Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 14:00- 18:15, "Boris Trajkovski" Hall
WORKSHOP FOR THE MPS- CHALLENGES OF THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT IN THE ACCESSION PROCESS
(experience of the new EU Member States)
14.00 – 14.15.
Opening of the Seminar- Ines Birznietze, Team Leader, IPA-TPP Project Team
14.15 – 15.00
Tasks of the National Parliaments in the accession process
- Constitutional tasks
- Transposition tasks
- Tasks in the scrutiny of the Government in the Area of EU
- Interparliamentary tasks
- Information on the involvement of the general public
15.00 - 15.15
Questions and answers
15.15 – 16.00
Case Study I- Experience of the recent Member States
16.00-16.15
Questions and answers
16.30 – 18.00
Case Study II – Experience of the recent Member State, underlining the role of the MPs in distributing information of the general public on EU affairs
18.00-18.15
Debate on the presented topics- session on questions and answers
Oral evaluation and comments of the participants, evaluation questionnaire