European Ombudsman

European Ombudsman visits

Press release - 28/09/2006

The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros , will visit Greece from 29 September to 6 October. During his visit he will participate in a Council of conference on "Ombudswork for Children" in . He will also meet the President of the of Greece, , the , , the President of the Greek Parliament, Anna Benaki-Psarouda , and the leader of the PASOK Party, .

In , Mr Diamandouros will participate in the 14th annual congress of Eurochambres. His visit will conclude with meetings at the European Agency for Reconstruction and CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training).

Programme 29-30 September: "Ombudswork for Children" , Council of Europe conference in Athens, speech on "Establishing independent offices for children's rights: the different models" 2 October: Meetings with the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Kostas Karamanlis , with the President of the Greek Parliament, Mrs Anna Benaki-Psarouda in Athens, and with Mr George Papandreou , Leader of the PASOK Party

Lecture to the staff of the Greek Ombudsman : "The European Ombudsman's perspective on good administration" 3 October: Meeting with Karolos Papoulias , , in Athens 5 October: Eurochambres Congress in Thessaloniki: "Communicating Europe - Sharing the Vision - Delivering the Results" with Mr Diamandouros as guest speaker, meeting with the President of Eurochambres, Mr Pierre Simon 6 October: Visit to the European Agency for Reconstruction in Thessaloniki

Visit to CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) in Thessaloniki

1 For inquiries concerning the events in Athens: Mr Nicholas Catephores, Assistant to the Ombudsman, tel: +33 (0)6 23210391 (mobile) or +33 (0)3 88 172383 For inquiries concerning the events in Thessaloniki: Ms Gundi Gadesmann, Press Officer, tel: +32 (0)475-348993 (mobile) or +32 (0)2 2842609

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