EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
COMMITTEE ON
DEVELOPMENTÂ
Public Hearing on
NEW EU DONORS
30 January 2007, 15.00 - 18.30
European Parliament, room ASP 1G3
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Moderator: Filip Kaczmarek, MEP
15:00Â Â Â Â Â Welcome speech by the Chairman of the EP Committee on Development
15:05 Â Â Â Â Introductory remarks by Mr Filip Kaczmarek, MEP, EPP-ED, Committee on Development, Moderator of the Hearing
15:15Â Â Â Â Â Â Keynote speech by Mrs Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, President-in-office of the Council of EU and German Federal minister for Economic and Development Cooperation (tbc)
15:25 - 17:00
Panel 1 - State of play in integrating the acquis communautaire on Development Cooperation in the new EU Member States / Best practices
Speakers:
International Development Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdom (tbc)
Mr Pawel Bagiński, Head of Development Policy and Programming unit, Development Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland (confirmed)
Mr Sam Biesemans, Delegate to the European Commission's Task Force Enlargement and Development, Directorate general for Cooperation and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Development Cooperation of Belgium (confirmed)
Mrs Marija Adanja, International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia (confirmed)
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Discussion with representatives of National Parliaments          Â
17:00 - 18:20
Panel 2 - The Role of the EU Institutions and the international development community Â
Speakers:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Mr Antonio Lopez Pena, European Commission, DG DEV Task Force Enlargement (confirmed)
Mr Ben Slay, Director of UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS (confirmed)
Mr Marian Caucik, NGDO Platform, Slovakia, TRIALOG/CONCORD (confirmed)
Discussion with representatives of National Parliaments          Â
Concluding statement
Mr Filip Kaczmarek, MEP, EPP-ED, Committee on Development, Moderator of the Hearing
Languages: FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, DA, ES, PT, SV, CS, LT, PL.
                   EL - passive.