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Seminář - Nordic countries and European integration: past, present and future

11. dubna 2012 13:00
11 Dub

Ve středu 11. dubna se za účasti představitelů velvyslanectví severských států uskutečnil odborný seminář věnovaný severským zemím a jejich evropské integraci.

 

Program:

Introductory words (13:00 - 13:15)
  • Josef Šíma, President of CEVRO Institute
  • Jens Eikaas, Ambassador of Norway (representing Nordic presidency 2012)
BLOCK 1:
Hesitant Europeans? Ambiguities of Nordic countries attitudes and actions in regard to European integration (13:15 - 15:15)
  • Key Note: Nordic countries and the European integration from
  • a historical perspective (Miloš Brunclík, CEVRO Institute)
  • Key Note: Nordic countries and the EU: From hesitancy and opt-outs into influence and making a difference? (Rikard Bengtsson, University of Lund)
  • Denmark – for the 7th time as EC/EU Presidency: Danish perspectives on the EU (Lars Kjellberg, Deputy Head of the Embassy of Denmark)
  • Finland – the only Nordic in the euro: Finnish perspectives on the EU (Päivi Hiltunen-Toivio, Ambassador of Finland)
  • Sweden – from “Reluctant European” into a team player: Swedish perspectives on the EU (Annika Jagander, Ambassador of Sweden)
  • Norway – both inside and outside: Norwegian perspectives on the EU (Jens Eikaas, Ambassador of Norway)
  • Iceland’s EU accession process: state of play; Icelandic perspectives on the EU (Stefán Skjaldarson, Ambassador of Iceland)
  • Discussion
  • Coffee break: (15:15 - 15:30)
BLOCK 2:
A new renaissance (and rejecting earlier “taboos”) of Nordic cooperation – in a regionalizing Europe? (15:30 - 16:45)
  • Nordic institutional cooperation today – its structures, focuses, outreach and added value (Kenneth Broman, Nordic Council of Ministers)
  • Nordic informal foreign, security and defence policy cooperation (Rikard Bengtsson, University of Lund)
  • The role of regional cooperation in the EU? – Nordic cooperation as a model for Visegrad? (Mats Braun, Institute of International Relations, Prague)
  • Regional security cooperation as the spirit of the times? Comparing the Nordic and Visegrad cooperation efforts (Jan Jireš, Prague Centre of Transatlantic Relations – CEVRO Institute)
  • Discussion
Reception (16:45 - 17:45)

Program ke stažení

Odborný seminář se koná za laskavé podpory velvyslanectví severských států a Mladých konzervativců.

V případě Vašeho zájmu se, prosíme, registrujte prostřednictvím e-mailu konference@vsci.cz.

Na semináří bude možné také zakoupit knihu Skandinávie. Proměny severské politiky z prestižní ediční řady CEVRO Institut Academic Press.