Press Releases

Press programme: Informal Meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers

Villach, 19.1.-21.1.2006

Thursday, 19 January 2006

9:00

Press centre in Villach Congress Centre opens

12:30

Meeting of the EU Troika with the European Parliament and the Social Platform, chaired by Federal Minister Ursula Haubner, in the Villach Congress Centre
(Gottfried-von-Einem room, 1st floor)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY/Tour de Table

13:45

Presentation of the message "Wishes for the future" by Carinthian children to the Presidency in the Villach Congress Centre
(Foyer, ground floor)

14:00

Meeting of the EU Troika with the European social partners, chaired by Federal Minister Martin Bartenstein in the Villach Congress Centre (Gottfried-von-Einem room, 1st floor)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY/Tour de Table

16:30

PRESS CONFERENCE with Federal Ministers Ursula Haubner and Martin Bartenstein, EU Commissioner Vladimír Špidla, representatives of the social partners and NGO in the Villach Congress Centre)
(Presidency briefing room, ground floor; languages: German/English/French)

18:00

Bus transfer for media representatives wishing to take part in the official welcome or at the reception for the press in the Karawankenhof Hotel, from the Villach Congress Centre to the Warmbaderhof Hotel/ Karawankenhof Hotel

18:45

Entry in the Golden Book of Villach by Federal Ministers Ursula Haubner and Martin Bartenstein, EU Commissioner Vladimír Špidla and the Chairman of Committee of the European Parliament on Employment and Social Affairs Jan Andersson, in the presence of the Major of Villach, Helmut Manzenreiter in the Warmbaderhof Hotel (Villach)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY

19:00

Official welcome for the ministers by Federal Ministers Ursula Haubner and Martin Bartenstein and by Helmut Manzenreiter, the Mayor of Villach, in the Warmbaderhof Hotel (Villach)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY at the beginning

21:00

Press centre in Villach Congress Centre closes

22:00

Bus transfer for media representatives from the Karawankenhof Hotel back to the Villach Congress Centre

Friday, 20 January 2006

7:00

Press centre in Villach Congress Centre opens

9:00

1st working session “Flexicurity – Flexibility through Security” chaired by Federal Minister Martin Bartenstein in the Villach Congress Centre
(Gottfried-von-Einem room, 1st floor)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY/Tour de Table

12:00

FAMILY PHOTO in the Villach Congress Centre (ground floor)

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch for media representatives in the Villach Congress Centre (restaurant, ground floor)

14:00

2nd working session “The social dimension of the partnership for growth and jobs” chaired by Federal Minister Ursula Haubner in the Villach Congress Centre
(Gottfried-von-Einem Room, 1st floor)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY/Tour de Table

17:00

PRESS CONFERENCE with Federal Ministers Ursula Haubner and Martin Bartenstein and EU Commissioner Vladimír Špidla in the Villach Congress Centre
(Presidency briefing room, ground floor; languages: German/English/French)

19:15

Bus transfer for media representatives from the Villach Congress Centre to the Schleppe Event Hall (Klagenfurt)

20:00

Reception by Governor Jörg Haider for participants and media representatives in the Schleppe Event Hall (Klagenfurt)

PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY at the beginning

21:00

Press centre in Villach Congress Centre opens

Saturday, 21 January 2006

9:00 – 12:00

Press centre in Villach Congress Centre opens

9:30

Bus transfer for media representatives from the Villach Congress Centre to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach)

10:00

Visit by the participants and media representatives to Infineon Technologies Austria AG with presentation and guided tour

Please register for this event by 12:00 on 20.1.2006 at the accreditation desk in the Villach Congress Centre.

12:30

Lunch for the participants and media representatives at Infineon

14:00

Bus transfer for media representatives from Infineon Technologies Austria AG to Klagenfurt Airport