CES Academy Part I. Day I (Tuesday 13 th March)

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1 CES Academy Part I Day I (Tuesday 13 th March) 17:00 17:30 Welcome & Introduction Concept and goals of CES Academy. Presentation of the Centre for European Studies (CES) Tomi Huhtanen, CES Director 17:30 18:30 European integration, policies and the question of values (Part I) 19:00 Dinner European integration and its underlying values ( presentation with Q &A ) Roland Freudenstein, CES Deputy Director and Head of Research Presentation with Q & A Da Vincenzo (13, Rue de la Paix, 1050 Bruxelles) Day II (Wednesday 14 th March) 09:00 09:30 Introduction European People s Party from within. The daily work of the EPP Emanuela Farris, Senior Political Adviser 09:30 10:30 Organisation and communication from the centre-right perspective (Part I) From a project to an event José Luis Fontalba, Communication and Marketing Manager (CES) Panos Tasiopoulos, Project Manager (CES) Workshop 11:00 12:00 Leadership of the EPP a word from the President Values of the EPP Wilfried Martens, President of the European People s Party (EPP) and the CES 12:00 13:30 Lunch break 13:30 14:30 Democracy and democratisation from the European perspective (Part I) The Arab Spring what does it mean for Europe? Debate on cooperation with political Islam Roland Freudenstein, CES Deputy Director and Head of Research

2 14:45 15:45 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills (Part I) Presentation of the leadership and the centre-right in the participants countries Florian Hartleb, CES Visiting Fellow Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic, CES Visiting Fellow Presentation of each participant 15:45 16:15 Break 16:15 17:15 European integration, policies and the question of values (Part II) The dynamics of the EPP Kostas Sasmatzoglou, Spokesman of the EPP Presentation with Q & A 17:15 18:15 Organisation and communication from the centre-right perspective (Part II) From a project to an event Jose Luis Fontalba, Communication and Marketing Manager Panos Tasiopoulos, Project Manager (CES) Workshop 19:00 Dinner Anarkali (Rue Longue-Vie 33, 1050 Bruxelles) Day III (Thursday 15 th March) 09:00 09:30 Introduction on The perspectives of the EPP: Ministerial meetings for policy impact Christian Kremer, Deputy Secretary General of the EPP 09:30 10:30 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills (Part II): Presentations, speech writing and debating Florian Hartleb and Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic 10:45 11:45 Democracy and democratisation from the European perspective (Part II): Immigration, asylum and integration Vít Novotný, Research Officer Workshop with Input 12:00 13:30 Lunch break

3 13:30 14:30 Outcome and conclusions of the essay European integration by participants (Florian Hartleb) 14:45 15:45 European integration, policies and the question of values (Part III) Economic governance competing ideas for solving the crisis Stefaan De Corte, Senior Research Officer Workshop with Input 15:45 16:15 Break 16:15 17:15 Organisation and communication from the centre-right perspective (Part III): From a project to an event Jose Luis Fontalba, Communication and Marketing Manager Panos Tasiopoulos, Project Manager Workshop 17:15 18:15 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills (Part III) 19:00 Dinner Debating (socialists, greens, etc.) on a specific policy Florian Hartleb and Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic among participants Boston Café (2, Av de la Toison d'or, Brussels) Day IV (Friday 16 th March) 09:00 09:30 Introduction on The challenge of top-level political events: EPP-summits and congresses Luc Vandeputte, Deputy Secretary General 09:30 10:30 Democracy and democratisation from a European perspective (Part III) The future of representative democracy (populism, all tomorrow s parties etc.) positive and negative scenarios Florian Hartleb 10:45 12:00 Part III: Outcome and conclusions Final evaluation, feedback and open discussion Tomi Huhtanen, CES Director 12:00 13:30 Closing lunch

