CLDR/12/9

Bruxelles, le 2 mars 2012

CALENDRIER du 5 au 9 mars 2012

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Activités des Institutions Déplacements et visites

Lundi 5 mars Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO in Austria Ms Catherine ASHTON participates at the Visegrad 4 Ministerial meeting and V4 meeting with the Eastern Partnership Countries (Prague) Mr Siim KALLAS meets Mr Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Ambassador (Brussels) Mr Siim KALLAS gives keynote speech at the Award Ceremony for the European Mobility Week (Brussels) Ms Neelie KROES attends conference "From Crisis of Trust to Open Governing" (Bratislava) Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ receives a delegation of the Latvian Parliament European Affairs Committee Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ receives the European Affairs Standing Committee of the Senate, the Netherlands States General Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the European Mobility Week Award Ceremony (Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels) M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Douglas FLINT, Président de la banque HSBC, M. Walter KIELHOLZ, président de Swiss Re, M. Henri de CASTRIE, Président de AXA et M. Baudoin BROT, Président de BNP Paribas Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA gives opening speech at the Brussels Tax Forum 2012 and holds a press conference (Charlemagne, Brussels) Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN is in Australia (5-9/3). On 5/3 in Sydney: visits the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility; attends the Innovation and Commercialisation Showcase and visits the Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences Mr Januz LEWANDOWSKI receives a delegation of Members of Latvian Parliament European Affairs Committee Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI and Mr Johannes HAHN receive Mr , Prime Minister of Schleswig Holstein and Mr Carl HOLST, chairman of the region South Denmark Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5-8/3). On 5/3: meeting with special humanitarian country team; meeting with Mr Adolphe LUMANU, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Interior and Security; meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross; meeting with Mr Luigi GIOVINE, World Bank's lead operations officer for the Democratic Republic of Congo; meeting with Mr Roger A. MEECE, Head of the United Nations mission in the DRC Mr Günther OETTINGER meets with Mr , the Minister- President of Rhineland- (Brussels) Mr Günther OETTINGER receives Mr Peter Harry CARSTENSEN, Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Kurt BECK, Minister President of Rheinland-Pfalz Mr Johannes HAHN holds keynote speech at the conference "Smart and Specialized Networks for Smart and Specialized Strategies" (Brussels) Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Sergio MARCHIONNE, President of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Nassir Abdulaziz AL- NASSER, President of the UN General Assembly Mr Štefan FÜLE in Prague: participates in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Group; Mr Iurie LEANCĂ, Foreign and European Integration Minister of the Republic of Moldova; meets Mr Edward NALBANDIAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia; meets Mr Kostiantyn HRYSCHENKO, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and meets Mr Villy SØVNDAL, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark László ANDOR launches the European Year of Active Ageing (Budapest) Mardi 6 mars Ms Maria DAMANAKI at the Symposium Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Serzh on "A Blueprint for Oceans and Coasts" SARGSYAN, President of Armenia UN Conference Rio+20 (EP, Brussels) Ms Catherine ASHTON travels to Finland: meets with Mr Sauli NIINISTÖ, President of Finland, Mr Jyrki KATAINEN, Prime Minister, Mr Erkki TUOMIOJA, Foreign Minister and Ms Heidi HAUTALA, Minister for International Development; co-address the Seminar on the EU Arctic with Foreign Minister TUOMIOJA; meets with Mr Klemetti NÄKKÄLÄJÄRVI, President of the Sami Parliament Ms Viviane REDING delivers a keynote speech at the 'Realising the European Single Market Forum 2012' organised by Forum Europe Ms Viviane REDING delivers a speech during a luncheon on Women on the Board organised by the European Network for Women in Leadership Mr Siim KALLAS, Mr Janez POTOČNIK, Ms Maria DAMANAKI and Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receive Mr Koji SEKIMIZU, International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Mr Siim KALLAS receives Mr Luca DI MONTEZELMOLO, Ferrari President Mr Siim KALLAS receives Mr Keith C. SMITH, former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Ms Neelie KROES attends CeBIT event in Hannover: meetings with Ministers; participation in panel on 'Personal Data: the currency of the Digital World'; opening of stands and presentation of five Large Scale Projects Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ receives Mr Dominic HANNIGAN, Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs Mr Olli REHN in Paris: Press event organised at the Paris representation and Meeting with Mr. François BAROIN, Ministre de l'économie

