Adunarea Parlamentara a Procesului de Cooperare din Europa de Sud-Est

The Inaugural Session of the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly May 9-11, 2014
DRAFT PROGRAMME
As on 14.04.2014

Friday, May 9

  • Arrival of the participants and accommodation
  • 20.00
  • Welcome reception

Saturday, May 10

  • 9.30
  • Registration (Palace of Parliament)
  • 10.00
  • Opening Session
      • Keynote speakers:
    • Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea - Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania;
    • Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu - Speaker of the Senate of Romania;
    • Gabriel Oprea - Vice Prime Minister of Romania; Minister of Administration and Interior;
    • Titus Corlăţean - SEECP Chair-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania;
  • 11.00
  • Family Photo
  • Coffee break
  • 11.30
  • Presentation of the Report of the SEECP parliamentary dimension Working Group
    • Gabriela-Maria Podaşcă, member of the Delegation of the Parliament of Romania to the Parliamentary Assembly SEECP
  • 11.50
  • Adoption of the Rules of Procedure and of the Report
  • 12.30
  • 12.30
  • Lunch
  • Press Conference
  • 14.00
  • Messages of the regional and international organizations
    • Hugh Bayley, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
    • Vangelis Meimarakis, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Of The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)
    • Sven Sester, Chairman of the Economics, Energy and Innovation Committee of the Baltic Assembly
    • Ryszard Górecki, President of Baltc Sea Parliamentary Conference
    • Fernando Negrao,President of the Constitutional Committee, Parliamentary Assembly - Union For Mediterranean (PA-UfM), Member of the Parliament of Portugal
    • Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Coperation Council
    • Anda Filip, Ambassador, Director for External Relations, Inter-Parliamentary Union
  • 15.00
  • Coffee break
  • 15.15
  • Debates on the general theme "The future role of the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly in the European frame" followed by adoption of the Declaration on the inauguration
    • Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea,Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania; President of the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly
    • Vangelis Meimarakis, Speaker of the Parliament from Athens
    • Magheru Gheorghe, Representative of the SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office, Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • Cemil Cicek, Speaker of the Great National Assembly from Ankara
    • Ilir Meta, Speaker of Parliament from Tirana
    • Mihail Mikov, Speaker of Parliament from Sofia
    • Renata Brunskole, Vice-President of the Parliament from Ljubljana
    • Josip Leko, Speaker of Parliament from Zagreb
    • Arsić Veroljub, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly from Belgrade
  • 20.00
  • Official dinner

Sunday, May 11

  • 10.00
  • Simultaneous constitutive meetings of the three General Committees (only for the members of the parliamentary delegations to the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly)
  • 12.00
  • Coffee break
  • 12.30
  • Plenarry meeting:

    • Presentation of the reports from the meetings of the General Committees made by their elected Chairpersons;
    Adoption of the Work Programme 2014/2015;
    • Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania; President of the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly
  • 14.00
  • Lunch
  • Departure of the participants