CALENDRIER du 8 au 14 avril 2013

Lundi 8 avril

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO, Mr Olli REHN and Mr Michel BARNIER receive Mr Jack LEW, United States Secretary of Treasury

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Michel PLATINI, President of the Union of European Football Associations

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Robert FICO, Prime Minister of Slovakia

Mr Olli REHN receives members of the Subcommittee on EU Issues of the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag

Mr Michel BARNIER receives Mr Gabriel BERNARDINO, President of EIOPA, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, one of three European Supervisory Authorities

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Guillaume GAROT, Ministre français délégué à l'agroalimentaire

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU attends the Ministerial meeting of the Slovene Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South-East Europe (CoMoCoSEE) (Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia) (8-9/4). On 8/4, Ms Androulla VASSILIOU meets Ms Majda POTRATE, President of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Ms Jožef KAVTIČNIK, President of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science, Sports and Youth and Jožef HORVAT, President of the Parliamentary Committee on the EU Affairs (National Assembly); meets Mr Jernej PIKALO, Slovenian Minister of Education, Science & Sport; attends the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe (CoMoCoSEE) (Brdo Congress Centre, Glass Hall 1 (ground floor)); attends the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Imagining the Balkans, Identities and Memory in the long 19th century" by Ms Irina BOKOVA, UNESCO Director-General and Dr Uroš GRILC, Slovenian Minister of Culture, organised by the UNESCO regional office in Venice (National Museum, Ljubljana); attends the solemn dinner in honour of the Annual CoMoCoSEE hosted by the Slovenian Minister of Culture Dr Uroš GRILC (Brdo Castle)

Ms Maria DAMANAKI speaks at the Maritime Security Conference (Dublin)

Mr Günther OETTINGER delivers a speech at the IEM Conference (Brussels)

Mr Günther OETTINGER and Mr Štefan FÜLE receive Mr Össur SKARPHÉDINSSON, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in the 'energy efficiency road trip' in Denmark organised by the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI)

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Mahmud MAMMAD-GULIYEV, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan

Mr László ANDOR participates in ILO's 9th European Regional Meeting: Jobs, growth and social justice (Oslo, 8-9/4)

Mardi 9 avril

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Ms Alenka BRATUŠEK, Prime Minister of Slovenia

Ms Catherine ASHTON and Mr Karel DE GUCHT receive Mr Rashid MEREDOV, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan

Ms Catherine ASHTON receives Mr Emomali RAHMON, President of Tajikistan

Ms Catherine ASHTON co-chairs the Conference on Empowerment of Women in the Sahel (EEAS, Brussels)

Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ delivers a speech at the European Citizens' Initiative Day 2013 conference organised by the EESC, Brussels

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Nicolas HULOT, founder of Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man, presenter, television producer, writer, journalist/reporter

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Mahmoud MOHIELDIN, Special Envoy for the President of the World Bank

Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers the Opening Speech in the Global Fund conference (Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers the Opening Speech at the launch of the European Report on Development (Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS in Paris: meets with Mr Angel GURRÍA, Secretary-General of the OECD; participates in the Closing Conference of AGIR/Club du Sahel

M. Michel BARNIER rencontre M. Michel PEBEREAU, PDG de BNP Paribas (Paris)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU attends the Ministerial meeting of the Slovene Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South-East Europe (CoMoCoSEE) (Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia) (8-9/4). On 9/4, Ms Androulla VASSILIOU delivers a keynote speech at the first past of the plenary session of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe (CoMoCoSEE) (Ground floor, Brdo Congress Centre); delivers a speech at the second part of the plenary session attended by the Ministers/Heads of delegations of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe (CoMoCoSEE) and takes part at the debate (Ground floor, Brdo Congress Centre); meets Slovenian Minister of Culture Dr Uroš GRILC in the margins of the plenary session; meets Ms Andreja RIHTER, President of the Forum of the Slavic Culture in the margins of the plenary session

Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA attends the 8th Tax Policy Group meeting (Brussels)

Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr Össur SKARPHÉDINSSON, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland

Mr Tonio BORG receives Mr Anders OLAUSON, President of the European Patients Forum

Mr Tonio BORG attends the Health Policy Forum (Charlemagne building, Brussels)

Mr Günther OETTINGER in Hannover: delivers a speech at the Hannover Messe

Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Christian UDE, Mayor of Munich

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Greg COMBET, Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation of Australia

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives a delegation of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD delivers a speech at European Energy Exchange (EEX) Spring Reception (BOZAR, Brussels)

Mr Štefan FÜLE in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: participates in the High-Level Accession Dialogue (HLAD)

Mercredi 10 avril

College meeting

G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (London, 10-11/4) with the participation of Ms Catherine ASHTON

Ms Maria DAMANAKI delivers the welcome speech at the event: "Increasing Greek agricultural productivity by raising quality" (European Parliament)

