Seminars focused on the European Union and integration of the CR into the EU

01.10.2001 | Euroskop

European Union Information Centre has prepared the 5th series of seminars focused on the European Union and integration of the Czech Republic into the EU.

The seminars, which will take place every Thursday from 5 p.m. at the EUIC (Rytířská 31, Praha 1), will be held mostly by the Team Europe members and other experts in Czech language, except for the seminar on the EC Regular Report (15 November 2001) and the closing seminar (20 December 2001) which will be given by the EC Delegation representative

In case you would like to attend any of the following seminars, please, let us know by e-mail: studentova@iceu.cz or telephone 02/216 10 142. Admission free.

Each participant will receive background papers from the lecture and publications related to the discussed matter. The background papers will be also available on www.evropska-unie.cz

DATE	TOPIC	LECTURER
4/10	Belgian Presidency of the European Union - priorities, programme, success in negotiations achieved so far, debate on the future of Europe	Bernard Pierre, the Ambassador of Belgium in the CR (in Czech language)
11/10	Impacts of the Euro currency introduction on the EU Member States and the Czech Republic, Economic and Monetary Union	Michal Tomášek, Komerční banka
18/10	The role of civil society in the EU and its Member States	Miroslav Krutina, Czech Helsinki Committee
25/10	Opportunities for students and teachers within the EU educational programmes - Socrates II, Leonardo da Vinci II and Youth	Josef Vochozka, Socrates National Agency
1/11	Consumer's protection in the EU Member States - what changes will the EU accession preparations bring for Czech citizens?	Karel Pavlík, Consumers' Protection Association
8/11	Envisaged social and economic impacts of the Czech Republic's accession to the EU	Markéta Vylítová, Research Institute of the Labour and Social Affairs
15/11	Regular Report from the Commission on the Czech Republic's Progress Towards Accession (will be published on 13 November 2001)	Christian Bourgin, EC Delegation to the CR (will be interpreted)
22/11	European citizenship - what does it mean?	Richard Král, Faculty of Law, Charles University

29/11	Protection of human rights and national minorities in the EU - The Charter of Fundamental Social Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and other documents	Naděžda Šišková, Universita Palackého Olomouc
6/12	European Community law, Court of Justice and its case-law, reform of the Czech judicial system before accession	Jan Passer, District Court for Prague 2
13/12	Results of negotiations on the Czech Republic's accession to the EU achieved during the Belgian EU Presidency - follow-up of the ministerial conference on accession (11-12 December 2001)	Jaroslav Jakš, Katedra světové ekonomiky VŠE University of Economics in Prague
20/12	Results of the Summit in Laeken (14-16 December 2001)	Christian Bourgin, EC Delegation to the CR (will be interpreted)