Dear colleages, Details of a document that may be of interest are shown below. Despite appearances, it is not an EU document. The conference has been organised biennially, in different countries, by the parliament of the host nation, from whom the conference report and other papers can be obtained, in paper or electronic form and in different language versions. In the case of the Lisbon conference, the contact address is: [log in to unmask] Best regards, Chris Lamb ********************** CONFERENCE OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE MEMBERS STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Lisbon, 20 to 22 May 1999 REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE Contents: Conference Programme Opening Session Topic 1 – The challenges of globalisation for parliamentary institutions Topic 1A – Legislative quality and simplifying legislation in European democracy Topic 1B – Parliaments, freedom of information and data protection Topic 2 – Inter-parliamentary co-operation after the Treaty of Amsterdam Debate on the Conclusions of the Presidency Conclusions of the Presidency Chris Lamb Documentation Officer Technical Assistance Office Euro Info Centre Network 70 rue Montoyer B-1000 Bruxelles Tel: +32 2 287 1553 Fax: +32 2 230 0520 Email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%