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27th Meeting of the
EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
Stockholm, Sweden
1–2 December 2009
PROGRAMME
Venue: Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden Interpreting: SV/FR/EN/Turkish
Hotellvägen 1
133 83 Saltsjöbaden - Stockholm

30 November

8 p.m. Welcome reception (Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden)

1 December

9-11 a.m. Opening session - Organised civil society and Turkey's accession process

·  Welcome addresses by Co-chairs:

-  Mr Boyle

-  Mr Kudatgobilik

·  Intervention by Mr Nilsson, President of the various interest group of the European Economic and Social Committee

·  Intervention by Ms Malmström, Minister for EU Affairs of Sweden

·  Intervention by Mr Bağış, Minister for EU Affairs and the Chief Negotiator of Turkey

·  Intervention by Mrs Cas Granje, Director, DG Enlargement, European Commission

·  Questions from the floor

11 -11.30 a.m. Coffee break

11.30 a.m.-1 p.m. 1st working session

·  Adoption of the draft agenda

·  Approval of the minutes of the 26th meeting of the EU-Turkey JCC held on 27-28 April 2009 in Istanbul

The informal economy in Turkey and the EU

·  Rapporteur: Mr Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of TOBB, member of the JCC

·  Rapporteur: Mr Greif, member of the JCC

·  Intervention by Mr Akin, member of TÜSİAD

·  Intervention by Mr Atalay, General Financial Secretary of TÜRK-İŞ

·  Debate

1-2.30 p.m. Lunch

2.30-4.30 p.m. 2nd working session:

The consequences of the economic and financial crisis on the EU and Turkey

·  Intervention by Mr Keskin, Secretary General, Turkish Bankers Union, member of the JCC

·  Intervention by Mr Nyberg, Swedish Trade Union Confederation, member of the EESC

·  Debate

6.30 p.m. Departure by boat from the hotel to the restaurant

8 p.m. Dinner at "Berns Salonger" (Berzelii Park, Stockholm City Centre)

2 December

9.30-12 p.m. 3rd working session:

Women's rights and role in the EU and Turkey

·  Intervention by Ms Esengül Civelek, Director General for Women’s Status

·  Intervention by Ms Ilkkaracan, Founding Member, Platform for Women's Labor and Employment (KEIG), Associate Professor of Economics, Istanbul Technical University

·  Intervention by Mr Palandöken, President of TESK, member of the JCC

·  Rapporteur: Ms Onanç, KAGİDER, member of the JCC

·  Rapporteur: Mr Olsson, member of the JCC

·  Debate

12-1.30 p.m. Lunch

1.30-2 p.m. Adoption of the final declaration

SEMINAR
COMMUNICATING TURKEY
The image of Turkey and its EU accession
Stockholm, 2 December 2009
Venue: Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden Interpreting: SV/FR/EN/Turkish
Hotellvägen 1
133 83 Saltsjöbaden - Stockholm

2.30 p.m. Opening Session

·  Welcome by Mr Boyle and Mr Kudatgobilik, Co-chairs of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee

Round table discussion

How can Turkey's EU accession be better communicated in the members states and what role for civil society organisations in Turkey and the EU?

Moderator: Ms Holago, columnist, Svenska Dagbladet

·  Intervention by Ms Elcim, President, Turkish Association of Students and Academics in Sweden

·  Intervention by Mr Kiresepi, Member of the External Relations Committee of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK)

·  Intervention by Mr Langdal, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)

·  Intervention by Ms Tinç, columnist at Hürriyet newspaper

·  Debate

6 p.m. End of the Seminar

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