On 3 May 2018, IKV is organising a panel entitled “EU Reform and Enlargement Agenda” in Brussels.

The Economic Development Foundation (IKV) is organising a panel entitled “EU Reform and Enlargement Agenda” on 3 May 2018. The panel which is organised in close cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) will take place at the IKV Brussels Office located at Avenue de l’Yser 5.

The panel, which will commence with an opening speech by IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, will continue with keynote addresses by Turkey’s Permanent Delegate to the EU Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı and European Commission’s Head of Turkey Unit Bernard Brunet. The panel discussion, which will bring together leading academics and experts, will strive to generate debate about the potential impact of EU reform on the future of enlargement policy. It will also provide a good opportunity to reflect on the Commission’s 2018 Enlargement Package consisting of the Enlargement Strategy and Country Reports presented on 17 April 2018.

To register for the panel please fill in the online form here until Monday, 30 April 2018.

EU REFORM AND ENLARGEMENT AGENDA

Thursday, 3 May 2018

TOBB/IKV Brussels Office

Avenue de l'Yser 5-6, 1040 Brussels

Please confirm your participation via e-mail at ysahin@ikv.org.tr or by filling in the registration form here.

Programme:

09.30-10.00      Registration

10.00 -10.30     Welcome & Opening Address

Ayhan ZEYTİNOĞLU, Chairman, IKV

Keynote Address

H.E. Faruk KAYMAKCI, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Turkey to the EU

Bernard BRUNET, Head of Turkey Unit, DG NEAR, European Commission

10.30-12.30       Panel and Q&A Session

Moderator: Özlem TERZİ, Visiting Scholar, College of Europe; Associate Professor, Istanbul University

Panellists (in alphabetical order)

Rosa BALFOUR, Senior Fellow, Europe Program, German Marshall Fund of the US

Sanem BAYKAL, Professor of EU Law, Director of EU Research Center, Ankara University

André DE MUNTER, Policy Analyst for the Western Balkans and Turkey, DG for External Policies of the Union, European Parliament

Samuel DOVERI VESTERBYE, Managing Director, European Neighbourhood Council

Eli GATEVA, Associate Lecturer, University of York; Visiting Fellow, LSE Southeast Europe Research Unit

Yeliz ŞAHİN, Senior Researcher, IKV

12.30                    Wrap-up and Lunch