Stavros Lambrinidis

The European Union Joins South By Southwest® Digital Experience March 16-20

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The European Union (EU) will join the dynamic digital experience of South by Southwest (SXSW) Online for its annual EU@SXSW event, highlighting European innovation and culture.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The European Union (EU) will join the dynamic digital experience of South by Southwest (SXSW) Online for its annual EU@SXSW event, highlighting European innovation and culture.
  • "This year's festival comes at a special time for the EU-US relationship," said European Union Ambassador to the United States Stavros Lambrinidis.
  • And that collaborative spirit how we can work closely together and learn from each other is very much at the heart of our South by Southwest programming."
  • Notable speakers include European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager; U.S.

EDPB & EDPS adopt joint opinions on new sets of SCCs

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Friday, January 15, 2021

Plenary Session of the EDPB , Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via videolink), Brussels, Belgium

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  • Plenary Session of the EDPB , Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    "EDEN goes to the Island" , Welcome speech by Wojciech Wiwiorowski at the 5th EDEN Event on Data Protection in Law Enforcement (via online), Brussels, Belgium
    Wojciech Wiewirowski meeting HEthe European Union Ambassador to the United States Stavros Lambrinidis (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    DPO Quartet meeting, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Plenary Session of the EDPB, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via video link), Brussels, Belgium
    World Bank Group Data Privacy Day 2021, Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Roundtable with Data Privacy Commissioners (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Wojciech Wiewirowski in an online meeting with Ms Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Brussels, Belgium

Highlights - Exchange of views with Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights - Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Exchange of views with Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

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  • Exchange of views with Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
    Eamon Gilmore was appointed EU Special Representative for Human Rights in February 2019 (succeeding Stavros Lambrinidis) and is invited to present his priorities and activities so far to the Subcommittee on 9 September.
  • The discussion will focus on constructive ways to strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of EU policies with regard to human rights issues and to look at new challenges in the framework of the implementation of his mandate.
  • Throughout the 2014-2019 legislature the Subcommittee on Human Rights consolidated its role in keeping human rights at the heart of the EU's agenda in external relations and parliamentary diplomacy.
  • The Activity Report summarises the Subcommittee's work in carrying out this role.