CALENDRIER du 4 au 10 mars 2013

Lundi 4 mars

Eurogroup

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO), Ms Neelie KROES (delivers speech) and Mr László ANDOR (delivers opening speech) attend the Grand Coalition for Digital Job Creation (ICT Skills & Jobs) (Marriott Hotel, Brussels). Ms Androulla VASSILIOU also delivers a speech at the conference on 5/02

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO and Mr Andris PIEBALGS receive Mr José Ramos HORTA, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau and former President of Timor Leste

Ms Catherine ASHTON hosts the sixth meeting with Mr Ivica DAČIĆ, Prime Minister of Serbia and Mr Hashim THAÇI, prime Minister of Kosovo, in the framework of the EU-facilitated high–level dialogue for the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina

Ms Viviane REDING delivers a keynote speech during an event organised by the European Digital Rights

Ms Viviane REDING attends a working lunch with Ms Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI, Ministre déléguée aux Personnes handicapées et à la Lutte contre l'exclusion of France

Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ receives a delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Lithuanian parliament/Seima

Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers a speech at the Heads of Operations Seminar in Brussels

Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA receives Mr Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance of Ireland

Mr Tonio BORG in Dublin (4-5/03): attends the Information Ministerial Health Council, meets Mr Goran HAGGLUND, Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden, Ms Maria GUZENINA-RICHARDSON, Minister of Health and Social Services of Finland, Mr James REILLY, Minister of Health of Ireland, and Ms Zsuzsanna JAKAB, WHO Regional Director for Europe

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN addresses the Business Symposium, organised by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), to mark the 40th anniversary of GMIT (Galway)

Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI receives Mr Rimantas ŠADŽIUS, Minister of Finance of Lithuania

18:00 Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI receives Mr Liviu VOINEA, Minister Delegate for Budget of Romania

Ms Maria DAMANAKI in Ponta Delgada, Azores: meets Mr Vasco ALVES CORDEIRO, President of the Azores Government; meets the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Azores; meets Mr Luís VIVEIRO, Regional Secretary for Natural Resources; meets with fisheries and maritime stakeholders

Mr Štefan FÜLE in Lebanon (4-5/02)

Mr László ANDOR participates in the macroeconomic dialogue (European Council, Justus Lipsius)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Gothenburg, Sweden (4-5/02). On 4/02: attends a European Asylum and Refugee Policy Seminar. On 5/02: attends a regional corruption workshop

Mardi 5 mars

Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO, Ms Catherine ASHTON and Mr Karel DE GUCHT receive Mr Thein SEIN, President of Myanmar

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO attends the Forum of Agriculture

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Volker KAUDER, President and Group leader of the CDU/CSU

M. Joaquín ALMUNIA, M. Algirdas ŠEMETA et M. Johannes HAHN reçoivent M. Victorin LUREL, Ministre français des Outre-Mers

Mr Siim KALLAS, Mr Johannes HAHN receive Mr Ivica DAČIĆ, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia

Mr Janez POTOČNIK, Ms Connie HEDEGAARD and Mr Johannes HAHN receive Ms Rovana PLUMB, Minister for Environment of Romania

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Kurt BOCK, CEO of BASF

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the EESC meeting, Section "AGRI, Rural Development and Environment" on water blueprint (European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the Annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture (The Square, Brussels)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS is Malawi, accompanying Mr Graziano DA SILVA, Director General of FAO (5-7/02)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU delivers a speech at Grand Coalition for ICT Skills and Jobs conference, Brussels

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU delivers a speech at Language Rich Europe closing conference, Brussels

Mrs Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Aloízio MERCADANTE OLIVA, Brazilian Minister of Education

Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr Boonsong TERIYAPIROM, Trade Minister of Thailand

Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Mr SOE THEIN, Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN delivers keynote address at the conference "EU Science: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration" (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr Gary GOODYEAR, Canadian Minister of State for Science and Technology

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr John LECHLEITER, Chairman, President & CEO of Eli Lily

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN delivers the opening speech at the European Parliament Exhibition entitled "Promoting Dublin as a Smart City" (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN delivers keynote address at the opening event of BASF's Innovation Exhibition (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN attends the gala dinner for the conclusion of the conference "EU Science: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration" (Brussels)

Ms Maria DAMANAKI in Funchal, Madeira: meets Mr Alberto João CARDOSO GONÇALVES JARDIM, President of the Regional Government of Madeira; meets with the Regional Assembly of Autonomous Region of Madeira; meets with fisheries and maritime stakeholders

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER delivers a keynote speech at the EU-Norway Conference on Natural Gas "The Role of Natural Gas in Transforming European Energy Systems"

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER and Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receive Mr Ola BORTEN MOE, Minister for Petroleum and Energy of Norway

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives representatives of TAP

Mr Johannes HAHN receives Mr Daniel ZAIDANI, President of the General Council of Mayotte

Mercredi 6 mars

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Ms Yingluck SHINAWATRA, Prime Minister of Thailand

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Rosen PLEVNELIEV, President of Bulgaria

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives a delegation of the European Economic Co-operation

Ms Viviane REDING participates in a roundtable event on Female Genital Mutilation

Ms Viviane REDING delivers the closing speech for the European Economic and Social Committee Civil Society Day

Ms Catherine ASHTON receives Mr Salva Kiir MAYARDIT, President of South Sudan

Mr Siim KALLAS participates at the European Mobility Week Award ceremony and announces the winner of the 2012 "Do the Right Mix" campaign (Brussels)

Ms Neelie KROES delivers a speech at the Academy Cube launch event during CeBIT (Hannover)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives representatives of Fertilizers European Commission

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the European Mobility Week Award Ceremony (Théâtre de Vaudeville, Brussels)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Ms Beatriz TALEGON, Secretary General of the International Union of Socialist Youth

Mr Tonio BORG receives Mr Paul PACE, President of MUMN (Malta Union of Midwifes and Nurses) and members of the European Nurses Federation

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN opens the "Seachtain na Gailge"- Irish Week (Brussels)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER meets with representatives of ENSREG

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives Mr Adnan Z. AMIN, Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Mr Johannes HAHN and Mr László ANDOR receive Mr Robert KALIŇÁK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Slovak Republic

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM delivers opening and closing remarks at a roundtable on Female Genital Mutilation

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM delivers remarks at a migration hearing at the European Parliament

Jeudi 7 mars

Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Shimon PERES, President of Israel

M. José Manuel Durão BARROSO reçoit leurs Altesses Royales le Grand-Duc Henri et la Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa de Luxembourg

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO participates in a conference together with Mr Shimon PERES, President of Israel

Ms Catherine ASHTON takes part in the fifth ministerial-level meeting of the Friends of Yemen (London)

Ms Viviane REDING attends a working breakfast with Hans-Peter FRIEDRICH, Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany

Ms Viviane REDING and Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA receive Mr Juozas BERNATONIS, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania

Ms Viviane REDING delivers master speech during the 2nd Annual European Cloud Computing conference organised by Forum Europe

Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ receives the European Ombudsman Mr Nikoforus DIAMANDOUROS

Mr Olli REHN participates in the ECB Governing Council Meeting (Frankfurt)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the 1st European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (The Square, Brussels)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in the "Zero Waste" Conference (European Parliament, Brussels)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Ms Envi CHRISTOFILOPOULOU, Deputy Minister of Education, Lifelong learning and Religions of Greece

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Max HOLE and Mr Nigel SHEINWALD, Universal Music Group

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Derek HANEKOM, South African Minister of Science and Technology

Mr Karel DE GUCHT in Hanoi, Vietnam: participates in the ASEAN-EU Business Summit and ASEAN Economic Ministers-EU Consultations

Mr Tonio BORG meets Mr Pierre MALLIA, Chairman of the National Health Ethics Committee (Valletta)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN in Germany. In Düsseldorf: meets with Ms Svenja SCHULZE, Minister of Innovation, Science & Research for North Rhine-Westphalia; delivers keynote speech at Conference "Successful R&I in Europe" organized by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia; meets Ms Hannelore KRAFT, Minister-President North-Rhine Westphalia. In Aachen: visits AMO GmbH and meets with Professor Dr SCHMACHTENBERG, Rector, RWTH Aachen University; visits the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT); visits the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology & Applied Ecology (IME)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER in Iceland: delivers a speech at the Icelandic Geothermal Conference; meets Mr Össur SKARPHÉÐINSSON, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr Stingrimur J. SIGFÚSSON, Minister of Industries and Innovation

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in the ADP (Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) Conference/Meeting on Durban process - How to achieve an effective global climate agreement in 2015 (Oslo)

Mr Štefan FÜLE meets Mr Jörg-Uwe HAHN, Deputy Prime Minister of German State of Hesse (Brussels)

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Igor RADOJIČIĆ, Chairman of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Carlos WESTENDORP, Secretary General of the Club de Madrid

Mr László ANDOR delivers the keynote speech at the conference "Integration of young people excluded by early school leaving & unemployment" (European Parliament)

Mr László ANDOR participates in the high level group of independent stakeholders on administrative burdens

Mr László ANDOR delivers a speech at the event "80 years from the New Deal: lessons for Europe today" (Stanhope Hotel, Brussels)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM meets Mr Robert KALYNAK, Vice-President and Minister of the Interior of Slovakia

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM meets Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON, Minister of Justice of Finland

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ receives Mr Saulius BUCEVIČIUS, Chairman of the Committee on Rural Affairs of the Lithuanian Parliament/Seimas

Vendredi 8 mars

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives Mr Elio DI RUPO, Prime Minister of Belgium

Ms Viviane REDING receives Ms Mona-Maria PIVNICERU, Minister of Justice of Romania

Mrs Viviane REDING meets with Ms Christiane TAUBIRA, Minister of Justice of France

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA participes in the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht Conference (Hotel Conrad, Brussels)

Mr Siim KALLAS in Tartu, Estonia

Ms Neelie KROES delivers a speech at seminar "Women on Top" (Amsterdam)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Algimantas SALAMAKINAS, Lithuanian Chairman of the parliament’s Committee on Environment Protection

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Stavros KALAFATIS, the Alternate Minister for Environment in Greece

Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI in Cernobbio, Italy (8-9/02). On 9/02: participation and speech at the International Workshop on "The Outlook for Financial Markets, for Their Governance and for Finance"

Ms Maria DAMANAKI receives representatives of the main marine NGOs

Mr Olli REHN in Warsaw, Poland: meets with Mr Janusz PIECHOCINSKI, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Economy and Mr Jacek ROSTOWKI, Minister of Finance; delivers a speech at the Conference in the Ministry of Economy on the European Semester

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM meets Mr Mats KARLSSON, Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration, World Bank

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM meets Mr Orsat MILJENIC, Minister of Justice of Croatia

Samedi 9 mars

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Västeras, Sweden: delivers speech on globalisation

Dimanche 10 mars