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07LISBON253
2007-01-29 10:51:00
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Embassy Lisbon
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PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST

Tags:  PREL PGOV ECON EU PO 
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TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EU PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST
SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS


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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

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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)
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