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The
European Union,
a major actorin
the 21st-century
world: strenghtening
regional integration
, confronting global
challengesand domesticating
globalisation |
The
European Union today represents
one third of world wide
trade and economy; it
is indeed a major actor
of the 21st century.
However the European Union
is just about to discover
its leading role and to
find out that it has to
assume it.
Will the EU give way to
the will of power temptation
like most European nations
did in the past centuries?
Or will Europe try in
contrast to invent a new
role, with aims and instruments
of external action suitable
with its own perception
of itself as a multinational
political entity of a
new kind?
How will its partners,
and in the first place
the United States, will
react to these developments?
How will the EU manage
to transmit outside the
thoroughly innovative
process that led to its
foundation 50 years ago?
Moderator
- Reporter
Adrian TAYLOR
TIESWeb's member
EU Scholar in Residence
in the United States

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THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 2000
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| 15.00
- 15.30 |
Opening
session :
. Mr
Poul NIELSON,
European Commissioner
for Development
will be represented
by M. Paul NEMITZ,
Advisor, European
Commission
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| 15.30
- 16.00 |
Debate
/ Questions |
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| 16.00
- 18.30 |
PANEL
A1: The EU,
a deliberate catalyst
of international
relations in the
XXIst century
: new powers,
civil societies,
corporates
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Mr
Jaroslav
CHLEBO,
State
Secretary
for European
Affairs,
Slovak
Ministry
for Foreign
Affairs,
Slovak
Republic
Intervention
: 'EU
enlargment
as response
to the
challenges
of the
third
millenium'
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Mr
Gilles
DENOYELLE,
Consultant,
France
Intervention
: 'L'UE,
catalyseur,
exemple
ou modèle?
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Mrs
Susanne
DRAKE,
Directrice,
Institute
for International
Assitance
and Solidarity
Intervention
: "The
Vienna
Platform:
networking
European
civil
society
for the
challenge
of globalisation'
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Mrs
Catherine
VIEILLEDENT,
Administrator,
European
Commission;
General-Secretary
of the
association
'Points
Cardinaux'
Intervention
: 'The
EU confronted
with the
reorganisation
of the
world's
system
of institutions
and with
new actors:
structuring
co-operation
between
States,
transnational
and civil
societies'
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Mr
Wawa A.
NGENGE,
Coordinateur,
SDNP Cameroun
(Sustainable
Development
Networking
Programme)
Intervention
: 'Pipes
for people:
the key
to sustainable
development
and international
cooperation
between
Europe
and Africa
in the
information
age'
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- FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 2000
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| 09.30
- 11.30 |
PANEL
A2 : The EU,
a promotor of
the new objective
challenges of
globalisation
: environment,
natural resources,
poverty, ethics,
access to information
...
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Mrs
Samantha
BOLTON,
Head of
Communication,
Médecins
Sans Frontières
(MSF)
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Mr
Jacques
BONJAWO,
Program
Manager,
Microsoft
Corporation,
Redmond,
Washington;
Président
du Comité
Directoire
de la
Fondation
PathFinder
Intervention
: 'The
Internet
: A Chance
For Africa
and for
a More
Peaceful
and Prosperous
World'
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Mr
John HONTELEZ,
General
Secretary,
European
Environment
Bureau,
Belgium
Intervention
: 'A Sustainable
Development
Strategy
for Europe'
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Mr
Jeppe
KOFOD,
Member
of the
Danish
Parliament,
(representing
Mr Jan
TROJBORG,
Danish
Minister
of Development
and Cooperation,
Copenhagen)
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Mr
Julius
SEN,
Doctorate
student,
London
School
of Economics,
United
Kingdom
Intervention
: 'How
the EU
can help
developing
countries
participate
more effectively
in Multilaeral
Trade
Negotiations'
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| 11.45
- 13.30 |
PANEL
A3: The transatlantic
relation in the
XXIst century
: the laboratory
of a more stable
word or a matrix
for new conflicts
?
In
Partnernship with

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Ms
Charlotte
YOUNG,
Student,
NASF,
Canada
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Mr
Eric HAYES,
Head of
Unit United
States,
Directorate
General
for External
Relations,
European
Commission,
Brussels
Intervention
: 'Shaping
the New
Transatlantic
Agenda
for the
new Millennium'
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Mr
Francisco
MARMOLEJO,
Executive
Director,
Consortium
for Nothern
America
Higher
Education,
USA
Intervention
: 'Global
Trends
and Universities.
Challenges
and Opportunities
for Transnational
Higher
Education
Collaboration:
The Case
in North
America'
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Mr.
Brian
MURPHY,
Directeur,
European
Centre,
Georgia
University,
Atlanta,
Etats-Unis
Intervention
: 'Strengthening
the Transatlantic
Dimension:
the EU-US
relationship
in transition'
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Mr
Guillaume
PARMENTIER,
Head of the French Center on the
United States (C.F.E.), IFRI, Paris
Intervention
: 'Il
faut réformer
les structures
transatlantiques'
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Mr
David
SIEFKIN,
First Secretary and Assistant Cultural
Attaché at the United States Embassy in Paris
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| 15.00
-17.15 |
PANEL
A4: The UE,
a privileged partner
for regional integrations
: Mercosur, Asean,
…
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Mr
Stelios
CHRISTOPOULOS,
Directorate General for Development,
European Commission, Brussels
Intervention
: 'Some
light
on the
specific
reasons
explaining
why the
EU is
considered
as a special
partner
for regional
integration'
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Mrs
Graça
GONCALVES
PEREIRA,
Diplomat, Portuguese Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Lisbon
Intervention
: 'How
the EU
progressively
adapted
its institutionalised
relationships
with countries
and regions
around
the world
to the
globalisation'
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| 15.00
-17.15 |
PANEL
A5: The EU,
an innovating
architect of the
new international
organisations
(integration,
law…)
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| 19.00
- 21.00 |
Closing
session : Reception
by Mr Hubert VEDRINE
, French Minister
for European Affairs,
in The Grande
Salle à
manger of the
Foreign Affairs
Ministry..
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