Meetings of EU Commission Members on 15 November 2022

President Ursula von der Leyen in Denpasar, Indonesia (until 18/11): participates in the G20 Heads of State and Government Summit.

Mr Frans Timmermans in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at COP27 (14-18/11):  delivers a statement at the opening high-level plenary segment; participates in the European Parliament side event ‘The Fit for 55 package: new opportunities for multilateral cooperation in terms of global decarbonisation, adaptation and loss & damage’; and delivers keynote remarks at the high-level EU-Africa ministerial meeting on sustainable energy for all.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Cour des comptes of France; meets with Mr Luigi Ferraris, CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane; meets with Ms Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister for Digital Transformation of Slovenia; meets with Mr Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Jan Lipavsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; receives Mr Krum Zarkov, Minister of Justice of Bulgaria.

Mr Johannes Hahn receives Mr Friedrich Merz, Federal Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the High-level Dialogue with Türkiye on European Partnerships, in Brussels; delivers an opening speech at the 52^nd CIFE lunchtime debate on ‘The EU Strategy for Strengthening the European Dimension in Higher Education and Research’, in Brussels; receives Mr Silvio Kutić, founder and CEO of Infobip, Croatia’s first unicorn; receives a delegation of the ‘Hebros Rowing Club’.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in San Sebastian, Spain: participates in the 2022 Forum on Vocational Excellence; meets with Mr Iñigo Urkullu, President (Lehendakari) of the Basque Country; visits the Tknika Vocational Excellence centre ; visits Danobat Group, a machine tool company which promotes social initiatives in the community.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski speaks via videoconference at the 16th Annual Working Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture from South Eastern Europe; speaks via videoconference at the Public Forum ‘Small Peasant and Farming Households under the War and During Post-War Reconstruction of Ukraine’, organised by several Ukrainian civil society organisations, national and foreign academic institutions, and the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates online in the opening of the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference; receives Mr José Manuel Bolieiro, President of the Regional Government of Azores; receives Mr Ben Issa Ousseni President of the Mayotte Region; receives Mr Ángel TORRES, President of the Canary Islands.

Mr Didier Reynders participates in the High-level EU-China-US trilateral Product Safety Summit; receives Mr. Cameron F. Kerry, former Secretary of the Department of Commerce of the United States.

Ms Helena Dalli holds a meeting with Ms Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister responsible for the Digital Transformation of Slovenia.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Ms Diana Jane, State Secretary for Development and Humanitarian Aid of Sweden; receives Mr Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan; participates in European Youth Debate (EYD 2022) – Political Dialogue.

Ms Adina Vălean hosts the Ministerial Council of the Transport Community; receives Mr Andrei Spinu, Vice Prime Minister of Moldova.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi on mission to Georgia (until 16/11).

Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Budapest, Hungary.

Ms Kadri Simson in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at COP27 (14-16/11): delivers an opening speech; meets with Ms Jennifer Granholm, Secretary for Energy of the United States; participates in a panel discussion on ‘Delivering Clean Energy at a time of climate crises – Energy security and Climate change’; participates in panel discussions on ‘REPower Europe Now’ at the Swedish Pavilion and on ‘Energy security and climate action’ at the German Pavilion; participates in the 2^nd United Nations Climate and Clean Air Ministerial meeting of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at COP27 (14-16/11): participates in the Ministerial meeting on the International Drought Resilience Alliance; meets with Ms Elisabeth Maruma Mrema,  Executive Director of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD); meets with Mr Shri Bhupender Yadav,  Minister for Environment of India; meets with Mr Franz Tattenbach Capra, Minister for Environment of Costa Rica; meets with Ms Maisa Rojas, Minister for Environment of Chile; and meets with Ms Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs of the United States.

Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a pre-recorded keynote speech  at the 7th Annual Conference 2022  of the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) ‘Making the seamless payments experience a reality’; delivers the opening address, via videoconference at the Green Finance Forum ‘ Green Europe – now more than ever?’ organised during the 25 edition of the Euro Finance Week (EFW); meets with Ms Elke König, Chair of the Single Resolution Board.