EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – VERKHOVNA RADA OF UKRAINE: «JEAN MONNET DIALOGUE» FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY
PROGRAMME 5 - 7 May 2019
Sunday, 5 May, Foundation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Lausanne, Switzerland
12.05 Arrival of Mr Pat Cox at the Geneva airport at 12.05 (flight from Dublin) 12.45 Arrival of the Verkhovna Rada Delegation at the Geneva airport at 12.45 (flight from Kiev)
13.00 - 16.30 Bus transfer to the hotel in Lausanne with a stop for lunch at the restaurant Le Chalet Suisse, check-in at the Agora Swiss Hotel in Lausanne
16.30 - 17.00 Bus transfer of all participants from the hotel to the Foundation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe
17.00 - 17.30 Welcome at the Fondation Jean Monnet and opening of the 6th Jean Monnet Dialogue
Pat Cox Andriy Parubiy former EP President Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
Floor given to Faction/Group Leaders for first comments (3 mins per faction, order alphabetical according to English spelling)
Coffee/refreshment available outside the meeting room
17.30 - 19.00 Topic I: Rights and Responsibilities of the Opposition
Co-chairs: Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
19.00 - 19.30 Bus transfer to the restaurant Mont Blanc au Lac in Morges
19.30 - 22.00 Working dinner at the restaurant Mont Blanc au Lac with keynote address by:
Elmar Brok, Lead MEP for Ukraine
22.00 - 22.30 Bus transfer to the hotel in Lausanne
This process has been made possible by the generous support of the European Parliament, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Oslo Centre and the Swiss-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Monday, 6 May, Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Lausanne, Switzerland
08.30 - 09.00 Bus transfer to the Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe
09.00 - 10.30 Topic II: Temporary Investigation Commissions
Co-chairs: Elmar Brok, lead-MEP Democracy Support Ukraine Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
Floor given to Faction/Group Leaders for first comments (5 mins per faction, order alphabetical according to English spelling)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break (Feedback discussion with the Chiefs of Staff of Factions/Groups with EP and NDI staff)
11.00 - 12.30 Topic III: Immunity of Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada
Co-chairs: Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
Floor given to Faction/Group Leaders for first comments (5 mins per faction, order alphabetical according to English spelling)
12.30 - 14.00 Working lunch at Da Nino Restaurant
14.15 Family Photo
14.30 - 16.00 Topic IV: Codification of the Powers and Responsibilities of the President of Ukraine
Co-chairs: Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee Break (Feedback discussion with the Chiefs of Staff of Factions/Groups with EP and NDI staff)
16.30 - 18.00 Topic V: Electoral Law (incl. Gender Quota)
Co-chairs: Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
Floor given to Faction/Group Leaders for first comments (5 mins per faction, order alphabetical according to English spelling)
18.30 - 19.00 Bus transfer to the restaurant Fairmont Le Montreux Palace
19.30 - 22.00 Conclusions: working dinner at Restaurant Fairmont le Montreux Palace Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament Andriy Parubiy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
22.00 - 23.00 Bus transfer to the hotel in Lausanne
This process has been made possible by the generous support of the European Parliament, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Oslo Centre and the Swiss-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Tuesday, 7 May, Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Lausanne, Switzerland
08.00 - 10.00 Conclusions (cont’d if necessary) Breakfast at the Agora Swiss
10.00 Bus transfer of the Verkhovna Rada guests to the Geneva airport (flight to Kiev at 13.45)
10.00 - 13.00 Coordination meeting/debriefing with Pat Cox, Fondation Jean Monnet, wrap up/clean up
pm departures
Contacts: Accommodation: Event venue:
Gerrard QUILLE, Head of EPMS Agora Swiss by Fassbind Fondation Jean Monnet pour [email protected] Hotel l’Europe +32 473 52 50 72 Lausanne Ferme de Dorigny
Johana MARESCAUX, Assistant Lausanne [email protected] +41 21 555 59 55 Switzerland +32 485 86 34 30 Avenue du Rond-Point 9, 1006 Natia JIKIA, Deputy Director, NDI Lausanne Ukraine [email protected] https://byfassbind.com/ +38 050 450 80 30
Iaryna ODYNAK, Program Officer, NDI Ukraine [email protected] +38 067 904 48 30
This process has been made possible by the generous support of the European Parliament, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Oslo Centre and the Swiss-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.