THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 16 March – 20 March 2015 * This version was published on 16 March 2015. For more recently updated information, please consult the online version. * All the times listed below are local times for the region in which they are listed.
Highlights of the Week
New York. Beijing+20 Event – Commission on the Status of Women, 59th session. 9 to 20 March. More information
Sendai, Japan. UN Third World Conference on Disaster Reduction and its Preparatory Committee. 14 to 18 March. More information
UN Secretary-General Official Visit to Italy. 18 to 19 March. More information
International Day of Happiness. 20 March. More information
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 21 March More information
World Down Syndrome Day. 21 March More information
World Water Day. 22 March. More information
Visits to Brussels
Ms Ninette Kelley, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon. Press conference on 17 March. More information Mr. Peter de Clercq (Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative for Haiti). 17 March.
Ms. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon (Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa). 22 to 26 March. Ms. Maria do Valle Ribeiro (Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Guinea-Bissau). 23 to 24 March. Mr. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights). 23 to 24 March.
Monday 16 March
Ankara, Turkey
G20 Regional Conference on the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI). 16 to 17 March. More information
Beijing
Third Joint Conference by the PBC and the IMF on “Financial Liberalization, Innovation, and Stability: International Experience and Relevance for China”. More information
Brussels UNICEF and Club de Madrid are co-hosting a high-level Symposium on New Paradigms for Peacebuilding: Sustainable Peace through Shared Societies and Social Services for Children. 16 to 17 March. More information Energy Info Day: Connecting Europe Facility. More information European Parliament Committee Meetings. 16 to 20 March. More information European Platform for Roma inclusion - The way forward. 16 to 17 March. More information “Germany: Looking Beyond its Borders”: Carnegie Europe hosts German Foreign Minister Steinmeier for a Speech and Q&A. At 5 p.m. More information European Consumer Day. More information EPC Eastern Promises Policy Dialogue: “Preserving peace and security: searching for assertive answers to hybrid challenges”. At 3 p.m. More information
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Friends of Europe Debate about the Commission’s Leadership and the Governance of Europe. At 4:30 p.m. More information Council of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council. 16 March. More information EU Foreign Affairs Council. More information
Geneva
113th Session of the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 16 March to 2 April. More information UNOG in Collaboration with International Trade Center (ITC). Screening of the film “A Small Section of the World”. At 3 p.m. More information OHCHR Press Conference on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At 3 p.m. More information Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications: 33rd Session. More information
New York International Civil Service Commission,80th Session. 16 to 27 March. More information Security Council Debate on UNAMA. More information Security Council TCC Meeting on MINUSTAH. More information Security Council Consultations on UNMIL. More information Opening of the Exhibit entitled “People, Book, Land – The 3,500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land”. At 6:30 p.m. More information Panama City
Eurolat Parliamentary Assembly committee meetings. 16 to 19 March. More information
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Paris
OECD Conference on Investment Treaties: Policy Goals and Public Support. More information
Sendai, Japan Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Public Forum “Resilience Dialogue”, cohosted by World Bank. At 10 a.m. More information OECD Event “Risk Governance and Resilient Cities” at the Un World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. More information Serbia
Visit of the COE Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks. 16 to 20 March. More information
Zagreb, Croatia EBRD Municipal Investment & Development Arena 2015. More information
Tuesday 17 March
Brussels
European Commission Conference: Innovation in a European Digital Single Market – The Role of Patents. More information
Council of the EU General Affairs Council. More information
EU CoR Lunchtime Briefing: “Smart Specialisation Strategies: State of Implementation”. At 1 p.m. More information
High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy launched by EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete. At 9 a.m. More information
Workshop: “A European Roadmap for Climate Services” launched by the EU Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. More information
CoR Football Research in Enlarged Europe (FREE) Final Conference. More information
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Carnegie Europe will host a Conversation with Thomas de Waal, Author of the recently launched book “Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide”. At 6:30 p.m. More information
ACP Bureau of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and Preparatory Meetings. More information
EP Committee on Transport and Tourism Public Hearing on “White Paper on Transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility”. More information
Frederikstad, Norway
44th Meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee. More information
Kiev
Working Visit of COE Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. Together with Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, he will launch the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017. More information
New York
Security Council Briefing and Consultations on UNAMID. More information
Security Council TCC Meeting on MONUSCO. More information
Economic and Social Council Chamber Briefing with 2014 Nobel Laureate kailash Satyarthi. At 10 a.m. More information
Riga, Latvia
EU Extraordinary CoR Bureau Meetings. 17 to 18 March. More information
Europeana Strategy Meeting. 17 to 18 March. More information
Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 16 judgments concerning Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. More information
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The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) will hold its 50th Meeting at the CoE. 17-20 March. More information
The Hague
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Executive Council, 78th Session. 17 to 20 March. More information
Washington, D.C. & Worldwide
World Bank Event “Does Microfinance Still Hold Promise for Reaching the Poor? Facts and (A Little) Speculation”. At 12:30 p.m. More information
Wednesday 18 March
Berlin
European Investment Bank Conference on Financing Investment in Partner and Neighbouring Countries. More information
Brussels
CEPS Event “Implementing the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework: a Closer Look at Renewables”. At 9:30 a.m. More information
EPC Policy Dialogue “TTIP and Emerging Market Economies - Launching the Debate”. At 2 p.m. More information
ECIPE Afternoon Seminar: Trade Policy 2.0 - Upgrading from National Trade Surpluses to FirmLevel Performance. At 3 p.m. More information
EESC Plenary Session on ‘Better Regulation’ and ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ with Mr. Frans Timmermans, 1st Vice-President of the European Commission, and Mr. Jyrki Katainen, VicePresident of the European Commission in Charge of Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness”. 18 to 19 March. More information
ACP Parliamentary Assembly, 37th Session. At 9 a.m. More information
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Bureau of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. 18 to 19 March. More information
EP Committee on International Trade Public Hearing on “TTIP: what's in it for the Europeans?”. At 4:15 p.m. More information
Bucharest, Romania
EU & World Bank Event on “From Awareness to Activism: An emancipation dialogue on equal opportunities”. At 4 p.m. More information
Geneva
OHCHR Press Conference: Ms. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, will present her first Report. At 10:30 a.m. More information
New York
Security Council Briefing on the Security Council Mission to the Central African Republic (CAR), Ethiopia and Burundi. More information
Security Council Debate on MINUSTAH. More information
Un Noon Briefing with Guest Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education. More information
Paris
Meeting of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. At 9.30 a.m. More information
Riga, Latvia
EU COREPER I. More information
Visit of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) of the European Parliament. 18 to 20 March. More information
Rome
UN Secretary-General Official Visit to Italy. More information
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Strasbourg
8th CoE Conference on the European Landscape Convention. 18 to 20 March. More information
Washington, D.C.
