Draft Programme

 

UNI Dufour
Address: Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Genève, Switzerland

 

Thursday 12^th October 2006 

 

17.00              EGP Committee meeting

 

Friday 13^th October 2006 

 

09.00 - 17.00  Fringe meetings

17.30 – 18.00  Welcome

• Ruth Genner, President Grüne/Les Verts, Switzerland
• Ulrike Lunacek, EGP Spokesperson
• Monica FRASSONI, Co-President, Greens in EP

18.00 - 18.15   Keynote Speech

Micheline CALMY-REY, Minister External Affairs, Swiss Government

18.15 – 20.15  "Human Rights in times of Terrorism: The European Policy"

Introduction and moderation: Claudia ROTH, MP German Greens

• Karin Lukas, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-President Greens in EP
• Jean Lambert, MEP Greens in EP

 

Saturday, 14^th October 2006 

 

09.30- 09.35   Dissolve EFGP "association de fait" (Vienna)

09.35 – 11.00  "A Green Future for Europe"

Moderator: Philippe LAMBERTS, EGP Spokesperson

Key note speech: Dominique Voynet, Presidential Candidate, France

• Enlargement:
  • Ulrike Lunacek, MP, EGP Spokesperson
  • Pierre Jonckheer, MEP
• Social Politics:
  • Dariusz Szwed, Zieloni 2004, Poland
  • Ville NIINISTÖ, Vihreat, Finland
• Institutional Aspects:
  • Monica Frassoni, Co-President, Greens in EP
  • Ingrid Visseren, GroenLinks
• Environment: 
  • Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Minister of Environment, Italy (invited)
  • Martin BURSIK, Czech Republic

11.00 – 12.30  Discussion and voting on Future of Europe resolution – amendments

Presentation of text: Reinhard Bütikofer, co-president German Greens

     0. Preamble

1. Chapter 1: Analysis of current state of the EU
2. Chapter 2: The Green political vision on Europe's future:  
3. Chapter 3: Concrete Policies: introduction according to issue
4. Chapter 4: European Democracy
5. Chapter 5: How to re-launch the constitutional process
6. Conclusions: Juan BEHREND, SG

12.30 – 14.30  Lunch    

14.30 – 16.00  Continuation of voting and amendments Future of Europe

16.00 – 16.15  Coffee break

16.15 – 18.00 The Charter of European Greens
                       Presentation and adoption

Moderator: Ulrike Lunacek, EGP Spokesperson
Key note speech: Philippe LAMBERTS, EGP Spokesperson
Daniel Brélaz, Green Mayor Lausanne
Dr. Michaele SCHREYER, former member of the European Commission

18.00 – 18.30  Federation of Young European Greens – Future is now

18.30               Conclusions – Ulrike Lunacek, EGP Spokesperson

19.00              End of Congress

20.00 - …      Buffet and party at Salle communale de Plainpalais, rue de Carouge 52, Geneva – open                          end. Invitation by Swiss and Geneva Green party, Canton and City of Geneva

 

Sunday, 15^th October 2006 

 

09.30 – 13.00       Possibility of holding workshops (parallel with council meeting). 

                             More details will be published closer to date.

09.30 – 13.00       Council meeting – Uni-Dufour