FOURTH ORDINARY SESSION March Yerevan, Armenia

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1 Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire Euronest Parlamentarische Versammlung Euronest Парламентская Aссамблея Евронест FOURTH ORDINARY SESSION March 2015 Yerevan, Armenia Draft Programme Coordination: SECRETARIAT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIA Ms Sabina MAZZI ZISSIS Head of Unit sabina.mazzi@ep.europa.eu Ms Caroline CARPELAN Senior assistant Tel. (32 2) caroline.carpelan@ep.europa.eu Ms Simona MOROIANU Assistant Tel. (32 2) simona.moroianu@ep.europa.eu Mr Victor BIYAGOV Head of Foreign Relations Department Tel v.biyagov@parliament.am Ms Karine SHIMSHIRYAN Chief Specialist of the Foreign Relations Department, Head of the Secretariat Tel karine.shimshiryan@parliament.am 19 February 2015 SMZ/CC

2 Sunday 15 March Briefing of the EP Delegation with the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, HE Mr Traian HRISTEA, and other EUMS Ambassadors Venue: Marriott Hotel,...Hall (TBC also at 18.00: Meeting of the Eastern component of the Euronest PA Venue:...) Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, TBC (upon invitation only) Venue:... Monday 16 March Meeting with representatives of NGOs and Civil Society Forum National Platforms from the Eastern Partner countries Venue: Hotel Ani Plaza Departure to Tsitsernakaberd Visit to the Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide and the Museum of the Armenian Genocide Wreath Laying ceremony Departure to the National Assembly and Buffet lunch Meeting of the Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies Meeting of the Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs, 2

3 Education, Culture and Civil Society Meeting of the Committee on Energy Security Dinner hosted by the Armenian Delegation to the Euronest PA (by invitation only) Venue:... Tuesday 17 March 2015 As of Welcoming desk - distribution of badges Arrival of Members of Parliaments from the Eastern Partner countries and the European Parliament (coffee opportunity) Venue: Meeting of the Bureau of the Euronest PA (in camera) Informal meetings of the political families: EPP - Venue: in the headquarters of the "Republican Party of Armenia" : 2, Melik-Adamyan Street, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia ( followed by Lunch) S&D - Venue: in the headquarters of "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" Party : 30, Hanrapetutyan Street, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia (followed by lunch) ALDE - Venue: in the headquarters of "Armenian National Congress", 38, Saryan Street, Yerevan 0002, Republic of Armenia ( followed by lunch) ECR - Venue: in the headquarters of "Prosperous Armenia" Party, 9, Admiral Isakov Avenue, Republic of Yerevan 0015, Armenia ( followed by lunch) 3

4 Meeting of the Working Group on Belarus (in camera) 11.15: Departure of Bureau Members for a meeting with the President of the Republic, followed by lunch Venue: Presidential Administration TBC ***** Buffet lunch opportunity for those present in the National Assembly Welcoming desk - distribution of badges Arrival of Members of Parliaments from the Eastern Partner countries, from the European Parliament and of the observers from the EU national Parliaments of the Troika Member States and from the other Institutions Venue: National Assembly th Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly First working session Formal opening by Mr Galust SAHAKYAN, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Address by HE Mr Serzh SARGSYAN, President of the Republic of Armenia Address by Mr Ryszard CZARNECKI, Vice-President of the European Parliament, on behalf of Mr Martin SCHULZ, President of the European Parliament Address by Mr Borys TARASYUK, Co-President of the Euronest PA Address by Mrs Heidi HAUTALA, Co-President of the Euronest PA (Address by Mrs Federica MOGHERINI, HighRepresentative/VicePresident, TBC) *** Family photo and "Euronest tree" planting ceremony *** Continuation of the session Dinner hosted by Mr Galust SAHAKYAN, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly (by invitation only) Venue: Restaurant "Florence" 4

5 Wednesday 18 March 2015 As of Welcoming desk - distribution of badges Arrival of the Members of Parliaments from the Eastern Partner countries, from the European Parliament and of the observers from the EU national Parliaments of the Troika Member States and from the other Institutions Venue: National Assembly Resuming of the 4th Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Second working session Break and buffet lunch Continuation of the 4th Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Third working session Press briefing by the Co-Presidents of the Euronest PA Mrs Heidi HAUTALA and Mr Borys TARASYUK Venue: National Assembly, Hall TBC. In case of closure of the Session at the end of the second working slot, possibility to take part in an optional cultural programme: Tour of the Holy See of Echmiadzin, Cathedral and the Treasury (half an hour drive from Yerevan) Possibility to organise a meeting with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians. 5