1st SINGLE MARKET FORUM Krakow, POLAND
2-4 October 2011
Single Market Fair: The Igloo in the main market square
Mr Malcolm HARBOUR IMCO Chair, visiting the Igloo
The European Parliament Stand at the Single Market Fair
Polska Project Stand ECC-Net Stand SOLVIT Stand Preparatory Meeting before the Forum
Mr Waldemar Pawlak, Polish Deputy Prime Minister, and Mr Malcolm Harbour at the formal opening of the Single Market Fair
Formal opening of the Single Market Fair
3 October
Single Market Fair
Awarding of the prize ‘Union Without Barriers’
From left to right: Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein, Ms Diana Wallis and Mr Rafal Trzaskowski, Members of the European Parliament and Mr Malcolm Harbour
From left to right: Mr Rafal Trzaskowski, Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein, Mr Malcolm Harbour, and Mr Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
With the winners of the prize
From left to right: Ms Constance Le Grip, Mr Malcolm Harbour, Mr Rafal Trzaskowski and Ms Diana Wallis, Members of the European Parliament
3 October
The Forum The entrance of the Auditorium Maximum, Jagiellonian University
From left to right: Ms Jutta Steinruck, Mr Hans-Peter Mayer, Ms Diana Wallis, Ms Evelyne Gebhardt, Ms Heide Rühle, Mr Malcolm Harbour, Mr Louis Grech and Mr Edvard Kožušník, Members of the European Parliament
Mr Malcolm Harbour and Mr Louis Grech From left to right: Ms Jutta Steinruck, Ms Heide Rühle and Mr Hans-Peter Mayer
Before the official opening of the Forum
From left to right: Mr Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, Mr Malcolm Harbour and Mr Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
From left to right: Mr Hans-Peter Mayer, Mr Jerzy Buzek, Ms Diana Wallis, Mr Edvard Kožušník, Mr Malcolm Harbour and Ms Jutta Steinruck
From left to right: Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein, Mr Jerzy Buzek, Mr Waldemar Pawlak, Mr Malcolm Harbour and Mr Michel Barnier
3 October
The opening of the Forum Speech by Mr Waldemar Pawlak Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
Speech by Mr Jerzy Buzek President of the European Parliament
Speech by Mr Michel Barnier Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
Front row: Mr Buzek and Mr Pawlak
Middle row (left to right): Ms Steinruck, Ms Gebhardt , Mr Mayer, Ms Vergnaud, Ms Rühle and Mr Kožušník
3 October
Declaration by the Polish Youth
Mr Barnier, Mr Pawlak, Mr Trzaskowski and Ms Thun und Hohenstein with the winners of the ‘Union without barriers’ prize
3 October
The Forum
‘Tell us your story’
Screening of the winning stories
Ms Jacki Davis (Moderator) introducing the five winners of the ‘Tell us your story’ competition
3 October
The Forum
The presentation of ‘20 main concerns of citizens and enterprises in the Single Market’
Speech by Mr Louis Grech
3 October
The Forum
Panel Discussion
Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein and Mr Malcolm Harbour
From left to right: Mr Louis Grech, Mr Waldemar Pawlak, Ms Jacki Davis, Mr Michel Barnier, Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein and Mr Malcolm Harbour
Mr Louis Grech and Mr Waldemar Pawlak
From left to right: Mr Michel Barnier, Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein and Mr Malcolm Harbour
The Panellists Mr Malcolm Harbour interviewed Workshops Workshop on Professional Qualifications Ms Bernardette Vergnaud Member of the European Parliament
Workshop on Professional Qualifications Mr Malcolm Harbour
Workshop on Professional Qualifications In the centre: Ms Constance Le Grip Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution Ms Diana Wallis (right)
Ms Jacqueline Minor Moderator of the Workshop on ADR
Workshop on Points of Single Contact The Panel Workshop on E-Commerce Mr Pablo Arias Echeverría, Member of the European Parliament (left) and panellists
Workshop on E-Commerce Ms Anna Maria Corazza Bildt Member of the European Parliament
Workshop on E-Commerce Intervention by the audience Workshop on Posting of Workers and Fundamental Social Rights
The Panel Key speech by Ms Evelyne Gebhardt (centre)
Ms Iliana Ivanova Member of the European Parliament
Ms Evelyne Gebhardt The audience Workshop on Public Procurement Ms Joanna Szychowska European Commission (Moderator)
Workshop on Public Procurement Mr António Correia de Campos (left) Member of the European Parliament
Workshop on Public Procurement Ms Heide Rühle
Workshop on Bridging the gap between citizens and the Single Market Emer Daly, European Commission (Moderator) and Mr Louis Grech
Workshop on Bridging the gap between citizens and the Single Market Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein
The audience Intervention by the audience The audience Workshop on Citizens’ Rights
The Panel Mr Cristian Silviu Buşoi Member of the European Parliament
4 October
Reports from the Workshops
The Rapporteurs The audience Mr António Correia de Campos and Mr Maciej Szpunar, Polish Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Susanne Bo Christensen, Internal Market Centre (Denmark), Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein and Mr António Correia de Campos
Ms Bernardette Vergnaud
Mr António Correia de Campos
Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein
Mr Malcolm Harbour, Mr Joe Dunne, Head of the IMCO Secretariat and the IMCO Team
4 October
Krakow Declaration on the Single Market Mr Malcolm Harbour, Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, Mr John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy and Mr Marcin Korolec, Polish Under-Secretary of State
Left to right: Ms Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Mr Hans-Peter Mayer, Mr Louis Grech, Ms Jutta Steinruck, Ms Evelyne Gebhardt, Ms Constance Le Grip and Ms Bernardette Vergnaud
The winners of the ‘Tell us your story’ competition delivering the Krakow Declaration
Surprise intervention by Mr Malcolm Harbour
Mr Malcolm Harbour and Mr Marcin Korolec
Mr Malcolm Harbour promoting the IMCO Newsletter and ‘The friends of IMCO Network’
Speech by Mr Marcin Korolec
4 October
First Panel Debate The Panel Mr Marcin Korolec Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Economy of Poland
From left to right: Mr John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Mr Malcolm Harbour, Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the European Economical and Social Committe
Mr Arnoldas Abramavičius Chair of the Commission for Economic and Social Policy Committee of the Regions
Mr Staffan Nilsson President of the European Economical and Social Committee
Ms Róza Thun und Hohenstein and Mr Andreas Schwab Members of the European Parliament
The audience Ms Jacki Davis and Mr John Dalli
4 October
Conclusion of the Forum Closing Speech by Mr John Dalli
Mr Korolec, Ms Thun und Hohenstein, Ms Corazza Bildt and Mr Mayer
Ms Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Mr Louis Grech and Ms Evelyne Gebhardt
Mr Louis Grech and Mr Pablo Arias Echeverría
Members present during the Forum
MembersDiana attendedWALLIS (Vice-President of the European Parliament - ALDE) Malcolm HARBOUR (Chairman of the IMCO Committee – ECR)
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA (EPP)
Anna Maria CORAZZA-BILDT (EPP) Iliana IVANOVA (EPP) Constance LE GRIP (EPP)
Hans-Peter MAYER (EPP) Andreas SCHWAB (EPP) Małgorzata HANDZLIK (EPP) Róża VON THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP)
Rafał TRZASKOWSKI (EPP)
António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS (S&D)
Evelyne GEBHARDT (S&D)
Louis GRECH (S&D)
Bernadette VERGNAUD (S&D) Jutta STEINRÜCK (S&D) Cristian Silviu BUŞOI (ALDE)
Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK (ECR)
Heide RÜHLE (Greens/EFA)