Opening to the South - Conference on the New Priority of Hungary’s Foreign Policy

Partner: Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Event date: Jun 01, 2015
Deadline for registering: May 29, 2015
Venue: Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1016 Budapest, Bérc utca 13-15., Hungary
Category: Conference

The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade has the pleasure to invite you to the conference on the New Priority of Hungary’s Foreign Policy:

Opening to the South

to be held on 1 June 2015 (Monday) 9.00 at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, 13-15. Bérc street, Budapest 1016

The conference will be opened by 
H.E. Péter Szijjártó 
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The conference is organized around two panel discussions: presenting the future perspective of cooperation of Hungary with Latin-America and Africa (with special focus on the Sub-Saharan region).

The conference is open to public but registration is required. 

Please send your registration to event@ifat.hu by 29 May. 
The working language of the conference is English. 

AGENDA

9:00 – 9:10 Opening Remarks 
Mr. Márton SCHŐBERL, Director-General of Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
9:10 – 9:30 Opening Speech
H.E. Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Speeches
H.E. Johann MARX, Ambassador of Republic of South Africa to Hungary 
H.E. Valter Pecly MOREIRA, Ambassador of Federative Republic of Brazil to Hungary

Mr. Zoltán URBÁN, Chief Executive Officer of EXIM: “The role of the European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund” 

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Perspective of Africa
1. Mr. István TARRÓSY, Assistant Professor, University of Pécs, Department of Political and International Relations Studies, researcher, Africanist 
2. Mr. Endre DÉRI, Honorary Consul of Hungary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3. Mr. Péter MORENTH, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Lesotho to Hungary
4. Ms. Kateřina RUDINCOVÁ, Associate Research Fellow from Institute of International Relations, Czech Republic 
5. Moderator: Mr. András SZABÓ, Head of African Department, MFA

12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 12:45 Toolkits for Hungarian development stakeholders in Africa
Mr. Ádám Zoltán KOVÁCS, Deputy State Secretary for International Cooperation, MFA
12:45 – 13:45 Panel Discussion: Perspective of Latin-America
1. Ms. Edit INOTAI, Senior Fellow, Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy, Hungary
2. Mr. András CSONTOS, Head of Department, Gedeon Richter
3. Mr. Jordi BACARIA COLOM, Director of Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, CIDOB, Spain 
4. Mr. Iván MEDVECZKY, Head of Latin-America Department, MFA
5. Moderator: Mr. Sándor Gyula NAGY, Academic Director, IFAT
13:45 Closing remarks: Mr. Zsolt CSUTORA, Deputy State Secretary for Eastern Opening, MFA

Lunch

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Keywords: Hungary, Africa