PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LISBON 000253 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EU PO SUBJECT: PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS ¶1. (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels only for security reasons.) ¶2. (SBU) All meetings are scheduled to take place in Lisbon unless otherwise marked. JULY 2: Inaugural Commission Visit (Porto) 4: Civil Aviation Meeting 4: Political Directors for National Defense 5-6: Political Directors for Political Planning 5-6: Round Table on European Health Agenda 5-6: Informal Labor Meeting (Guimaraes) 9-10: High-Level Conference on Legal Migration 10: Informal Council Working Group on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM) 11-12: EURO-Mediterranean (EUROMED) Trade Meeting 12-13: EU Political Directors and Correspondents (Estoril TBC) 18: Environment Working Group 19: Troika Ministerial with Africa's Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD) 19-22: Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) Meeting (Azores) 19-22: General Issues Group 19-20: Informal Science Meeting 24-25: 13th Committee Meeting on Common Standards for Higher Education 26-27: Informal Competitiveness Meeting 27: Troika Ministerial with Australia 30-31: Seminar on Alternatives to Prison Sentences (TBC) AUGUST No meetings due to European Holiday schedule SEPTEMBER 1-2: Informal Meeting on the Environment 3-4: Conference to Evaluate Justice and Home Affairs Policies (TBC) 7-8: GYMNICH: Informal Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Affairs (V. do Castelo) 10-11: High-Level Working Group for Gender Mainstreaming 10-11: Strategic Immigration, Borders, and Asylum Committee Meeting 12: High-Level Working Group on Competitiveness 13-14: Organizational Development of Schools Conference 14-15: Informal Ministerial of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN)(Porto Customs House) 16-18: Informal Agriculture and Special Agriculture Committee Meeting (Porto) 17-18: 8th European Diplomatic Program 18: Political Directors' Troika with Turkey 19: Troika Ministerial with New Zealand 19: Informal Administrative Modernization Meeting (TBC) 19-20: Drug and Drug Addiction Policy Evaluation Conference 20-23: Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPAR) II (Douro) 24-25: Director General (DG) Meeting on Professional Training 24-25: European Crime Prevention Network Council 21-22: Informal Development Meeting 27-28: Informal Defense Meeting (Evora TBC) 27-28: Civil Committee on Crisis (CIVCOM) OCTOBER 1-2: Informal Justice and Home Affairs Meeting 1-2: Pol-Mil Group 3-4: Gender Equality 4-5: Customs Union Group (Porto) 8: High-Level Energy Group Meeting 8-10: Veterinary Services Meeting 9: EU-Latin America Meeting 9: Energy and Intercommunication Network Seminar 10: Labor Committee 11: Foreign Ministry Cultural Directors' Meeting 11-12: National Ethics Council Forum 12-13: HIV/AIDS Program Coordinators 15: Political Directors' Troika with the Ukraine 16: High-Level Meeting on Combating Fraud 18-19: Informal Meeting of the Heads of State and Governments 20: Youth Directors' Meeting 22: Troika Ministerial with Canada 22: High-Level Conference on Ocean Affairs 23: Seminar on Reforming the Security Sector in Africa LISBON 00000253 002.2 OF 002 24: International Conference to Combat Drug Use in Sports 24: Drug Coordinators' Meeting 25: Informal Meeting on Sports 26: EU-Russia Summit (Mafra) 26: Informal Meeting on Credit and Exportation Groups 26: Committee 133 Services Meeting 29-30: Committee for Labor Inspection Representatives 30: Troika Ministerial with China 30-31: EU Eco-labeling Board (EUEB) 31-1: Seminar on Preserving Intellectual Property File Availability NOVEMBER 1-2: SISTECH Meeting 5: Troika Ministerial with Palestinian Authority (on margins of EUROMED) 5-6: EUROMED 7: Troika for Political Directors with Japan 7-8: Rome I and Rome II Regulation Seminars 8: Information System for Labor Policy Meeting 12-13: Presidency of the Public Procurement Network Group (PPN) 12: European e-Business Support Network Steering Group Meeting 13-14: Social Protection Committee 15-16: European Health Network and Health Systems Impact Assessment 15-16: Innovative Public Service Group (IPSG) 18-19: EUROMED Migration (Algarve) 19: e-Government Group 19-20: Meeting of National Employment Service Providers (EURES) 21: Informal Meeting of Ministers of Equality (TBC) 21-22: Dialogue with Directors General of Industry 21-22: High-Level Meeting on Health 23-24: Conference on Business and Biodiversity 26-27: Conference on Informal and Non-traditional Learning 27-28: Terrorism Finance Workshop 29-30: Directors General for Nature Conservation Meeting 29-30: Directors General for Water Meeting DECEMBER 3: Troika Ministerial with the United States 3: Senior Level Group with the United States 3-4: National Medical Emergency Coordinators' Meeting 5-6: National Architectural Patrimony Seminar 5: Directors General for Employment Services Meeting 6-7: Cultural Points of Contact Meeting 7-8: "Consumption and Coordinated Action in Europe" 10-11: Best Practices for Crime Prevention Conference 10-11: 49th Meeting of DGs for Public Administration 12-13: European Justice Network on Penal Issues (TBC) 13-14: Education Committee 13-14: European Council (Brussels) Hoffman