Monday 12 May

EU Presidency

• EUPAN Innovative Public Services Group (IPSG) - 2nd Meeting (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• Parliament's political groups will devote most of the week to preparations for the plenary session of 19-22 May in Strasbourg. Main items on the agenda include the interim report of Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change and a report on Turkey's progress towards EU accession, plus legislation on transport, covering access to the road freight market, rules on passenger road transport and licensing for transport operators.

Tuesday 13 May

EU Presidency

• i2010 Conference (Brdo) - official website of the conference
  
• New Paradigms, New Models - Culture in the EU External Relations and Informal Meeting of the Cultural Directors-General of the EU Foreign Ministries (Ljubljana) - EU Presidency
  

European Commission

• Improving the fight against fake goods - high-level conference to discuss with Members of the European Parliament and various stakeholders representing business, public administrations and civil society what can be done in the fight against fake goods - Enforcement of intellectual property rights - EC website
  

Wednesday 14 May

EU Presidency

• Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) (Brussels) - agenda and background information
  
• EU-China Human Rights Dialogue (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  
• "Bridging the Gap" Conference (Portoroz) - Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia Conference: Responding to Environmental Change - from Words to Deeds - details

European Commission

• Conference: What is the future for the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira and the four French overseas departments? - the conference will address four major challenges for the outermost regions: climate change, demographic changes and migratory flows, the future of agriculture, and the role of the outermost regions in the EU's maritime policy - Communication from the Commission – Strategy for the Outermost Regions: Achievements and Future Prospects

Thursday 15 May

EU Presidency

• EU(27) - LAC (Latin America & Caribbean) (Peru) - EU Presidency
  
• EU-US Open Skies Agreement (2nd stage of negotiations) (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee: meeting with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund for a discussion on the financial market turmoil of recent months.

European Commission

• Brussels Economic Forum - details

Friday 16 May

EU Presidency

• Summit EU - LAC (Peru)

Sunday 18 May

EU related events

• Conference on natural products chemistry, biology and medicine (Italy) - details