"Eastern Policy. Europe's obligations" - Conference of Chairpersons of Foreign Affairs Committees (COFACC) "La politique orientale. Les obligations de l'Europe" - réunion des présidents des commissions des affaires étrangères (COFACC) "Polityka Wschodnia. Obowiązki Europy" - konferencja przewodniczących komisji właściwych ds. zagranicznych (COFACC)
Warszawa, 4-6.09. 2011
List of Participants/ Liste des participants/ Lista uczestników
MEMBER STATES / ETATS MEMBRES
AUSTRIA – AUTRICHE
Bundesrat / Federal Council / Conseil fédéral
Mr Guenther KOEBERL – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Nationalrat / National Council / Conseil national
Mr. Johannes HUEBNER – Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Joseph WIRNSPERGER – Head of the International Relations Division
BELGIUM – BELGIQUE
Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers / House of Representatives / Chambre des représentants
Mr Dirk VAN DER MAELEN – Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Staff
Mr Tom DE PELSMAEKER – Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senaat / Senate / Sénat
Mr Karl VANLOUWE – Président de la commission des Relations extérieures et de la Défense du Sénat
Staff
Ms Marianne VAN OPSTAL – Secrétaire de la commission des Relations extérieures et de la Défense du Sénat
BULGARIA – BULGARIE
Narodno Sabranie / National Assembly / Assemblée nationale
Mr Dimitar CHUKARSKI – Foreign Policy and Defense Committee
Mr Emil GUSHTEROV – Foreign Policy and Defense Committee
Staff
Mr Vladimir BERON – Chief Expert Advisor, Foreign Policy and Defense Committee
CYPRUS – CHYPRE
House of Representatives / Chambre des Représentants
Mr Averof NEOFYTOU – Member of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs
Staff
Ms Sophie TSOURIS – International Relations Officer
CZECH REPUBLIC – RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE
Poslanecká sněmovna / Chamber of Deputies / Chambre des députés
Mr Jan HAMÁČEK – Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Veronika CIHELKOVÁ – Head of the Secretariat, Foreign Affairs Committee
Senát / Senate / Sénat
Mr Tomas JIRSA – Vice-Chair of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security
Staff
Ms Alena DOLEZALOVA – Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security
DENMARK – DANEMARK
Folketinget / Danish Parliament / Parlement danois
Staff
Mr Morten VILLUMSEN – Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Committee
ESTONIA – ESTONIE
Riigikogu / Estonian Parliament / Parlement estonien
Mr Marko MIHKELSON – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Birgit KEERD-LEPPIK – Adviser, Head of the Secretariat of the Foreign Affairs Committee
FINLAND – FINLANDE
Eduskunta / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Timo SOINI – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland
Staff
Ms Raili LAHNALAMPI – Counsel of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland
FRANCE – FRANCE
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly
Mr Axel PONIATOWSKI – Président de la commission des affaires étrangères
Staff
Mr Stanislas BREZET – Chef de secrétariat à la commission des affaires étrangères
GERMANY – ALLEMAGNE
Deutscher Bundestag / German Bundestag / Bundestag allemande
Mr Ruprecht POLENZ – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Sylvia HARTLEIF – Committee on Foreign Affairs
GREECE – GRÈCE
Vouli ton Ellinon / Hellenic Parliament / Parlement hellénique
Mr Georgios – Ernestos CHARALAMPOPOULOS – Member of Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs
Staff
Ms Despina FOLA – European Affairs Committee HUNGARY – HONGRIE
Országgyűlés / National Assembly / Assemblée nationale
Mr Mihály BALLA – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr László KOVÁCS – Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Noémi KORÁNYI – Counselor of the Foreign Affairs Committee
IRELAND – IRLANDE
Dáil Éireann / House of Representatives / Chambre des représentants
Mr Pat BREEN – Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Mr Denis MCKENNA – Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs
ITALY – ITALIE
Camera dei deputati / Chamber of Deputies / Chambre des députés
Mr Franco NARDUCCI – Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Filippo CINOGLOSSI – Parliamentary Counsellor
Senato della Repubblica / Senate / Sénat
Mr Lamberto DINI – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Roberta D'ADDIO – Head of the Bureau for relations with EU institutions
Mr Luigi GIANNITI – Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee
LATVIA – LETTONIE
Saeima / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Ojars KALNINS – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Arturs JEFIMOVS – Adviser
LITHUANIA – LITUANIE
Seimas / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Staff
Mr Ramunas MISIULIS – Head, Office of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Ms Milda PETROKAITE – Adviser, Office of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
LUXEMBOURG – LUXEMBOURG
Chambre des députés / Chamber of Deputies
Mr Ben FAYOT – Président de la Commission des Affaires étrangères et européennes
MALTA – MALTE
Kamra tad-Deputati / House of Representatives / Chambre des représentants
Mr Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH – Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs
NETHERLANDS – PAYS-BAS
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal / House of Representatives / Chambre des représentants
Mr Alexander PECHTOLD – Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Mr Theo VAN TOOR – Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