Mr László ANDOR speaks at the conference "Youth in crisis" (European Parliament)

Mr László ANDOR addresses the audience at screening of film "A Gypsy" (European Parliament)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Emomali RAHMON, President of Tajikistan

Mrs Viviane REDING participates in an event "Neue Wir- Erzählungen: Eine Zukunftsressource für Europa" with Mrs Katrin GÖRING-ECKART, Vice-President of the German Bundestag (Brussels)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Kandeh K. YUMKELLA, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS participates in the closing session of the third edition of the Assises of Decentralised Cooperation for development (Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS and Mr Dacian CIOLOȘ participate in the workshop "European Agribusiness in Africa: Opportunities and challenges" (Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Mohammed BAHAA EL-DIN SAAD, President of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Mr Sospeter MUHONGO, Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals (Brussels)

M. Michel BARNIER rencontre M. Johan VANDE LANOTTE, Vice-Premier Ministre belge et Ministre de l’Economie, des Consommateurs et de la Mer du Nord (Bruxelles)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Erik GRIBBE, Director of Paideia Project-Incubator

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Maik DÜNNBIER, Policy and Communications Officer at IOGT International and a delegation of Young Europeans

Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Michael FALLON, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills of the United Kingdom

Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Egemen BAGIS, Minister for EU Affairs and chief negotiator of Turkey

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD on official visit to the U.S.A. (10-12/4)

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Ms Alena KUPCHYNA, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Lamberto ZANNIER, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Mr Štefan FÜLE and Mr Laszlo ANDOR receive Mr BAGIŞ, Minister of European Affairs of Turkey, and Mr Faruk ÇELIK, Minister of Work and Social Security of Turkey

Mr László ANDOR receives Ms Zsuzsa BREIER, Secretary of State for European Affairs of the State of Hesse

Jeudi 11 avril

Mr Janez POTOČNIK delivers a keynote speech at the Conference "Hungry for change 2", European Crop Protection Association (The Square, Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS meets with Mr Emomali RAHMON, President of Tajikistan (Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS participates in the MEDGRID Conference (Brussels)

Mr Michel BARNIER in London: participates in the April Monitoring Board meeting of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU attends the "Juvenes Translatores" Awards ceremony (Alcide de Gasperi room - CHARL Bldg)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU attends the Annual Conference of European Universities Association (EUA) on "European Universities – Global Engagement" (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)

Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA meets with Secretary General of WCO Mr Kunio MIKURIYA (Brussels)

Mr Tonio BORG in India (11-12/4): meets Mr M. K. ALAGIRI, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mr Ghulam Nabi AZAD, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr D. G. SHAH, Secretary General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, and Mr Raghuveer KINI, Executive Director of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL)

Me Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN in Hannover: delivers keynote address at the Hannover Messe 2013; meets with Ms Gabriele HEINEN KLJAJIC, Minister for Science and Culture for the State of Niedersachsen

Ms Maria DAMANAKI delivers the closing speech at the International Conference: "La Haute Mer, Avenir de l'Humanité: quelle gouvernance pour une gestion durable de l'océan?" (Conseil Economique Social et Environnemental, Paris)

Ms Maria DAMANAKI meets with Mr Simon COVENEY, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Brussels)

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA receives General Patrick DE ROUSIERS, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee

Mr Günther OETTINGER and Mr Johannes HAHN in Lech, Austria (11-12/4): participate at the "Lech Energy Forum"

Mr Štefan FÜLE travels to Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina: participates in the High-Level Dialogue on the Accession Process and visit the International Economic Fair Mostar; meets Mr Vjekoslav BEVANDA, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina; meets Mr Zlatko LAGUMDZIJA, Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina; meets Mr Milorad DODIK, President of the "Republika Srpska" entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vendredi 12 avril

Informal meeting of ECOFIN ministers (Dublin, 12 – 13/4)

Informal Eurogroup meeting (Dublin 12-13/4)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO in New York (12-15/4): bilateral meetings with Mr. Secretary-General Ban KI-MOON, United Nations Secretary-General, and with Mr. Vuk JEREMIĆ, President of the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. On 15/4 he will speak at the 67th United Nations General Assembly; he will participate in a one-day debate on “The UN and Global Economic Governance” delivering a speech

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA participates in the American Bar Association (ABA) Spring Meeting (Washington DC)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the International Conference on Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in European Seas (Berlin, Germany)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives the President-elect Professor Joseph WEILER (European Institute of Florence)

Mr László ANDOR in Munich: opens the general assembly of the European Youth Parliament; speaks at Max Planck institute

Mr Dacian CIOLOȘ speaks at the Conference of German Agriculture Ministers (Berchtesgaden)

Samedi 13 avril

Dimanche 14 avril

Mrs Viviane REDING in Zagreb, Croatia (14-15/4)