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Week of 6 September 2010

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Sunday 05 September - Wednesday 08 September

  • Lowlight
    20:00 - 14:00 Pacioli-workshops concerning the management and use of agriculture databases

    The aim of the Pacioli workshops is to bring people together who use data from agricultural accountancy networks or are involved in their management. The participants will discuss agricultural accounts and micro-economic information for policy support at the workshops.

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Monday 06 September - Tuesday 07 September

  • Highlight
    14:30 - 16:15 Informal Energy Council:“Fuelling a Secure, Low-Carbon and Affordable Energy Future for Europe”

    The Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers: “Fuelling a Secure, Low-Carbon and Affordable Energy Future for Europe”

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Monday 06 September - Thursday 09 September

  • Lowlight
    17:00 Plenary Session of the European Parliament

    The week in Strasbourg will see Commission President José Manuel Barroso make his first "State of the European Union" speech. Also on the agenda is how to help Pakistan after the floods devastated the country. The controversy over the Roma deportations will also be discussed during talks between MEPs and the European Commission. There is also likely to be steps to limit the use of animals in scientific testing. All of these issues can be followed here on the Parliament's website. (source: European Parliament)

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Monday 06 September - Wednesday 08 September

  • Lowlight
    18:30 - 17:30 Pension rights and adequate social protection

    Over the course of their lives, European citizens should have a right to adequate and economically sustainable social protection. The twin Ministerial conferences will look at the future of social protection systems and pensions, their suitability and budgetary issues.

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Tuesday 07 September

  • Lowlight
    Political and Security Committee (PSC)

    Meeting Political and Security Committee

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  • Highlight
    09:00 - 19:00 Economic and Financial Affairs Council

    The Ecofin Council, which is composed of the Ministers of the Economy and/or Finance of the EU Member States, meets once a month. The Ministers discuss issues including the coordination of economic policy, financial services, tax and the euro. The EU Budget Ministers also tackle the adoption of the EU budget within this Council.

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  • Highlight
    14:30 - 19:00 Eurogroup

    Informal meeting of the eurozone finance ministers

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Tuesday 07 September - Thursday 09 September

  • Lowlight
    Industrial Technologies 2010: integrating nano, materials, production
    08:00 - 18:00 Industrial Technologies 2010: integrating nano, materials, production

    The “Industrial Technologies 2010” conference offers a complete programme with the aim of evaluating integration between disciplines, stakeholders and various players in the NMP (nano, materials and production) sector.

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Tuesday 07 September - Wednesday 08 September

  • Lowlight
    10:00 - 17:00 Olivier Chastel, Secretary of State for European Affairs, on mission at the European Parliament

    As part of the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, Secretary of State for European Affairs Olivier Chastel will visit the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 7th and 8th.

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  • Lowlight
    11:30 - 16:00 Meeting of the High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming

    The high level group, chaired by the European Commission, is made up of high representatives from gender equality authorities from the 27 Member States of the European Union to prepare initial work on gender equality dealt with during each presidency. 

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Wednesday 08 September

  • Lowlight
    Coreper I

    Meeting Permanent Representatives Committee I

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  • Lowlight
    Coreper II

    Meeting Permanent Representatives Committee II

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  • Lowlight
    10:00 - 17:00 EU Governement Chief Nurse Officers (CNO) Meeting

    The role of the CNO is to advise the government and policy makers in the field of public health in their country, participate in defining national objectives for the profession, represent the authorities in this field, make medical care visible such as it is promoted by the authorities in the country and summarise the various interests within the profession. The European CNO meet each other regularly, in accordance with WHO recommendations. 

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Wednesday 08 September - Thursday 09 September

  • Lowlight
    Creativity, Culture and Innovation: finding new links
    08:45 - 15:00 Creativity, Culture and Innovation: finding new links

    The very dynamic culture sector, the cultural and creative industries in particular, generates and stimulates considerable potential for creativity which makes it an important actor for meeting the challenges with which the European Union is confronted today. Within the context of the implementation of the “EU 2020” strategy, the goal is to highlight and promote the considerable potential of the cultural and creative industries.

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Wednesday 08 September - Friday 10 September

  • Lowlight
    Biodiversity in a changing world
    09:00 - 17:00 Biodiversity in a changing world

    What steps are required to maintain biodiversity, both in Europe and worldwide? This is the issue about which Joke Schauvliege, the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture and president of the European Council – Environment will host the European conference on Biodiversity in a changing world, in cooperation with the European Commission and the other Belgian authorities. 