POLAND - POLOGNE
Sejm / Sejm / Diète
Mr Andrzej HALICKI – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Piotr BABIŃSKI – Head of the Secretariat, Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Artur KUCHARSKI – Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Łukasz ANDRZEJCZYK – Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Senat / Senate / Sénat
Mr Leon KIERES – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Agata MIANOWSKA – Head of the Secretariat, Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Melchior SZCZEPANIK – Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee
PORTUGAL – PORTUGAL
Senatul / Senate / Sénat
Mr Alberto MARTINS – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities
ROMANIA – ROUMANIE
Camera Deputaţilor / Chamber of Deputies / Chambre des députés
Mr Attila KORODI – Chair of the Committee for Foreign Policy
Staff
Ms Adina GHEORGHIU – Adviser for the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senatul / Senate / Sénat
Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN – Foreign Policy Committee
Staff
Ms Mihaela ENACHE – Foreign Policy Committee
SLOVAKIA – SLOVAQUIE
Národná Rada / National Council / Conseil national
Mr František ŠEBEJ – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Mária KROŠLÁKOVÁ – Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Committee
SLOVENIA – SLOVÉNIE
Državni zbor / National Assembly / Assemblée nationale
Ms Janja KLASINC – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Policy
Staff
Ms Ursula ZORE TAVČAR – Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Policy
Državni svet / National Council / Conseil national
Mr Vincenc OTONIČAR – International Relations and European Affairs Commission
Staff
Ms Ana IVAS – International Relations and European Affairs Commission SPAIN – ESPAGNE
Congreso de los Diputados / Congress of Deputies / Congrès des députés
Ms José María BENEGAS – Deputy Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Ana AIZPURU – Legal Adviser
Ms Katarzyna GÓRNA – Interpreter
Senado de España / Senate / Sénat
Ms Rafaela FUENTES – First Vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Fernando DORADO – Legal advisor, Foreign Affairs Committee
SWEDEN – SUÈDE
Sveriges riksdag / Parliament / Parlement
Ms Karin ENSTRÖM – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Mr Martin BROTHÈN – Head of Secretariat of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAUME-UNI
House of Commons / Chambre des communes
Mr Malcolm BRUCE – Chairman of International Development Committee
Mr Mike GAPES – Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ms Chloe CHALLENDER – International Development Committee
House of Lords / Chambre des Lords
Lord Robin TEVERSON – European Union Select Committee Staff
Ms Kathryn COLVIN – European Union Select Committee Clerk
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – PARLEMENT EUROPEEN
Mr Fiorello PROVERA – Committee on Foreign Affairs
Mr Silvio GONZATO – Head of unit, Secretariat of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Ms Nicola DELL'ARCIPRETE – Secretariat of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE – SERVICE EUROPÉEN POUR L’ACTION EXTÉRIEURE
Baroness Catherine ASHTON – High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission
Mr Maciej POPOWSKI – Deputy Secretary General
Ms Helene HOLM-PEDERSEN – Deputy Head of Cabinet
Mr Michael MATTHIESSEN – Director, Directorate H – European Parliament and National Parliaments
Mr Jean-Baptiste LE BRAS – Policy Officer, Directorate H – European Parliament And National Parliaments
CANDIDATE COUNTRIES / PAYS CANDIDATS
CROATIA – CROATIE
Hrvatski Sabor / Croatian Parliament / Parlement de Croatie
Mr Frano MATUŠIĆ – Chair of the Foreign Policy Committee
Staff
Ms Andrea HALAMBEK – Foreign Policy Committee
ICELAND – ISLANDE
Althingi / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Arni Thor SIGURDSSON - Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Stígur STEFÁNSSON – Foreign Affairs Committee
F.Y.R.OF MACEDONIA – ANCIENNE RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE
Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic / Assemblée de la République
Mr Antonijo MILOSHOSKI - Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee
Staff
Ms Sonja AVRAMOSKA – Advisor in the Foreign Policy Committee
TURKEY – TURQUIE
Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi / Grand National Assembly of Turkey / Grande Assemblée nationale de Turquie
Mr Volkan BOZKIR - Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Mr Aydin EVİRGEN – Chief advisor of the Foreign Affairs Committee
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES / ÉTATS MEMBRES DU PARTENARIAT ORIENTAL
BELARUS - BIELORUSSIE
Mr Aleksander MILINKIEWICZ – Belarusian civil society
GEORGIA – GÉORGIE
Sakartvelos parlament'i / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Irakli KAVTARADZE – First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Relations
MOLDOVA – MOLDAVIE
Parlamentul / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Igor CORMAN – Chair of the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Committee
UKRAINE – UKRAINE
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine / Parliament / Parlement
Mr Oleh BILORUS – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
SPECIAL GUESTS / INVITÉS SPÉCIAUX
NORWAY – NORVÈGE
Storting / Parliament / Parlement
Ms Ine Marie Eriksen SØREIDE - Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Mr Svein Roald HANSEN – Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Staff
Mr Øyvind REKSTAD – Advisor, The International Secretariat