Agenda Weekly - European Agenda
Agenda Weekly - European Agenda
Agenda Weekly - European Agenda
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>Agenda</strong><br />
<strong>Weekly</strong><br />
WHAT‘S ON IN<br />
POLITICAL BRUSSELS<br />
Personnel News<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament<br />
Edelman Europe<br />
EUROCITIES<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Journalism Centre<br />
(EJC)<br />
Representation<br />
Office of the<br />
Mazovia Region<br />
Hubert Pirker<br />
-MEP-<br />
Start: 01/02/2006<br />
Nationality: AT<br />
Working Languages:<br />
German, English<br />
Laura Currie<br />
-General Manager-<br />
Start: 01/02/2006<br />
Nationality: CA, US<br />
Working Languages:<br />
English, French<br />
Vanda Knowles<br />
-Policy Director-<br />
Start: 01/02/2006<br />
Nationality: GB<br />
Working Languages:<br />
English, French, Polish,<br />
German<br />
Wilfried Rutten<br />
-Director-<br />
Start: 01/03/2006<br />
Nationality: DE<br />
Working Languages:<br />
German, English<br />
Andrzej Zuk<br />
-Director-<br />
Start: 01/01/2006<br />
Nationality: PL<br />
Working Languages:<br />
Polish, English<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> 09/02/2006<br />
Hubert Pirker comes, Ursula Stenzel leaves<br />
Up-to-the-minute newsletter<br />
on personnel changes and events.<br />
HUBERT PIRKER has replaced URSULA STENZEL as a Member of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament as of 1 February 2006. Mr Pirker, an Austrian politician, has joined the<br />
Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party and <strong>European</strong> Democrats. Prior to that, he<br />
was deputy head of the OVP delegation to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, coordinator<br />
for home affairs and justice, and EPP spokesman on security. Mr Pirker has become<br />
a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Temporary Committee on the<br />
alleged use of <strong>European</strong> countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention<br />
of prisoners, among others.<br />
Currie appointed General Manager Edelman–Brussels<br />
Edelman announced the appointment of LAURA CURRIE as General Manager of<br />
Edelman’s Brussels office as of 1 February 2006. Ms Currie has 14 years experience<br />
in communications with a strong international background from her work in Canada,<br />
Central & Eastern Europe and Brussels. She joined Edelman’s Toronto office<br />
in 1998 as a Senior Consultant in its Corporate and Public Affairs practice before<br />
transferring to the Brussels office in October 2000 to complement its public policy<br />
and lobbying work with a corporate communications profile.<br />
Knowles is new EUROCITIES Policy Director<br />
Following the departure last December of ANTHONY VAN DE VEN, Ms VANDA<br />
KNOWLES has been appointed as the new EUROCITIES Policy Director as of 1 February<br />
2006. Ms Knowles has been working for EUROCITIES for more than a year<br />
as Policy Officer on Governance and International Relations. She previously worked<br />
for the Civil Society Contact Group, where she organised seminars in new member<br />
states on civil dialogue and cross-sectoral analysis of the Constitutional Treaty. She<br />
also worked as an analyst at the Institute for German studies in Birmingham and<br />
acted as an assistant to Gisela Stuart MP.<br />
New Director of <strong>European</strong> Journalism Centre<br />
WILFRIED RUTTEN succeeds RAYMONDE GRISWOLD as Director of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Journalism Centre in Maastricht (NL). He takes up the position as of 1 March 2006.<br />
Mr Rutten is currently head of the School for Digital Television at the Salzburg<br />
University of Applied Sciences in Austria. A German national, Mr Rütten has an<br />
extensive track record as a working journalist in broadcasting, both in public (ARD)<br />
and private (RTL Group) environments. He has also worked in journalism education<br />
in a variety of contexts, with a special focus on how new technologies will affect<br />
the ways journalist will work in the future.<br />
New Director of the Office of the Mazovia Region<br />
ANDRZEJ ZUK has been appointed the new Director of the Representation Office<br />
of the Mazovia Region. As of 1 January 2006, Mr Zuk took over from Mr WITOLD<br />
PRANDOTA. Prior to that, Mr Zuk worked in the Marshal`s Office of the Mazovia<br />
Voivodeship in Warsaw focusing on the <strong>European</strong> Union affairs.
