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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LISBON 000253 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EU PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST 
SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS 
 
 
¶1. (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the 
scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the 
listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: 
The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that 
we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels 
only for security reasons.) 
 
¶2. (SBU) All meetings are scheduled to take place in Lisbon 
unless otherwise marked. 
 
JULY 
2:     Inaugural Commission Visit (Porto) 
4:     Civil Aviation Meeting 
4:     Political Directors for National Defense 
5-6:   Political Directors for Political Planning 
5-6:   Round Table on European Health Agenda 
5-6:   Informal Labor Meeting (Guimaraes) 
9-10:  High-Level Conference on Legal Migration 
10:    Informal Council Working Group on Conventional Arms 
       Exports (COARM) 
11-12: EURO-Mediterranean (EUROMED) Trade Meeting 
12-13: EU Political Directors and Correspondents 
       (Estoril TBC) 
18:    Environment Working Group 
19:    Troika Ministerial with Africa's 
       Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD) 
19-22: Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) 
       Meeting (Azores) 
19-22: General Issues Group 
19-20: Informal Science Meeting 
24-25: 13th Committee Meeting on Common Standards for 
       Higher Education 
26-27: Informal Competitiveness Meeting 
27:    Troika Ministerial with Australia 
30-31: Seminar on Alternatives to Prison Sentences (TBC) 
 
AUGUST 
No meetings due to European Holiday schedule 
 
SEPTEMBER 
1-2:   Informal Meeting on the Environment 
3-4:   Conference to Evaluate Justice and Home Affairs 
       Policies (TBC) 
7-8:   GYMNICH: Informal Ministerial Meeting of Foreign 
       Affairs (V. do Castelo) 
10-11: High-Level Working Group for Gender Mainstreaming 
10-11: Strategic Immigration, Borders, and Asylum Committee 
       Meeting 
12:    High-Level Working Group on Competitiveness 
13-14: Organizational Development of Schools Conference 
14-15: Informal Ministerial of Economic and Finance 
       Ministers (ECOFIN)(Porto Customs House) 
16-18: Informal Agriculture and Special Agriculture 
       Committee Meeting (Porto) 
17-18: 8th European Diplomatic Program 
18:    Political Directors' Troika with Turkey 
19:    Troika Ministerial with New Zealand 
19:    Informal Administrative Modernization Meeting 
       (TBC) 
19-20: Drug and Drug Addiction Policy Evaluation Conference 
20-23: Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPAR) II 
       (Douro) 
24-25: Director General (DG) Meeting on Professional 
       Training 
24-25: European Crime Prevention Network Council 
21-22: Informal Development Meeting 
27-28: Informal Defense Meeting (Evora TBC) 
27-28: Civil Committee on Crisis (CIVCOM) 
 
OCTOBER 
1-2:   Informal Justice and Home Affairs Meeting 
1-2:   Pol-Mil Group 
3-4:   Gender Equality 
4-5:   Customs Union Group (Porto) 
8:     High-Level Energy Group Meeting 
8-10:  Veterinary Services Meeting 
9:     EU-Latin America Meeting 
9:     Energy and Intercommunication Network Seminar 
10:    Labor Committee 
11:    Foreign Ministry Cultural Directors' Meeting 
11-12: National Ethics Council Forum 
12-13: HIV/AIDS Program Coordinators 
15:    Political Directors' Troika with the Ukraine 
16:    High-Level Meeting on Combating Fraud 
18-19: Informal Meeting of the Heads of State and 
       Governments 
20:    Youth Directors' Meeting 
22:    Troika Ministerial with Canada 
22:    High-Level Conference on Ocean Affairs 
23:    Seminar on Reforming the Security Sector in Africa 
 
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24:    International Conference to Combat Drug Use in 
       Sports 
24:    Drug Coordinators' Meeting 
25:    Informal Meeting on Sports 
26:    EU-Russia Summit (Mafra) 
26:    Informal Meeting on Credit and Exportation 
       Groups 
26:    Committee 133 Services Meeting 
29-30: Committee for Labor Inspection Representatives 
30:    Troika Ministerial with China 
30-31: EU Eco-labeling Board (EUEB) 
31-1:  Seminar on Preserving Intellectual Property File 
       Availability 
 
NOVEMBER 
1-2:   SISTECH Meeting 
5:     Troika Ministerial with Palestinian Authority 
       (on margins of EUROMED) 
5-6:   EUROMED 
7:     Troika for Political Directors with Japan 
7-8:   Rome I and Rome II Regulation Seminars 
8:     Information System for Labor Policy Meeting 
12-13: Presidency of the Public Procurement Network Group 
       (PPN) 
12:    European e-Business Support Network Steering 
       Group Meeting 
13-14: Social Protection Committee 
15-16: European Health Network and Health Systems Impact 
       Assessment 
15-16: Innovative Public Service Group (IPSG) 
18-19: EUROMED Migration (Algarve) 
19:    e-Government Group 
19-20: Meeting of National Employment Service Providers 
       (EURES) 
21:    Informal Meeting of Ministers of Equality 
       (TBC) 
21-22: Dialogue with Directors General of Industry 
21-22: High-Level Meeting on Health 
23-24: Conference on Business and Biodiversity 
26-27: Conference on Informal and Non-traditional Learning 
27-28: Terrorism Finance Workshop 
29-30: Directors General for Nature Conservation Meeting 
29-30: Directors General for Water Meeting 
 
DECEMBER 
3:     Troika Ministerial with the United States 
3:     Senior Level Group with the United States 
3-4:   National Medical Emergency Coordinators' Meeting 
5-6:   National Architectural Patrimony Seminar 
5:     Directors General for Employment Services 
       Meeting 
6-7:   Cultural Points of Contact Meeting 
7-8:   "Consumption and Coordinated Action in Europe" 
10-11: Best Practices for Crime Prevention Conference 
10-11: 49th Meeting of DGs for Public Administration 
12-13: European Justice Network on Penal Issues (TBC) 
13-14: Education Committee 
13-14: European Council (Brussels) 
Hoffman