POLITICAL
079 PCTR 13 E Rev. 5 Original: English
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS
DRAFT PROGRAMME
DENMARK AND GREENLAND
9 – 13 SEPTEMBER 2013
www.nato-pa.int 3 September 2013
IMPORTANT NOTICE You are required to carry your passports with you at all times Please note that all meetings, timings and locations are dependent on weather conditions
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SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER COPENHAGEN
STAFF CONTACT NUMBERS IN DENMARK/GREENLAND
Steffen Sachs +32 478 554 816 David Hobbs +32 495 440 599
Arrival of participants in Copenhagen Individual transfer to hotel
Accommodation PALACE HOTEL Raadhuspladsen 57, Copenhagen K, Denmark Rate: 1050 DKK (standard room) Contact: Anne Jensen Rev. No.: FOL080913 E-mail: [email protected]
Evening Free
MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER COPENHAGEN
9:40 Meet in hotel lobby and departure by bus
Dress code: Business
10:00 – 12:00 Meetings at the Defence Command Denmark
10:10 Introduction to Danish Defence
10:30 Presentation on Danish Defence in the Arctic
11:00 Presentation on Defence Agreement 2013 – 2017
11:45 Q&A Session
12:00 Lunch hosted by the Defence Command Denmark
13:00 Transfer by bus
Roundtable discussion 14:00 – 16:00 Venue: Danish Parliament, room 2-080
Session 1
Rear Admiral Nils VANG Commandant of the Royal Danish Defence College
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Mikkel Vedby RASMUSSEN Head of Centre for Military Studies
Session 2
Tove Søvndahl GANT Head of Representation of Greenland to Denmark
Esther MCCLURE Country Director for Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands within the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Erik Vilstrup LORENZEN Artic Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16:00 – 16:30 Return by bus to the hotel
18:40 Meet in hotel lobby and departure by bus
19:00 Dinner hosted by the Danish Delegation to the NATO PA Venue: Danish Parliament Dress code: Business suit
21:00 Return by bus to the hotel
TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER COPENHAGEN / GREENLAND
7:00 Meet in hotel lobby and departure by bus to Roskilde Airport Dress code: casual/cold weather gear
9:00 – 14:50 FLIGHT to Roskilde – Station North, Greenland by C-130 Flight time approx. 6 hours (Time difference -2 hours)
14:50 – 15:50 Visit of Station North
15:50 – 14:30 FLIGHT to Thule Air Base (Time difference -5 hours)
Visit of 14:30 – 18:00 HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen Danish Inspection Vessel Location: Thule Air Base
18:00 – 19:00 Informal dinner Venue: Dining Hall, payment in US Dollars
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19.00 – 19.20 Transportation to hotel
Accommodation: Thule Air Base Rate: 55 US$ per person Payment in cash only (US Dollars only)
WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER GREENLAND
7:30 Breakfast Dress code: casual/ cold weather gear
8:30 – 17:00 Visit of Thule Base
8:30 – 10:00 Briefing by base commander
10:00 – 11:45 Tour of base
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch Payment in cash only (US Dollars only)
12:30 – 17:00 Tour of base (cont.), including time for travel between areas
18:00 – 20:00 Formal dinner Hosted by the Danish delegation to the NATO PA Dress code: Business suit for civilians, uniform for military personnel
Accommodation: Thule Air Base Rate: 55 US$ per person Payment in cash only (US Dollars only)
THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER GREENLAND
7:00 Meet in hotel lobby Dress code: casual/ cold weather gear Breakfast served during flight
8:00 – 12:30 FLIGHT to Nuuk by C-130 Flight time 3.5 hours (time difference +1 hour)
12:40 – 13:40 Briefing at Joint Arctic Command Working lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Meeting with Foreign and Security Committee
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Meeting with 15.00 – 15.45 Aleqa HAMMOND Premier of Greenland
Meeting with
16:00 – 16:30 Aqqaluk LYNGE
President for Inuit Circumpolar Council
16:30 – 17:15 Transportation to the hotel by bus
17:15 Check in at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Hans Egede Postboks 1049, 3900 Nuuk Rate: 1290 DKK (standard room)
18:50 Departure from hotel by bus (return on foot)
Buffet dinner hosted by Aleqa HAMMOND, Premier of Greenland Venue: Hans Egedes Hus Dress code: Business suit
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER GREENLAND/ COPENHAGEN
Free time
10:45 Meet in the hotel lobby (please check out of hotel in advance)
11:00 – 12:00 Transportation to Nuuk Airport by bus
12:00 – 22:50 FLIGHT to Roskilde Airport, Copenhagen by C-130 Flight time approx. 6 hours
23:00 – 24:00 Transportation to the hotel by bus
Accommodation: PALACE HOTEL Raadhuspladsen 57, Copenhagen K, Denmark Rate: 1450 DKK (standard room) Contact: Anne Jensen Rev. No.: FOL080913 E-mail: [email protected]
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER COPENHAGEN
Individual departure of participants
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
OFFICER OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS
Chairman John Dyrby PAULSEN (Denmark)
MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU
Vice-President Daniel BACQUELAINE (Belgium) Secretary General David HOBBS
MEMBER DELEGATIONS Belgium Gerald KINDERMANS Denmark Villum CHRISTENSEN Johan Lund OLSEN Estonia Kadri SIMSON France Pierre LELLOUCHE Germany Ernst-Reinhard BECK Italy Federicia MOGHERINI Spain Beatriz RODRIGUEZ-SALMONES United Kingdom Michael GAPES Lord HAMILTON OF EPSOM Mark PRITCHARD
SECRETARIES OF DELEGATION Belgium Frans VAN MELKEBEKE Denmark Flemming Kordt HANSEN
ACCOMPANYING STAFF Denmark Pernille DELEURAN Charlotte FABER
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DENMARK Denmark Tanja Ingelise Holst RASMUSSEN Morten BRODERSEN
INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT
Director of the Political Committee Steffen SACHS
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