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Das Simulationsspiel wird von der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Kooperation mit dem Civic Institut für internationale Bildung und dem Centre for European Studies (CES) aus Brüssel durchgeführt.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

18:00 – 18:30h Offical opening

Anja Czymmeck, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Skopje

N.N., Representative CES

Teuta Arifi (tbi), Deputy Prime Minister and head of Secretariat for European Integration(DUI)

Representative from the EU Delegation

Holger Arndt, CIVIC Institute for International Education

18:30 – 20:30 hOverview: sequence, methods and aims of the seminar

Introduction to the scenario-building method

Holger Arndt

Alexander Burka

CIVIC Institute

Institute for International Education

Questions and discussion

Friday, September 30, 2011

09:00 – 09:45Presentation of the programme

09.45 – 10.30Impulse: “History, Institutions and Decision making Processes – Basic Facts on the European Union”

10.30 – 11.00 Introduction to the European enlargement process

11.15 – 12.00 Introduction to the role play “Shaping the Future of Europe”

12.00 – 13.00Distribution of roles / Questions and answers

Start of the simulation

14.00 – 14.30Speech of the President of the European Commission followed by informal talks of the actors

14.30 – 16.00 First round table of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, clarification of positions

16.00 – 16.30 Press conference, questions by the media

17.00 – 19.00Presentation of the accession applications by the candidate countries to the EU-Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament

19.00 – 19.30 Press conference, questions by the media

Saturday, October 1, 2011

09.00 – 10.30Presentation of the accession applications by the candidate countries to the EU-Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament

Part II

10.30 – 11.30TV and press reports

Interviews and reports prepared by the representatives of the media

11.30 – 11.45Coffee break

11.45 – 13.00Negotiations of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament

Formal statement and recommendations by the EU-Commission: Council of Ministers (unanimously) and EP statement (with absolute majority) decide on a formal statement; instruction to the EU-Commission and the presidency of the Council to start the accession negotiations

13.00 – 14.00Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 Negotiations with the Candidate Countries in close co-operation with the European Parliament

Part I

16.00 – 16.30TV and press reports

16.30 – 17.00Coffee break

17.00 – 18.30 Negotiations with the Candidate Countries in close co-operation with the European Parliament

Part II

18.30 – 19.00Press conference, questions by the media

19:00 – 20:00TV and press reports

20.00 – 21.30Dinner

Evening program

Sunday, October 2, 2011

09.00 – 10.00Breakfast

10.00 – 10.30Vote on the negotiated Accession treaties by the Council of Ministers (unanimously)

and

EP statement (with absolute majority)

10.30 – 11.00Signing of the Accession treaties

Speeches by representatives of the EU-Commission, the presidency of the Council, the EP and the candidate countries

End of the simulation

11.00 – 11.30Evaluation of and reflection on the results of the simulation

Anja Czymmeck, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Skopje

Holger Arndt, CIVIC Institute

N.N. , CES

End of the seminar and departure of guests