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Programme

09:00 - 09:05 Welcome words by Christophe Leclercq, Founder and Publisher (EurActiv)

09:05 - 09:20 Keynote Speech by Mrs. Meglena Kuneva, European Commissioner responsible for Consumers Protection

09:20 - 09:35 Keynote Speech by Mr. Leonard Orban, European Commissioner for Multilingualism

09:35 - 11:00 Panel 1: How to involve stakeholders in communicating Europe in the capitals?

Moderator: Frédéric Simon, Managing Editor (EurActiv)

Snap shots of survey results presented by Pascal Chelala, TNS Managing Director: Members of the European Parliament and public opinion – out of touch?

Each political party assigned the following representatives:

• EPP-ED: Miroslav Mikolásik (MEP/Slovakia)
• ALDE: Sophie In’t Veld (MEP/The Netherlands)
• PES: Dan Mihalache (MEP/Romania and Member of the Romanian Parliament)
• Greens-EFA: Jean Lambert (MEP/UK)
• ID (Independence/Democracy Group): Nigel Farage (MEP/UK)

Questions from the floor

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:30 Panel 2: How to reach journalists beyond "Brussels"?

Moderator: Christophe Leclercq, Founder and Publisher (EurActiv)

Participants:

• Lessons from the CrossLingual Media Survey 2007: Dan Luca (PR Director – EurActiv)
• Reactions on the survey :Natalie Todd (Managing Director, Ogilvy PR Brussels)
• Panel: Mark James (BBC), Sergio Cantone (EuroNews), Quentin Dickinson (Radio France Internationale), Nathalie Lhayani (EurActiv France), Radovan Geist (EurActiv Slovakia), Willy De Backer (3E Intelligence), Mathew Lowry (BlogActiv)

Questions from the floor

12:30 - 14:00 Reception

Background

• EU's institutional and communication challenges
• Need to involve national stakeholders beyond Brussels
• In cooperation with the major European parties and political groups
• Other speakers knowing both the EU and national landscape, journalists and media representatives from the EurActiv Crosslingual network in 10 countries 

INVITATIONS ARE REQUESTED

Info:

• Dan LUCA, PR Director - phone: +32.2.226.58.18, e-mail: pr@euractiv.com
• Kristina LECLOUX, PR Executive - phone: +32.2.788.36.91, e-mail: prexecutive@euractiv.com 
  

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