THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 29 February 2016 – 7 March 2016 This version was published on 29 February 2016. 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 Zero Discrimination Day (Tuesday 1 March) More information
‘The Next Generation of UN Peace Operations: People, Politics, Partnership’ - by Mr. Rory Keane (Head of the United Nations Liaison Office for Peace and Security, Brussels). From 12 to 2 p.m. At UN House, Rue Montoyer 14, Brussels. Registration before 1 March at info@vvn.be
Visits to Brussels
Mr. Neal Walker, UN System Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Ukraine, 29 February - 2 March Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 3 March Dr. Mamadou Diallo, DSRSG/RC/HC for DRC, 4 March Mr. Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, 7 March
Ongoing events
Intra-Syrian Talks [ON HOLD] More information Monday 29 February
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership, 29 February - 2 March More information Brussels Hearing on cross-border healthcare systems. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. More information Press conference on Ukraine week: capacity building for reform. 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
More information EPC: Achieving a well-functioning marketplace for copyright – Is there a need for radical change? More information
Sydney, Australia Making Systems Work: A Global Conference on Education Systems, 29 February - 2 March More information Tuesday 1 March Angola will hold the Security Council Presidency in March. Zero Discrimination Day More information Brussels EU refining forum More information 7th NAT commission meeting. Policy debate on food waste. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information The Common Fisheries Policies and the Problems of the Fishing Sector in Spain. 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. More information Situation of Basque prisoners and role of the EU. 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. More information The Truth Committee on Greek public debt: the next steps. 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. More information The Energy Security Package: What implications for gas in Europe? 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. More information CER The challenges facing the EU: A Council perspective' with Jeppe Tranholm Mikkelsen, Council of the European Union More information Effort sharing after Paris: what implications for the ESD & flexibility mechanisms More information Integration of refugees in the EU - Challenges for the EU, local authorities and economy. 12:30 to 4 p.m. More information Les effets du réchauffement climatique sur les migrations et les conflits en Méditerranée More information
Geneva
Press briefing from the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of Congo. At 11:30 a.m. in room III. More information Press briefing by Ambassador Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, Permanent Representative of Angola and President of the Security Council for the month of March. At 3 p.m. in Room S237. More information 2
London
The Rise of Women Journalists in the Arab World More information
Kampala, Uganda #Hack4Ag Uganda: Developing ICT Tools to Empower Smallholder Farmers, 1 March - 2 April More information Wednesday 2 March Brussels Opening of the photo exhibition: "DISPLACED: women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU”. At the Parlamentarium. The state of the Energy Union – governance and implications for civil society. 2:30 to 6 p.m. More information The EU referendum in the UK and its Scottish dimension. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. More information Les avancées de la coordination des politiques fiscales en Europe More information Sustainability and green innovation in competition policy. 12 to 2 p.m. More information Warsaw, Poland European humanitarian roundtables 2016 More information Thursday 3 March World Wildlife Day More information Amsterdam Conference about strengthening the position of the European audiovisual content, 3-4 March. More information
Berlin
International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2016 More information
Brussels ‘The Next Generation of UN Peace Operations: People, Politics, Partnership’ - by Mr. Rory Keane (Head of the United Nations Liaison Office for Peace and Security, Brussels). From 12 to 2 p.m. At UN House, Rue Montoyer 14, Brussels. Registration before 1 March at info@vvn.be From ISA to ISA² - new challenges and opportunities. 8:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. More information BUSINESSEUROPE Day 2016 More information Seminar: Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 3
More information Cyprus in the process of solution? 3 to 5 p.m. More information Nuclear risks across borders - Doel and Tihange seen from a neighbour's perspective. 8 to 10 a.m. More information A fiscal framework for the EU More information
Geneva
World Wildlife Day celebration More information
Florence, Italy Meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum More information Friday 4 March Brussels Prospects for international carbon markets. 10:30 to 12:30 a.m. More information Geneva
Press briefing by Atul Khare, the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support More information Saturday 5 March
No events. Sunday 6 March No events. Monday 7 March Washington DC Unleashing the Next Engine of Growth: A Services Trade Agenda beyond Doha and the TPP More information
United Nations Regional Information Centre Residence Palace Bloc C 7th floor - Rue de la Loi, 155, 1040 Brussels http://www.unric.org/en/
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