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Week of 27 September 2010

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Sunday, 3 October 2010

  • 20:59
    Civil society conference concludes with eight points of action for ASEM8

    The 4th Connecting Civil Societies of Asia and Europe Conference, an official side-event of ASEM8, concluded on 3 October 2010 with eight points of action for ASEM on how to enhance Asia-Europe relations. The recommendations have been channelled to the Leaders attending the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting.

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  • A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (3/3)
    15:15
    A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (3/3)

    An eco-responsible approach: respect the environment and do not throw anything away! Overall, the Belgian Presidency is making it a point of honour to organise all of its events with the most complete possible respect for the environment. This is how, within the framework of the ASEM, this 'eco-responsible' approach will materialise.

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Saturday, 2 October 2010

  • A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (2/3)
    18:03
    A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (2/3)

    Central theme for the organisation: showing that Belgium is up to the task! As the host country for the ASEM, one of the main tasks taken on by Belgium consists in providing the best possible framework for the events in which all the delegates being hosted will participate, as well as their movements during these few days.

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  • Vanackere takes interim stock of the Presidency
    10:43
    Vanackere takes interim stock of the Presidency

    In a few days we will be exactly halfway through the Belgian EU Presidency. Steven Vanackere took stock at the Belgian Federal Parliament on 28 September. “It’s not going badly at all; we’ve already achieved some good results during the past three months”. Below is an update on the six dossiers from the Councils he chairs.

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Friday, 1 October 2010

  • ASEM: guest of honour at the Royal Palace
    21:36
    ASEM: guest of honour at the Royal Palace

    The Royal Palace, which will host the ASEM Summit in just three days, on October 4 and 5, 2010, opened its doors to the media. This most authentic and prestigious symbol of Belgian heritage has been restored for the occasion…

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  • High-profile guests to visit ASEM 8 in Brussels
    18:18
    High-profile guests to visit ASEM 8 in Brussels

    Prime Minister Yves Leterme and Minister for Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere are pleased to receive the confirmation of the participation of a large number of heads of state and government at the ASEM Summit of 4 and 5 October in Brussels.

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  • A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (1/3)
    15:12
    A look behind the scenes of the ASEM Summit (1/3)

    The 8th ASEM (Asia-Europe meeting) Summit will take place on October 4th and 5th 2010. This summit is held every two years, sometimes in Asia, sometimes in Europe. It is indisputably the most important event organised within the framework of this Presidency. There is an aspect of this meeting that few people will tell you about: its organisation. In practice, what does such a summit involve in terms of preparations?

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  • European Territorial Cooperation is removing the borders
    14:45
    European Territorial Cooperation is removing the borders

    Chaired by the Minister President of the Walloon Government, Rudy Demotte, the Tournai conference closed ce vendrediwith the discussion panel on the implementation of European Territorial Cooperation.

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  • Committee of the Regions and Belgian Presidency team up to reinforce territorial cooperation
    14:24
    Committee of the Regions and Belgian Presidency team up to reinforce territorial cooperation

    EU-funded territorial cooperation delivers concrete results for citizens and should be beefed up after current programmes expire in 2013, Committee of the Regions (CoR) members and Walloon Prime Minister Rudy Demotte underlined today.

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  • Speech by Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme (Brabantdag)
    09:54
    Speech by Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme (Brabantdag)

    Ladies and gentlemen,

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  • Green Spiders meet in Belgium
    08:44
    Green Spiders meet in Belgium

    From Wednesday 22 September until Friday 24 September, the annual meeting of the Green Spider Network took place – a European network of environmental communicators that is supported by the European Commission.

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Thursday, 30 September 2010

  • Olivier Chastel:
    16:10
    Olivier Chastel: "Thanks to the citizens' initiative, we will change from representative democracy to participatory democracy!"

    On 30 September the Secretary of State for European Affairs Olivier Chastel represented the Presidency of the EU Council at the meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament and representatives of national parliaments. The representatives of the European Parliament, European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and Olivier Chastel exchanged views on the citizens' initiative with the national parliaments.

