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DRAFT PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
 
Monday 07 March 2011
14.30 Registration & Setting
14.30-17.00 Pre-conference information session: Adult learning in Hungary
19.30 Dinner - Social event
 
Tuesday 08 March 2011
09.00-18.00 Meeting in plenary and in parallel sessions
19.00 Guided tour and dinner
Wednesday 09 March 2011
09.00-13.00 Meeting in plenary sessions
13.00 – 14.00 Farewell buffet

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
  During the plenary sessions interpretation will be available in English, French, German and Hungarian.
Please note however that 6 of the 7 parallel thematic forums will be held in English with no interpretation.

Conference Venue
  visuel-hotel Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge
Roosevelt tér 2.
1051 Budapest
Hungary
Tel.: +36 12661234 - Fax: +36 12669101
Website of the Hotel

From Budapest Airport, take the direct bus 200E from Terminals 1 and 2 to Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal. Bus 93 operates from Terminal 1 to Kőbánya-Kispest Metro Station. By the 'blue' (3) Metro you can reach Deák Ferenc Square in the City in 20 minutes.

Underground station:
Line Station
M3 DEAK TER
M2 DEAK TER
M1 VOROSMARTY TER


Or you can also use the new direct bus line opened on the occasion of the EU presidency.
The journey is approximately 1 hour long but it is direct.
You should stop at Roosevelt square (Roosevelt tér) as the hotel is just across the square.
The fare is EUR 5 or HUF 1,400 (you can pay in both currencies).

Contact
  For further information about registrations and the logistics of the meeting, please contact:
Team Work
8, rue du Dahomey – 75011 Paris – France
Contact: Ms Lucie Grasset or Ms Caroline Leplat
Phone: +33 143677979 – Fax: +33 143677900
Email: adultlearning-budapest2011@teamwork.fr

Catering and Social Events
  Lunches and coffee breaks are offered by the European Commission during the conference. The European Commission is also pleased to invite you to a farewell cocktail in the hotel of the conference.

The dinners on Monday 07 and Tuesday 08 March are kindly offered by the Hungarian Ministry for National Economy and the Hungarian National Institute of Vocational and Adult Education.
Transfers between the hotel and the restaurant will be organised when necessary.

Local Information
  Internet Connection: Free WIFI access is available everywhere in the hotel Sofitel Chain Bridge Budapest.
High-speed Internet access can also be available on request (Conditions to be confirmed by the hotel).

Public Transport: you can find information on Budapest public means of transport on:
http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/general_information/budapest_public_transport or on http://www.eu2011.hu/transport.
The following fares apply for general Public Transportation: the one-way through-ticket costs HUF 320 (400 HUF when buying on the bus from the driver).
You can also buy 10-journey discount coupon books for HUF 2,800.
Here is a Map of the main Bus and Metro lines in Budapest : http://www.budapestinfo.hu/noc/photos/bkv_halozat.pdf
For more information about the public transportation of Budapest and the timetable of buses, see www.bkv.hu.

The direct bus line, created in the context of the EU presidency , operates with a frequency of one bus every 30 minutes during the weekdays and one every hour during the week-end, on the following route: International Airport Ferihegy 2 / International Airport Ferihegy 1 / Deák Ferenc Square / Roosevelt Square (and return). You can pay the fare in euros or in forints as you prefer: EUR 5 or HUF 1,400. It is operated by Weekendbus Zrt (http://www.weekendbus.hu).

Other general information on Budapest can be found on the website of the tourism office : http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/general_information

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