2 Mr Andris PIEBALGS in Haiti: meeting with President Michel MARTELLY; speech in the Parliament; meeting with civil society representatives; meeting with EU partners in Haiti M. Michel BARNIER participe à la conférence "réponse européenne à la crise" organisée par la représentation de la Commission Européenne à Paris. Il introduira la session "la réponse à la crise: quelle perspective?" M. Michel BARNIER participe à un déjeuner-débat sur le thème "l'Europe face à la crise" avec le club économique franco-allemand à Paris M. Michel BARNIER rencontre les sénateurs membres de la commission Affaires européennes, de la commission des Affaires économiques et de la commission des Finances du Sénat à Paris à l'occasion d'une audition. M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Gary GENSLER, Président de Commodity Futures Trading Commission Mr John DALLI receives Mr José URQUIZO, Peruvian Minister of Production Mr John DALLI receives Ms Zsuzsanna JAKAB, Regional Director of the WHO Mr John DALLI meets Mr Johan VANDE LANOTTE, Belgian Federal Minister of Economy (Brussels) Mr John DALLI receives Ms Mette GJERSKOV, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN is in Australia (5-9/3). On 6/3: visits Thales Australia (Garden Island); meets with the European Australian Business Council (Sydney) and meets with Senator Christopher Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (Canberra) Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5-8/3). On 6/3: meeting with Mr Julien Paluku KAHONGYA, Governor of the Province of North Kivu; meeting with MONUSCO representatives; meeting with OCHA representatives Mr Günther OETTINGER delivers a speech at the Carnegie Europe Essay Series (Brussels) Mr Günther OETTINGER meets with the representatives of the German Research Centre for Biomass (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum) (Brussels) Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives representatives of the Cefic (The European Chemical Industry Council) Mr Günther H. OETTINGER delivers a speech at the ENTSOG event (Brussels) Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Jean-Pierre MASSERET, President of the Lorraine region Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in the opening session of the Conference on Scientific Support for the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy (Copenhagen) Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Belgium's State Secretary for Energy, Mobility, Environment and State Reform, Mr Melchior WATHELET Ms Connie HEDEGAARD delivers a speech at the reception of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Brussels) Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Chakib BENMOUSSA, President of the Moroccan Economic and Social Council Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Ms Teuta ARIFI, Deputy Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

3 Mr Štefan FÜLE and Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM receive Mr Jean- Claude MIGNON, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Ümit BOYNER President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSIAD) Mr László ANDOR delivers the opening speech at the "Tax Forum 2012" (Charlemagne, Brussels) Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ speaks at the conference "Enhancing Innovation and the Delivery of Research in European Agriculture" organised by DG AGRI (Charlemagne, Brussels) Mercredi 7 mars Ms Maria DAMANAKI at the Conference Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO and Mr László ANDOR receive on aquaculture organised by the Ms , Minister-President of North Rhine- European Parliament Intergroup on Westphalia biodiversity (EP, Brussels) Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Nassir Abdulaziz Ms Maria DAMANAKI speaks at the AL-NASSER, President of the UN General Assembly conference "the New European Fund for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in the view Ms Catherine ASHTON travels to : visit the LKAB mine, of the Common Fisheries Policy reform" meets with Mr , Minister for Foreign Affairs; travels to (EP, Brussels) Norway: meets with Jonas GAHR STØRE, Foreign Minister; speaks at the Annual National Conference on Europe

Ms Viviane REDING receives Mr Kenneth BENGTSSON, Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise on gender equality Ms Viviane REDING receives the CDA Business Club Ms Viviane REDING in Hannover: attends the CHIP award ceremony, organised by CeBIT Mr Andris PIEBALGS in Haiti: official ceremonies with Mr Michel MARTELLY, President, Mr Ronald BAUDIN, Minister of Finance and Mr Jude Hervey DAY, Minister of Cooperation; inauguration of the EU funded rebuilt main road between Port-au-Prince and the North of the country; inauguration of the Tribunal of Hinche and visits of EU funded projects in social and education sectors. M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Mark HOBAN, secrétaire au trésor britannique M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Jean-Claude MIGNON, Président du Conseil de l'Europe Mr John DALLI receives Dr Stefan MARCINOWSKI, Executive Director of BASF Mr John DALLI receives Dr Severin SCHWAN, Chief Executive Officer of Roche Mr John DALLI receives representatives from the tobacco industry Mr John DALLI holds a keynote speech at the event "Revision of the Clinical Trials Directive - Opportunity for the next 20 years?", Brussels Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN is in Australia (5-9/3). On 7/3 in Canberra: visits the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre (HRPPC); meets with Professor Ian CHUBB, Australia's Chief Scientist and delivers keynote address at the Universities Australia Conference Ms Maria DAMANAKI receives representatives of the Spanish Fishing industry Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5-8/3). On 7/3: visit of realizations by People in Need, AVSI ans Oxfam GB in Kitutu area; visit of the Bunyakiri area where UNICEF and its partners will be assisting recently displaced people through the Rapid response to Population Movements (RRMP) mechanism.

