07 Apr 2003 | 08 Apr 2003 | Luxembourg | Attended an Agriculture and Fisheries Council. | Ross Finnie | 956.46 | 4 |
11 Apr 2003 | 18 Apr 2003 | Australia | Attended Commonwealth Law conference. | Colin Boyd | 4,108.50 | 1 |
24 Apr 2003 | | Belgium | Met with Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. | Allan Wilson | 524.00 | 1 |
23 May 2003 | 26 May 2003 | Belgium | Attended International Bar Association meeting. | Colin Boyd | 789.41 | 1 |
11 Jun 2003 | 13 Jun 2003 | Luxembourg | Attended an Agriculture, Fisheries Council, and also an Environment Council. | Ross Finnie | 915.00 | 4 |
15 Jun
2003 | 17 Jun 2003 | Italy | Attended launch of European Code Against Cancer and International Symposium on Cancer care. | Malcolm Chisholm | 1,251.54 | 1 |
17 Jun 2003 | 20 Jun 2004 | Luxembourg | Attended continuing Agriculture, Fisheries Council | Ross Finnie | 1,130.30 | 4 |
24 Jun 2003 | 27 Jun 2003 | USA | Attended the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC and opened Scottish Development International's office in Boston. | Frank McAveety | 2,862.20 | 2 |
25 Jun 2003 | 26 Jun 2003 | Luxembourg | Attended continuing Agriculture, Fisheries Council | Ross Finnie | 930.80 | 4 |
02 Jul 2003 | 03 Jul 2003 | Belgium | Attended a meeting of the Committee of the Regions. | Nicol Stephen | 48.82 | 1 |
07 Jul 2003 | 08 Jul 2003 | Belgium | Attended conference on Cohesion and Constitution - the Roles and Responsibilities of the Regions. | Lewis Macdonald | 535.70 | 2 |
13 Jul 2003 | 15 Jul 2003 | Belgium | Met Commission President Romano Prodi, Commissioners Neil Kinnock and Margot Wallström, and Bart Somers, the Minister President of Flanders. Also met Sir Nigel Sheinwald, and attended a Committee of the Regions Constitution Committee. | Jack McConnell | 726.48 | 3 |
09 Aug 2003 | 13 Aug 2003 | USA | Attended the International Association of Prosecutors Annual Conference. Also visited Red Hook Community project, New York. | Elish Angiolini | 4,318.67 | 1 |
19 Aug 2003 | 21 Aug 2003 | Sweden | Fact-finding visit to look at the Swedish integrated services for offenders. | Cathy Jamieson | 1,205.20 | 3 |
22 Aug 2003 | 29 Aug 2003 | Netherlands | Attended the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law conference. | Colin Boyd | 1,070.00 | 2 |
27 Aug 2003 | 30 Aug 2003 | Morocco | Attended the World Congress on Youth. | Euan Robson | 1,227.00 | 2 |
17 Sep 2003 | 21 Sep 2003 | Spain | Undertook a series of promotion of Scotland events as part of the Executive's co-operation agreement with Catalonia. | Jim
Wallace
Frank McAveety | 2,163.71 | 11 |
17 Sep 2003 | 19 Sep 2003 | Germany | Attended a Ministerial meeting on the Bologna Process for Higher Education reform in Europe | Lewis Macdonald | 1,201.69 | 3 |
08 Oct 2003 | 09 Oct 2003 | Belgium | Attended a Committee of the Regions meeting. | Nicol Stephen | 127.00 | 1 |
20 Oct 2003 | 27 Oct 2003 | Japan
Malaysia
Singapore | Undertook a series of company meetings and visits regarding life sciences, nanotechnology, Higher Education, textiles, and techmedia. Also opened the SDI's new Singapore incubator for Scottish companies. | Jim
Wallace | 6,862.52 | 2 |
20 Oct 2003 | 22 Oct 2003 | Italy | Represented the Executive at the Consistory to mark the Elevation of Archbishop Keith Patrick O'Brien to Cardinal. | Patricia Ferguson | 1,470.03 | 1 |
19 Oct 2003 | 22 Oct 2003 | Italy
Belgium | Attended Informal Council meeting on Regional Policy in Rome and held series of meetings in Brussels. | Jack McConnell | 2,432.19 | 4 |
23 Oct 2003 | 24 Oct 2003 | Belgium | Attended a meeting with Regional Environment Ministers and Commissioner Wallstrom. | Alan
Wilson | 438.60 | 0 |
26 Oct 2003 | 27 Oct 2003 | Luxembourg | Attended an Environment Council. | Ross Finnie | 815.00 | 1 |
31 Oct 2003 | 03 Nov 2003 | USA | Attended "dressed to Kilt" event as part of LA Fashion Week. Also undertook a series of visits and meetings to promote Scottish culture and film. | Frank McAveety | 2,577.94 | 2 |
03 Nov 2003 | 04 Nov 2003 | Netherlands
Belgium | Attended a ceremony in The Hague ratifying the Hague Convention on Protection of Adults. In Brussels met with Europol and Commission officials to discuss the EU Justice and Home Affairs agenda. | Hugh Henry | 735.82 | 3 |
02 Nov 2003 | 03 Nov 2003 | France | Attended a symposium on social affairs. | Margaret Curran | 1,191.76 | 3 |
10 Nov 2003 | 11 Nov 2003 | Belgium | Attended a Competitiveness Council. Also met a number of MEPs; John Grant the UK's Permanent Representative to the EU; and representatives from the Commission. Also visited Scotland Europa, and took part in Remembrance day events in Ypres. | Andy Kerr | 800.70 | 1 |
