The Visegrad-4 Cooperation and the Hungarian ... - FES Budapest

Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
Világgazdasági Kutatóintézet
The Visegrad-4 Cooperation and the Hungarian and Polish EU-
Presidencies
Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.
March 23rd, 2011
Programme
9.30-10.00h
Registration
10:00h Opening remarks
András Inotai, Director, Institute for World Economics,
Heinz-Albert Huthmacher, Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Budapest
10:20h The Hungarian EU-Presidency and the V4 Cooperation
Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi, Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, II European Department, V4 National Coordinator,
Hungary
10:50h The V4 Cooperation at EU-level – a view from Poland on
potential links with the pre-presidency programme
Adam A. Ambroziak, Adviser to the Minister Department,
Department of the Committee for European Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Poland
11:20h The V4 Cooperation at EU-level – a view from the Czech Republic
Vladimir Bartovic, Senior Research Fellow, Europeum Institute for
European Policy, Czech Republic
11:50h Discussion
12:30h Buffet lunch
13:30h The V4 Cooperation at EU-level – a view from Slovakia
Tomáš Strážay, Research Fellow, Research Centre of the Slovak
Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA), Slovakia

14:00h The V4 Cooperation at EU-level – a Hungarian View on links with
the Hungarian presidency programme
Gábor Túry, Institute for World Economics, Hungary
14:30h Discussion
15:00h Concluding remarks – András Inotai, Director, IWE