mr Miroslav Kroupa, Head of Product and Cost Reduction
Department, Škoda Auto, Czech Republic; Mr Stefano Sedola, Coordinator
PRAQ III Management Unit c/o CEN; Mr Zsolt Székely, General Manager,
Ikarus Vehicle Manufacturing, Hungary
- 17.00 – 17.20 Discussion
- 17.20 – 17.55 Panel: Trends in EU-CEEC trade relations in the process
of EU Enlargement. Participants: Mrs Barbara Bottcher-Meier, Deutsche Bank
AG; Dr Harald Eggerstedt, Vice-President, Commerzbank Economic Research;
Mr Jean-Paul Kern & Mr Pawel Stelmaszczyk, Representatives of the Amcham EU
Committee’s Wider Europe working group.
- 17.55 – 18.15 Closing remarks followed by a reception
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