EU in Singapore

Journalists' Seminar
EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit

12 November 2007

Date:	Monday, 12 November 2007
Time:	1200-1500 (Registration 1145)
Where:	Enterprise Room, Level 4, Raffles City Convention Center
Cost:	Free for Journalists (Limited to 30 participants)
Register:	Register via email directly with: Lavinia Waterhouse, Press & Information Officer Delegation of the European Commission to Singapore lavinia.waterhouse@ec.europa.eu T: +65-6336 7919

Please check back later. More information will be posted soon. If you are a working journalist in Singapore, please register your interest with delegation-singapore-events@ec.europa.eu.
 

Event For Journalists Only

The EU and ASEAN will celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations with a Commemorative Summit in Singapore on Thursday, 22 November 2007.

The EU will be represented at the summit by President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso and ASEAN by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

In advance of this major news event, we are organizing a Journalists Seminar with the Foreign Correspondent’s Association of Singapore to brief journalists on the key economic and political issues that will be discussed at the summit. There will also be practical information on covering the Summit.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO COVER THE SUMMIT OR ARE INTERESTED IN EU/ASEAN ISSUES, YOU SHOULDN'T MISS THIS EVENT!  

EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
Journalists’ Seminar
Programme

Time	Description
11.45 - 12.00	Registration
12.00 - 12.20	Introduction to the EU How the EU works Why it is relevant to Asia EU-ASEAN FTA Speaker: Ambassador Holger Standertskjold, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Singapore
12.20 – 12.40	Introduction to ASEAN How ASEAN works Significance of 40th Anniversary ASEAN Charter Speaker: Mr. Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Special Assistant to H.E Ong Keng Yong, ASEAN Secretary General (TBC)
12.40 - 1.00	Q & A Ambassador Standertskjold and and Mr. Termsak Chalermpalanupap
1.00 – 1.40	Lunch
1.40 - 2.00	Covering the Summit Registration & Contact Press Center EU Representation Speaker: Lavinia Waterhouse, Press Officer, EC Delegation to Singapore
2.00 - 2.20	Regional Integration for ASEAN & EU Benefits & Challenges Balancing national interests Too little too late or too much too soon? Speaker: Professor Jorgen Moeller, ISEAS & former Danish Ambassador to Singapore
2.20 – 2.40	Future of EU-ASEAN Relations Constitutions, treaties and charters The EU: Asia’s "other major partner" in a multipolar world? More than trade? Speaker: Associate Professor Barnard Turner, Academic Convenor, European Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS
2.40 – 3.00	Q&A
3.00	Close