Draft programme: meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, 4-5 September 2008

AS/Mig/Migr (2008) 01 Rev.
29 August 2008

COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND POPULATION

Sub-Committee on Migration

Draft programme
of the meeting to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine,
from Thursday 4 September (8.00 am) to Saturday 6 September 2008 (12 noon)
International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv (Conference Hall No. 1.)
Brovarskiy Avenue 15, Kyiv

Wednesday 3 September 2008

 Arrival of participants

Thursday 4 September 2008

08:00 Registration of participants

09:00-18:30 Participation in the  8th Conference of European Ministers responsible for Migration Affairs: "Economic migration, social cohesion and development: towards an integrated approach"
 See programme of the Conference

20:00 Dinner

Friday 5 September 2008

09:00-13:00 Participation in the  8th Conference of European Ministers responsible for Migration Affairs: "Economic migration, social cohesion and development: towards an integrated approach" (Continued) – See programme of the Conference

All information concerning the Conference is on the internet site (participation,  transport, hotels, programme, practical information, etc.): 
http://8emc.mvc-expo.com.ua

15:00-18:00 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON ECONOMIC MIGRATION, SOCIAL COHESION AND DEVELOPMENT (organised in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)

              Chair: Mr Mevlüt CAVUSOGLU, (Turkey, EDG) Chair of the Sub-Committee on Migration.

15:10 Opening of the Forum

Opening Speeches:
- Mr Yurii HNATKEVYCH, Member of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
- Mr Hryhoriy NEMYRIA, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Organisation Committee of the Ministerial Conference, Ukraine 

Keynote speakers:
- Mr Tobias BILLSTRÖM, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy of the Ministry of Justice, Sweden, Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Mr. Gérard DEPREZ, Member of the European Parliament, Belgium, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament
 
Questions and answers

16:20 Ukrainian migration policies

Opening:
- Mr Yuriy LUTSENKO, Minister of Internal Affairs, Ukraine

- Mrs Oksana BILOZIR, member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Rapporteur on “European expatriates: relations to their countries of origin”  (Ukraine, EPP), on the role of Ukrainian diaspora.

Exchange of views

17:15  Final Declaration of the 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Migration Affairs: ways forward

Introduction by:
- Mrs Corien W. A. JONKER, Chair, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Netherlands, EPP)
- Mr Yavuz MILDON, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (Turkey, EPP)

Exchange of views

Closing:

- Mr Ivan POPESCU, Chair, Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

18:00      End of the meeting

19:00     Dinner offered by the Ukrainian delegation to PACE
 Hotel Natsionalny

Saturday 6 September 2008

10:00-12:00 Cultural visit of the Kyiv-Percherska Lavra and Saint Sophia Sanctuaries
 Departure 09.30 from Hotel Rus, 09.45 from Hotel President
 
 Departure of participants