German-Belgian conference
The German-Belgian conference is a forum for bilateral exchange between the two countries, in which current socio-political issues are discussed.
The first German-Belgian conference on “Partners in Innovation and Education” took place on October 14th and 15th, 2009 in Brussels in the Palace of the Academies, the seat of the Royal Academies of Science. The Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme opened the conference. It was organized by the German Embassy in Brussels, the Belgian Foreign Ministry and the Helmholtz Association . The conference had over 100 participants from Belgium and Germany .
The second German-Belgian conference, which dealt with the topic of “Strengthening the Integration Nexus Integration, Religion and Education”, took place on January 13th and 14th, 2011 at the Bertelsmann Stiftung Unter den Linden in Berlin . The foundation organized the conference together with the German Embassy and the Belgian Foreign Ministry. The seminar format of the conference brought together over 40 experts from the two neighboring countries. In addition to the ambassadors of the two countries, the participants included the Belgian State Secretary for Budget, Migration and Asylum Policy, Family Policy and Federal Institutions Melchior Wathelet and the German Parliamentary State Secretary Ole Schröder ( Federal Ministry of the Interior ), as well as the former President of the German Bundestag Rita Süssmuth .
Also in Brussels , in the Palace of the Academies, the Third German-Belgian Conference took place on April 17th, 2012. Present were, among others, former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the Belgian Vice Prime Minister, Didier Reynders , who opened the conference. Around 200 participants discussed the topic of "Dialogue in Difficult Times. Labor Market Reforms, Education, Social Partnership".
In 2014 the German-Belgian Conference will return to Berlin, where it will take place on February 17th under the title "Diverse and federal neighbors. How do Belgians and Germans want Europe?" took place. The occasion was the state visit of Philippe, King of the Belgians and Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians to Berlin. Organized by the European Movement Germany e. V. , which is committed to the further development of European integration, the conference was dominated by the European future debate. In thematic panels, a. the German-Belgian cooperation and the opportunities and limits of federal competencies, European democracy and decision-making mechanisms are discussed.
The German-Belgian conference is set up without a scientific advisory board, a board of trustees or any other committee in order to keep bureaucratic elements as far away as possible.
Individual evidence
- ^ Second German-Belgian conference . ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German Embassy Brussels
- ↑ Belges et Allemands ont parlé d'intégration . L'Avenir, January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Cultural Relations. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ↑ Labor market reforms in times of crisis: Former Federal Chancellor Schröder and Vice Premier Reynders open top German-Belgian dialogue. Bertelsmann Stiftung, April 19, 2012.
- ↑ How do Belgians and Germans want Europe? EBD invites you to the fourth German-Belgian conference on February 17th. ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. European Movement Germany, January 23, 2014.
- ↑ European Movement Germany, "Political Demands 2013/2014"
- ^ Federal Diversity for Europe: Fourth German-Belgian Conference of the EBD. European Movement Germany , accessed November 16, 2014 .
