2^nd IDF Europe regional meeting of Eastern European countries

ST PETERSBURG, 6-8 June 2003

1 st EEC Meeting

SVD in the Eastern European Countries Region: Acknowledging the past, Reflecting on the present, Securing the future

PROGRAMME

Friday 6 June

12.00-15.00 Arrival in “October Hotel”

15.00 Departure from hotel to «the Taurian palace»

at the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA)

15.30-16.00 Press conference <E* & R*>

16.00-17.00 Opening Ceremony

- Official opening by Marina Shipulina <R*>

- President Massimo Massi-Benedetti's opening address <E*>

- Presentation of the main programme by IPA delegate <R*>

- Presentation of the Diabetic Associations by DARK President Natalya Tukalevskaya <R*>

- Greetings from Novo Nordisk representative <E*>

18.00 Departure from «the Taurian palace» (IPA)

18.30-20.30 Dinner at the Ausetria restaurant

20.30-21.00 Excursion on the Peter and Paul Fortress

21.00-23.00 Sightseeing tour across Saint Petersburg <E* & R*>

23.00 Returning to hotel

Saturday 7 June

9.00-11.00 Plenary session

Chair: IDF-Europe Board Member & Belarus DA President

•  Presentation: President Massimo Мassi-Benedetti (15 minutes) on «Socio-economic efficiency of Diabetes care» <E*>

•  Presentations on the national diabetes programmes of Russia , and then of Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine (10 minutes each) <R*>

•  The Diabetes National Programme in Finland – Leena Etu-Seppala and Finnish Minister of Health (TBC) (10 minutes) <E*>

•  The Irish Diabetes Association's role in realization of the Diabetes Programme – Dr Tony O'Sullivan (10 minutes) <E*>

•  Questions and Answers <E* & R*>

11.00-11.30 Coffee-break

11.30-18.00 Parallel working groups sessions

‘Proposals for Inter-Parliamentary Assembly initiatives on Diabetes'

Working Group A Representatives of Non Professional Associations.

Chair: Marina Shipulina (RDF) & Mominat Omarova ( Azerbaijan DA)

<R only>

Working Group B Experts – endocrinologists.

Chair: Vladimir Ignatkov ( Russia ) & Ramaz Kurashvili ( Georgia DA)

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11.30 -18.00 Board meeting of IDF-Europe (room TBC)

11.30-13.30 Parallel working groups sessions

13.30-14.30 Lunch together

14.30-16.00 Parallel working groups sessions

16.00-16.30 Coffee-break together

16.30-18.00 Parallel working groups sessions

18.30 Departure from "October Hotel" to the " Diabetes Center " (optional)

19.00-19.30 Visit of the St Petersburg " Diabetes Center "

19.30 Departure from the " Diabetes Center "

20.00-22.00 Dinner at the October Hotel

Sunday 8 June

•  Plenary session

Chair: President-Elect Wim Wientjens & Alexander Ametov, Elvira Gustova (RDF) and Dr Svetlana Mamutova ( Kyrgyzstan )

Report of the two working groups <E* & R*>

10.30-12.00 Preparation of the document for IPA of the CIS (small group of EEC and IDF-Europe representatives (MMB, WW & PO)

Coffee-break

•  Presentation of final document and closing of meeting by President-Elect Wim Wientjens, President Massimo Massi-Benedetti and Valentina Ocheretenko (Ukrainian Diabetes Association) <E* & R*>

•  Lunch

Departures

<E*>: Speech in English with translation into Russian

<R*>: Speech in Russian with translation into English

<R only>: in Russian only