The European Union Coordination Unit (EUCU) of Dogus University (Istanbul, Turkey), is sponsoring, as part of the international project on "The Creation of a New Generation of EU Governance: Towards Transparency and Accountability," with funding from the European Community, the following conference:

International Conference on European Union Governance, Enlargement and Turkey
16 - 17 May 2003

Ritz Carlton Hotel
Istanbul, Turkey

Programme

16 May 2003 Friday

8:30 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 -10:45 Opening Speeches

Prof. Dr. A. Talha Dinibütün, Rector, Dogus University
Mr. Dogu Gozacan, President of the Board of Trustees, Dogus University
Mr Ismail Cem, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current PResident of YTP

10:45 -11:00 Coffee-Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session I: EU Governance and Politics
Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Haluk Kabaalioğlu
(President of TUNAECS & Yeditepe University)

Changing Nature of EU’s Reform Process
Thomas Christiansen, University of Wales, UK

EU Foreign Policy: Governance, Ruin or Building Site?
Knud Eric Jorgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

Four Worlds of Europeanisation: Implications for Turkish EU Membership
Klaus Goetz, London School of Economics, UK

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 15:30 Session II: EU Governance and Economics
Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Erol Katırcıoğlu (Bilgi University)

EU Lessons for Global Governance
Willem Molle, Erasmus University & Netherlands Economic Institute, The Netherlands

Reforming the Governance of Euro-Zone
Kenneth Dyson, Bradford University, UK

The Future of European Socio-Economic Governance
Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Why Can We Not Reform Common Agricultural Policy?
Richard Griffiths, Leiden University, The Netherlands

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee-Break

15:45 - 17:15 Session III: Governance in Turkey (TUSIAD Session)
Session Chair: Dr. Yılmaz Argüden

Enlargement, Governance and Turkey
Korkmaz İlkorur

Regulatory Reform and Turkey
Uğur Emek

19:00 Coctail-Prolongé (by invitation)

17 May 2003 Saturday

9:30 - 11:00 Session IV: EU Governance and Culture
Session Chair: Prof.Dr.Nedret Kuran Burçoğlu (President of CIRP)

Europeanization of Higher Education: A Threat or an Opportunity
Han van der Horst, NUFFIC, The Netherlands

Governance of Diversity
Ambassador Pulat Tacar, UNESCO,Turkey

Cultural Industry/ Cultural Policy and Digital Era: A Challenge for Europe.
Sylvie Forbin, France

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee-Break

11:15 - 12:00 Session V: EU Governance: A Multidisciplinary Appraoch
Session Chair: Ambassador Pulat Tacar (UNESCO, Turkey)

Understanding Progressive Governance: Turkey and the EU in the New
Millenium: Esra LaGro, Dogus University, Turkey

Evolution in Governance: Post-Cold War Directions in Light of Enlargement: Sean Cox, Dogus University, Turkey

Implications of Cross-Cultural Characteristics in Effective Organizational Management in Multi-Cultural Europe: Erdogan Koc, Dogus University, Turkey

12:00 - 12:30 Session VI: Governance of Higher Education in Europe (NUFFIC Session)

Presentation by Mr. André Smits

European Higher Education and Governance: The Dutch Higher Education as a Gateway to Europe

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

* English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided.