Meetings of EU Commission Members on 19 September 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in New York, United States: participates in the Opening of the 78th UN General Assembly; participates in the Bloomberg Transition Finance Action Forum.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in New York, United States: meets with Mr Michael Bloomberg, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions; co-chairs the Global Covenant of Mayors board meeting; attends the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit; participates in a discussion on private capital mobilisation in emerging markets and developing countries organised by Bloomberg.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in New York, United States: participates in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)’s side event ‘Children as Agents of Change – A Call to Action to Enable Inclusive Child Participation to Accelerate Implementation of the SDGs’, organised by Joining Forces – For All Children; meets with Mr Li Junhua, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Under-Secretary General; participates in the High-Level Dialogue at the 2023 SDG Summit ‘Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World’, organised by the Mission of Honduras; participates in the event ‘Alleviating suffering of Ukrainian children affected by war’, organised by UN; participates in the UNGA side event ‘Childrens Rights in the Digital Environment’, organised by the Italian Mission to the UN and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Zaragoza, Spain: participates in the Informal meeting on Education and Youth.

M. Margaritis Schinas prononce un discours lors du dîner de gala du Sommet européen du transport maritime.

Mr Nicolas Schmit participates in the external meeting of the council of ministers of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

M. Paolo Gentiloni reçoit M. Clément Beaune, ministre français des Transports ; participe à l’événement « L’Union européenne en 2023 : un rêve en construction » organisé par la Représentation de la Commission européenne en Belgique.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski receives Mr Marek Výborný, Minister of Agriculture of Czechia; speaks via videoconference with Mr Lefteris Avgenakis, Minister of Agricultural Development and Food of Greece.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Ms Brigitte Maccioni, President of UGC.

Mme Helena Dalli prononce un discours en ligne lors du Sommet européen du transport maritime organisé par l’Association des armateurs de la Communauté européenne.

Mr Janez Lenarčič, in Boston, United States: delivers a lecture at Harvard university.

Ms Kadri Simson in Helsinki, Finland: meets with representatives of Finnish Energy (Energiateollisuus); meets with members of the Commerce and Environment Committees of the Finnish Parliament.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in New-York, United States (until 20/9): attends the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) week; delivers a keynote speech at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership event on ‘Alignment of climate and nature action’; delivers a speech at the Ministerial Meeting organized by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment, in a session themed ‘Towards Ending Plastic Pollution by 2040′;  and delivers an opening speech at the High-Level event for Nature and People From Ambition to Action.

Mme Mairead McGuinness reçoit M. Eric de Montgolfier, directeur général d’Invest Europe.