This seminar is scheduled to take
place in Minsk,
Belarus, 2-5 June 2004. The main topics
addressed are:
- History and culture in order to
set the background of the discussion – what was common to these countries
and the rest of Europe, what differentiated them.
- Challenges
of the transition period after the Cold War.
- The
relationship to the new EU member-states and most problematic issues (e.g.
cross-border trade between Poland and Ukraine, Visa issues after EU
enlargement)
- Torn
(?) between EU and Russia. Attachment / identity?
Economical and political relations? General orientation?
- Wider
Europe-Neighbourhood new policy of the Commission-opportunities and/or
constraints.
- Simulation
for the implementation of one specific issue in the framework of “Wider
Europe – Neighbourhood: A New Framework for the Relations with our Eastern
and Southern Neighbours” of the European Commission (March 2003)
The conference has been succesfully closed. The
program can be consulted now, with links to given presentations.
A press release from this succesfull conference can be read
here!