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  • Presidency aims for consensus regarding EU Patent
    12:36
    Presidency aims for consensus regarding EU Patent

    During the first part of the Informal Competitiveness Council, the EU Patent dossier, and especially its language regime, was discussed today.

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  • Jean-Claude Marcourt : « Pour une vraie politique de l’innovation »
    09:00
    Jean-Claude Marcourt : « Pour une vraie politique de l’innovation »

    Speech by Jean-Claude Marcourt. Conference European Cluster. Brussels, 30/09/2010

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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

  • ECOFIN:
    19:29
    ECOFIN: "The first lesson from the crisis is emerging"

    Interview. As the informal ECOFIN Council meeting to be held on 30 September and 1 October draws near, we met with the personality who will preside over this meeting: the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Institutional Reforms, Didier Reynders. He is highly optimistic about the objectives that have been reached within the framework of this Presidency. Here is what he had to say in our interview.

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  • A European plan for the creation of
    19:13
    A European plan for the creation of "green" jobs and for the "greening" of the economy: the conclusions of the ministerial conference

    On the occasion of the first ministerial conference on "Green Jobs" within the framework of the European Union, held by the Belgian presidency on 28 and 29 September, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment Joëlle Milquet, together with the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and inclusion, László Andor, launched a proposal for the first European plan for the creation of jobs in ‘Green sectors’ and for the "Greening" of the economy and the labour market.

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  • Tools for following the trajectories of migrants
    13:02
    Tools for following the trajectories of migrants

    In order to follow the progress of migrants in the host society and to identify the spheres in which policy measures should be taken, we must increase the availability of longitudinal data in the area of asylum and immigration. This is one of conclusions that the 150 participants drew at the conference on the “Long-term Follow-up of Migration Trajectories”, organised on 29 September by the Belgian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN).

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  • 8th ASEM Summit in Brussels
    07:32
    8th ASEM Summit in Brussels

    On Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 October 2010, the prestigious premises of the Royal Palace located in the centre of Brussels will be home to the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 8). The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, led by the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere, is in charge of Summit preparations.

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Tuesday, 28 September 2010

  • 17:33
    The language of Europe is translation

    Is translation the answer for Europe’s desire to bring its people closer together? The Commission has taken up the challenge of making young Europeans aware of translation studies. At a time when the translating sector has to meet needs that are ever larger, this initiative does not seem to be a pointless challenge! 

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  • Fighting poverty with education
    16:00
    Fighting poverty with education

    “Without a doubt a good education is the way to break the vicious circle of poverty”, says Belgian researcher Ides Nicaise. During the conference held on 28 and 29 September in Ghent, policy makers, experts and people involved in education will meet to think about the role of education in social inclusion.

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  • A first European plan for the creation of green jobs and the “greening” of the economy
    15:34
    A first European plan for the creation of green jobs and the “greening” of the economy

    On the occasion of the first ever ministerial conference on "green jobs", Deputy Prime Minister Joëlle Milquet and European Commissioner László Andor have launched the proposal for a first European plan for the creation of jobs in the "green" sectors and for the "greening" of the economy and the labour market.

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  • Debate on security and defence at the European Parliament: Chastel is giving a presentation of the opportunities of the Lisbon Treaty
    14:04
    Debate on security and defence at the European Parliament: Chastel is giving a presentation of the opportunities of the Lisbon Treaty

    An inter-parliamentary meeting was held on 28 September, attended by the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee and sub-committee for Security and Defence as well as representatives of national parliaments.

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  • 13:05
    Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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Monday, 27 September 2010

  • ASEP VI in Brussels
    16:56
    ASEP VI in Brussels

    The Sixth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP VI) has been held at the Belgian House of representatives on Sunday 26 September and on Monday 27 September.

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  • Benoit Cerexhe welcomes the ICT forum
    16:39
    Benoit Cerexhe welcomes the ICT forum

    Within the framework of the Belgian EU presidency, it is the Brussels Capital-Region which is awarded the presidency of the Competitiveness Council/Research. Minister of Research Benoit Cerexhe is in charge of organizing the presidency and is presiding over its activities.

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  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council
    07:46
    Agriculture and Fisheries Council

    3033rd Council meeting - Brussels

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