Agenda

Meeting of the Defence Policy Directors of the European Union

At the Hofburg Congress Center & Redoutensäle Vienna (Entrance at Josefsplatz)
19 – 20 January 2006

Thursday 19 January 2006

16.00 – 18.00 Arrival and check-in at the Hotel MERCURE

18.15 – 19.15 Visit to the exhibition “Highlight Tour” at the Museum of Art History

19.30 – 22.00 Dinner at the Radisson SAS Hotel

Friday, 20 January 2006

09:00 Departure by bus for the meeting at the Hofburg Congress Center

09.15 – 09.30 Welcome by the Austrian Federal Minister of Defence

09.30 - 11.00 1st working session

1. Management of Operations
2. Security Sector Reform (SSR)
3. Disaster Relief

11.30-13.00 2nd working session

1. Road Map to the Progress Catalogue
2. Long Term Vision
3. Battlegroups (BG)
4. European Defence Agency (EDA)

13.00-14.30 working lunch

1. Operations
2. Africa
3. Western Balkans

14.30-15.00 Bus departure for Vienna International Airport (if needed)