URU, Alm.del - 2018-19 (1. samling) - Bilag 16: Invitation til konference om EU, Tyrkiet og kurderne den 5.

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15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EU, TURKEY AND THE

KURDS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS

WEDNESDAY 5

AND THURSDAY 6

DECEMBER 2018

Dear Sir / Madam,

The EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) will hold its 15

International Conference on

EU Turkey and the Kurds 5-6 December 2018 in the European Parliament. The theme of the

conference is:

THE KURDISH FACTOR IN WORLD POLITICS: CRISIS, CHALLENGES AND

SOLUTIONS

I am writing this letter to invite you to participate in the annual International

Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission

(EUTCC) in cooperation with the GUE/NGL Group, the Greens-European Free Alliance and

the Groups of the Free Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. The conference will be held on 5

and 6 December 2018 in the European Parliament in Brussels.

For 15 years, the EUTCC has organised annual international conferences in the

European Parliament, focusing on the Kurdish question and democratic processes in Turkey.

With invited civil society organizations, academics, European, Turkish and Kurdish

politicians, policy-makers and activists - these conferences have received international

attention

–

politically and in the media. We are proud that internationally recognised

individuals like Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Leyla Zana, Shirin

Ebadi, Bianca Jagger, and Vedat Turkali support the work of the EUTCC.

The final resolution of each conference has urged the European Union (EU), the

United States (US), the international community and all democratic forces to use their

political influence to encourage Turkey to find a peaceful, political solution to the Kurdish

question.

Hereby, we are kindly asking you to participate in our conference as your participation

will contribute to the quality of the discussions through which you have the opportunity to

raise your short comments and questions to the speakers.

Unfortunately, due to our limited budget, we won’t be able to cover your travel expense and

accommodation cost.

We will be honoured to have you as our guest to the conference.

URU, Alm.del - 2018-19 (1. samling) - Bilag 16: Invitation til konference om EU, Tyrkiet og kurderne den 5. - 6. december 2018 i Bruxelles

IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INFORMATION

"HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND ENTER THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT"

As an official "European Parliament personal badge/pass" will be provided to all participants

to the Conference, all participants

MUST

send us the following details:

1) Name and surname

2) Date of birth

3) Nationality

4) Place and country of residence (if possible, the full address of residence)

5) Number of a valid document (ex: passport, national ID, etc.)

This information must be sent before 20 November.

Please note that NO ACCREDITATION will be accepted after this deadline, according to the

rules established by the Security Department of the European Parliament.

Your "personal badge/pass" will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament

(Place de Luxembourg—main European Parliament's building "Altiero Spinelli"—just after

the sliding doors you'll find a conference desk),

during AND ONLY the following

date/hours: 5

December 08.00-08.30 and 6

December 08.00-08.30.

Please note that all participants must take a good care of their own "EP badge/pass" during

both days. If someone loses the "pass/badge" it will be impossible for the conference's

organizers to replace it, according

to the EP’s internal rules.

For any additional information,

[email protected]

please

contact

the

conference's

secretariat:

We are looking forward to your positive response.

20.10.2018

Sincerely yours,

Kariane Westrheim

Chair of EU Turkey Civic Commission

[email protected]

Dersim Dagdeviren

Board member of EU Turkey Civic Commission

[email protected]