CLDR/11/13 Bruxelles, le 25 mars 2011 CALENDRIER du 28 mars au 3 avril 2011 (Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine) Activités des Institutions Déplacements et visites Lundi 28 mars Informal Ministerial meeting on Culture Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO gives a lecture at the 2011 and Education (28-29/03, Gödöllö) Sergio Vieira de Mello Award (Geneva) Mrs Viviane REDING in Frankfurt (Germany): visits the European Central Bank; meets Vice-President of the ECB, Mr Vítor CONSTÂNCIO, and Ms Gertrude TUMPEL-GUGERELL, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB; delivers a keynote speech on "The European Commission’s New Gender Equality Strategy: Towards Quotas for Women in the Boardroom?" in the framework of the conference "Building on diversity: how to master Europe's challenges" Mr Siim KALLAS delivers a keynote speech at the European Policy Centre: "Air transport and aviation policy in the EU: prospects and challenges" Mr Janez POTOČNIK in Italy (28-29/03). In Milan (28): meets with Mrs Stefania PRESTIGIACOMO, Minister of Environment, Land and Sea Protection and with Mr Roberto FORMIGONI, President of the Lombardia Region and visits with them the Pioltello/Rodano Site. In Rome (29): participates in Parliamentary hearing with European and Environment Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Italian Senate; Mr Andris PIEBALGS visits Ethiopia, and participates at Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union's Ministers of Economy (26- 28/03) Mr Michel BARNIER en Ethiopie. Il participe à la réunion des ministres des finances africains à Addis Abeba Mr. Algirdas ŠEMETA delivers the opening speech at the "Brussels Tax Forum" (Charlemagne building) Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr Pierre LELLOUCHE, State Secretary for Foreign Trade of France 17.00 Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr Paul WALSH, Chief Executive Officer, Diageo Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Max VAN DEN BERG, the Dutch Queen's Commissioner of the province of Groningen Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Francois DROUIN, President of OSEO Mrs Connie HEDEGAARD in Latvia and in Sweden. In Riga: meeting with Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Latvian Prime Minister. In Stockholm: meeting with students and teachers at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology; participation in the ICC conference and in the ICC lunchmeeting hosted by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav; meeting with the Committee on Environment and Agriculture of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen; meeting with Mr Carl BILDT, Minister for Foreign Affairs and with Mr Andreas CARLGREN, Minister for Environment Mrs Maria DAMANAKI in Athens: meets with the Federation of ecological organizations protecting Corinthian Gulf; meets with Mr Nikolaos SIFOUNAKIS, Greek Alternate Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change; meets with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament Mrs Kristalina GEORGIEVA receives Mr Guenter NOOKE, German Federal Governement Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian aid Mr Günther OETTINGER in Berlin: delivers a speech at the panel discussion "Nabucco – an important step on the way to an integrated European energy infrastructure" organised by Austrian Embassy in Berlin, delivers a speech at the CCS-Congress of the IZ Klima Mardi 29 mars Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO Ms Catherine ASHTON attends the London Conference on Libya reports on the outcome of the European Council at the Conference of Presidents Mrs Viviane REDING receive Ms Amy SCHULMAN, General (EP) Counsel Pfizer and President of Prizer's Global Women's Council Mrs Viviane REDING and Mrs Cecilia MALMSTRÖM receives Miss Anna TERRÓN, Spanish Secretary of State for Immigration and Integration Mrs Neelie KROES receives delegation from European Cable Communications Association Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ in Slovakia: meeting with Mr Richard SULIK speaker of the Slovak Parliament; participation in Plenary Session of the Slovak Parliament; meeting with Mr Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Chairman of the Slovak EU Affairs Committee; participation in Joint committee meeting with the EU affairs Committee Mr. Olli REHN attends the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Europe Region Meeting (Brussels) Mr. Olli REHN meets with Mr. Kakha BAINDURASHVILI, Georgian Minister of Finance (Brussels) Mr. Algirdas ŠEMETA delivers the closing speech at the "Brussels Tax Forum" (Charlemagne building) Mr John DALLI receives Mr David MORAN, President and CEO of Heinz Europe Mr John DALLI receives Professor Sir John BEDDINGTON - UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN meets with High Level Delegation from SEMI Europe (Brussels) Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN delivers speech at 'Frontier Research for Innovation', event jointly organised by the Free State of Bavaria and the League of European Research Universities (LERU) (Brussels) Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI in the Hague: participation and speech at the Conference "Ambition vs Realism: the European Financial Framework post-2013", at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, meeting with Mr Ben KNAPEN, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation and Mr Jan KEES DE JAGER, Minister of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meeting with the Parliamentary EU-Affairs Committee and the Public Expenditure committee, House of Parliament Mr Günther OETTINGER attends parliamentary advisory 2 committee for sustainable development of the Bundestag (Berlin) Mr Johannes HAHN receives Dr. Wolfgang SCHUSTER, President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) Mr Johannes HAHN holds speech at the "Roundtable 'Friends of Europe' (Brussels) Mr Štefan FÜLE on official visit to Serbia: attends 20 years TEMPUS conference; meets with Mr Mirko CVETKOVIC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia; meets with Mr Božidar ĐELIC, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia; addresses the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia; meets with Mr Ivica DACIC, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia; meets with Ms Snezana MALOVIC, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia M. Dacian CIOLOŞ receives Mr Staffan NILSSON, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Mercredi 30 mars College Meeting Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives together with the College, the President of European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek Ms Androulla VASSILIOU delivers opening speech at the EPP Hearing on Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives the Prime Minister of Sport (EP) Guinea-Bissau, Carlos GOMES JR. Ms Catherine ASHTON receives the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, Mr Radoslaw SIKORSKI Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA participates in the Annual Spring Conference of the American Bar Association (30/03-3/04; Washington, USA). During his stay in Washington he meets Christine VARNEY, Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, Representative Bob GOODLATTE, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition, and Senator Herb KOHL, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee (Thursday 30/03). Also meets Attorney General Eric HOLDER with DOJ AAG Christine VARNEY on Thursday. Finally meets Jon LEIBOWITZ, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (Friday 31/03) Mr Siim KALLAS in Madrid attends the Opening of the Aerodays 2011 and meets with Mr José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Spanish Minister of Public Works and Transport (Madrid) Mr Antonio TAJANI attends the 19th Session of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Industry (CAMI-19), the topic will be: "Enhancing competitiveness of African Industries through Increased and Improved Value Addition" (30-31/03; Algiers, Algeria). He will make a statement at the opening session of the conference. Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ gives a presentation on "European Governance and EU2020" at the European Affairs Committee of the Belgian Federal Parliament (Palais des Nations) Mr Andris PIEBALGS paricipates in Evening debate: "Europe in the world " organized by the Representation of Land Hessen (Brussels) Mr Michel BARNIER reçoit John DONAHOE, CEO de Ebay Mr Michel BARNIER reçoit Patrick ZELNIK, Président de Naïve et Impala Mr Michel BARNIER reçoit Denis PAYRE, Président de Kiala Mr Michel BARNIER reçoit Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Président du Conseil régional de Bretagne Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mrs. Kori UDOVICKI, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau of UNDP for Europe and CIS to discuss the social integration of the Roma 3 Mr John DALLI holds a speech at the Conference on Innovation in Healthcare "From Research to Market" (Brussels) Mr John DALLI receives members of the Coalition of European Clinical Research Groups Mr John DALLI receives Mr Alfredo MANTICA, Italian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mr John DALLI receives members of the European Brain Council Mr Günther OETTINGER receives Sir John BEDDINGTON, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Mr Günther OETTINGER receives Mr Dieter POSCH, Hessian Minister of Commerce, Transport and Development Mrs Connie HEDEGAARD receives the Board of Danish Food and Drink Federation Mr Štefan FÜLE and Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM on joint official visit to Tunisia (30-31/03) Mr. László ANDOR delivers a speech at the conference on "Free movement of workers and the end of the transitional arrangements" (Berlin) Jeudi 31 mars Transport, Telecommunications and Mr Siim KALLAS receives Mr Philip HAMMOND, UK Secretary of Energy Council State for Transport Demography / family policy Ministers Mr Siim KALLAS delivers a keynote speech at the high-level kick- informal meeting (31-01/04, Budapest off event "Green e-Motion" (EU Electromobility Demonstration