4 Mr Günther OETTINGER receives Ms Hannelore KRAFT, Minister- President of North Rhine-Westphalia Mr Günther OETTINGER delivers a speech at the Conference of Ministers for European Affairs of the Bundesländer (Brussels) Mr Johannes HAHN attends the conference of the Ministers of European Affairs of the German Bundeslander (Brussels) Mr Johannes HAHN meets members of the German Regional Association and of the German Cities Council (Brussels) Ms Connie HEDEGAARD in Geneva to participate in the launch of Sustania and in the Sustania Award Ceremony Mr Štefan FÜLE meets Mr Serzh AZATI SARGSYAN, President of the Republic of Armenia (Brussels) Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Lamberto ZANNIER, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Christian DIACONESCU, Foreign Minister of Romania Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM receives Mr Gerd LEERS, Dutch Minister for Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs Jeudi 8 mars Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ms Viviane REDING participates in a lunch hosted by Her Majesty (JHA) (8-9/3) Queen Paola of Belgium to discuss missing children in Europe Mr Olli REHN at the ECB Governing Ms Viviane REDING participates in a web conference on Young Council Meeting in Frankfurt Women in Engineering with the European Automobile Manufacturers Association Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA participates at European Competition and Consumer Day (Copenhagen) Mr Siim KALLAS on mission to Estonia (8-11/3). On 8/3 delivers a lecture at Tartu University and on 9/3 delivers a speech at the Kite Fly 2012 Conference. Ms Neelie KROES launches Get Online Week (Brussels) Ms Neelie KROES delivers closing speech to Annual Cable Congress (Brussels) Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ delivers a speech at the International Women’s Day Conference "The European Commission's Equal Opportunities Strategy 2010-2014: Making it happen", (Charlemagne, Brussels) Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Kandeh K. YUMKELLA, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Miguel Arias CAÑETE, Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Affairs, M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Douglas FLINT, Président de la banque HSBC, M. Walter KIELHOLZ, président de Swiss Re, M. Henri de CASTRIE, Président de AXA et M. Baudoin BROT, Président de BNP Paribas Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in Cyprus (8-11/03). On 8/3: visits the Pallouriotissa Lyceum, Nicosia; attends a meeting at the Pedagogy Institute on their new programmes on teacher training funded by ESF in Latsia; meets with Parents Associations for private schools at the EU Commission Representation, Nicosia; inaugurates the Forum Private School in Nisou Mr John DALLI attends the Consumer and Competition Conference held under the Danish Presidency 2012, and meets Ms Mette GJERSKOV, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries,

5 Copenhagen Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI on mission to Sweden (8-9/3). On 8/3: meeting with the EU and Finance Committee of the Swedish Parliament; participates in a Seminar on Multiannual Financial Framework at the House of Europe. On 9/3: meeting with Ms Birgitta OHLSSON, Minister for EU Affairs, meeting with Ms Katarina ARESKOUG MASCARENHAS, State Secretary for Foreign and EU Affairs, meeting with Mr , Minister for Finance; meeting with a delegation of the Swedish Association of Regions and Municipalities Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5-8/3). On 8/5: visit of the Panzi hospital; meeting with NGOs assisting gender based violence victims Mr Johannes HAHN visits Slovenia Mr Günther OETTINGER meets with Mr Kandeh K. YUMKELLA, Director-General of UNIDO (The United Nations Industrial Development Organization) (Brussels) Mr Günther OETTINGER receives representatives of the regions of Western Ms Connie HEDEGAARD in Cologne to visit the Ford Plant Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives the Board and directors of Danish Agriculture and Food Council Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives the Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Affairs, Mr Miguel Arias CAÑETE Mr László ANDOR delivers a speech in the European Parliament at a hearing on "Social investments as a response to the crisis"

Vendredi 9 mars Meeting of Environment Council (ENVI) Ms Viviane REDING receives Mr Orsat MILJENI, the new Croatian Justice Minister Gymnich - Informal meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs (9-10/3, Copenhagen) Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in Cyprus (8-11/03). On 9/3: visits the Limassol Laniteio Lyceum, in Limassol; attends an event organised Ms Maria DAMANAKI delivers a keynote by Agios Athanasios Municipality on the occasion of women's day speech at the event coorganised by the and takes part int the opening of Exhibition on Creativity - Open EC Representation and the EP Office in schools, Limassol Athens at the occasion of the Women Day (European Parliament Office, Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN is in Australia (5-9/3). 9/3 in Athens) Aucland: meets with Mr Tim GROSER, New Zealand Trade Minister; delivers keynote speech at the University of Auckland; meets with Mr Steven JOYCE, New Zealand Minister for Science and Innovation and visits the University of Auckland Uniservices and is given a tour of the University of Auckland Bioengineering Institute Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Vjekoslav BEVANDA, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in his office Samedi 10 mars

Dimanche 11 mars Ms Catherine ASHTON participates at the meeting of the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs (COFACC)

Prévisions du mois de mars 2012 12-15/3 European Parliament Plenary in Strasbourg 12/3 Eurogroup 13/3 Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)

6 16/3 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC trade) 19-20/3 Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) 22-23/3 Meeting of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE) 22/3 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC Defence) 23/3 Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) 26/3 Meeting of General Affairs Council (GAC) 28-29/3 European Parliament Mini Plenary 30-31/3 Informal meeting of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in Copenhagen

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