"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