Monday 10 March

EU Presidency

• General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) (Brussels) - agenda and Presidency briefing
  
• Conference on Cross-sectoral Policies for Nutrition and Physical Activity - Implementation and Monitoring (Radenci, Slovenia) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• EP Plenary Session - statement on Gaza, followed by a reaction from political group leaders; common rules on passenger aviation security look set to be adopted after agreement between Parliament and Council representatives (vote Tuesday) - Monday draft agenda

European Commission

• European Consumer Champion Awards - European Consumer Day
  
• Results of young translators' contest "Juvenes Translatores" - Translation contest website and list of winners

EU related events -

• Conference "Universities and Lifelong Learning" (Brdo) - programme, EU Presidency
  
• World Health Care Congress Europe 2008 (Berlin) - conference website
  

Tuesday 11 March

EU Presidency

• Ministerial Conference on the Challenges of the EU External Border Management (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• EP Plenary Session - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, to address Parliament in a formal sitting; statement to mark the European Day against Terrorism; Parliament gives its views on reforms proposed for the Common Agricultural Policy, and on plans to increase milk quotas (votes Wednesday) - Tuesday draft agenda

European Commission

• European Agencies - re-launch of debate on the role of agencies and their place in the governance of the EU - list of all EU agencies

EU related events

• Financing Sustainable Healthcare in Europe (Bled) - EU Presidency
  
• 3rd European Ele-Drive Transportation Conference: "On the Way to Sustainable Development and Market Opening" (Geneva) - Ele-drive
  
• Trust2008 (Villach) - details
  
• SITL Europe 2008 to explore BRIC logistics potential (Paris) - details
  

Wednesday 12 March

EU Presidency

• EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Troika Meeting (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  
• Conference on Customs Cooperation in South-East Europe (Brdo) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• EP Plenary Session - statement on the plight of hostages in Colombia; debate on the EU's role in Iraq (vote Thursday) - Wednesday draft agenda

EU related events

• World Biofuels Markets Congress - details
  

Thursday 13 March

EU Presidency

• European Council (Brussels) - EU Presidency
  
• Tripartite Social Summit (Brussels) - EU Presidency
  

European Parliament

• EP Plenary Session - Parliament marks 50 years since the first sitting of the Assembly set up by the Treaty of Rome; discussion on the agenda of the spring European Council meeting, mainly devoted to economic matters - Thursday draft agenda

EU related events

• 21st Annual European Psychoanalytical Federation Conference - The Shadow of Heritage (Vienna) - details
  
• Air transport network workshop (London) - details
  

Friday 14 March

EU Presidency

• Opportunities for Innovative Information Systems Research under the 7th Framework Research Programme of the European Union in Living Laboratories (Grmisce pri Bledu, Slovenia) - EU Presidency
  

European Commission

• European Consumer Day - Consumer redress in cross-border transactions - EU Presidency
  

EU related events

• Gleneagles Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change within G8 (Chiba, Japan) - EU Presidency
  
• College of Europe Conference - "Building social capital for more inclusive societies. Partnerships for innovative approaches in Europe" (Bruges) - College of Europe
  
• Franchise Expo Paris 2008 to focus on Middle East (Paris) - details
  

Sunday 16 March

EU Presidency

• Informal Meeting of EU Ministers Responsible for Sport (Brdo) - EU Presidency