World Bank Event on “Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Mortgage Reform”. At 12:30 p.m. More information
Thursday 19 March
Brussels
European Council. 19 to 20 March. More information
EPC Policy Briefing on “The Status Quo in Cyprus and the Way Forward?”. At 4 p.m. More information
IRSD Conference on “Afghanistan after ISAF: Lessons learned and Ways Ahead”. At 5 p.m. More information
Friends of Europe conversation with Cecilia Malmström on “Trade in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Regulatory Convergence”. At 9 a.m. More information
Committee Meetings of the ACP – EU Parliamentary Assembly. 19 to 20 March. More information
Ciné-ONU European Screening: The Supreme Price. At 6:30 p.m. More information
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
World Bank Fourth IFC International Food Safety Forum. More information
Geneva
Press Conference with Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO on “International Patent System,Trademark & Design Systems, Domain Names and Cybersquatting Trends in 2014”. At 11 a.m. More information
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New York
Security Council Briefing and Consultations on MONUSCO. More information
UN Briefing on “The Paradox of Income and Happiness”. At 11 a.m. More information
UN Noon Briefing with John Ging, Director of Operations at OCHA, on the Mission in Ukraine and Nigeria. More information
Paris
Meeting of PACE No Hate Parliamentary Alliance. At 9:30 a.m. More information
Riga, Latvia
European Migration Network (EMN) Annual Conference. 19 to 20 March. More information
International Conference “Chronic Diseases Pose a Challenge to 21st Century Europe: Patient’s Perspective and Economic Activity”. 19 to 20 March. More information
Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 33 judgments and/or decisions concerning Belgium, France, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. More information
Colloquy on the “Common focus and autonomy of international administrative tribunals” to mark the 50th anniversary of the Administrative Tribunal of CoE. 19 to 20 March. More information
Tokyo
World Bank Event on “Evolving Sources of Value-added: Good-jobs, Bad-jobs?”. At 2 p.m. More information
Turin
The UN Secretary-General is in Turin for the Annual Retreat with his Senior Advisors. More information
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank Seminar on “Precautionary Saving and Aggregate Demand”. At 12:30 p.m. More information
Friday 20 March
International Day of Happiness More information Brussels
EESC Conference on “Promoting the involvement of economic and social actors in development cooperation”. More information
The German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum. 20 to 22 March. More information
Event. Interactive talk with Jimmy Nelson at Bozar to mark International Day of Happiness. From 18:00 to 19:00. More information Millenium Film Festival 2015. 20 to 28 March. More information
New York
UN Educational Event in Support of Climate Action with Pharrell Williams, Philippe Cousteau and Sylvia Earle. At 5 p.m. More information
Paris
Meeting of PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. At 9:30 a.m. More information Saturday 21 March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination More information International Day of Forests and the Tree More information
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International Day of Nowruz More information World Down Syndrome Day More information World Poetry Day More information Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination. 21 to 27 March. More information
Sunday 22 March World Water Day More information Beijing
China Development Forum 2015: “To Comprehensively Deepen Reform”. 22 to 24 March. More information
Monday 23 March
World Meteorological Day More information Brazzaville, Congo
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Regional Conference on “Finance for all: Promoting Financial Inclusion in Central Africa”. More information
Geneva
UN Group of governmental experts for a treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, 4th Session. 23 March to 2 April. More information
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New York
UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP), 17th Session. 23 to 27 March. More information
UN Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Sustainable Development Goals and Targets. 23 to 27 March. More information
Riga, Latvia EU institutions and the World Animal Health Organization Seminar on "Biosecurity – Fundament for Animal Health". 23 to 24 March. More information EU Youth Conference. 23 to 26 March. More information Rome FAO Council, 151st Session. 23 to 27 March. More information Washington, D.C.
World Bank Event on “Growth and Inclusion: The Path to Shared Prosperity”. At 12 p.m. More information
Annual World Bank Conference on “Land and Poverty 2015: Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity”. 23 to 27 March. More information
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