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Invitation

India is an increasingly important player on the global stage. In recognition of its political, economic and security potential, the European Union is joining the country in the fourth of a series of high-level EU-India Summits (scheduled for 29 November 2003 in New Delhi).

In Brussels, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and European Institute for Asian Studies are co-hosting an international conference on 4 December 2003 that will reflect upon current EU-India relations as discussed at the Summit, and look forward to our shared future.

The conference will open with an overview of the Summit with comments by representatives of the European Commission, EU Italian Presidency, and Indian Embassy. This will be followed by distinguished panels examining “Economic and Social Development in India” and “Governance, Security and International Relations” in South Asia.

Programme

EU-INDIA: Beyond the New Delhi Summit*

Venue: Crowne Plaza Brussels Europa

Rue de la Loi 107, Brussels (metro: Maelbeek)

Date : 4 December 2003 (13:30-18:45)

13:30Registration and Coffee

14:00An Overview of the EU-India New Delhi Summit

Chair: Mr John Walls Cushnahan M.E.P.

Member, European Parliament delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation

Welcome Address

Professor Dr. Günter Rinsche

Member of the Board, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

EU-India Relations: A View from the European Commission

Ms. Laurence Argimon-Pistre

Head of India Unit, DG External Relations, Directorate H – Asia, European Commission

EU-India Relations: A View from the European Council

Speaker: Antti Turunen

Policy Unit, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union

EU-India Relations: A View from the European Union Presidency

Speaker: t.b.c.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Italian Presidency of the European Union

EU-India Relations: A View from India

Speaker: t.b.c.

Embassy of India to the European Union

Forty Years of EU-India Relations: A View from Brussels

Mr. Malcolm Subhan

Vice-Chairman, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Open Discussion

15.30Coffee Break

15:45Economic and Social Development in India

Chair: Professor Dr. Günter Rinsche

Member of the Board, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

To Agree or Disagree? Iraq, Cancun and the EU-India Future

Mr. M. J. Akbar

Editor-in-Chief, Asian Age, New Delhi and Bangalore, India

Gender, Economy and Social Development: Major Policy Considerations of EU-India Relations

Dr. Ranjana Kumari

Director, Centre for Social Research, New Delhi, India

Open Discussion

17:00Coffee Break

17:15Governance, Security and International Relations

Chair: Mrs. Neena Gill M.E.P.

Vice-Chair, European Parliament delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation

Corruption, Transparency and the Good Governance Agenda in India

Professor Gurharpal Singh

Nadir Dinshaw Chair in Inter-Religious Relations, University of Birmingham, UK

India, Pakistan and China: A Nuclear Arms Race in Asia?

Major-General (Indian Army, retd.) Dipanker Banerjee

Director, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, India

Open Discussion

18:30Summary and Overview

Mr Mark C. Fischer

Assistant Director, European Office (Brussels) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Dr. Apurba Kundu

Senior Research Fellow, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Dr. Willem van der Geest

Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

18:45End of the Conference