Monday 13 October

EU Presidency

• General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting (Luxembourg) - The ministers will prepare the European Council meeting in Brussels on 15 and 16 October - EU Presidency
• Combating illegal employment practices" conference (Marseille) - The conference aims to promote and deepen European cooperation to combat illegal employment practices, notably on the basis of proposals made recently by the European Commission - Presidency
• Conference "European Health at the service of patients" (Paris) - this conference's aim is to present the added value of EU-led action in the field of health, regarding safety, quality of care and the promotion of patients' rights - Presidency

European Parliament

• Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly concludes its plenary session (Jordan)
• Committee meetings and political groups week (Brussels) - the political groups will devote most of the week to preparing for the 20-23 October Strasbourg plenary session. This will include a debate with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on the EU summit, second reading votes on the rights of agency workers and on airport charges, legislation on clean road vehicles, an address from Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations, and the awarding of the Lux Prize for European Cinema.
• Civil Liberties Committee: vote on Commission plans for a 'blue card' scheme for skilled third-country citizens seeking jobs in Europe; vote on measures to protect children using the internet.

European Commission

• European Road Safety Day - this day is part of the European action plan that aims to halve the number of fatalities on the roads in 2010 compared with 2001 - agenda
• Stakeholders General Assembly on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in Europe - The JTI on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen will implement a target-oriented research and development programme to support the broad market introduction of fuel cell and hydrogen energy applications and infrastructure - the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform (HFP)

EU related events

• 19th Conference of the European e-Business Support Network for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Paris) - Presidency
• Seminar on European Police Forces contending with urban violence (Lyon) - Urban violence is a specific type of delinquency and represents a considerable challenge to public authorities - Presidency
• 4th Annual Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials (Amsterdam) - details

Tuesday 14 October

EU Presidency

• Armament directors' conference on strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (Brussels) - European armament directors will meet in Brussels on 14 October next for a conference on strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB). Several firm initiatives to encourage integration of the European industry in this sector are expected to be proposed - Presidency
• Meeting of the Bologna Follow Up Group (BFUG) - Presidency

European Parliament

• First European Parliament of Enterprises (Brussels) - More than 750 European entrepreneurs will speak on subjects relating to European current affairs in the European Parliament in Brussels. The first European Parliament of Enterprises is organised by EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary - Website of the European Parliament of Enterprises
• Foreign Affairs Committee: update on latest External Relations Council meeting from France's Europe Minister, Jean-Pierre Jouyet.

Wednesday 15 October

EU Presidency

• European Council (Brussels) - the second European Council organised under the French Presidency, an extraordinary Council meeting having been called 1 September following the conflict in Georgia - Presidency
• Seventh European Round Table on poverty and social exclusion (Marseille) - 16% of the European population lives below the poverty risk threshold. In this context, the seventh European Round Table on poverty and social exclusion aims to bring together all the actors in the field to develop specific proposals to combat poverty and exclusion - Presidency

European Commission

• Green Paper on quality of Agriculture products - the Commission's Green Paper will explore ideas for farmers and producers who want to valorise their production or orientate production towards quality and better meet consumer demand - European Policy for Quality Agricultural Products (pdf)
• New EU legislation to combat illegal logging - the Commission will present draft legislation to prevent illegally harvested timber and timber products from being placed on the European market - Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)

EU related events

• Conference on scientific evidence in criminal cases - Presidency

Thursday 16 October

EU Presidency

• Industrial Property and the Internal Market (Strasbourg) - Presidency
• Ministerial meeting on poverty and social exclusion (Marseilles) - The informal meeting of European ministers on poverty and social exclusion is being held in the context of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in 2010 and also the discussions on the new European social agenda - Presidency

European Parliament

• Conference of Presidents name this year's winner of Parliament's Sakharov prize for freedom of thought.

EU related events

• 7th conference on "European corporate law and corporate governance" (Paris) - The 7th conference "European corporate law and corporate governance" will focus on "Modern governance for competitive European companies" - Presidency
• Colloquium "Orphan drugs and partnerships beyond frontiers" (Paris) - This colloquium, on "Orphan drugs and partnerships beyond frontiers: how shall we share strategies and tools allowing optimal access to diagnosis and treatment?", bearing witness to the solid roots of this topic among the themes of Health in Europe at the service of patients - EPPOSI Workshop on Partnering for Rare Disease Therapy Development
• Fighting trafficking in children: what is to be done in the European Union ? - 200 European experts from civil society and public authorities met in Paris for the European Day against trafficking in human beings - Presidency
• Conference and debate on energy and climate change (Paris) - The aim of this conference is to examine the progress made midway through the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union with regard to energy and climate change challenges - Presidency
• ECGBL 2008 - 2nd European Conference on Games Based Learning (Barcelona) - website

Friday 17 October

EU Presidency

• Canada-European Union Summit (Montreal) - The Canada-European Union Summit should lay the foundations for reinforced and balanced economic partnership between the EU and Canada. Climate change, environment, energy and international security issues will also be on the agenda - Presidency
• Symposium on the Development of Social Clauses in Public Procurement (Paris) - This symposium will bring together 300 European stakeholders involved in public procurement and social policies relating to employment - Presidency

EU related events

• College of Europe - EU Fact Finding: the EU at your fingertips! A half-day interactive training (Brussels) - website