COMMITTEE ON CULTURE AND EDUCATIONINTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MEETING

European Cultural Heritage

Monday, 19 November 2018, 14:00 -21:00Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 8:15 - 12:30

European Parliament, BrusselsMonday: House of European History; József Antall 4Q1; Altiero Spinelli A3G-2

Tuesday: József Antall 4Q1

Monday, 19 November 2018, 14:00-21:00

14:00 - 15:00 Arrival of participants and registration

15:00 - 18:30 Parallel working sessions

Welcome and introductory remarks by Silvia Costa, Committee on Culture andEducation of the European Parliament

Introduction by the European Commission

Debate with MEPs, Members of National Parliaments and invited guests, includingEuropean Commission, UNESCO and Council of Europe representatives

Panel 2: Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (József Antall 4Q1)

Welcome and introductory remarks by Mircea Diaconu, Committee on Culture andEducation of the European Parliament

Introduction by the European Commission

Debate with MEPs, Members of National Parliaments and invited guests, includingEuropean Commission, UNESCO and Council of Europe representatives

Panel 3: Cultural Heritage and Education (Altiero Spinelli A3G-2)

Welcome and introductory remarks by Sabine Verheyen, Committee on Cultureand Education of the European Parliament

Introduction by the European Commission

Panel 1: Culture and Identity (House of European History)

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Debate with MEPs, Members of National Parliaments and invited guests, includingEuropean Commission, UNESCO and Council of Europe representatives

18:30 - 21:00 Welcoming receptionMembers’ restaurant, ASP building, Ground floor

Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 8:15-12:30

08:15 - 09:00 Arrival of participants and registration

Plenary session (József Antall 4Q1)

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and opening remarks by Petra Kammerevert, Chair of the Committee onCulture and Education of the European Parliament

09:15 - 09:45 For the Austrian Council Presidency:Elisabeth Kornfeind, Austrian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium

Themis Christophidou, European Commission, Director-General for Education,Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC)

Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments

Panel 1: Culture and Identity

09:45 - 10:30 Introduction by Silvia Costa, Committee on Culture and Education of the EuropeanParliament

Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra

Margarida Mano, MP - Assembly of the Republic, Portugal

Camelia Gravilă, MP - Chamber of Deputies, Romania

Dragana Kostić, MP - National Assembly, Serbia

Alberto Gutiérrez Alberca, MP - Senate, Spain

Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments

Panel 2: Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

10:30 - 11:15 Introduction by Mircea Diaconu, Committee on Culture and Education of theEuropean Parliament

Introductory panel

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Susan Corr, President of E.C.C.O. (European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organisations)

Kyriakos Hadjiyianni, MP - House of Representatives, Cyprus

Radu-Cosmin Preda, MP - Senate, Romania

Irena Stefoska, MP - Assembly, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Jerzy Fedorowicz, MP - Senate, Poland

Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments

Panel 3: Cultural Heritage and Education

11:15 - 12:00 Introduction by Sabine Verheyen, Committee on Culture and Education of theEuropean Parliament

Nicole Gesché-Koning, Researcher, Université libre de Bruxelles

Maria Augusta Santos, MP - Assembly of the Republic, Portugal

Teuta Haxiu, MP - Assembly, Kosovo*

Emrullah İşler, MP - Grand National Assembly, Turkey

Raphaël Gérard, MP - National Assembly, France

Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments

Conclusions

12:00 - 12:30 Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

Petra Kammerevert, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of theEuropean Parliament

Organised with the support of the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJOpinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence