Wednesday, December 11, 2002

The scale of the Copenhagen European Council meeting on 12-13 December 2002

According to the Danish Presidency news service

People
In addition to the Heads of State or Government and the official delegations, who together will number almost 1,000 people, there will also be a number of other actors present at the Bella Center during the meeting days. These will include, among others, technicians, security personnel, police officers, interpreters, doctors, nurses, chefs and waiters. Altogether, around 6,000 people will be gathered in the Bella Center in connection with the Summit.

Media
More than 3,000 media representatives have obtained accreditation for the Summit. Around 80 TV channels and 27 radio channels from both Europe and the rest of the world will be represented. For the occasion, the Bella Center has set up 28 briefing rooms, where national delegations may brief their home press or a broader gathering of press representatives. A total of 2,250 workstations have been installed for the newspaper press, on top of which there will be 166 special radio and TV booths as well as 10 rooms set aside for the news agencies. On top of this, there will be 166 special radio and TV booths, as well as 10 rooms set aside for the use of news agencies.

Food
Each day, around 4,500 people will require meals, and in order to manage this aspect of the Summit, the Bella Center will be staffed by 80 chefs, 150 waiters, 50 dishwashing staff and 50 odd-job helpers. Each luncheon buffet alone to the delegates will consist of 3.5 tons of food. During the Summit, it is expected that around 45,000 cups of coffee and 45,000 soft drinks will be consumed. Altogether, more than 80,000 items of tableware will be used each day.

Meeting space
The total meeting space will be 55,000m2. More than 100 offices and 29 delegation offices have been built, several of which are the size of a small house. Approximately 10,000 chairs will be needed and around 27km of electricity cable will be fitted. Furthermore, 4,800 ISDN lines will be installed, with a capacity equivalent to allowing up to 48,000 ordinary users to work simultaneously.

Democracy (EU style) in action.

:: Posted by pete @ 14:23