EU YOUTH PARLIAMENT

Organised by the German Institute for Foreign Relations (ifa) in cooperation with: The German Embassy in Belgrade, the Government and Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the EK Mission to Serbia, the Centre for Political Education of Baden-Württemberg, and the Center for Applied Policy Research in Munich.


Thursday, 17.05.07

17.05.07 Arrival of the Serbian trainers and the German project team.
Briefing and distribution of tasks.

Opening

Friday, 18.05.07

By 15.00 Arrival of students at youth hostel and reception

16.00 Arrival of students at Parliament building

17.00 - 18:00 Official opening of the EU Youth Parliament
Welcome for participants and guests at the plenary hall
Mr. Bojan Kostreš , President of the Parliament of the AP Vojvodina,
Mrs. Ursula Seiler-Albring, President of the Institute for Foreign Relations
H. E. Dr. Andreas Zobel, German Ambassador to Serbia,
H. E. Josep M Lloveras, Head of EC Delegation to Serbia
H. E. Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia

18.00 - 19:30 Joint Dinner Reception
EU Ambassadors informally meet with the students


EU-Enlargement - Institutions, Procedures and Issues


19:30 Introductory Lecture into the organization and content of the Simulation, Plenary

20.35 - 22.30 Warming up and preparation

22.30 Transfer to hostel

SIMULATION - ACCESSION AND ASSOCIATON PROCESS


Sat, 19.05.07

07.00 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.15 Transfers to the Parliament

09.00 Introductory and Strategy phase
Working groups with Serbian trainers, Plenary

10.00 Festive opening of the simulation with a reception at the EU Commission, formal applications are handed over

10.15 h - 11.45 First working sessions in EU Institutions

11.45 Press conference - Plenary hall

12.00 Working lunch (student cafeteria)

13.30 Candidate States and Applicant State make their presentations to EU-Bodies

14.30 Second working session at the Institutions, Screening

15.30 Press conference - Plenary hall

16.00 Accession/SAP negotiations - Intergovernmental Conference between the EU Commission, the Council of the European Union and the Candidates and Applicant States

16.45 Third working session - EU bodies vote on Accession / SAA Agreement(s)

17.30 Accession/Association Conference - Joint announcement of Agreements
reached in Plenary hall

18.00 Festive Dinner to commemorate the historic event

18.30 - 20.30 Evaluation (Part 1) in working groups (facilitated by the Serbian trainers)

21.00 Party! - with Presentation of the Exit Music festival

Enlargement - Challenges and Opportunities for Serbia and the Region


Sun, 20.05.07

07.00 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.15 Transfer to the Parliament

09.00 - 10.30 "The Impact on Serbia and Regional Integration"- Evaluation (Part 2) in working groups (facilitated by the Serbian trainers)

10.30 Coffee break for participants
Trainers compile evaluation results

11.00 - 13.00 Festive closing ceremony "Together into Europe. Wishes, Hopes and Visions"
Honorary Guests: MEP Doris Pack, Superior Councillor Monica Presecan (Romania), e.a. (tbd.)
Introduction (5 min TV-Documentary on the Simulation)
Panel discussion (student-panel members and guests) with inputs from the plenary (Communiqué)

13.00: Lunch

Afternoon Departure of participants

Evaluation and follow-up meeting of project-team