-Draft Programme-

 

Parliamentary Conference

„Current Challenges for European Security“

Prague, 6 April 2009

the Žofín Palace

 

Sunday, 5 April 2009

Arrival of delegations

Registration of participants at the hotels

Andel´s Hotel (Stroupežnického 21, Praha 5)

Angelo Hotel (Radlická 3216/1g, Praha 5)

Mövenpick Hotel (Mozartova 261/1, Praha 5)

 

afternoon         Guided tour of the Prague Castle

 

19.30                             Departure by bus to St. Agnes Convent

 

20.00                          Official Dinner hosted by Mr. Lubomír Zaorálek, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

St. Agnes Convent, U Milosrdných 17, Prague 1

                       

                        Return to the hotels

 

Monday, 6 April 2009

8.00                 Departure by bus to Žofín Palace

 

8.30                 Registration of participants at the Žofín Palace

 

9.00                 Welcome address:

Mr. Lubomír Zaorálek, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

 

Opening speech:

Mr. Robert Cooper, Director-General, Directorate General for External and Political-Military Affairs, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU (tbc)

 

9.30                            MORNING SESSION: SECURITY THREATS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENS

Co-chairs:

Ms. Zuzka Bebarová-Rujbrová, Chairwoman of the Committee on Petitions of the Chamber of Deputies

Mr. František Bublan, Chairman of the Committee on Security
            of the Chamber of Deputies

 

Intervention by:

Mr. Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission
Responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security (tbc)

Mr. Ivan Langer, Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic (tbc)

Mr. Gérard Deprez, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the EP (tbc)

Mr. Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies (tbc)

Ms. Lucie Sládková, International Organization on Migration (tbc)

                       

Debate

 

13.00               Lunch

 

14.30                          AFTERNOON SESSION: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AS A THREAT TO EUROPEAN SECURITY

Co-chairs:

Mr. Oldřich Vojíř, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs of The Chamber of Deputies

Mr. Libor Ambrozek, Chairman of the Committee on Environment of the Chamber of Deputies

 

Intervention by:

Mr. Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner (tbc)

Mr. Martin Říman, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (tbc)

Mr. Thomas Mirow, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (tbc)

Mr. Karel Dyba, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the OECD (tbc)

Mr. Jan Pretel, Head of the Department of Climate Change, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

 

Debate

 

18.00               Conclusions of the conference:

Mr. Zuzka Bebarová-Rujbrová, Chairwoman of the Committee on Petitions of the Chamber of Deputies

Mr. František Bublan, Chairman of the Committee on Security
 of the Chamber of Deputies

Mr. Oldřich Vojíř, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs of The Chamber of Deputies

Mr. Libor Ambrozek, Chairman of the Committee on Environment of the Chamber of Deputies

 

                        Closing speech:

Mr. Lubomír Zaorálek, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic