CALENDRIER du 17 au 23 mars 2014

Lundi 17 mars

Conseil Affaires étrangères

Ms Viviane REDING receives Mr Zoltán BALOG, Minister of Human Resources for Hungary

Mr Antonio TAJANI in Rome: participates at the presentation of the report 'Global Outlook' by EurActiv and Istituto Affari Internazionali(Italy)

Mr Antonio TAJANI meets Mr Henri MALOSSE, President of the Economic and Social Committee (Italy)

Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ in Bratislava: meets the President of the Slovak Republic Mr Ivan GAŠPAROVIČ (Slovakia)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Ambassador Juan Manuel GOMEZ ROBLEDO, Vice-Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Mexico

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU meets a group of Cypriot MA European Journalism Students ; receives Mr Pierre DEFRAIGNE, Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

Mr Karel DE GUCHT travels to Vietnam

Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Pr Tissa VITARANA, Sri Lankan Senior Minister of Scientific Affairs

Ms Maria DAMANAKI in Athens: speaks at the meeting of the Chairpersons of Greek Parliament Committees on Production, Trade and Maritime Affairs (Greece)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives representatives of the Norwegian Parliament's Standing Committee on Energy and Environment

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER attends energy dialogue with German Business Representation BDI

Mr László ANDOR in Stockholm: meets Ms Elisabeth SVANTESSON, Minister for Employment of Sweden, Mr Ulf KRISTERSSON, Minister for Social Security, Ms Birgitta OHLSSON, Minister for EU Affairs; visits the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen (Sweden)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Gothenburg: delivers a speech 'Sweden in Europe'; delivers a speech 'EU and Migration Policy, today and in the Future' at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise; meets Ms Rhoda ELMI, Ambassador for Somaliland to Sweden (Sweden)

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ in Bucharest for the 50th Citizens' Dialogue (Romania)

Mr Neven MIMICA in Athens: gives a keynote speech at the 'Getting Consumers Digital' Conference organized by the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Greece)

Mardi 18 mars

Conseil Affaires générales

Ms Catherine ASHTON travels to Vienna (18-19/03)(Austria)

Ms Viviane REDING delivers opening speech during the 'Health in Europe, making it fairer' conference

Ms Neelie KROES in Athens: gives a speech at Future Internet Assembly; gives a speech at the launch event of European Internet Foundation (EIF) Report 'The Digital World in 2013'(Greece)

Mr Antonio TAJANI in Milan: participates at the Conference "EX(S)PORT 2015: Lo Sport ai tempi dell’Expo" (Italy)

Mr Olli REHN signs the Memorandum of Understanding for Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Jordan with Dr Umayya TOUKAN, Jordanian Minister of Finance, and Dr Ziad FARIZ, Governor of the Central Bank

Mr Andris PIEBALGS meets Mr Michel SIDIBE, UNAIDS Executive Director

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU receives Mr Emanuel MEDEIROS, Chief Executive Officer of the Association European Professional Football Leagues; participates at the European Cultural Foundation Princess Margriet Award ceremony

Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA delivers a keynote speech at the European Voice event on fight against tax evasion and fraud

Mr Karel DE GUCHT travels to Cambodia

Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN hosts European Parliament Magazine's 10th annual MEP Awards Ceremony

Mr Janusz LEWANDOWSKI receives a group of students of the European College

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA participates in the 'Journées Agricoles' of the EP

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA receives Ambassador Juan Manuel GOMEZ ROBLEDO, Vice-Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Mexico

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives HE Abdulaziz KAMILOV, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER delivers keynote speech at 'ZEW Lunch Time' debate by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER meets representatives of the German trade unionists IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE) from Hamburg

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER in Neustadt: delivers keynote speech at the annual congress of the German Landkreistag (Germany)

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Yvo DE BOER, Director General of the Global Green Growth Institute

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Andreas PAPASTAVROU, Greek Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr James CAMERON, Chairman of Climate Change Capital UK

Mr László ANDOR in Uppsala: gives a lecture at Uppsala University on 'The social dimension of the internal market' (Sweden)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Gothenburg: meets the Council for European Studies at the University of Gothenburg; delivers keynote speech 'Where are we coming from, where are we heading?' at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEC) yearly Financial Summit (Sweden)

Mercredi 19 mars

M. José Manuel Durão BARROSO reçoit le Prix de la Fondation Crans Montana

Ms Neelie KROES in Athens: gives a speech at European Data Forum Greece)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Ms Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE, Director General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives HE Abdulaziz KAMILOV, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives Ms Julia MARTON LEFEVRE, Director General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

M. Michel BARNIER prononce le discours d'ouverture de la conférence sur les nouvelles règles européennes en matière de marchés publics et de concessions « Vers un secteur européen de marchés publics plus performant », organisée par la Commission européenne

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Christian BRUNEAU, Président de la Fédération Nationale de la Presse d'Information Spécialisée

