SENATE OF ROMANIA

35TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING

OF THE WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE

BUCHAREST, 1974

 

 Organized by the Subcommittee for Population and Development

in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund

and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bucharest, Palace of Parliament, 17 June 2009

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

 

09.30                   Registration of participants

 

                          Palace of Parliament, Senate, Constantin Stere Hall

 

10.00                  Opening session

 

Welcome address

- Mr. Tudor UDRIȘTOIU, Chairman of the Subcommittee for Population and Development, Senate of Romania

 

Opening statements    

- Mr. Mircea-Dan GEOANĂ, President of the Senate of Romania

- Mrs. Thea FIERENS, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA

- Mr. Cristian DIACONESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

 

10.30                 Family Photo

                  

                        Coffee break

 

11.00                   Session I       The Bucharest Word Population Conference at 35

                                                             

Moderator:    Mrs. Victoria POPESCU, Deputy Director, UN and Specialized Agencies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

 

- Significance of the Conference and its impact on population and development policies  

- Demographic evolutions since 1974 and trends at global level; the impact of the economic crisis       

- Achieving the internationally agreed objectives on Population and Development: state of play and perspectives; EU development cooperation policies; the role and contribution of parliaments     

 

Key-note presentations:

- Mrs. Thea FIERENS, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA

- Academician Mircea MALIȚA, member of the Romanian Academy

- Mr. Cosmin BOIANGIU, Director, UN and Specialised Agencies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

- Mrs. Danielle BOUSQUET, member of the Executive Committee, European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development; Deputy Chairperson, Delegation on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, National Assembly, France

- Mr. Tudor UDRIȘTOIU, Chairman of the Subcommittee for Population and Development, Senate of Romania

                         Discussions

 

13.00                  Lunch (Palace of Parliament, “Rustic” Restaurant)

 

14.30                 Tour of the Palace of Parliament (optional)

 

15.00                     Session II     Romania’s demographic future: challenges and responses

 

Moderator:    Mr. Tudor UDRIȘTOIU, Chairman of the Subcommittee for Population and Development, Senate of Romania

 

                                    - Current demographic situation and demographic prospects   

- The EU context: population projections and policy responses

- Initiatives for a coherent national approach to population and development issues; towards a National Strategy on Population and Development: necessity, objectives, action lines, stakeholders  

 

Key-note presentations:

- Prof. Vasile GHEȚĂU, Director, Center for Demographic Research „Vladimir Trebici”, Romanian Academy

- Dr. Mihai HORGA, Deputy Representative, UNFPA Romania

- Mr. Vergil VOINEAGU, President, National Institute of Statistics

- Mr. Julius Op de BEKE, Analyst, Directorate for Social Protection and Integration, European Commission

- Mr. Șerban RĂDULESCU, member of the   Subcommittee for Population and Development, Senate of Romania

 

                           Discussions

 

17.15                   Coffee break

 

17.30                   Closing Session - Conclusions and Recommendations

 

- Mrs. Victoria POPESCU, Deputy Director, UN and Specialized Agencies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

- Mr. Tudor UDRIȘTOIU, Chairman of the Subcommittee for Population and Development, Senate of Romania