PRE-PRESIDENCY VISIT TO THE CZECH
REPUBLIC, 18-20 NOVEMBER 2008
18 November
Deputy Finance Minister, Tomáš
Zidek: international response to the financial crisis and the
Czech Presidency; Czech Presidency priorities for ECOFIN; environment
and climate within ECOFIN framework.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional
Development, Ministry for Regional Development, Jiøí
Èunek:
EU structural funds; political priorities for regional development
agenda; regional development.
Minister and Chairman of the Legislative Council
of the Government, Cyril Svoboda: Czech Presidency; scrutiny process
in the Czech Republic.
Deputy Education Minister, Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sport, Jakub Dürr: skills agenda; Czech Presidency
priorities.
Dinner at the Embassy with parliamentarians, academics,
journalists and commentators.
19 November
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Ministry of
Industry and Trade, Milan Hovorka: Europe Without Barriers; post-Lisbon;
better regulation from a business perspective.
Chairman of Romea Assocation, Jarmila Balažová,
Executive Director of Romea Association, Zdenìk Ryšavy,
and Head of R-mostry Association, Jakub Èihák: Roma
related issues in the Czech Republic.
Director-General of the European Union Section, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Libor Seèka:
Czech Presidency priorities; enlargement; external relations,
EU-Russia; EU/US - new administration; EU/Israel.
Hejtman of Pilsener region, Milada Emmerová.
Corporate Affairs Manager, Ludìk
Kraus, and Technical Director, Tibor Kovacs, Plzeòský
Prazdroj: Czech exporting industry; enlargement; current economic
challenges.
Dinner in Pilsen with the Mayor, Pavel Rödl,
Deputy Mayors and Mayor's commissioner for EU affairs.
20 November
Deputy Environment Minister, Aleš
Kuták
and UK Desk Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Jan Havlik:
2020 package; carbon capture and storage; post-Kyoto.
