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Europaudvalget 2014-15 (1. samling)
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Draft as of 23.01.2015

Interparliamentary Conference for the Common

Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security

and Defence Policy

4 – 6 March 2015

Riga

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

14:00 – 18:00

18:00 – 19:00

Arrival of delegations and registration for the event at the hotels

Meeting of the Representatives of the Presidency Troika and the European

Parliament

Venue: Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Jēkaba iela 11

Departure by bus to Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace

Departure by bus from the hotels to Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace

Dinner hosted by

Mr Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš,

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Venue: Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace, Ziemeļblāzmas iela 36

Return to the hotels by bus

19:20

19:30

20:00

22:30

Thursday, 5 March 2015

7:45 – 9:45

Registration for the event at the hotels (for those not yet registered)

Meeting of the heads of delegations

8:00

8:30 – 9:30

Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre

Meeting of the heads of delegations

Venue: Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre, Ķīpsalas iela 8

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Meetings of the political groups

9:00

9:30 – 10:30

Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre

Meetings of the political groups

Venue: Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre, Ķīpsalas iela 8

Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre

Coffee break

Hall 1

10:00

10:30

11:00 – 12:00

OPENING SESSION

Welcome address by

Ms Ināra Mūrniece,

Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of

Latvia

Introductory remarks by

Mr Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš,

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs

Committee of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Introductory remarks by

Mr Elmar Brok,

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

of the European Parliament

12:00 – 14:00

SESSION I

State of Play of the European Neighbourhood Policy

Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs,

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

Mr Johannes Hahn,

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and

Enlargement Negotiations

Debate

14:00 – 14:15

14:15 – 15:30

Family photo

Lunch

Hall 2

15:30 – 17:30

SESSION II

European Common Security and Defence Policy and NATO – Better

Cooperation in View of the New Security Challenges

Mr Raimonds Vējonis,

Minister for Defence of the Republic of Latvia

Mr Alexander Vershbow,

Deputy Secretary General of the NATO

Mr Maciej Popowski,

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action

Service,

TBC

Debate

17:45

19:30

Return to the hotels by bus

Departure by bus from the hotels to the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design

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20:00

Dinner hosted by

Mr Ainars Latkovskis,

Chairman of the Defence, Internal Affairs and

Corruption Prevention Committee of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Venue: Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Skārņu iela 10/20

Return to the hotels by bus

22:30

Friday, 6 March 2015

8:30

Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre

Venue: Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre, Ķīpsalas iela 8

9:00 – 11:00

SESSION III

Priorities and Tasks of the Common Foreign and Security Policy

H.E. Ms Federica Mogherini,

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign

Affairs and Security Policy

Debate

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

Hall 1

11:30 – 13:30

WORKSHOPS

1. Towards the Riga Summit – Redefining the Eastern Partnership

Moderator:

Ms Lolita Čigāne,

Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee of the

Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Rapporteur:

Mr/ Ms,

Member of the European Parliament,

TBC

Speakers:



Mr Juris Poikāns,

Ambassador-at-Large for the Eastern Partnership of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia



Ms Kadri Liik,

Senior Policy Fellow of the European Council on Foreign

Relations



Ms Eka Tkeshelashvili,

President of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies



Mr Andris Sprūds,

Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs

Debate

2. European Response to the Instability and Threats in the Southern

Mediterranean and the Middle East

Moderator:

Mr Atis Lejiņš,

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima

of the Republic of Latvia, founder and former Director of the Latvian Institute of

International Affairs

Rapporteur:

Hon. Tonio Fenech,

Member of the Foreign and European Affairs

Committee of the Parliament of Malta

Speakers:

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Ms Élisabeth Guigou,

President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French

National Assembly,

TBC

Mr/Ms,

Member of the European Parliament,

TBC

Mr Fathallah Sijilmassi,

Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

Mr Andrew Hammond,

Policy Analyst at the European Council on Foreign

Relations

Ms Florence Gaub,

Senior Analyst (Middle East, North Africa) of the European

Union Institute for Security Studies,

TBC

[Representative from the European External Action Service]

Debate

3. The Hybrid War – a New Security Challenge for Europe

Moderator:

Mr Rihards Kols,

Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of

the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Rapporteur:

Mr Raimonds Bergmanis,

Deputy Chairman of the Defence, Internal

Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Speakers :



Mr/Ms,

Member of the European Parliament,

TBC



Mr Jānis Kārkliņš,

Director of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of

Excellence



Mr James Sherr,

Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme of the

Royal Institute of International Affairs – Chatham House (London)



Mr Oleksiy Melnyk,

Co-Director of the Foreign Relations and International

Security Programmes at the Razumkov’s Centre (Ukraine)



Mr Andis Kudors,

Executive Director of the Centre for East European Policy

Studies (Latvia)

Debate

4. Challenges and Solutions for EU Battlegroup Deployment within the

Existing Legal Framework

Moderator:

Mr/Ms,

Member of the European Parliament,

TBC

Rapporteur:

Mr/Ms TBC,

Member of the Italian Parliament

Speakers :

–

Mr Franklin E. van Kappan,

Chairman of the Standing Committee for Foreign

Affairs, Defence and Development Cooperation of the Senate of the Dutch

Parliament

–

Mr Veiko Spolītis,

Member of the Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption

Prevention Committee of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

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Ms Nora Vanaga,

Researcher of the Center for Security and Strategic Research of

the National Defence Academy of Latvia

Lt. Gen. Wolfgang Wosolsobe,

Director General of the EU Military Staff,

European External Action Service,

TBC

Debate

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

Hall 2

15:00 – 16:30

Presentation of workshop results

Adoption of the conclusions

FINAL SESSION

Closing Remarks by

Mr Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš,

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs

Committee of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia;

Mr Elmar Brok,

Chairman of the

Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

16:45

Return to the hotels by bus

Optional – guided tour of the Museum of Occupation of Latvia or the former KGB

building called the “Corner House”

Departure of delegations