10h00

Registration of participants

Welcome desk in the Kumu

Venue: Weizenbergi 34/Valge 1

10h30

Departure from the hotels to the Kumu

11h -12h00

Meeting of the secretaries of national delegations

14h15

Departure from the hotels to the Kumu

15h -15h10

Opening of the Conference by

Mr. Toomas Varek, President of the Riigikogu, Estonia

15h10 -15h20

Introductory speech by Mr. René van der Linden

President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

15h20-15h30

Address by Mr. Josep Borrell, President of the European Parliament

15h30 -19h00

Theme 1

“Bridge – building through Parliamentary Diplomacy”

Mr. Björn von Sydow, Speaker of the Riksdag, Sweden

Mr. Herman De Croo, President of the House of Representatives, Belgium

Debate

19h40

Departure from the hotels to the reception

20h00

Reception for all participants hosted by Mr. Toomas Varek,

8h00

Departure from the hotels to the Kumu

08h30 –10h00

Meeting of Secretaries General

10h00

Departure from the hotels to the Kumu

10h30 – 13h00

Theme 2

“Role of parliaments in promoting pluralistic democracy at home and abroad”

Keynote speakers:

Mrs. Anna Psarouda –Benaki, President of the House of Parliament, Greece

Ms. Nino Burjanadze, President of the Parliament of Georgia

Debate

End of the sitting

Photo of the Speakers and Presidents

13h00

Buffet lunch for all participants hosted by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the Kumu

15h00

Debate (continues)

17h00

Conclusions

17h30

End of the Conference

Return to the hotels

18h40

Departure from the hotels to the reception

19h00

Reception hosted by Mr. Arnold Rüütel,

President of the Republic of Estonia

Venue: Kadriorg Palace-Foreign Art Museum, Weizenbergi 37

Return to the hotels

6h30

Departure from the hotels for the Port of Tallinn

8h00

Departure for Helsinki by boat