The 2009 Czech EU Presidency weekly Newsletter with information about the most important events. Thank you for your interest. More information about the Presidency is available at Czech Presidency.

This week’s events:

Informal Meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries

http://www.eu2009.cz/event/1/755/

Competitiveness Council

The efforts of the Czech Presidency in the field of research will be rounded off at the meeting of the Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 28 – 29 May 2009.

http://www.eu2009.cz/event/1/1623/

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

http://www.eu2009.cz/event/1/1611/

Nuclear Forum 2009

The fourth meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) takes place during the Czech Presidency of the European Union on 28-29 May 2009 at the Prague Congress Centre.

http://www.eu2009.cz/event/1/746/

Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas with the participation of Václav Havel

The Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission invite media representatives to two press conferences that will take place at the beginning and at the end of the international Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas.

http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/news/conference-on-wilderness-and-large-natural-habitat-areas-with-the-participation-of-vaclav-havel-22879/

Last week’s events:

Joint Press Communique of the 11th EU-China Summit

Joint Press Communique of the EU-China Summit on 20 May 2009 in Prague.

http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/press-releases/joint-press-communique-of-the-11th-eu-china-summit-23664/

Minister Füle attends European Maritime Day

Czech Minister for European Affairs Štefan Füle delivered the opening address at a conference held today in Rome on the occasion of the European Maritime Day that has been celebrated on 20 May since last year.

http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/press-releases/czech-ministre-fule-23594/

Czech Presidency successfully negotiates the UN strategy for sustainable development

Thanks to the efforts of the Czech negotiators, the meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 17), which took place from 4 to 15 May, resulted in another achievement of the Czech Presidency: all countries were in favour of the necessary resolution. The meeting identified global objectives for rural development, objectives relating to issues of land ownership, the fight against drought and desertification and to development in Africa; the negotiations resulted in a strategy of sustainable agriculture until 2017.

http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/press-releases/czech-presidency-successfully-negotiates-the-un-strategy-for-sustainable-development-23448/

8th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty

The 8th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty took place on 15 and 16 May in Brussels. The Czech Presidency, after an agreement with the partners, entitled this event – WHERE WE LIVE – WHAT WE NEED, with the aim of drawing attention to the importance of the place where we live and the accessibility of services that contribute to and maintain the quality of our lives.

http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/press-releases/8th-european-meeting-of-people-experiencing-poverty-23500/