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5 CES Academy Part II Day I (Tuesday 29 th May) 16:45 17:00 Registration in the CES Office 17:00 17:30 Welcome & Introduction Start of CES Academy Part II: Lessons from Part I, homework between (twitter during EIF etc.) Tomi Huhtanen, CES Director 17:30 18:15 European integration, policies and the question of values Relations with parties and countries outside the EU Nicolas Briec, EPP Secretary of External Relations Presentation with Q & A 19:00 Dinner Food Factory Café Boulevard Anspach, Brussels Day II (Wednesday 30 th May) 08:30 Meeting in front of the European Parliament and entry 09:00 09:40 The European Parliament from inside Finding balance between political forces and institutions Alexandre Stutzmann, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the European Parliament (venue: EP - A3F383 ) 09:40 10:20 Leadership of the EPP a word from the Secretary General The political management of the EPP and an outlook for the EP-elections of 2014 Antonio López-Istúriz MEP, Secretary General of the EPP (venue: EP - A3F383) 10:20 11:00 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills Experience from a political leader Alojz Peterle MEP, former Slovenian Prime Minister (venue: EP - A3F383) 11:00 11:15 Going to the CES Office Page 1 of 4

6 11:15 11:55 The European Parliament from inside 12:00 14:00 Foreign Policy, the dynamics of the Arab Spring and the consequences for the EP Gabriel de Cáceres, Foreign affairs adviser to the EPP Spanish delegation in the EP (Venue: CES Office) Organisation and communication from the centre-right perspective Developing and evaluating a strategy for the EP elections 2014 Kostas Sasmatzoglou, EPP Spokesman (Venue: CES Office) 14:00 15:15 Lunch in the CES Office & analysis of video presentations from CES Academy - Part I 15:15 16:00 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills To be young and ambitious: a way to EU politics Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė MEP (Venue: EPP headquarters) 16:15 18:00 Democracy and democratisation from a European perspective European integration of the Western Balkan Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic, CES Visiting Fellow 18:30 Dinner Brasserie The Beer Factory Place du Luxembourg, Brussels Day III (Thursday 31 st May) 08:30 Meeting in front of the European Parliament and entry 09:00 10:00 The main spectrum of politics How to solve the Eurozone crisis: growth vs austerity Guillaume McLaughlin, Head of Office to President of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament Matthieu Méaulle, Senior Research fellow, Foundation for European Progressive Studies Debate, moderated by Roland Freudenstein, CES Deputy Director and Head of Research (venue: EP A5E-3) Page 2 of 4

7 10:00 10:45 Centre-right leadership, presentation and debating skills Experiences on the national and European level and their interaction Jerzy Buzek MEP, former Polish Prime Minister (venue: EP A5E-3) 11:00 11:45 Visiting Parlamentarium 11:45 12:00 Going to the CES Office 12:00 13:30 Organisation and communication from the centre-right perspective How to do political education and practice? Kinga Szabó, Director of the Robert Schuman Institute, Budapest (venue: CES Office) 13:30 14:45 Lunch in the European Parliament 15:00 16:00 Debate from a European dimension As a MEP: How to defend the European spirit against populism and extremism? Andrey Kovatchev MEP, Vice-Chair of Committee on Foreign Affairs (tbc) (venue: CES office) 16:00 17:30 Democracy and democratisation from the European perspective The new authoritarian and totalitarian systems of today Florian Hartleb 17:30 18:30 European integration, policies and the question of values Economic and Social Policy Stefaan De Corte, CES Senior Research Officer Siegfried Muresan, EPP Political Adviser Presentation with Q & A 19:00 Dinner & Diploma Place de Londres (Resto - bar) 13, place de Londres 1050 Brussels Day IV (Friday 1 st June) 09:00 10:00 European People s Party from inside The role and importance of the youth associations Brenda Furniere, Head of the EPP President's Office Page 3 of 4

8 10:00 11:15 Democracy and democratisation from a European perspective The future of representative democracy (populism, all tomorrow s parties etc.) positive and negative scenarios Florian Hartleb, CES Visiting Fellow 11:15 12:00 Outcome and conclusions 12:00 13:30 Closing lunch Final evaluation, feedback and open discussion Tomi Huhtanen, CES Director Page 4 of 4