EUU, Alm.del - 2018-19 (2. samling) - Bilag 21: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference om den Fælles Udenrigs- og Sikkerhedspolitik samt EU’s sikkerheds og forsvarspolitik (CFSP/CSDP) 4-6/9-19 i Helsinki

Europaudvalget 2018-19 (2. samling)
EUU Alm.del Bilag 21
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Inter-parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security

Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)

4—6 September 2019

Draft programme 18 June 2019

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Arrival of the delegations

18.15

19.00

Bus transfer from the hotels to the conference venue Kalastajatorppa

Buffet dinner at Kalastajatorppa

(address:

Kalastajatorpantie 1, 00330 Helsinki

)

- Welcome address: Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland,

Ms Tuula Haatainen

Bus transfer to the hotels Marski & Radisson Seaside

21.00

Thursday, 5 September 2019

8.15

9.00 - 9.30

8.45

9.30 - 10.00

9.15

10.00 - 10.15

10.15 - 10.45

Buses from the hotels to the Troika meeting

Meeting of the Presidency Troika and the European Parliament

Buses from the hotels to the political groups meeting

Meetings of the political groups

Buses from the hotels to the conference venue Kalastajatorppa

Coffee break

Opening session: Introductory remarks

Chairpersons of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees of the Parliament

of Finland and the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)

EUU, Alm.del - 2018-19 (2. samling) - Bilag 21: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference om den Fælles Udenrigs- og Sikkerhedspolitik samt EU’s sikkerheds og forsvarspolitik (CFSP/CSDP) 4-6/9-19 i Helsinki

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10.45 - 12.00

Session I: Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region and the Arctic

Chair: Chairperson of the AFET Committee

Keynote speaker:

President of the Republic of Finland,

Mr Sauli Niinistö

Discussion

12.00 - 12.15

12.15 - 13.15

13.15 - 14.30

Family photo TBC

Buffet lunch

Session II: Exchange of views on the priorities of the EU in the area of CFSP

and CSDP

Chair:

Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Speaker:

Video link

Ms Federica Mogherini,

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign

Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Discussion

14.30 - 16.00

Session III: Restoring Transatlantic Unity in Global Affairs

Moderator:

Ms Teija Tiilikainen,

Director, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Speakers:

Mr Carl Bildt,

Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations

Ms Heather Conley,

Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic

and Director for Europe Programme, Center for Strategic and International

Studies (CSIS)

Dr Robin Niblett,

Director of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of

International Affairs

Discussion

16.00 - 16.15

Coffee break

Family photo TBC

3 (4)

16.15 - 17.45

Session IV: Quo Vadis EU Defence: a Force for Peace or a Military Power?

Moderator:

Mr Janne Kuusela,

Director General, Defence Policy Department,

Ministry of Defence, Finland

Speakers:

Mr Olivier Landour,

Director in charge of European Affairs at the DGRIS,

Ministry of Defence, France

LtGen Esa Pulkkinen,

Director General, European Union Military Staff,

European External Action Service (EEAS)

Ms Nathalie Tocci,

Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali

Discussion

17.45

19.15

Bus transfer to the hotels Marski & Radisson Seaside

Bus transfer from the hotels to the restaurant and event venue

Koskenranta

(address: Katariina Saksilaisenkatu 9, 00560 Helsinki)

Dinner at Koskenranta restaurant

Bus transfer to the hotels Marski & Radisson Seaside

20.00

22.00

Friday, 6 September 2019

8.15

9.00 - 10.00

Bus transfer from the hotels to the conference venue Kalastajatorppa

Three simultaneous breakout workshops:

Workshop 1: Political Developments in the Western Balkans

Moderator:

Representative of the European Parliament

Speaker:

Ambassador

Lars-Gunnar Wigemark,

Head of the Delegation of the European

Union and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Discussion

4 (4)

Workshop 2: Countering Hybrid Threats: Assessing the EU’s Policies and

Instruments

Moderator:

Ms Hanna Smith,

Research Director, European Centre of Excellence for

Countering Hybrid Threats

Speaker:

Mr Pawel

Herczyński,

Director for the Security Policy and Conflict Prevention,

EEAS

Discussion

Workshop 3: Political Trends and Geopolitical Dynamics in the Middle East

Moderator:

Representative of the European Parliament

Speaker:

Prof. Dr Volker Perthes,

Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Discussion

10.00 - 10.30

10.30 - 12.00

Coffee break

Session V: Climate Change and Security

Moderator:

Mr Antto Vihma,

Senior Research Fellow, FIIA

Speakers:

Ms Helga Maria Schmid,

Secretary General of the EEAS

Mr Mika Anttonen,

Chairman of St1 Biofuels Oy, St1 Nordic Oy, St1 Group Oy

and St1 Oy

Discussion

Closing Remarks:

Chairpersons of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and the AFET

Committees

12.00 - 13.00

Buffet lunch

Departure of the delegations

13.00

Bus transfer to the hotels Marski & Radisson Seaside