The EU and Korean Peninsula

This conference, held on March 27, 2003, was organiazed in association with the Delegation of the European Commission to Korea, the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea.

Keynote Speaker

"The EU and the Korean Peninsula", Percy Westerlund, Director, External Relations, European Commssion

Pannel Comments

H.E. Koenaard Rouvroy, Ambassador, of Belgium to the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Jin Park, Associate Dean of External Relations, KDI School

Session I

Aid and Humanitarian Assistance

Presenters

"European Aid Programmes at Work in the DPRK", H.E. Paul Beijer, Ambassador of Sweden to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

"The Humantarian Aid Office, European Commssion (ECHO)", Paul Filler, Co-ordinator for the DPRK and China for the Humantarian Aid Office of the European Commission

"A Korean Dimension to NGO acitivities in the DPRK", Jae-Shik Oh, Chairman, World Vision International

Session II

Business Relationship Between EU Companies and the DPRK

Presenters

"The EU Chamber of Commerce in Korea and the DPRK", Joseph Day, Entry Management Sevices Co. Ltd. (Chairman, EUCCK Pharmaceutical Committee) on behalf of Jean Jacques Grauhar, Secretary General, EUCCK

"European Investment in the DPRK", Tony Michell, Managing Director, KPMG-I.B. Consultancy Ltd.

Session III

Economic Assistance

Presenters

"The Need for Economic Assistance to the DPRK", Chan-Bong Park, Ministry of Unification

"The European Commission's Assistance Programmes in the DPRK", Maria Castillo-Fernandez, Desk Officer for Korea, External Relations Directorate, European Commssion

Session IV

Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula: Possible Contributions from the EU

General Debate

chaired by Il SaKong, Chairman & CEO, Institute for Global Economics