CLDR/11/41 Bruxelles, le 2 décembre 2011 CALENDRIER du 5 au 11 décembre 2011 (Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine) Activités des Institutions Déplacements et visites Lundi 5 décembre General Affairs Council Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO delivers an opening speech at the first Innovation Convention organised by the European COMPET Council (5-6/12) Commission (Brussels) Ms Viviane REDING delivers a speech at Ms Catherine ASHTON participates at the International Conference a lunch organised in the framework of the on Afghanistan (Bonn) 15th summit of Chairmen of the EPP Parliamentary Groups in National Ms Neelie KROES delivers speech at 'Smart Accessibility Awards' Parliaments of the EU night organised by Vodafone in cooperation with the AGE platform Europe and the European Disabilities Forum (Brussels) Mr Siim KALLAS participates in Joint EC/EESC conference on the Transport Mr Olli REHN meets with Mr Lloyd BLANKFEIN, Chairman and White Paper (EESC) Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Group (Brussels) Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA gives a Ms Androulla VASSILIOU opens the 'Conference on Tempus and speech at the 15th Summit of Chairmen Erasmus Mundus Opportunities for the Eastern Partnership', and of EPP Parliamentary Groups in the visits the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University (Kiev) National Parliaments of the European Union (EP) Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr Tigran SARGSYAN, Prime Minister of Armenia Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Ms Dorcas MAKGATO-MALESU, Botswana Minister of Trade and Industry Mr John DALLI receives Mr Guy LEBEAU, President of EUCOMED Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN opens the Innovation Convention Exhibition 2011, delivers keynote address, and presents award at ceremony for EU Prize for Women Innovators (Brussels) Ms Maria DAMANAKI receives Mr Richard BENYON, Minister for Fisheries of the United Kingdom Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Miguel MORAIS LEITÃO, Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mr Johannes HAHN receives Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukašēvica, Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Jyri HÄKÄMIES, Finnish Minister of Economic affairs Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in the COP17/CMP7 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2011 (5-11/12, Durban, South Africa) Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Tigran SARGSYAN, Prime Minister of Armenia Mr László ANDOR opens the Restructuring Forum (Brussels) Mr László ANDOR opens the Conference on Inequalities in Europe and the Future of the Welfare State (Brussels) Mardi 6 décembre Mr Siim KALLAS participates in Mr José Manuel Durrao BARROSO, Ms Viviane REDING, Council Conference on the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor President Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY and European Parliament (EP, Brussels) President Mr Jerzy BUZEK hold a high-level meeting on disability, with the participation of the European Disability Forum (Brussels) Ms Catherine ASHTON participates at the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial meeting (Vilnius) Ms Viviane REDING delivers a speech at the 2nd annual European Data Protection and Privacy conference (Brussels) Ms Viviane REDING receives Mr Michel PLATINI, UEFA President Mr Siim KALLAS opens the Conference "EU Passenger Law - Towards 2020" (Leuven, Belgium) Mr Siim KALLAS receives Mr Jaak AAVIKSOO, Estonian Minister of Education and Research Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Ruud LUBBERS, former Netherlands Prime Minister Mr Janez POTOČNIK meets with the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (Brussels) Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Etienne DAVIGNON, Vice- President of Suez-Tractebel Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Günter NOOKE, German Chancellor's G8 Personal Representative for Africa in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Francesco PROFUMO, Italian Minister for Education & Research Ms Androulla VASSILIOU meets representatives of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Political Parties (Brussels) Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr Nguyen SINH HUNG, Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Mr Karel DE GUCHT participates in the signing ceremony of the Financing Agreement of the EU-Vietnam Cooperation Project in Health Sector Reform with Mr Vuong DINH HUE, Finance Minister of Vietnam Mr John DALLI receives Mr Johannes SINGHAMMER, German Member of Parliament Mr John DALLI holds speech at the HOPE Dinner "Health Strategy for the future - Strong Health Economy for and with Europe" (Brussels) Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN attends closing session of Innovation Convention (Brussels) Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI receives a delegation of Members of the Latvian Parliament