MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CHAIRPERSONS OF COSAC
Tallinn, Estonia, 10 July 2017
AGENDA:
1. Opening of the meeting
- Welcome address by Mr Eiki NESTOR, President of the Estonian
Riigikogu
- Introductory remarks by Mr Toomas VITSUT, Chair of the European Union
Affairs Committee of the Estonian
Riigikogu
2. Adoption of the agenda of the meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC
3. Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters
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Information on the results of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
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Draft agenda of the LVIII COSAC
-
Outline of the 28th Bi-Annual Report of COSAC
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Appointment of the Permanent Member of the COSAC Secretariat for 2018-
2019
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Letters received by the Presidency
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Procedural issues
4. Priorities of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU
Keynote speaker: Mr Jüri RATAS, Prime Minister of Estonia
5. From start-ups to scale-ups - EU s unused potential
Speakers: Ms Kristin SCHREIBER, Director of COSME Programme and SME
Policy, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs, European Commission, Mr Sten TAMKIVI, Vice President, MOVE
Guides (recently acquired Teleport, where Mr TAMKIVI was founder and CEO),
and Mr Ivo PIGEL, co-founder of Perpetuum mobile, writer
PROCEEDINGS
IN THE CHAIR: Mr Toomas VITSUT, Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee, Estonian
Riigikogu
1. Opening of the meeting
- Welcome address by Mr Eiki NESTOR, President of the
Riigikogu
- Introductory remarks by Mr Toomas VITSUT, Chairman of the European Union Affairs
Committee of the
Riigikogu
Mr Toomas VITSUT, Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Estonian
Riigikogu,
welcomed all participants to Tallinn, and opened the Chairpersons meeting, noting that this also
opened the Parliamentary dimension of the Estonian Presidency of the Council and thus offered an
excellent opportunity to provide an overview of the priorities of the Estonian Presidency. He then
gave the floor to the President of the
Riigikogu.
Mr Eiki NESTOR, President of the Estonian
Riigikogu,
welcomed participants to the COSAC
Chairpersons meeting, while comparing it to a successful social start-up that had become a social
scale-up. Explaining this comparison, Mr NESTOR said that, just like a start-up, COSAC was firstly
an idea which then evolved to an interparliamentary conference. Unlike start-ups, however, COSAC
had avoided the mistake which most start-ups made by understanding the importance of details and
deciding to set up and work in accordance with Rules of Procedures, the most important part of which,
according to Mr NESTOR, was the article allowing the Presidency Parliament to host the COSAC
Conferences and thus giving all national Parliaments an opportunity to set the agenda for six months.
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