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European Economic and Social Committee
Group III “Various Interests”
Extraordinary meeting of the Bureau of Group III
Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
Nicolae Balcescu Hall
Izvor Street, no.2-4, sector 5, Bucharest
Thursday 11 & Friday 12 October 2007
"An open dialogue between the members of Group III
and civil society organisations in Romania"
Thursday 11 October
12.00 – 12.30 Registration
12. 30–13. 30 Tour of the ParliamentPalace– the former "House of the People"
13. .30 – 14. .00 / Opening session
  • Adoption of the agenda
  • Opening statement by Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of Group III - EESC
  • Welcoming remarks by MrBogdan Olteanu, President, Chamber of Deputies
  • Statement by MrCristian Pîrvulescu,President of Pro Democratia and Member of the Bureau of Group III– EESC

14. 00 – 16. 00 / Panel I: Chaired by Mr Staffan Nilsson
"The Future of Europe: the reform of the constitutional treaty"
  • MrAdrian Ciocanea, Secretary of State, Department for European Affairs
  • Mr Vasile Puscas, Member of the Romanian Parliament, Former member of the European Parliament and Chief Negotiator with the EC
  • Mr Bogdan Hosu,President of Cartel Alfa, Member in the Romanian Economic and Social Council
  • Mr Luca Jahier,Head of the International Department and Board memberof the Italian Christian Workers Association (ACLI),Vice-President of Group III
  • MrVictor Negrescu,Asociatia Studentilor Francofoni
General debate
16. 00 – 16. 30 / Coffee break
16. 30 – 18 .00 / Panel II: Chaired by Mr Ionut Sibian, Director, Civil Society Development Foundation, Member of Group III
"The role of civil society organisations in policy-making process"
  • Romanian electoral system reform – MrMihai Voicu, President of the Parliamentary Committee for Electoral Legislation
  • Romanian model of social contracting – MrOctavian Rusu, Civil Society Development Foundation - CSDF
  • The NGOs coalition for a Clean Parliament/National Agency for Integrity – MrMircea Toma, Director, Agentia de Monitorizarea Presei
  • Social economy perspectives for Romania – MrsLaila Onu, Pentru Voi Foundation
General debate
Friday 12 October
9.30 – 11.30 / Panel III: Chaired by Mr Staffan Nilsson
"NGOs and the social partners – the way to a consensus society"
  • MrsLavinia Andrei,President, Terra Milenium III Foundation, Member of Group III
  • MrStefan Varfalvi, Member of Group I
  • Mr Petru Dandea, Vice–President of Cartel Alfa, Member of Group II
  • Mrs Grace Attard, Vice-President of the National Council of Women (Malta), Member of the Bureau of Group III
General debate
11.30 – 12.00 / Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 / Panel IV: Chaired by Mr Miklós Barabás, Director, European House, member of the Hungarian Economic and Social Council, Vice-President of Group III
"Civil society representativity in the Romanian Economic and Social Council: what lessons for the EESC?"
  • Mr Minel Ivascu, Vice–President of Blocul National Sindical, Member of Group II
  • Mr Janós Tóth,President of the Hungarian Economic and Social Council, President of the TEN section, member of Group III
  • Mr Lucien Bouis,Administrator, National Union of Family Associations (France), former member of the FrenchEconomic and Social Council, Member Group III
  • MrRadu Nicosevici, President, Advocacy Academy, EESC, Member Group III
Conclusions and date of the next meeting
13.00 – 14.30 / Lunch hosted jointly by Pro Democratia and the Civil Society Development Foundation

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In collaboration with the Romanian Chamber of Deputies