MEP Vienna 2014

Programme

version 23.3.2014

Under the auspices of the
President of the Federal Republic of Austria,
Dr. Heinz Fischer

Saturday 29th March

9:00—17:00 h

Arrival of the delegations at Vienna airport
or at Vienna railway station or bus station

Registration and refreshments at
Theresianische Akademie,
Favoritenstrasse 15, 1040 Vienna (→ map)
Tel. +43-1-505 15 71

Host families pick up their guests at the receiving school

Evening

Delegates have dinner and spend the evening with their host families

Directors/teachers stay at
Hotel Theresianum, Favoritenstrasse 52, 1040 Vienna (→ map)

19:30 h

Welcome dinner for coordinators/directors/teachers
at Restaurant Sperl, Karolinengasse 13, 1040 Vienna (→ map)

Sunday 30th March

08:30 h

Meeting committee presidents, presidents:
DDr. Schubert, Library Theresianum (→ map)

coordinators/directors/teachers:
09:00 h departure from hotel
Schloss Schönbrunn guided visit
12:00 h lunch at Gasthaus Tirolergarten
Strudl workshop and traditional Viennese afternoon coffee

09:30—17:30 h

Teambuilding and committee meetings and lunch
Theresianische Akademie (→ map)

9:30—11:30 h

Teambuilding programme with Elmayer Dance School
Theresianische Akademie (→ map)

12:00—13:00 h

lunch for delegates

13:15—17:15 h

Committee meetings, Theresianische Akademie (→ map)

17:30—18:30 h

Light refreshments for delegates and coordinators, directors, teachers

18:45—21:00 h

Cultural evening: Scapinelli Saal, Theresianum (→ map)

Monday 31st March

09:00—11:30 h

Opening Ceremony Model European Parliament Vienna
Gemeinderatssitzungssaal Rathaus Wien
Rathausplatz, Wien 1010 (→ map)

Delegates and coordinators / directors / teachers have to be present at 08:15h

Welcome

Christian Oxonitsch
Vienna City Councillor for Education, Youth, Information and Sport

Andras Sztrokay
Member of the Model European Parliament Organisation Board

Gottfried Oehl
Chairman MEP Austria

Speakers

Georg Pfeifer
Director of the European Parliament Office in Vienna

Laurence Doering
MEP alumnus, Budapest, Madrid, Theresianum, Cambridge University,
British Embassy Vienna

Dimitrios Droutsas
Member of the European Parliament
former Foreign Minister of Greece

Honorary keynote speaker

Dr. Franz Vranitzky
former Chancellor of Austria

Sebastian Saxinger
President of the General Assembly of
the Model European Parliament

Heads of delegation of EU 28 and Candidate-Countries of the EU

12:00—13:00 h

Lunch
Wiener Rathauskeller, Rathaus,
Rathausplatz, Wien 1010 (→ map)

14:00—18:00 h

Committee meetings
Theresianum (→ map)

14:15—17:00 h

for coordinators/directors/teachers:
Welcome:
Dir. Mag. Andreas Schatzl and Kurator Dr. Stephan Nagler
followed by briefing and waltz lesson with Elmayer Dance School
Bibliotheca Theresiana and Peregrin Saal, Theresianum (→ map)

Evening

Delegates and directors/teachers/coordinators are received and have dinner in their respective embassies
(reception details will be handed out separately)

Directors/teachers/coordinators and delegates who are not received by their embassies have dinner on their own account

Tuesday 1st April

08:30—13:00 h

Welcome: Dir. Mag. Robert Donner, BG Int. School Klosterneuburg

Committee meetings
BG International School Klosterneuburg,
Buchberggasse 31, 3400 Klosterneuburg (→ map)

coordinators/directors/teachers:
9:00 h – departure from hotel
10:00 h – visit of Spanish Horse Riding School morning practice
12:15 h – departure for guided scenic coach ride to Klosterneuburg from Opera bus stop

Welcome

Abbott Bernhard IV Hermann Backovsky
Town mayor of Klosterneuburg, Stefan Schmuckenschlager

