CONFERENCE
OF DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
CDCC
from 18 to 19 march 2007
in Berlin
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as at: 1. march 2007)
Sunday, 18 March 2007
14.00 - 15.30 hrs                 Hotel Marriott
                                              Opportunity for conference participants to register
15.30 hrs                              Proceed to the Reichstag Building, East Entrance
                                              Opportunity for conference participants to register
16.00 - 17.30 hrs                 Visit to the plenary chamber and guided tour of the Reichstag Building (in German, English and French)
                                              – history, architecture, art –
17.30 hrs                              Opening of the conference
Welcome by Gerda Hasselfeldt, Vice-President of the German Bundestag and
Thilo Hoppe, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag
3rd floor of the Reichstag Building (parliamentary groups' level)
Thereafter                             Reception
                                              with light meal and music
                                              Opportunity to visit the dome of the Reichstag Building
3rd floor of the Reichstag Building (parliamentary groups' level)
21.30 hrs                              Collection and transport to the Hotel Marriott
Monday, 19 March 2007
8.30 hrs                                Collection
and transport to the German Bundestag
(Paul Löbe Building)
                                              Opportunity for conference participants to register
                                              Please take your luggage with you!
9.00 - 9.40 hrs                     Development policy in Parliament
                                              - for whom?
                                              - with what values?
                                              - with what means?
                                              Statements by:
Thilo Hoppe, Chairman of the Bundestag’s Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development
Malcolm Bruce, Chairman of the development and cooperation committee in the British House of Commons
Solomon Passy, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
- Discussion-
                                              Paul Löbe Building 4900 (Europasaal)
9.40 - 10.00 hrs                   Coffee break
10.00 - 11.00 hrs                 Exchange of experiences in groups
Group 1, moderated by Thilo Hoppe
(Paul Löbe Building 4900)
Group 2, moderated by Sibylle Pfeiffer, Vice-Chairperson of the Bundestag’s Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development (Paul Löbe Building E800)
Group 3, moderated by Ute Koczy development-policy spokesperson for the green party (Bündnis 90/die Grünen) in the Bundestag (Paul Löbe Building 2700), in English language
                                              Group 4, staff members of the secretariats of the committees and chairpersons, moderated by Thomas Pflüger, head of secretariat of the committee (Paul Löbe Building 4800), in English language
11.15 - 11.40 hrs                 Groups report back in the Europasaal
11.40 - 12.00 hrs                At the intersection between trade, the economy and
development: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and the ACP states (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific)
                                              - Part 1 -
                                              Jürgen Wiemann,
                                              German Development Institute
- Introduction -
                                              Paul Löbe Building 4900 (Europasaal)
Thereafter                             Walk to the Reichstag Building
12.15 - 13.30 hrs                 Lunch
                                              Members’ restaurant
                                              Reichstag Building
13.45 hrs                              Photo
Thereafter                             Walk to the Paul Löbe Building
14.00
- 15.15 hrs                 At the intersection between trade, the economy and
development: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European
Union and the ACP states (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific)
                                     - Part 2-
                                              Statements by:
                                              Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg, Vice- General Director, European Commission
                                              S. E. Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso in Brussels
                                              Bertram Zagema, representative of Oxfam Novib, Den Haag
                                              - Discussion-
                                              Paul Löbe Building 4900 (Europasaal)
15.15 - 15.30 hrs                 Coffee break
15.30 - 17.00 hrs                 Development-policy
priorities of the German
EU Council Presidency
                                              Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
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- Discussion-
                                              Paul Löbe Building 4900 (Europasaal)
17.00 hrs                              End of the conference