<strong>Agenda</strong><br />
<strong>Weekly</strong><br />
WHAT‘S ON IN<br />
POLITICAL BRUSSELS<br />
Berwin Leighton<br />
Paisner (BLP)<br />
<strong>European</strong> Crop<br />
Protection<br />
Association (ACPA)<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Committee for<br />
Electrotechnical<br />
Standardisation<br />
(CENELEC)<br />
<strong>European</strong> Council<br />
for Automotive<br />
R&D (EUCAR)<br />
Committee for<br />
the <strong>European</strong><br />
Construction<br />
Equipment Industry<br />
Michael Renouf<br />
-Partner-<br />
Start: 19/01/2006<br />
Nationality: GB<br />
Working Languages:<br />
English, French<br />
Stephan Schraff<br />
-Parliament Relations<br />
Manager-<br />
Start: 02/01/2006<br />
Nationality: DE<br />
Working Languages:<br />
German, English, French<br />
Aldo Bolza<br />
-Vice President-<br />
Start: 01/01/2006<br />
Nationality: I<br />
Working Languages:<br />
Italian, English<br />
Ulf Palmquist<br />
-Director-<br />
Start: 01/01/2006<br />
Nationality: SE<br />
Working Languages:<br />
Swedish, English<br />
Henri Marchetta<br />
-President-<br />
Start: 01/01/2006<br />
Nationality: I<br />
Working Languages:<br />
Italian, English<br />
Renouf Becomes Partner of BLP<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> 09/02/2006<br />
MICHAEL RENOUF has joined Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) as a partner. Mr Reneuf,<br />
managing partner of Crosby Reneuf, will focus on EU regulatory issues, internal<br />
market and environmental law. He studied law and French (Manchester, 1983)<br />
and holds a Masters degree in international and comparative law (Brussels, 1984).<br />
Mr Reneuf has practiced <strong>European</strong> law in Brussels since 1990. His areas of interest<br />
include: public procurement, state aid, regulatory issues, problem solving and merger<br />
regulation.<br />
New Parliament Relations Manager at ECPA<br />
The <strong>European</strong> Crop Protection Association (ECPA) has welcomed a new colleague,<br />
STEPHAN SCHRAFF, as Parliament Relations Manager. He assumed the post as of<br />
2 January 2006. Mr Schraff is a lawyer and has spent the last 6 years working in<br />
Brussels as a Regulatory Affairs Consultant with a focus on advocacy work in the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament.<br />
Bolza Elected Vice President of CENELEC<br />
On January 1, ALDO BOLZA of Italy took over from Mr Ricossa for a 2 year term as<br />
Vice President of CENELEC, the <strong>European</strong> Committee for Electro-technical Standardisation.<br />
Mr Bolza has broad experience in the electro-technical field. He is currently<br />
chairman of the technical committee of CIGRE (Conseil International des Grands Réseaux<br />
Electriques) and was elected President of CEI (Comitato Eletrottecnico Italiano)<br />
in 2004. Mr Bolza has broad knowledge in the standardisation field and longstanding<br />
experience at Pirelli both in the R&D and its worldwide activities.<br />
New Director of EUCAR<br />
ULF PALMQUIST has been appointed the new Director of the <strong>European</strong> Council for<br />
Automotive R&D (EUCAR). Dr Palmquist commenced his new duties on 1 January<br />
2006 replacing Dr. ARNOLD VAN ZYL. EUCAR was established on 27 May 1994,<br />
evolving from the previous Joint Research Committee (JRC) of the <strong>European</strong> motor<br />
vehicle manufacturers.<br />
Marchetta appointed President of CECE<br />
HENRI MARCHETTA has been appointed the new President of the Committee for<br />
the <strong>European</strong> construction Equipment Industry (CECE). He took up the position on<br />
1 January 2006. Mr Matchetta is simultanously Chairman and Managing Director<br />
of Mecalac Ahlmann.
