Subcommittee on Security and Defence
with support of the
POLICY DEPARTMENT

DRAFT PROGRAMME
Workshop

"The future of the European Security Strategy:
towards a White Book on European Defence"

Thursday 6 March 2008, 10:00 – 12:30
Brussels

Introduction by Mr Karl von WOGAU, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)

Presentation by Mr Helmut KUHNE, Rapporteur, SEDE

• Professor Álvaro de VASCONCELOS, Director of the EU Institute for Security Studies
• Professor Mary KALDOR, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economic and Coordinator of Human Security Group
• Professor Jolyon HOWORTH, Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, University of Bath, UK, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Yale University
• Dr Jean Pierre MAULNY, Deputy Director, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), Paris

Discussants:

• Mrs Helga SCHMID, Director Policy Unit, Council of the EU
• Mr Helmut KUHNE , Rapporteur

Debate: SEDE Members and Experts

Concluding Remarks by Mr Karl von WOGAU

Seminar for journalists
Brussels, 5-6 March 2008

Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Room PHS 7C50 (interpretation in EN, FR, DE, IT, EL)

Introduction to the seminar - Welcome and explanation of practical matters: Yannis DARMIS, Paula FERNÁNDEZ HERVÁS, Nora CHAAL, EP officials, DG COMM

Exchange of views with MEPs and journalists: Moderated by Shada ISLAM - journalist and Senior Executive at the European Policy Centre (Pakistan/Belgium)

• Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (EPP-ED, EL) - Vice-President of the EP
• Mechtild ROTHE (PES, DE) - Vice-President of the EP (TBC)
• Luisa MORGANTINI (GEUL/NGL, IT) - Vice-President of the EP
• Diana WALLIS (ADLE, UK) - Vice-President of the EP (TBC)
• Anna ZÁBORSKÁ (EPP-ED, SK) - President of the FEMM Committee
• Astrid LULLING (EPP-ED, LU) - Quaestor
• Mia DE VITS (PES, BE) - Quaestor (TBC)
• Monica FRASSONI (Greens/EFA, IT) - Co-president of the Green/EFA group
• Mahitab ABDEL RAOUF - journalist, Middle-East Press Agency (Egypt)

The members of the panel will be invited to discuss, among others, the following issues:

• Intercultural dialogue is a subjective concept and has many meanings: what could be its definition?
• Can intercultural dialogue be reduced to dialogue between religions? What are the other elements that constitute culture (language,...)?
• Is the media a brake or a motor for dialogue between cultures?
• How meaningful is it to speak of "female orientated" stories when dealing with information?
• What role can the EP play in intercultural dialogue?

Thursday, 6 March 2008
Hemicycle (interpretation in all languages)

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

CONFERENCE: "THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE"

Opening

• Hans-Gert PÖTTERING - President of the European Parliament
• Gertrude MONGELLA - President of the Pan-African Parliament

Interventions

The invited speakers are:

• Nimet ÇUBUKÇU - State Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs (Turkey)
• Ján FIGEL’ - Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
• Agnieszka HOLLAND - Polish film director, official Ambassador of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (to be confirmed)
• Naomi CHAZAN (Israel) and Amal KHREISHEH (Palestinian Territories) - members of the International Women's Commission
• Erna HENNICOT-SCHOEPGES (EPP-ED, LU) - Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

A short exchange of views will take place at the end of the conference.

SEMINAR: "GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN PARLIAMENTARY WORK"

Opening

• Marjeta COTMAN - Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Republic of Slovenia (Council Presidency)
• Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (EPP-ED, EL) - Vice-President of the European Parliament, Chair of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity
• Vladimír ŠPIDLA - Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Statements by members of National and European Parliaments

National delegations will take the floor to present their practices and parliamentary experiences in the field of gender equality

Conclusions and closure

Hearing

Monday 3 March 2008,
15.00 – 18:30
Brussels

5th THEMATIC SESSION
"SOURCE OF EMISSION FROM
THE INDUSTRY AND ENERGY SECTOR
AND TRANSPORT EMISSIONS AT A GLOBAL LEVEL"
Chairman: Guido Sacconi MEP

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Opening session

• Mr Guido SACCONI, MEP, Chairman of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change
• Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, MEP, Rapporteur for the Temporary Committee on Climate Change
• Ms Etelka BARSI-PATAKY, MEP, Theme leader

Transport Panel

• Ms Jacqueline MCGLADE, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
• Mr Philippe EYDALEINE, Senior Vice President European Affairs, Air France - KLM
• Mr Matthias WISSMANN, President of VDA
• Mr Jos DINGS, Director of T&E, The European Federation for Transport and Environment

Question and Answers (Debate)

Energy Panel

• Mr Christian AZAR, Professor of Energy and Environment, Professor of Sustainable Industrial Metabolism, Chalmers University of Technology
• Mr Lars Göran JOSEFSSON, CEO, Vattenfall
• Mr Felix MATTHES, Dr. rer.pol. Dipl.-Ing., Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology)

Question and Answers (Debate)

Conclusions
Ms Etelka BARSI-PATAKY, MEP, Theme leader

Closing remarks and closure of the meeting

• Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, MEP, Rapporteur for the Temporary Committee on Climate Change
• Mr Guido SACCONI, MEP, Chairman of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change