Information available at: http://www.conference.sejm.gov.pl
Access badges will be prepared on the basis of the list of registered participants and distributed at the Reception desks in the hotels.
Sunday evening - 21 February 2010
18.50 Departure from the Mercure Grand Hotel
19.00 Departure from the Sheraton Hotel
Warsaw sightseeing - guided tour (English, French)
20.00-21.30 Informal Dinner at the CHŁOPSKIE JADŁO Restaurant
1, Plac Konstytucji (map)
www.chlopskiejadlo.pl/onas.php
21.45 (around) return to the hotels
PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE
Warsaw, 22-23 February 2010
Venue: main building of the Senate - Plenary Hall
Monday 22 February
8.15 Departure from the hotels
The Mercure Hotel (map)
The Sheraton Hotel (map)
8.00 - 9.00
Registration - Senate Building - B II Entrance (second floor, in front of the Plenary Hall of the Senate) (map)
9.00 - 12.30 PANEL I
Subsidiarity monitoring - When? In what form?
Moderator: Lech Czapla - Acting Secretary General of the Sejm
9.00 - 9.15 Opening address of the Marshals of the Sejm and the Senate
9.15 - 9.45 Lecture: Prof. Cezary Mik (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Bureau of Research Chancellery of the Sejm) The functions of National Parliaments after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
9.45 - 10.15 Post-lecture debate
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 11.05 Report: Parliamentary scrutiny of compliance of EU legislative acts with the principle of subsidiarity, Bureau of Research, Chancellery of the Sejm
11.05 - 11.25 Comments on the Report: prof. dr hab. Maciej Szpunar (University of Silesia), prof. dr hab. Artur Nowak-Far (Warsaw School of Economics, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw)
11.25 - 11.35 Communication: Dan Matei, Head of Office, Secretariat of the Committee on European Affairs (Romania, Chamber of Deputies) Different ways of the Parliaments in the adaptation to subsidiarity test
11.35 - 12.30 Discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch at the HAWEŁKA Restaurant, Sejm building "K"
13.30 - 16.30 PANEL II
Active contribution to the good functioning of the EU
To evaluate and scrutinise or to co-create?
Moderator: Loreta Raulinaityte - COSAC Secretariat
13.30 - 14.00 Lecture: Prof. Artur Nowak-Far (Warsaw School of Economics, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw) The passerelle procedure
14.00 - 14.45 Post-lecture debate
14.45 - 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 - 15.35 Lecture: Michel Quillé, Deputy Director of Europol
15.35 - 15.45 Communication: Mariusz Skowroński, National Member for Poland in Eurojust, Impact of national parliaments on the improvment of functioning in the area of freedom, security and justice with particular emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of Eurojust
15.45 - 15.55 Communication: Michael Hilger, Political Committee Secretary, the WEU Assembly National Parliaments and the Common Security and Defence Policy
15.55 - 16.30 Discussion
16.35 Departure for the hotels
The Mercure Hotel (map)
The Sheraton Hotel (map)
18.40 Departure from the Mercure Grand Hotel for dinner
18.50 Departure from the Sheraton Hotel for dinner
19.00 - 21.00 Dinner hosted by Ewa Polkowska - Secretary General of the Senate
and Lech Czapla - Acting Secretary General of the Sejm
DELICJA POLSKA Restaurant
45, Krakowskie Przedmieście (map)
www.delicjapolska.pl
21.30 (around) Arrival at the hotels
Tuesday 23 February
8.30 Departure from the hotels
9.00 - 12.00 PANEL III
EU parliaments' cooperation system
- With whom? Together or separately?
Moderator: Bengt Ohlsson - Permanent Representative of the Swedish Parliament to the EU Institutions
9.00 - 9.30 Lecture: Loreta Raulinaityte, Permanent Member of COSAC Secretariat The role of the COSAC in the EU interparliamentary cooperation - ongoing debate
9.30 - 9.40 Communication: Olev Aarma, Head of the Secretariat EU Affairs Committee (Estonia, Riigikogu) Can working system be made better?
9.40 - 10.15 Discussion
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 11.15 Lecture: Richard Mongin Forrest, Central Support IPEX Exchanging EU information between national parliaments after the Treaty of Lisbon
11.15 - 11.25 Communication: Paolo Visca, EU Department (Italy, Chamber of Deputies) "Cooperation system": one step beyond
11.25 - 11.35 Communication: Mario Ruse, Adviser, General Directorate for Foreign Affairs (Romania, Chamber of Deputies) Better implementation of the best practices of different EU national parliaments
11.35 - 12.00 Discussion
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch at the Restaurant in the Sejm Hotel
13.00 - 13.30 short tour of the Sejm
13.30 - 17.00 PANEL IV
New tasks of parliamentary administration
- Adaptation or reform?
Moderator: Leszek Kieniewicz - Director, Office for International and European Union Affairs, Chancellery of the Senate
13.30 - 14.00 Lecture: Andrew Makower, Clerk to the EU Committee (United Kingdom, House of Lords) Life after Lisbon: adapting administrative arrangements
14.00 - 14.20 Lecture: Dr Hinrich Schröder, Consultant (Bundestag) New tasks for the parliamentary administration after the Treaty of Lisbon
14.20 - 14.50 Lecture: Carsten U. Larsen, Secretary General of the Folketinget
14.50 - 15.00 Communication: Adriana Costescu, Head of Department for Parliamentary Studies and EU Law (Romania, Chamber of Deputies) Challenges and opportunities for the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 - 16.45 Post-lecture debate
16.45 - 17.00 Closing remarks by Ewa Polkowska (Secretary General of the Senate)
End of the Conference