Ms Maria DAMANAKI addresses the Annual General Assembly of the Association of National Organisations of Fishery Enterprises in the European Union (Europeche) (Brussels) Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in London: gives a lecture at the London School of Economics; meets with Ms Christina SCOTT, Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, and Mr Simon STRICKLAND, Head of the International Team; meets Mr Andrew MITCHELL, Secretary of State for International Development Mr Günther OETTINGER joins the World Petroleum Congress in Doha to give a keynote speech, and meets Dr Mohamed Bin Saleh AL SADA, Minister of Energy & Industry, Qatar and Mr Shri S JAIPAL REDDY, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas of 2 India, among others (Doha, Qatar) Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Gerhard DÖRFLER, Governor of the Austrian region of Carinthia Mr László ANDOR participates in the Restructuring Forum (Brussels) Mr László ANDOR participates in the Conference on Inequalities in Europe and the Future of the Welfare State (Brussels) Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ receives Mr Mykola PRYSYAZHNYUK, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mercredi 7 décembre Réunion de la Commission Ms Catherine ASHTON participates at the NATO foreign ministers meeting (Brussels) Mme Androulla VASSILIOU participe à la remise du 5ème Prix du Livre Européen Ms Viviane REDING delivers a speech on 'Privacy in the Cloud – au Parlement européen, en présence de how to ensure data protection in a technology which has a great M. Jerzy BUZEK, Président du Parlement potential in terms of efficiency and cost savings for both citizens européen et de M. Julian BARNES, and businesses?' at an executive round-table lunch on 'Mobilising Président du Jury et avec la participation the Cloud' organised by GSMA Europe (Brussels) exceptionnelle de Mr Tadeusz MAZOWIECKI, ancien Premier Ministre Ms Viviane REDING in Copenhagen (7-8/12): meets with Mr polonais (EP, Bruxelles) Morten BØDSKOV, Danish Minister for Justice (7/12); meets with Mr Nicolai WAMMEN, Danish Minister for European Affairs; meets Ms Maria DAMANAKI addresses the with Ms Mette FREDERIKSEN, Danish Minister for Employment; Seminar 'Future of Marine and Maritime meets with Mr Manu SAREEN, Danish Minister for Gender Equality Innovation in Europe' (EP, Brussels) and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation; participates in a roundtable seminar at the Copenhagen Business School (8/12) Ms Neelie KROES launches EU Media Futures Forum (Brussels) Ms Neelie KROES delivers speech to joint annual reception of DIGITALEUROPE, ETNO and GSMA (Brussels) Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, President of the Regional Council of Brittany and with Mr Michel Cadot, Prefect of the Brittany region Mr John DALLI receives Mr Gregg ALTON, Executive Vice President of FIPRA International Mr John DALLI receives Professor Guido RASI, Executive Director of EMA Mr John DALLI receives Dr Miklós SZÓSCKA, Hungarian Minister of Health Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI receives Members of the German Bundestag Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives the Committee for European Affairs of the Deutsche BundestagMr Günther H. OETTINGER delivers a speech at the evening organised by HDE (Handelsverband Deutschland) Mr Štefan FÜLE participates in a joint event of Carnegie Europe, the Belarussian Institute for Strategic Studies and the Office for a Democratic Belarus on "Transforming Belarus: The Way Ahead" (Brussels) Mr László ANDOR delivers a speech at the Conference on the World Report on Disability (Brussels) Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM delivers a speech at a Transparency International event (Brussels) Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Geneva: participates in a roundtable discussion at the ministerial-level meeting of all Member States of the United Nations, to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 3 Jeudi 8 décembre Informal European Council dinner Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO in the EPP Leaders Summit (Marseille) Mr Olli REHN at the ECB Governing Council Meeting (Frankfurt) Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO in the EPP Party Congress (Marseille) Mr László ANDOR delivers an introductory speech at the Seminar Mr Siim KALLAS in Berlin: meets with Mr Peter RAMSAUER, 'Social Economy in the European Transport Minister Agenda' (EP, Brussels) Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Michael PARKER, President of UK Chamber of Shipping Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Henry BELLINGHAM, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Ms Nemat SHAFIK, Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Ms Ingrid FISKAA, State Secretary for Environment and International Development of Norway Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Ms Aly NAZERALI, CEO and Senior Advisor of the Aga Khan Foundation UK Mr Andris PIEBALGS