13:30—14:30 h

Monastery lunch
Stiftskeller Klosterneuburg (→ map)

14:45 h

buses leave for Vienna and a guided scenic bus tour
followed by free time in Vienna for delegates

coordinators/directors/teachers:
visit of Klosterneuburg monastery
17:00 h coach to Vienna

15:00 h

Approval panel
BG International School Klosterneuburg (→ map) computer lab

Evening

Delegates and coordinators/directors/teachers are received and have dinner in their respective embassies
(reception details will be handed out separately)

Coordinators/directors/teachers and delegates who are not received by their embassies have dinner on their own account

Wednesday 2nd April

08:30—12:00 h

Delegation meetings in traditional Vienna Coffee Houses
traditional coffee and cake (separate coffee house list)

11:30—12:00 h

Early lunch for coordinators/directors/teachers and delegates 
(at own expense)

12:15—15:00 h

Guided walking tour for coordinators/directors/teachers and delegates
meeting: Michaelertor, Hofburg (→ map) – followed by
visit of WWI exhibit in Austria's National Library, State Hall

15:45—16:45 h

Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi bust unveiling – Theresianum (→ map)
Presidents and coordinators/directors/teachers, honorary guests

15:30—18:00 h

Lobbying Theresianum: dining halls

17:00—18:00 h

Light refreshments

19:00—21:00 h

On the occasion of the centenary of the outbreak of WWI

Panel Discussion

Austrian National Library, State Hall
Josefsplatz 1, 1010 Wien (→ map)

19:30 h

Welcome
Dr. Johanna Rachinger, Director of Austrian National Library
Video Message from H.E. President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer

‘The EU — a global player of peace?’
Fishbowl discussion:

HE Ambassador Dr. Christian Strohal
Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE Europe

Prince Max of Hohenberg
Strategic Communications Consultant

Richard Kühnel
Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Austria

HE Vuk Jeremic
former Foreign Minister of Serbia
former President of the United Nations General Assembly

HE Ambassador Mark Bailey
Canada

Gregory Whye
Business Development Director for EuropeAid Affairs, Human Dynamics Brussels

Frederic Morton, author Thunder at Twilight 1913/14

Chair: Philippe Narval
Managing Director, European Forum Alpbach

Thursday 3rd April

09:00—17:00 h

General Assembly
Assembly Hall National Council of the Republic of Austria
Parlament, Dr. Karl Renner Ring 3, Wien 1010 (→ map)

Delegates and coordinators / directors / teachers have to be present at 08:15 h

Welcome

Barbara Prammer
President of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament

10:15—10:45 h

Coffee break

13:15—14:15 h

Lunch for delegates and directors/teachers in Parliament

14:30—17:00 h

General Assembly
Nationalratssitzungssaal, Parlament

18:00—20:30 h

Information reception
for delegates and coordinators/directors/teachers

The Role of Civil Society

WUK (Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus)
Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Wien

Friday 4th April

09:00—17:00 h

General Assembly
Assembly Hall National Council of the Republic of Austria
Parlament, Dr. Karl Renner Ring 3, Wien 1010 (→ map)

Delegates and coordinators/directors/teachers have to be present at 08:15 h

 

10:30—10:45 h

Coffee break

13:15—14:15 h

Lunch for delegates and coordinators/directors/teachers in Parliament

17:00—17:30 h

Closing Ceremony of the Model European Parliament Vienna

Speakers

Othmar Karas
Vice President of the European Parliament

Hannes Swoboda
MEP, Pres. Prog. Alliance of Soc/Dem.

Sonsoles Castellano
Member of the Model European Parliament Organisation Board

Anna van Sminia
Hon. Secretary-General of MEP Foundation

Gottfried Oehl
Chairman MEP Austria

Sebastian Saxinger, Laura Kmentt, Alexander Brenn, Lukas Joura
Presidents of the General Assembly of the Model European Parliament

20:00-02:30 h

European Ball For Peace
Palais Schönburg
Rainergasse 11, 1040 Wien (→ map)

Saturday 5th April

Departure of delegations