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  • Lowlight
    14:00 Expert Conference "Europe de l'Enfance"

    From 8 to 10 September 2010 the expert conference “Europe de l’Enfance” takes place in Antwerp. On the initiative of the EU Presidency, the ministers and officials competent for childhood policy will meet biannually under the name “Europe de l’Enfance” (EE).

    The communities of Belgium have decided to place this conference on the agenda of the EU Presidency – Youth for the first time. The presidency has chosen as a priority ‘Matching international agendas on children, youth and children's rights.’

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Thursday 09 September - Friday 10 September

  • Lowlight
    09:00 - 17:00 Ministerial Conference: Investing in the health professionals of tomorrow in Europe

    The Member States of the European Union are increasingly finding themselves faced with similar challenges regarding the availability of competent health professionals. National measures are often insufficient to deal with the changing and growing demand. This Ministerial Conference wishes to bring together the Member States to discuss an effective policy for the future with regard to innovation and cooperation.

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  • Lowlight
    09:00 - 18:00 Extraordinary Bureau Meeting of the Committee of the Regions

    The Bureau of the Committee of the Regions meets twice a year in the country that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the time.

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Thursday 09 September

  • Lowlight
    09:00 - 14:00 Ensuring women’s participation in peace and security

    In 2010, the international community celebrates the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. The resolution acknowledged, for the first time, the importance of a gender dimension in the areas of peace building, peace keeping and conflict prevention.

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  • Lowlight
    13:00 - 22:30 Celebrating 50 years of the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA)

    The Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) is 50 years old and this is being celebrated. The Flemish chairman of the SCA is inviting current and former representatives of the member states and EU institutions for a combined lunch and musical event.

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Friday 10 September

  • Lowlight
    Political and Security Committee (PSC)

    Meeting Political and Security Committee

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  • Lowlight
    Foreign Affairs Council (Trade)

    The Foreign Affairs Council is composed of the EU Member State Ministers responsible for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development. The Foreign Affairs Council meets formally once a month and deals with matters including foreign policy and trade, security issues, defence and development policy.

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  • Lowlight
    18:00 - 21:00 Guided walking tour of the European quarter

    The members of the European Parliament and the Brussels Parliament are invited for a guided walking tour of the European quarter, in particular along the urban stations set up by the Roi Baudouin Foundation. These stations recount the past, present, and future of the quarter to passers-by. The walking tour will finish up at the BIP and will be followed by a reception.

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  • Lowlight
    09:30 - 16:00 Working, not working and poverty

    On 10 September, the Belgian Anti-Poverty Network will be organising a round table on the subject of work and no work, which will focus on the problems in the major cities of our country: Liège, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi. This round table will present and discuss recommendations for Europe in relation to employment in major cities. These recommendations will be produced by people in poverty.

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  • Lowlight
    18:30 - 20:30 A city, a writer

    Presentation of a European Union city and a writer from that city.

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  • Lowlight
    20:00 - 22:00 Made in Belgium

    Concert conducted by Stefan Blunier
    Akiko Suwanai, violin

    Bart Vanhecke, Danse de la terre, world première
    Henri Vieuxtemps, Concerto for violin and orchestra No 5, "Grétry", Op. 37
    César Franck, Symphonie in D minor, Op.48

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Friday 10 September - Saturday 11 September

  • Highlight
    12:00 - 15:00 Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich)

    The Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers aims at allowing Ministers to share thoughts about current problems concerning the European Union foreign policy freely and intensely. Rather than reaching formal conclusions, Gymnich looks at outlining the main themes from the European Union Foreign Policy.

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Sunday 12 September - Tuesday 14 September

  • Lowlight
    16:00 - 17:00 Meeting of the Directors (-General) for Fishery

    The subjects of this meeting are a number of current themes from the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

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  • Lowlight
    Making the European Higher Education Area more transparent
    16:00 - 12:15 Making the European Higher Education Area more transparent

    The Directors General of higher education will work on the agenda of modernising higher education, mainly by sharing experience and the best practices identified by the Member States.

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Monday 13 September

  • Highlight
    General Affairs Council

    The General Affairs Council is composed of the Ministers of Foreign and/or European Affairs of the Member States. The Council meets formally once a month. The General Affairs Council prepares for meetings of the European Council. It supervises the continuity and coherence of the Council’s other configurations and is also responsible for institutional issues and horizontal dossiers, such as the multiannual financial framework and enlargement.