Mr Michel BARNIER delivers a speech at the debate 'More Mobility for Engineers – A Contribution to Innovation and Growth in Europe', organized by the Association of German Engineers and the European Federation of professional engineers

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Henri PROGLIO, PDG du Groupe EDF

Mr Karel DE GUCHT travels to Myanmar (19-20/3)

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA participates in the launch of the ECHO/IMC campaign in London

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives representatives of the Economic Committee of the Regional Parliament of Niedersachsen

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER delivers keynote speech at the Conference on Energy and Innovation of the EP

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives Ms Simone PETER, Chief of the Green Party in Germany

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives representatives of the Führungsakademie Baden-Württemberg

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives a delegation of the Association of European Businesses in Russia (AEB)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receives Mr Yuri PRODAN, interim Energy Minister of Ukraine

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD meets with French Sciences-Po students

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in a debate at the Covenant of mayors Launch event on Adaptation Strategy

Mr László ANDOR delivers the keynote speech at the ETUC high-level trade union summit 'European Trade Union in Dialogue for Social Europe'

Mr László ANDOR inaugurates the Interactive demography exhibit

Jeudi 20 mars

Conseil européen

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO participates in the Tripartite Social Summit

M. José Manuel Durão BARROSO reçoit M. Mateo RENZI, Premier Ministre d'Italie

Mr Janez POTOČNIK in Stockholm: delivers a keynote speech at the Economist Group's second annual World Forests Summit; participates in a seminar at SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute) in co-operation with Stockholm University; participates in the Environment seminar organized by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Sweden)

Mr Andris PIEBALGS receives a Delegation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Jean-Noël TRONC, Directeur général de la Société française des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Axel WEBER et M. Urs ROHNER, Conseil du Swiss Finance Council

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in Limassol (20/03-24/03): delivers speech at the Inner Wheel (Cyprus)

Mr Karel DE GUCHT in Myanmar

Ms Maria DAMANAKI gives a speech at the conference of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research on Structural Reforms and Economic Growth (Athens)

Mr Günther H. OETTINGER in Berlin: delivers honorific speech to Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER at the award ceremony of the Senate of Economy (Germany)

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD in Aarhus: meets with Mr Ulrich HØGENHAVEN, CEO of HS Wind; speaks at the meeting of the International Network of Sustainable Energy - INFORSE (Denmark)

Mr Štefan FÜLE receives Mr Fatmir BESIMI, Deputy Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Mr Nikola POPOSKI, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr László ANDOR participates in the Tripartite Social Summit

Mr László ANDOR attends the Conference of EU Ministers of German Länder

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM in Tallinn: attends a conference 'Challenges in the Common European Asylum System'; visits the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice with Mr Krum GARKOV, Executive Director of EU-LISA (Estonia)

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ in Cluj: participates in the Innovation Days (20-21/3)(Romania)

Vendredi 21 mars

Conseil européen

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA in Murcia: participates in the XX edición del Premio de Periodismo Europeo 'Salvador de Madariaga' (Spain)

Ms Neelie KROES receives delegation of European Competitive Telecommunication Association (ECTA)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK in Barcelona: delivers a speech at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for European Affairs) European breakfast "The European Environment Policy: challenges and opportunities"; meets with the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS); visits the Environment Research Center at UAB University; participates in ACER (Catalan Association of Research Centres) Award Ceremony (Spain)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in Nicosia: gives a speech at the Forum on Youth and Employment organised by the University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN addresses the 1st Meeting of the Steering Committee of the EU Scientific Programme for Expo 2015

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA receives Mr U Soe THANE, Myanmar Presidential office Minister

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Ms Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE, Director General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Mr László ANDOR in Prague: meets Mr Marcel ChlÁdek, Minister of Education of the Czech Republic, Mr Milan ŠtĚch, Chairman of the Senate, Mr Jiří Dienstbier, Minister for Human Rights, Mr Vladimír Špidla, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ms Michaela MarksovÁ TominovÁ, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Ms Věra JourovÁ, Minister for Regional Development (Czech Republic)

Mrs Cecilia MALMSTRÖM delivers keynote speech on 'Violent Extremism in Europe: New and Emerging Threats and Responses' at the Belgian Federal Ministry of the Interior

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM delivers speech on corruption at the Centre for European Policy Studies

Mr Neven MIMICA in Vienna: meets with Mr Rudolf HUNDSTORFER, Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection; participates as panelist at the Conference 'Croatia – 9 months in the EU: opportunities and challenges' (Austria)

Samedi 22 mars

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO participates in GMF Transatlantic Conference

Ms Catherine ASHTON attends the Brussels Forum 2014 'A World in transition'

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA participates in the German Marshall Fund session on the fate of Syria and the Neighbourhood

Dimanche 23 mars

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in Nicosia (23-25/03): delivers opening speech at the inauguration of the exhibition of Leventis Gallery (Cyprus)