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'

- The artificial line splitting Europe in two blocks has de facto disappeared with the collapse of Communism
- Europe can be unified neither through a common ideology nor through a hegemonic approach; the main common principles are freedom, democracy and the rule of law
- Europe has proved that there exists a great economic potential and this continent is globally recognized as an economic power...

M. Gilles DENOYELLE, Consultant, France
Intervention : 'L'UE, catalyseur, exemple ou modèle?

L'UE est-elle un catalyseur des relations internationales ? Non car un catalyseur est celui qui, par sa seule présence, déclenche des réactions autour de lui. Alors, est-elle un exemple?...

Mrs Susanne DRAKE, Directrice, Institute for International Assitance and Solidarity
Intervention : "The Vienna Platform: networking European civil society for the challenge of globalisation'

The enlargement of the European Union will put as face to a greater challenge than ever before. We will want to integrate more than 100.Mio people from the central and eastern European countries and we need ...

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'

Entre gouvernement local et gouvernement mondial, l'UE doit aujourd'hui répondre à un double défi :
- une demande de démocratie rénovée, ouverte à la participation de citoyens actifs et mobilisés qui ont un rôle essentiel à jouer dans la constitution de l'Europe comme espace politique ;
- un urgent besoin de structurer ses rouages institutionnels et de rendre lisible des mécanismes politiques brouillés afin d'émerger comme un facteur de régulation au niveau mondial ...

Mr Wawa A. NGENGE, Coordinator, 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'

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'

The Internet revolution is an unprecedented opportunity for developing countries such as those in Africa to get out of the cycle of poverty...
To seize upon this opportunity before it's too late, the European Union can work together with the African countries in a new partnership to bridge the so-called digital divide...

Mr John HONTELEZ, General Secretary, European Environment Bureau, Belgium
Intervention : 'A Sustainable Development Strategy for Europe'

Three leading European environmental organisations presented their joint proposals for a Europe Sustainable Development Strategy to the European Commission last September : The EEB, Friends of Earth and International Friends of Nature who responded to the demand from Europe's political leaders, ...

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'

The EU has always played a leading role in bridging developing countries more fully into the process of multilateral trade negotiations. The multilateral process continues however to generate suspicion and uncertainty in many of these developing countries, mainly because the issues are complex and also because they have profound implications on domestic politics, ...

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'

The New Transatlantic Agenda, signed at the EU/US Summit in Madrid in December 1995, marked an important qualitative leap in EU/US relations, following the end of the Cold War and the entry into force of the EU's Maastricht Treaty. It involved an extensive broadening and deepening of the relationship, ...

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'

Mr Brian MURPHY, Director, European Centre, Georgia University, Atlanta, Etats-Unis
Intervention : 'Strengthening the Transatlantic Dimension: the EU-US relationship in transition'

With the end of the cold war, the EU and the US are in the process of defining a new relationship. The problem is that the factors which had stabilized the relationship are no longer relevant. A new strategic pattern of cooperation must be negotiated ...

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'

The advance of industry in the 19th century made nation states central to economic management. Industrialization helped integrate nations, through the telegraph, railway, radio etc.

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'

The intervention will address the question of how the EU progressively adapted its institutionalised relationships with counfries ami regions around the world to the globalisation as well as whether the shaping of its current and foreseen network of agreements ...

Mr Jean-François JESUS, Avocat; Chargé de travaux en droit communautaire institutionnel dirigés, Université de Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines, France
Intervention : 'L'Etat-membre, pièce du puzzle communautaire'

Les communautés, et à présent l'Union européenne, sont articulées autour du concept fondamental d'Etat membre. A côté des discours politiques enflammés sur la souveraineté nationale et sur les atteintes à celle-ci ourdies par "Bruxelles"...