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Thursday 01 July - Friday 31 December

  • Lowlight
    Blog: “Presidency for the citizen”

    On the occasion of the 2010 Belgian Presidency, the European Movement-Belgium (EBB) is realising a bilingual blog (FR and NL) with accessible and informal information about the EU and the Presidency, geared towards a young audience.

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  • Lowlight
    European quarter discovery mission

    Architecture and urban planning in the European Quarter: past, present and future. Many artists have resided in the Leopold Quarter in the past. The project aims to show visitors the past and future potential of the area. During the Belgian presidency of the European Union, a discovery group will be set up in the European Quarter, accompanied by an exhibition.

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  • Lowlight
    "Euh!! rope… "

    Series of 20 8-minute programmes.
    Theme: introduction for citizens, associations and teachers to the history, institutions and cultural dimensions of Europe.

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  • Lowlight
    09:00 - 16:00 Fashion & Design - Second Hand Second Life

    The building of the Council of the European Union in Brussels is being decorated in an original way for the occasion of the Belgian EU presidency. Famous fashion designers have designed silhouettes with clothing donated from the Spullenhulp/Petits Riens depot, a charity that collects old objects for the benefit of social projects. This initiative highlights the European Year 2010 for combating poverty and social exclusion. Alongside the silhouettes that can be admired throughout the whole Council Building, there is also a photography exhibition on "the making of" of the designs.

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Wednesday 01 September - Thursday 23 December

  • Lowlight
    10:00 - 18:00 Europe and us: instructions

    A pioneer in the Youth Information sector, Infor Jeunes Bruxelles Nord Ouest has spent four decades bringing pluralist information to various young audiences. Infor Jeunes Laeken is on the periphery of what has been agreed shall be called the "poor crescent" of Brussels. Among the large majority of young people, and particularly those from working class backgrounds, Europe tends to be reduced to a single currency and a commonplace repeated a thousand times "Brussels, capital of Europe". And that's about all.

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Saturday 24 April - Sunday 03 October

  • Lowlight
    Closing Time
    10:00 - 17:00 Closing Time

    In 2010, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) is inviting visual artist Jan Vanriet (1948, Antwerp) to design a grand itinerary through the galleries of the Old and Modern Masters in the museum.

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Saturday 22 May - Sunday 19 September

  • Lowlight
    Philippe Herbet “Made in Belarus”
    10:00 - 18:00 Philippe Herbet “Made in Belarus”

    Lively and complex, the work of Philippe Herbet is the fruit of a quest begun long ago by this artist from Liège. He unveils his colour photographs here, which were taken in Belarus. With its poetic and elegant form, his work immerses us in his journeys filled with beautiful objects, unusual monuments, and strange and disturbing women. Inspired by both literature and photography, he pairs his photographs with texts from his postcards.

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Saturday 29 May - Sunday 26 September

  • Lowlight
    Monument Exhibition

    Installation consisting of 200 monuments in the gardens of the Château des Langues in Hamois.

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Sunday 30 May - Sunday 26 September

  • Lowlight
    10:00 - 18:00 Visionary Africa

    This summer, Africa explodes in colours and life to celebrate 50 years of independence in Congo and 16 other African countries. A festival with the finest in theatre arts and dedicated creators. The fascinating GEO-graphics exhibition constitutes the first part of a new vision of our relationship with Africa. All the festival artists are then encouraged to come join the discussion and the engagement for this visionary Africa during their 48 hours in Brussels.

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Thursday 10 June - Friday 26 November

  • Lowlight
    Europe in Brussels: from federal world district to European capital

    In connection with Belgium’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Belgian State Archives will be organising an exhibition about the establishment of the European Institutions in Brussels. The Belgian State Archives (including the Archive of the Royal Palace) itself has various rich archive stocks that illustrate this subject and is also undertaking complementary research in other archive bodies and documentation centres.

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Friday 11 June - Sunday 03 October

  • Lowlight
    Fighting the box – 20 Belgian designers – 20 stories behind the products
    10:30 - 18:00 Fighting the box – 20 Belgian designers – 20 stories behind the products

    When the design world moves into to the power station, something must be afoot! 20 designers agreed to play the game, to reveal the mysterious and hazardous journey from creative idea to finished object, a design object intended for mass production to improve our lives; this conversation oscillates between art and technology, it is a constant - and sometimes strained - dialogue between the designer and the constraints of industrial manufacture. 

