Monday 6 October

EU Presidency

• The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean: Confronting the challenges of globalisation in a post-Lima Summit partnership? (Paris) - EU-Latin America-Caribbean Forum: Partnership in the fields of economy, social cohesion and the environment - EU Presidency
• Ministerial Conference "Internet of the Future" (Nice) - Presidency
• Eurogroup Meeting ( Luxembourg) - Presidency

European Parliament

• Plenary session and committee meetings (Brussels) - The plenary agenda includes a debate on the forthcoming EU summit and votes on the use of EU symbols by Parliament, water scarcity in Europe, the EU’s health strategy and tackling poverty
• Budget 2009: The Budgets Committee devotes most of the week to its first reading vote on the 2009 EU budget
• Joseph Blatter: The FIFA chairman joins a discussion with the Culture Committee
• Lisbon Treaty: The Irish Foreign Minister discusses the Lisbon Treaty with the Constitutional Affairs Committee
• Committee highlights and agendas

European Commission

• Inauguration of the Migration Information and Management Centre (CIGEM) in Bamako, Mali - The aim of the Centre is to help Mali to define a Malian migration policy in response to the concerns of potential migrants, returning migrants and migrants residing outside Mali. It will serve as a single information and guidance office for all migrants - CIGEM website
• Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion: The concept of territorial cohesion is targeted at achieving a balanced economic development across the EU's territories, so that all regions, regardless of their situation, will have the opportunity of contributing to the Union's future prosperity - see OPEN DAYS below

EU related events

• OPEN DAYS 2008 - European Week of Regions and Cities - The European Week of Regions and Cities, organised in Brussels by the Committee of the Regions, with 210 partner regions and cities in Europe, is expected to attract 5 000 participants - Open Days website
• The exchange of authentic instruments within the European Judicial Area (Paris) - Presidency
• 2nd Annual Youth Marketing in Telecoms (Amsterdam) - details

Tuesday 7 October

EU Presidency

• Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) (Luxembourg) - The ECOFIN Council will largely focus on the action to take to tackle the financial crisis, particularly in view of the forthcoming European Council - Presidency
• Meeting of EU finance ministers on the "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean" (Luxembourg) - Presidency
• European seminar on the fight against international trafficking in toxic waste (Paris) - European police forces will meet to discuss the question of international trafficking in toxic waste - Presidency
• 5th conference on criminal assets - General meeting of the CARIN network (Paris) - Presidency

European Parliament

• Climate Change: the Environment Committee votes on the emissions trading system, on carbon capture and storage and on effort sharing in reducing CO2 emissions
• Temporary workers: The rights of agency workers are at the heart of a second reading vote in the Employment Committee
• Solvency II: The Economics Committee votes at first reading on the overhaul of the supervisory framework for the insurance sector
• CAP Health Check: The Agriculture Committee adopts its position on the proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy
• Human rights: The EP, Commission and the UN hold a conference to mark 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Exihibition: "Pink October" - European Health Campaign against Breast Cancer (Brussels) - In spite of prevention policies and ever-more effective treatments, cancer is still one of the main causes of mortality in Europe. One of the most common forms is breast cancer

European Commission

• Conference on the European Research Council, Paris - Let's discuss with the next generation of Europe's best researchers - Conference website
• Sixty years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - The Defenders take the floor - Anniversary conference's website

EU related events

• European Conference for the health and eco-industry sectors "EuroBiO 2008" (Paris) - A leading European Life Sciences conference, bringing together the health and eco-industry sectors, EuroBiO 2008 aims to become the European equivalent of the American BIO which for 10 years has played a unifying role and at the core of the strong development of these sectors in the USA - Presidency

Wednesday 8 October

EU Presidency

• Learning sciences in the Europe of knowledge (Grenoble) - This conference will allow participants to share current thinking on ways to change the public perception of and approach to knowledge, and to reform educational practices - Presidency
• Annual conference of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network (EEAC) (Bordeaux) - Presidency

European Parliament

• Plenary session (Brussels)
• Ingrid Betancourt: The plenary will be addressed by the former Colombian presidential candidate freed from 6 years as a hostage in July - Wednesday draft agenda

EU related events

• Conference on the attractiveness of employment: the role of salaries and working conditions (Paris) - What influence do the changes in pay and and conditions of employment have on the rising employment rates? - Presidency
• Developing and Marketing Telecom Services for Business Customers (Amsterdam) - details
• Workshop on the Food Cluster Initiative (Brussels) - details
• 4th Annual Effective HR Management in Telecoms (Vienna) - details

Thursday 9 October

EU Presidency

• Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Luxembourg) - The European Ministers responsible for transport and energy are meeting together in Luxembourg for the 'TTE' Council, held in two successive sessions focusing on transport (9 October) and energy (10 October) - Presidency

European Parliament

• Plenary session (Brussels)
• Financial market supervision: MEPs vote on a formal request for the Commission to propose laws to improve the framework for supervising financial markets - Thursday draft agenda

EU related events

• European Forum for Architectural Policies: architectural design and the urgent need for sustainable development (Bordeaux) - This forum will bring together professionals from across Europe in Bordeaux. It aims to strengthen architecture's role as a key vector in making Europe's towns appealing places to live - Presidency
• 2nd Annual Collateral Management (London) - details

Friday 10 October

EU Presidency

• International Symposium on Data Exchange and Retention (Paris) - How should data protection mechanisms be adjusted in light of the recent IT tools developed to meet current security requirements? - Presidency

EU related events

• The European Private Company (Paris) - Bringing together practitioners of company law and representatives from the business world, this conference will address issues related to setting up and running the future European Private Company (EPC) and the liability of the managers of such companies - Presidency
• "Paroles d'Européens!":"12 Projects for 2020, Preparing Tomorrow's Europe (Nantes)
• CHALLENGE International Conference on exchange and storage of data (Paris) - details

Saturday 11 October

European Parliament

• Euro-Med Assembly: The Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly holds a plenary session in Jordan