Cyprus EU Presidency

PROGRAMME

 Thursday afternoon, 30 August 

16:00

• Short briefing by Mr Georgiou, Head of the EPIO (European Parliament Information Office)
• UNFICYP, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, Briefing by the General N.N.
• Meeting with the deputy UN special envoy, N.N.
• Visit the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

 From 20:00
 Meeting and dinner with the Cyprus Greens Party

Friday morning, 31 August

08:00-08:45
Preparatory meeting 09:00-09:45 
Meeting with Mrs Eleni Mavrou, Minister of the Interior 09:45-10:30
Meeting with Mr Sofoclis Aletraris, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment  10:30-11:15
Meeting with Mr Neoklis Sylikiotis, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism 11:15-12:00
Meeting with Erato Kozakou-Marcoulis, Minister of Foreign Affairs 12:20-13:00
Meeting with the President of the Republic  13:15-14:45
Working lunch meeting with Mr Andreas Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister for European Affairs 15:00-16:00 
Meeting NGOs/Civil Society:

• KISA - ACTION FOR EQUALITY, SUPPORT, ANTIRACISM
• Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies

Friday afternoon, 31 August

16:30 -17:30
Meeting NGO representatives

• Mr Günay Çerkez, President -Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce  
• Mrs Oncel Polili, Cyprus Turkish Human Rights Foundation
• Mr Kudret Özersay, "Toparlanıyoruz" - Movement of  Union
• Mr Ali Çıralı,  Kıbrıs Türk Sanayi Odası - Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry
• Mr Ahmet Saydam and Halil Artam, North Cyprus Young Businessmen’s Association
• Mr Ahmet Kaptan, Cyprus Turkish Union of Public Employees - KTAMS
• Mr Mehmet Seyis, Revolutionary Worker Union - DEV-IŞ
• Mr Hasan Sarpten, Association of Biologists
• Mr Anıl Kaya, Bright Future Movement - Aydınlık Yarınlar Hareketi
• Mrs Süha Vekil, The Mediterranean Policy Centre

17:30-18:15
Meeting on the Relations with EU Institutions Participants: Elected representatives of the Turkish Cypriot Community

• Mr Dr. Hasan Bozer
• Mr Hasan Taçoy
• Mrs Afet Gürcafer
• Mr Teberrüken Uluçay
• Mrs Sibel Siber

18:15-19:30
Meeting with representatives of the political groups of the Turkish Cypriot Community Participants:

• Mr İrsen Küçük, Chairman of National Unity Party – Ulusal Birlik Partisi (UBP)
• Mr Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, Chairman of Republican Turkish Party – Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi (CTP)
• Mr Serdar Denktaş, Chairman of Democrats Party –Demokrat Parti (DP)
• Mr Mehmet Çakıcı, Chairman of Communal Democracy Party – Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi (TDP)
• Mr Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, Chairman of Democracy and Trust Party – Demokrasi ve Güven Partisi (DGP) 

20:00
Dinner with Mr Mehmet Ali Talat

Saturday morning, 1 September

8:45-11:30
Individual meetings 8:45-9:45
Mrs Kyria Costa, artist 9:45-11:15
Meeting with the environmental NGOs: 

• CYPRUS MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
  Mr Michael Lerides
• AKTI - Project and research center
  Ms Xenia Loizidou
• Meeting with environmental NGO KAYAD COMMUNITY CENTRE
  Ms Meral Akinci, President/ Psychologist
• EPISKOPI TURTLEWATCH
  Mr David Stokes, President

12:00
Press conference with Rebecca Harms and the Cyprus Greens (tbc)