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Sunday 13 June - Friday 31 December

  • Lowlight
    Permanent exhibition :
    Permanent exhibition : "The ikob Collection – in progress"

    The permanent exhibition "The ikob Collection – in progress" adapts its content in tandem with temporary exhibitions. To create additional dialogue between the different exhibitions, the curator Francis Feidler chooses a selection of works from the museum’s collection.

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Sunday 13 June - Sunday 26 September

  • Lowlight
    Photography exhibition
    10:00 - 17:00 Photography exhibition "...im entscheidenden Augenblick - d'instant décisif..." and "Entlang dem Rande des Mondes"

    Photography exhibition with Alice Smeets (B), Willy Filz (B), Christian Roosen (B), Geneviève Biwer (L) & Thomas Brenner (D).

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Thursday 01 July - Tuesday 30 November

  • Lowlight
    "Missing pEUrson" – European adventure quest in Brussels

    Take part in a fun adventure quest through Brussels' European district, complete with a prize-winning contest, a version for kids (also with prize-winning contest) and a photo competition.

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Saturday 14 August - Sunday 12 September

  • Lowlight
    “2010, Fantasy, Surrealist and Apocalyptic Europe”
    14:30 - 18:00 “2010, Fantasy, Surrealist and Apocalyptic Europe”

    The museum and its collection: the permanent collection displays items from different generations which all share common ground in the fantastic, the alien or the surreal. This completely atypical collection mixes all forms: plastic arts, painting, sculpture, etc. In a mansion located a stone’s throw from the Musée Horta, you can meet an Elephant Man who may disclose his life story to you, discover numerous surprising works such as The Killer Flies or The Mummy of Mato Grosso or observe a morpho-symbiosis between a woman and a spider close up! Like it or not, the collection is as unique as it is surprising. The museum is also endeavouring to constantly enrich its collection with new items. 

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Wednesday 01 September - Friday 31 December

  • Lowlight
    Discovery tours of European projects

    Throughout the Belgian Presidency of the EU, the Brussels-Capital Region will be offering tours of discovery in the canal area (guided, with a reservation, or unaccompanied) of projects cofinanced by the European Union.

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Friday 03 September - Saturday 30 October

  • Lowlight
    Artists' portraits : exhibition of a collection of works of art
    14:00 - 18:00 Artists' portraits : exhibition of a collection of works of art

    Artists' portraits is a collection started by the SmartBe Foundation. The Foundation decided to put together a collection of contemporary works of art in connection with the artist's portrait, a theme close to the mission and objectives of SMartBe.

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Saturday 04 September - Sunday 01 May

  • Lowlight
    SOS Planet exhibition
    10:00 - 19:00 SOS Planet exhibition

    The “SOS Planet” exhibition is set to be the biggest exhibition ever created on the topic of climate change.

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Thursday 09 September - Tuesday 21 September

  • Lowlight
    Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy
    Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy

    The new opera from Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans, based on the eponymous work by Witold Gombrowicz, has its Belgian premiere one year after it was written for the Opéra National de Paris.

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Saturday 11 September - Sunday 12 September

  • Lowlight
    14:00 - 18:00 Living Room Music

    Living Room Music is the shared pet project of Festival of Flanders Brussels and MuziekPublique. For the eighth time already they are organising these small-scale and exquisite living room concerts. In as many as ten living rooms of a specific Brussels district, different concerts will take place over the course of two afternoons.

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Saturday 11 September

  • Lowlight
    20:00 Chambres d’à côté

    A concert with compositions by Philippe Boesmans whose new work, Chambres d’à côté, commissioned by La Monnaie opera house, Klarafestival and Bozar for the Tana Quartet.

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Monday 13 September - Sunday 03 October

  • Lowlight
    The Choolers, eclectic and mixed european musical group
    The Choolers, eclectic and mixed european musical group

    Astonishing and original group, which brings together mentally disabled musicians and independent musicians… On the initiative of the La Hesse CEC, an association working for the promotion of the artistic skills of mentally disabled people with the Inuti (Stockholm) and Remi (France) associations. Brass, voices, percussion, guitars, machines… "The Choolers" is a remarkable musical mixture, the secret of which is the artistic and human collaboration between mentally disabled people and amateur and professional musicians from various European countries.

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