November, 2008, www.seetv-exchanges.com

November 10-11 | Brussels

General Affairs and External Relations Council – Future of the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUFOR mission to BiH and the deployment of EULEX mission to Kosovo will be on the agenda of the joint meeting of EU Foreign and Defence Ministers

November 11| New York

UN Security Council session will discuss the international presence in Kosovo

November 12-13| Zagreb

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn visits Croatia –Commissioner will meet Stjepan Mesic, President of the Republic, Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister, members of the Government, Luka Bebic, Speaker of the Parliament, members of the Parliament Committees and participate in a roundtable with Croatian editors and members of Croatian journalist Association.

November 14 | Sarajevo

First Ministerial Conference on “Combating Climate Change in South East Europe” – The conference is jointly organized by the Regional Cooperation Council for SEE and Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (http://www.rcc.int/index.php?action=events_archive)

November 14 | Nice

EU-Russia Summit – The summit is expected to be marked by the consequences of the conflict in Georgia last summer and to focus on the implementation of the provisions of the Sarkozy-Medvedev plan of 12 August and conclusions of the Extraordinary European Council meeting of the 1 September 2008.

(http://www.ue2008.fr/PFUE/lang/en/accueil/PFUE-11_2008/PFUE-14.11.2008/sommet_ue-russie)

 November 17 | Brussels

« Public Opinion in the Balkans – Between Hope and Disenchantment” - Policy Dialogue jointly organized by the European Policy Centre and European Fund for the Balkans, on the occasion of the launch of the Gallup Balkan Monitor - Speakers include: Giuliano Amato, former Chairman of the International Commission on the Balkans, Veton Suroi, Editor of Koha Ditore, Goran Svilanovic, former Foreign Minister of Serbia, Robert Manchin, CEO of Gallup Europe (14.00-16.15, Residence Palace, 155 Rude de la Loi)

November 17-18 | Vienna

Meeting of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy for Central, East and South East Europe: “Covering Resident ‘Immigrants’ who stayed in ‘Our’ Countries” is the title of this year meeting to be held under chairmanship of Ellen Mickiewicz from DeWitt Wallace Centre for Media and Democracy (USA) and Erhard Busek, former Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for SEE. (http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/dewitt/radio_tv_commission.html)

November 19| Brussels

Peace Implementation Council Meeting – Members of the Peace Implementation Steering Board, together with political representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina will meet in Brussels

November 17 -20 | Strasbourg

Plenary session of the European Parliament (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/event_by_week/47-2008-2/default_en.htm)

November 20 | Strasbourg

Foreign Relations Committee of the European Parliament – Exchange of views with Jean Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European affairs of France, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting of 10-11 November 2008

November 24 | Brussels

EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina: Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science and Research, and Sredoje Novic, minister for Civic Affairs of BiH, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding between EU and BiH on association to the “Seventh European Framework Programme”

November 24 | Brussels

The North Atlantic Council and the Political and Security Committee of the EU will meet at the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels at 11:00. EUHR Javier Solana and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General of NATO will jointly take questions from the press at the end of the meeting around 12:00

November 25 | Brussels

EU-Albania: EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn meets Lulzi Basha, Foreign Minister of Albania, followed by a press point

November 25 | Brussels

Justice, Reconciliation and EU Integration in the Western Balkans: the Legacy of ICTY – ‘Policy Dialogue’ organized by The European Policy Centre, in cooperation with the International Centre for Transitional Justice. Speakers: Fausto Pokar, Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY, Jan Truszczynski, Deputy Director General of the DG Enlargement in the European Commission, Juan E. Mendez, President of the Int. Centre for Transitional Justice and Natasa Kandic, Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre from Belgrade (Residence Palace, Polak Room, 10.00-12.00, Rue de la Loi 155)

November 25-26| Belgrade

Second EU-Serbia Inter-Parliamentary meeting, chaired by Doris Pack, MEP – Members of the EP delegation will meet Serbian officials, including Boris Tadic, President of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, Minister of Interior, Mladjan Dinkic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, Speaker of the Parliament, to discuss the political situation and Kosovo related issues.

November 26| Brussels

EU-Serbia:  EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding meets Jasna Matic, Minister for Telecommunications and Information Society of the Republic of Serbia.

November 27-28 | Skopje

EU-Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee – Delegation of the European Parliament, chaired by Antonios Trakatellis, will meet Trajko Veljanovski, President of the Parliament, Ivica Bocevski, Deputy Prime minister and other officials.

November 28 | Brussels

Europe and the Integration of the Balkans – event organized by the Centre of European Culture (Federal Parliament of Belgium, Maison des Parlementaires - Congress Hall, 21, rue de Louvain
1000 Brussels)