The Slovenian and the Austrian Paneuropean Movements and the Vienna Diplomatic Academy kindly invite you to the International Conference under the title „European Citizens for European Foreign Policy”, which will take place in Vienna(Austria) from 4 to 5 October 2013 on the premises of the Vienna Diplomatic Academy. The topic of the conference will be dedicated to the EU foreign policy and the role of the European citizens in shaping it.

Draft Programme of the Conference:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

EUROPEAN CITIZENS FOR EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY

04/10/2013 – 05/10/2013, Vienna (AUSTRIA) VIENNA DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY

FRIDAY, 04/10/2013

15:00 – 17:00         Registration of participants (Vienna Diplomatic Academy)

17:15 – 18:30             EU foreign policy in practice: role and citizens rights

–      Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (TBC)

–      Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovakia (confirmed)

–      Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary (TBC)

–      Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (invited)

 Moderator: Christian Ultsch (Die Presse) (confirmed)

19:00                          Solemn opening of the project

–      Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (invited)

–      Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of OSCE (invited)

–      Karl von Habsburg, Austrian Paneuropean Movement (confirmed)

–      Hans Winkler, Vienna Diplomatic Academy (confirmed)

–      Laris Gaiser, Slovenian Paneuroepan Movement (confirmed)

20:00                      Dinner

SATURDAY, 05/10/2013

9:30 – 11:00           EU Foreign Policy

–      Erhard Busek, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (confirmed)

–      Carlo Pelanda, University of Georgia, USA (confirmed)

–      Christian Stadler, University of Vienna (confirmed)

 Moderator: John Hildred, predisent of DASI (confirmed)

11:00 – 11:30         Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00         EU Foreign Policy

–      Boštjan Udovič, University of Ljubljana (confirmed)

–      David Criekemans Hill, University of Antwerpen (confirmed)

–      Frederica Bicchi, London School of Economics (TBC)

 Moderator: Igor Kovač, MAIS (confirmed)

13:00                      End of the conference

14:30 – 16:30         Technical meeting of project partners–      Meeting will be held at the seat of Austrian Paneuropean Movement