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stanbul Bilgi University and The Turkey-EU Association cordially invite you to the conference organized by the Ministry of EU Affairs’ Directorate of Project Implementation on Erasmus and Youth Programs  The talk will be followed by a question and answer session.

The meeting will take place at Okan University’s Kurtköy Campus on April 18 2016 between 10:30 and 12:00. The venue is at room B 306, Faculty of Law building

Introduction

Pre Accession  Financial Assistance

Makbule Okat, Expert

Interim

Erasmus and Youth Programs

Sinem Bölükbaşı, EU Affairs Expert

Questions and Answers

The conference is open to all interested parties and will take place at Özyeğin University on April 15, 2016 between 10:00 and 12:30 at FEAS/AB2 116

Istanbul Bilgi University and The Turkey-EU Association cordially invite you to the conference organized by the Ministry of EU Affairs’ Directorate of Project Implementation on Erasmus and Youth Programs  The talk will be followed by a question and answer session.

12:15-12:30 Introduction

12:30-13:30  Pre Accession  Financial Assistance

Makbule Okat, Expert

13:30- 13:45 Interim

13:45-14:45 Erasmus and Youth Programs

Sinem Bölükbaşı, EU Affairs Expert

14:45-15:00 Questions and Answers

Date: Tuesday, March 22 nd, 2016

Time : 12:15 – 15:00

Venue: İstanbul Bilgi University S antral istanbul Campus, Building: CSM room  201

Adres: Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı
Kazım Karabekir Cad

Institut du Bosphore Senelik Seminerine RFI radyosundan Béatrice Leveillé  katılım göstermiş, Seminerinin bitiminde, 18 Mart saat 14.00’te Hilton’da bir radyo programı çekmeyi arzu etmiştir. Programda Türkiye – AB ilişkileri ve aynı gün gerçekleşen Seminer hakkındaki düşünceler konularının işlenmesi için Yazar Nedim Gürsel’i , İktisat profesörü Seyfettin Gürsel’i, Sarkozy döneminde Bakanlık yapmış Pierre Lellouche ve Turabder başkanı Profesör GülGünver Turan’ı programa davet etmiştir.  

International conference

Draft Agenda

Day 1: 25 February 2016
10:30 – 11:15 Welcome Words and Opening Speeches
11:15 – 13:00 Plenary Session I: Multilateral Dialogue between EU and Enlargement Countries

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Plenary II: Civil Society Heard: National Conventions on European Integration: Case Studies of
Serbia, Montenegro and Albania | Other Consultation and Cooperation Mechanisms

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break 

16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Workshops:
1. Consultation and Cooperation with Public Authorities during the EU accession process
2. Monitoring and Evaluating Change
3. Programming and Monitoring of Financial Assistance – SECO

Day 2: 26 February 2016
09:30 – 11:00 Plenary Session III: Lessons Learnt in EU accession: How to Regain Enlargement Momentum

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Workshops: New Dimension to Assistance to CSOs in the Enlargement Countries
1. Rule of Law
2. Economic Governance and Competitiveness
3. Public Administration Reform

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Planning for the Future – Seven parallel National Sessions (coffee served during sessions)
16:00 – 17:00 Plenary IV: Workshops’ and national sessions’ conclusions and closing remarks

A joint initiative of the Economic Development Foundation (IKV:  http://ikv.org.tr/) and The Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB: http://www.cidob.org/), with the support of The European League for Economic Cooperation ( ELEC: http://www.eleclece.eu/en/) and Obra Social “La Caixa”: (http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/ambitos/becas_es.html )

Turkey has often been depicted as a bridge between Europe and neighbouring regions: the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. In a globalised world, connections are important but the image of a hub reflects, more accurately, Turkey’s strategic position. This international meeting will analyse Turkey’s connecting assets in four different sectors: energy, finances, infrastructures and foreign policy. Thus, experts, governmental officials and representatives of the private sector will analyse existing and potential connections that have Turkey as a centre and connect with other European and regional hubs. This discussion will allow participants to discuss the future of EU-Turkish relations from a strategic angle and assess the current and potential role of Turkey in broader Euro-Mediterranean dynamics.

Day 1, Friday February 5th 2016

15:00: INAUGURATION
Welcome remarks by LECE, CIDOB and IKV
Welcome speech: Volkan Bozkır, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chief EU negotiator

16:00 – 17:30: FIRST SESSION: Turkey as an energy hub:
– Sohbet Karbuz, Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie, Paris (to be confirmed)
– Yagiz Eyuboglu, Head of Koc Holding Energy Group, Chairman of TISK
– A member of the European Commission

Coffee break

18:00 – 19:30: SECOND SESSION: Turkey as a financial hub:
– Fabian Briegel, Joined the Country Risk Research team, Rabobank, Utrecht
– Yavuz Canevi, Chiarman of Turkish Economy Bank, Former Governor of Turkish Central Bank,
– Jorge Sicilia, Chief economist, BBVA, Istanbul-Madrid

Day 2, Saturday February 6th 2016

9:30 – 11:00 THIRD SESSION: Turkey as an infrastructure, communications and logistics hub:
– Yiğit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
– A representative of the Turkish private sector
– Çetin Nuhoğlu, Chairman of International Transporters Association
– François Begerot, DG Mobility and Transport, European Commission (to be confirmed)

Coffee break

11:30 – 13:15: Turkey as a production and service hub
– Antonio Martins da Cruz, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Lisbon
– Güven Sak, Director of TEPAV
– Haluk Nuray, Brussels/EU Representative, IKV

13:15 – 14:00: CLOSING REMARKS
Keynote speech: HansJorg Haber, Head of the European Union delegation in Turkey

List of attended Official Meetings of EMI and list of some of the Meetings where Papers were presented by our members

1. Informal exchange of views and study visit of Turkish NGOs to the Council of Europe and its Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations  1-2 December 2016 Palais l’Europe, room 13 . topics which were covered are as follows: Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Freedom of the media, Human Rights and Civil Rights – Advocacy and Defenders, Education & Teachers, Schools, Businesses and Social Services, Civil Society and participation in decision-making, Concluding session:  Some Recommendations for Co-operation between CoE and Turkish Civil Society

2. EMI’s Council Meeting 2016 Brussels November 25, 2016

3. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s Foundation and Mediterravenir’s Meeting: « Osons la réussite au féminin ensemble femmes du sud, femmes du nord». 14-15 November 2016, Gammarth, Tunisia where Turabder was invited and officially represented by our member Dilara Akan who presented a paper

4. E.M. int’s Head of Office Meeting, Brussels October 6, 2016 where the President and the general Secretary were present

5. Fondation du Dialogue Sud-Nord Mediterraneen’s Meeting on Ensuring that  no Rural Communities are Left Behind,  October 27-28 , 2016 Rome where our President was invited to chair a meeting.

6. Panel RC51.05: Civil Society and Political Economy: A Comparative Perspective , 24th World Congress of Political Science International Political Science Association 23-28 July 2016 in Poznan, Poland where  our President  Prof. Turan chaired a meeting and presented a paper.

7. European Movement Macedonia & Central European Initiative’s Conference on European Values Faced  with Migration and Refugee Crises (Skopje, 19-20 Sep. 2016) where our President gave a paper and our executive committee member Deniz Senol Sert gave a presentation.

8. ELEC’s meeting on The future of international trade, investments and trade negotiations held in Milan, Italy, June 17, 2016 where our President attended the meeting.

9. European Movement int’s General Assembly Meeting ,The Hague , May 29, 2016 attended by our President and our General Secretary.

10. Radio France Inter interview on the  EU, France and Turkey (18-03-2016)

Béatrice Leveillé  radio program with the participation of  the writer Nedim Gürsel, Seyfettin Gürsel, the ex French Minister during Sarkozy’s presidency Mr. Pierre Lellouche and Turabder’s president Professor Gül Günver Turan.

11. “Institut du Bosphore’s” Annual Seminar entitled “Turkey, France, EU: Staying on Course. Istanbul, held on 18-03-2016 where our President  presented her personal view on Turkey EU Relations

Dr. Deniz Sert, who is a member of the executive committee of Turabder and associate professor of International Relations at Ozyegin University, has made a presentation entitled ‘How (not) to be a refugee in Turkey’. Her talk focused on the problems faced by Syrians, who are under temporary protection, and other asylum seekers, who are under some kind of international protection in Turkey with regard to health, education, and work conditions. Dr. Sert underlined the fact that the public opinion  in Turkey was not interested in these problems and not fully informed.. She  emphasized that Turkey is a country of immigration, and migration should not be treated as a problem, but as an opportunity as long as  policies of migration are well formulated and applied..