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KICK-OFF Conference
From Istanbul to Brussels: Dialogue on Turkey’s accession to the EU
*to be held in the framework of the project “Mobilizing Local Networks for a better Informed Dialogue on Turkey’s Accession to the EU” (ACCESS-TR)
3/4 March 2009
Fondation Universitaire Rue d’Egmont 11, 1000 Brussels
This Kick-Off Conference in Brussels is the starting point of a one-year project named ACCESS-TR, implemented by the Center for European Studies (CES) of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in co-operation with the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), which aims to promote the active participation of local and regional stakeholders in the process of Turkey’s accession to the EU.
The aim of the Kick-Off Conference is to bring to Brussels a number of key multipliers of the ACCESS-TR project and its outreach, to discuss the challenges and benefits of former enlargements as well as recent developments in the relations between the European Union and Turkey, and to familiarise the participants with the impact of enlargement on the European institutions. By bringing together actors from Turkey, representatives of the European Institutions and stakeholders of Turkish interest representation in Brussels TEPSA and CES seek to obtain sustainable partnerships after the end of the project. The kick-off conference thus follows the goal of identifying challenges and benefits which are common to every enlargement round due to the process of Europeanization and adaptations to supranational structures, and conceptualizing the specific characteristics for the case of Turkey.
Following the Kick-Off conference held in Brussels the ACCESS-TR project will comprise workshops in Samsun, Antalya and Gaziantep which will each focus on four topics (Single Market; Gender issues across social protection, education policies and regional development strategies; Notions of inclusive citizenship linked to the debates on European citizenship; Ways of conducting foreign policy in the European Union); a Final conference in Istanbul; Virtual Teaching Units; a project website, and Policy Briefings (representing summaries of research on “EU-Turkey relations and the functioning of the EU”; “History and key features of EU enlargement rounds”; “Single European Market, Customs Union and consumer protection”; “Gender perspectives: Social protection, education policies and regional development strategies”; “Citizenship”; “Foreign Policy in the European Union and joint interests with Turkey”).
Draft Programme
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome Yvonne NASSHOVEN, Executive Director, TEPSA
Atila ERALP, Director, Middle East Technical University (METU)
9.45 Introductory speech H.E. Ambassador Volkan BOZKIR, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU
Answers and Questions
10.15 Coffee Break
Session I The EU and Turkey: Where do we stand?
10.30 Chair Atila ERALP, Director, Middle East Technical University (METU)
Introductory speech
Heather GRABBE, Executive Director, Open Society Institute Brussels; former member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Olli Rehn
Comments
Andrew DUFF, MEP, Vice Chairman of the EP’s EU-Turkey Delegation, European Parliament, member of TEPSA Board
Bahadir KALEAGASI, Representative to the EU, Turkish Industrialists’ & Business Association (TUSIAD)
Ahmet EVIN, Sabanci University, Istanbul Policy Centre
Discussion
12.30 Lunch
Session II Lessons from the past? Insights from the 2004/07 enlargement round
13.30 Chair Andrew O’ROURKE, Head of Enlargement Working Group, member of Executive Committee, IIEA
Impulse-Presentations
Economic and financial challenges and benefits from enlargement Krisztina VIDA, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for World Economics, Budapest
How has EU membership shaped foreign policy structures/attitudes? Sabina KAJNC, Research Fellow, Centre of International Relations, University of Ljubljana
The EU’s impact on social cohesion and regional development Liviu MURESAN, Executive President, European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management (EURISC), Bucharest
Discussion
15.30 Coffee Break
Session III The functioning of the enlarged EU
16.00 Chair Jan ROOD, Head of the Clingendael European Studies Programme, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague
Effects of past enlargements on the EU’s decision-making process Sebastian KURPAS, Head of Section and Research Fellow, CEPS
Effects of past enlargements on the EU’s Institutions Pierpaolo SETTEMBRI, Administrator, Council of the European Union
A projection
What would a future enlargement of Turkey mean for the EU’s institutions? Andrew O’ROURKE, Head of Enlargement Working Group, member of Executive Committee, IIEA
Discussion
18.00 end of 1st day
20.00 The role of research and media in the EU enlargement process Dinner speech Julian OLIVER, Secretary-General, Fondation EurActiv, Brussels
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Session IV Turkish insights on challenges and benefits in the EU enlargement process
09.00 Chair Gianni BONVICINI, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Member of TEPSA’s Board
Perspectives from academics and practitioners from Turkey
Bulent OZCAN, EU Expert, Prime Ministry, Secretariat General for EU Affairs
*Vural ÖGER, MEP, member of the EP’s EU-Turkey Delegation, European Parliament
Aslihan TEKIN, Head of Brussels Office, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey
Cengiz GÜNAY, Researcher, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna
Discussion
10.30 Coffee Break
Session V Round Table: Effects of Media and Communication Strategies on Turkey’s Accession to the EU
11.00 Chair Dick LEONARD, European Voice/The Bulletin, Brussels
Introductory speeches
Maurice GUYADER, Public Relations Office, Information and communication Unit, Dir A – Enlargement Policy and communication, DG Enlargement, European Commission
Thomas GRUNERT, Head of Unit “Interparliamentary Delegations - European Countries”, DG ExPo, General Secretariat of the European Parliament
Selda PAYDAK, Press & Information Manager, Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey
Nazlan ERTAN, EU Info Centre, Ankara
Gizem KOLBASI, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Guldener SONUMUT, NTV Brussels Office Representative
13.00 Closing remarks Krisztina VIDA, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for World Economics, Budapest
Atila ERALP, Director, Middle East Technical University (METU)
13.30 Lunch
14.30 end of 2nd day
* speakers to be confirmed
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ODTÜ Avrupa Çalışmaları Merkezi (CES), "İstanbul'dan Brüksel'e: Türkiye'nin AB üyeliği üzerine diyalog" başlıklı konferans düzenliyor. Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) ile birlikte Brüksel'de düzenlenecek konferans; siyasetçi, akademisyen, uzman ve gazetecileri bir araya getirecek. Konferans, AB Komisyonu tarafından desteklenen ACCESS-TR projesi kapsamında yaşama geçiriliyor.