10 Nov 2003 | 12 Nov 2003 | Austria | Attended the REGLEG Ministers-Presidents conference. | Jack McConnell | 1,014.52 | 6 |
17 Nov 2003 | 18 Nov 2003 | Belgium | Attended an Agriculture and Fisheries Council. | Ross Finnie | 757.06 | 4 |
24 Nov 2003 | 25 Nov 2003 | Belgium | Attended an Education Council. | Peter Peacock | 1,069.46 | 3 |
24 Nov 2003 | | Belgium | Attended a meeting with Commissioner Fischler and Ben Bradshaw, the UK Fisheries Minister. | Ross Finnie | 611.34 | 2 |
24 Nov 2003 | | Belgium | Attended the Committee of the Regions Constitutional Affairs Commission. | Nicol Stephen | 117.10 | 1 |
26 Nov 2003 | 27 Nov 2003 | Italy | Attended an Inter-Institutional conference organised as part of the Italian Presidency of the EU. | Tavish Scott | 798.00 | 1 |
26 Nov 2003 | 27 Nov 2003 | Belgium | Attended an EU Competitiveness Council, met with Scottish MEPs and Commissioner Barnier. | Jim Wallace | 613.37 | 3 |
30 Nov 2003 | 02 Dec 2003 | Ireland | Visited the Dublin Docklands Development Corporation, the Irish Planning Appeals Board and a regeneration project. Attended a St Andrews Day reception onboard HMS Ocean and had dinner with Noel Ahern TD and Mary Coughlan TD. | Margaret Curran Mary Mulligan | 697.00 | 3 |
08 Dec 2003 | 09 Dec 2003 | Belgium | Visited Scotland House, met some Scottish MEPs and visited UKRep. Also met with representatives of the accession countries based in Brussels. | Tavish Scott | 673.26 | 1 |
15 Dec 2003 | 18 Dec 2003 | Belgium | Attended an Agriculture and Fisheries Council. | Ross Finnie | 1,047.89 | 4 |
11 Jan 2004 | 17 Jan 2004 | USA | Visited Boston, New York and Houston and undertook series of meetings, and visits across the electronics, life sciences, financial services and energy sectors; Undertook a series of interviews and met a number of Scottish companies operating in USA. Attended the inaugural Robert Burns Memorial Lecture at the United Nations with Secretary General Kofi Annan. Presented awards at the Scottish Space School graduation ceremony in Houston. | Jim Wallace | 5,276.25 | 2 |
19 Jan 2004 | 20 Jan 2004 | Belgium | Launched the "New Europe" film series in Scotland House. Also met Viviane Reding EU Commissioner for Education and Culture, Paul Dujardin, Director of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, and Mr Jelle Bakker, Director of European Bureau for Less-Used Languages. | Frank McAveety | 397.70 | 2 |
22 Jan 2004 | 23 Jan 2004 | Portugal | Attended a meeting of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe. Also discussed the future of structural funds with similar European sub-Member State government, region and Member State representatives. | Lewis Macdonald | 943.40 | 2 |
01 Jan 2004 | 02 Jan 2004 | Norway | Met Mr Sven Ludvigsen, the Norwegian Fisheries Minister to discuss finding alternative solutions to trade protection measures. | Alan Wilson | 160.00 | 4 |
11 Feb 2004 | 12 Feb 2004 | Belgium | Attended a meeting of the Committee of the Regions. | Nicol Stephen | 0.00* | 1 |
16 Feb 2004 | 19 Feb 2004 | USA | Undertook a series of visits and meetings about the US criminal justice process and discussed the system with those managing and delivering the service. | Cathy Jamieson | 5,635.20 | 5 |
17 Feb 2004 | 19
Feb
2004 | France | Meeting with French Ministers Sarkozy, Plagnol and Lenoir; launch of Entente Cordiale; and SDI related meetings. | Jack McConnell | 1,457.03 | 4 |
18 Feb 2004 | 19 Feb 2004 | Belgium | Attended conference titled "Districts of Creativity meet @ Flanders" organised by the Flanders regional government. Led delegation comprising representatives of Scottish Enterprise and Scottish business. | Lewis Macdonald | 706.50 | 3 |
20 Feb 2004 | 23 Feb 2004 | China | Attended the 9th China International Education Exhibition. Also undertook a number of education and SDI related visits and meetings. | Lewis Macdonald | 4,178.27 | 2 |
19 Mar 2004 | 20 Mar 2004 | Estonia | Attended the launch of the UK "Crossroads of Ideas" campaign. | Tavish Scott | 1,154.66 | 2 |
22 Mar 2004 | 23 Mar 2004 | France | Gave address to the Spring session of the CLRAE Chamber of Regions on the work of REGLEG. | Jack McConnell | 1,450.72 | 1 |
22 Mar 2004 | 23 Mar 2004 | Belgium | Attended an Agriculture and Fisheries Council. | Alan Wilson | 872.90 | 4 |
29 Mar 2004 | 30 Mar 2004 | Belgium | Attended a Justice and Home Affairs Council and met with a number of Member State Interior Ministers. | Cathy Jamieson | 589.70 | 2 |