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PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY, RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SERVICES OF CENTRAL EUROPE


19th Annual International Conference of Parliamentary Librarians

Prague, 29 - 31 July, 2003

PROGRAMME


LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

PROCEEDINGS

PHOTO GALLERY


TUESDAY    29 July, 2003


16:00 - 17:00 Delegates arrive at the Senate, Valdstejnske nam. 17/4, Praha 1, Registration
17:00 - 17:20 Speeches of welcome, P. Kynstetr, Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies and P. Pelant, Secretary General of the Senate
17:20 - 17:45 Concert - Ensemble Martinu - Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dances (Selection)
17:45 - 19:00 Tour of the historical palaces of the Senate
19:00 - 21:00 Reception in the Senate

WEDNESDAY    30 July, 2003


8:30 - 9:00 Registration of the delegates at the Chamber of Deputies, Snemovni 1, Praha 1
9:00 - 9:30 Opening of Conference. Chairperson of the Chamber of Deputies Mr. LubomirZaoralek and Chairperson of the Senatīs Committee for Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions Mr. F. Mezihorak. Ceremony
9:30 - 9:45 Synchronization of the Metadata in the Legislative Process between the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament / SKLENAR, Vaclav, Czech Parliament
9:45 - 10:00 Legislative Tracking System in the National Council of the Slovak Republic / FAJTAK, Lubomir; DZURJANIN, Stanislav, Slovak Parliament
10:00 - 10:15 Eurovoc Thesaurus in the National Council of the Slovak Republic (PPT) / MALACKOVA, Eva; MRAZ, Pavol, Slovak Parliament
10:15 - 10:30 Eurovoc Thesaurus in the Parliament of the Czech Republic / LHOTSKA, Anna; ZIGMUNDOVA, Kvetoslava, Czech Republic
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:30 Partner Libraries of the Chancellery of the National Council of the Slovak Republic / MALACKOVA, Eva, Slovak Parliament
11:30 - 11:45 Joint Czech and Slovak Digital Parliamentary Library / HOUDEK, Petr, Czech Parliament
11:45 - 12:00 Parliamentary Research Service and the Cooperation among European Parliaments through the ECPRD / ZATKALIKOVA, Anna, Slovak Parliament
12:00 - 12:15 Types of Work of the Parliamentary Institute during the Period of the Harmonization of the Czech Legal Order with the EU/EC Law / SYLLOVA, Jindriska, Czech Parliament
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch offered by the Office of the Chamber of Deputies
14:00 - 14:15 The first 12 years of the Information Services for MPs in the Library of the Hungarian Parliament - before a qualitative change / HARASZTI, Katalin, Hungarian Parliament
14:15 - 14:30 The Library of the Hungarian Parliament - the Depository Library of EU in Hungary. EU-related Information Support for MPs / CSAKO, Beata, Hungarian Parliament
14:30 - 14:45 Information Specialists of the Library of the Hungarian Parliament Delegated to Standing Committees / KELEMEN, Ida, Hungarian Parliament
14:45 - 15:00 The BRIDGE Series in the Library of the Hungarian Parliament / HORVATH, Iren, Hungarian Parliament
15:00 - 15:15 Discussion
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 15:50 The role of Parliamentary Research Services in the Process of Implementation of the EU Law - the Case of Poland / STASKIEWICZ, Wieslaw, Polish Parliament
15:50 - 16:10 Pluralism v. Monism - Institutional Models of Providing EU Information to MPs - Polish Experiences / KULISIEWICZ, Wojciech, Polish Parliament
16:10 - 16:30 The Scope, Forms and Methods of Informing MPs about the European Union - the Experiences of the Senate (Poland) / DZIUBECKI, Andrzej, Polish Parliament
16:30 - 16:45 Discussion
16:45 - 17:00 Austrian View and Wrap up Session (PPT) / DIETRICH-SCHULZ, Elisabeth
17:00 Conference ends
19:00 - 21:00 Closing reception in the Chamber of Deputies, Snemovni 4, Praha 1

THURSDAY    31 July, 2003


Optional Programme

1. Sightseeing tour of Prague
(Walking guided tour - English and German speaking guide - starting at 09:00 a.m. finishing at cca 1 p.m., meeting point in front of the Chamber of Deputies, Snemovni 4, Praha 1, entrance fees to be paid by the participants)

2. Bus transit from Prague to 69th IFLA General Conference and Council, held in Berlin, Germany from August 1st - 9th, 2003:
Departure from Prague:
8:30 a.m. at hotel Andelīs, Stroupeznickeho 21, Prague 5
8.50 a.m. at hotel Savoy, Keplerova 6, Prague 1
9.00 a.m. at Malostranska metro station (for participants from Biskupsky dum)

2 - 3 hours break at Dresden Germany (famous Zwinger Art Gallery) with English speaking guide, arrival to Berlin approximately at 6 p.m.

3. Delegates depart for Berlin individually



28/8/2003 (updated 21/10/2003)
Prepared by Petr Houdek

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