<strong>Agenda</strong><br />
<strong>Weekly</strong><br />
WHAT‘S ON IN<br />
POLITICAL BRUSSELS<br />
Events 13/02 -17/02/2006<br />
Mon 13/02<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
09:00 – 17:00<br />
Tu 14/02<br />
13:00<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
Wed 15/02<br />
13:00<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
Th 16/02<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
08:00 – 09:30<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> 09/02/2006<br />
Event<br />
of the<br />
week<br />
Jihadi terrorism: Where do we<br />
stand?<br />
This is the second IRRI conference and discussion on international<br />
terrorism. The conference will be opened with<br />
a keynote speech by Mr Gijs De Vries, counter-terrorism<br />
co-ordinator for the Council of the <strong>European</strong> Union. The<br />
discussions will be followed by a reception.<br />
Services Directive demonstration<br />
The <strong>European</strong> Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is calling<br />
for a major demonstration on the Services Directive 2006<br />
in Strasbourg. The <strong>European</strong> Parliament, meeting in plenary<br />
session, will be debating and voting on the draft directive<br />
at that time. The <strong>European</strong> Trade Union movement<br />
believes it is important to make its voice heard on a series<br />
of crucial issues.<br />
Lecture: ‘What future for the<br />
International Monetary Fund?‘<br />
Miroslav Adamis<br />
The lecture will include a lunch with Jean-Louis Bourlanges,<br />
MEP, a member of the Committee on International<br />
Trade and rapporteur for the Committee on the Strategic<br />
Review of the International Monetary Fund.<br />
Jobs and Growth:<br />
Acquiring the skills<br />
needed for the knowledge<br />
society<br />
Cabinet Breakfast Briefing with Miroslav Adamis, Chef de<br />
Cabinet to Commissioner Jan Figel, DG Education, Training,<br />
Culture and Multi-lingualism.<br />
Royal Military Academy<br />
Rue Hobbema 8<br />
1000 Brussels<br />
Royal Institute for International<br />
Relations<br />
English, Dutch, French<br />
Place du Faubourg de Pierre<br />
Strasbourg<br />
<strong>European</strong> Trade Union<br />
Confederation<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament, LOW, Restaurant<br />
Allée du Printemps 2<br />
F-67070 Strasbourg<br />
Kangaroo Group Movement for<br />
Free Movement<br />
Registration required,<br />
entrance fee<br />
English<br />
Hotel Renaissance<br />
Rue du Parnasse 19<br />
1040 Brussels<br />
British Chamber of Commerce in<br />
Belgium<br />
Registration required, for<br />
members only, entrance fee
<strong>Agenda</strong><br />
<strong>Weekly</strong><br />
WHAT‘S ON IN<br />
POLITICAL BRUSSELS<br />
Th 16/02<br />
20:00<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
Th 16/02<br />
– 17/02<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
08:30 – 17:30<br />
Fri 17/02<br />
– 18/02<br />
Monday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
09:15 – 13:00<br />
Happy Birthday<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong><br />
Publisher: Rudolf Hetzel<br />
Photo vernissage: ‘Impressions of<br />
the Waldviertel‘<br />
This event opens with a welcome speech by Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Minister<br />
for Women, Family and Generation Affairs of the Region of Lower<br />
Austria.<br />
‘Biofuels Markets<br />
- from the Fields<br />
to the Forecourts‘<br />
The first in a series of commercial networking<br />
events designed to explore ways to stimulate the<br />
uptake of biofuels.<br />
Sources of finance for<br />
SMEs planning local &<br />
regional development<br />
This seminar, which includes over 100 consultants and practioners<br />
in economic development, discusses and presents information<br />
on seeking governmental funding. Topics for this<br />
event include: securing loans without guarantees from the<br />
French perspective, using English Community Development<br />
Finance Institutions, German micro-credit, etc.<br />
Dr Angelika Niebler<br />
-MEP-<br />
18.02.1963<br />
Syed Kamall, MEP, 15.02.1967 Miloslav Ransdorf, MEP, 15.02.1953 Esko Seppänen,<br />
MEP, 15.02.1946 Eluned Morgan, MEP, 16.02.1967 Fernando de Sousa, Correspondant<br />
of Diário de Notícias, 16.02.1949 Malcolm Harbour, MEP, 19.02.1947 Girts Valdis Kristovskis,<br />
MEP, 19.02.1962 Rainer Wieland, MEP, 19.02.1957<br />
Helios Media<br />
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Agenda</strong><br />
Rue de la Charité 13 –15<br />
B-1210 Brussels Belgium<br />
<strong>Agenda</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> 09/02/2006<br />
Johanna Mikl-Leitner<br />
Liaison Office of Lower Austria<br />
Rue du Commerce 20 – 22<br />
1000 Brussels<br />
Liaison Office of Lower Austria<br />
Registration required<br />
Renaissance Brussels Hotel<br />
Rue du Parnasse 19<br />
1040 Brussels<br />
<strong>European</strong> Fuel Oxygenates Association<br />
Registration required<br />
Maison des Associations Internationales -<br />
salle Magistrat<br />
Rue Washington 40<br />
1050 Brussels<br />
Eurada (Association Europeenne<br />
des Agences de Developpement)<br />
Registration required, entrance fee<br />
send your personnel news to send your events to subscribe to AgendA weekly Here<br />
Tel +32 (0) 2 / 2 19 22 90 Fax +32 (0) 2 / 2 19 22 92<br />
info@european-agenda.com www.european-agenda.com