g Thursday, 5 October 2006
19:00 Welcome Dinner (by invitation only)
g Friday, 6 October 2006
09:00 Welcome
Mensur Akgün, Foreign Policy Program Director, TESEV, Istanbul
Álvaro Vasconcelos, Director, IEEI, Lisbon
Representative of the European Commission, Brussels
09:10 Opening Session
Mehmet Aydın, Minister of State, Ankara
Liisa Jaakonsaari, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Finnish Parliament, Helsinki
Abdallah Saaf, Director, CERSS, Rabat
Jorge Sampaio, Former President of the Republic of Portugal, Lisbon
10:15 A Euro-Mediterranean Community of Democratic States: Options and Directions
Moderator: Leila Chahid, Delegate-general of Palestine to the EU
Panel: Azzam Mahjoub, Professor, University of Tunis
Ahmet Davutoğlu, Senior Advisor of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara
João Gomes Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Lisbon
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Political Reform Actors: What Kind of Interaction?
Moderator: Juan Prat, Ambassador on Special Mission, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Madrid
Panel: Amr El-Choubaki, Researcher, ACPSS, Cairo
Abdeladi Hamidine, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tangiers
Laura Baeza, Head of Unit “EuroMed and regional issues”, DG Relex, European Commission, Brussels
Mona Makram-Ebeid, Lecturer, The American University of Cairo
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara – time to be confirmed.
13:30 Lunch
14:30/17:00 Working Group Sessions [Simultaneous]
1 – Evaluation of Political Reforms and Benchmarking in the EMP [Ball Room]
Moderator: Denis Bauchard, Adviser, IFRI, Paris
Panel: Meliha Altunışık, Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Rafaella Del Sarto, Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies, Rome
Ibrahim Kalın, Director, SETA, Ankara
Salam Kawakibi, Coordinator, Arab Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Education
Eduard Soler, Mediterranean Programme Coordinator, CIDOB, Barcelona
Isabelle Werenfels, Senior Researcher, SWP, Berlin
Rapporteur: Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Chairman, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development, Cairo
2 – The Challenges of Current Crises and their Impact on the EMP [Pınar 1 Hall]
Moderator: Roberto Aliboni, Vice-President, IAI, Rome
Panel: Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Director, PASSIA, Jerusalem
May Chartouni-Dubarry, AssociateSenior Researcher, Arab Reform Initiative, Paris
Zeina Helou, Director of LCPS’ Public Policy Focus Group Center, Beirut
Emily Landau, Senior Researcher, JCSS, Tel Aviv
Andreas Marchetti, Research Fellow, ZEI, Bonn
Nadim Shehadi, Researcher, Chatham House, London
Omnia Taha, Head, European Organisation Section, League of Arab States, Cairo
Rapporteur: Thanos Dokos, Director-General, ELIAMEP, Athens
3 – Lessons from the Cartoons Crisis for Euro-Mediterranean Relations [Erciyes Hall]
Moderator: Mustapha Hamarneh, Director, CSS, Amman
Panel: Mustafa Akyol, Journalist, Referans, Istanbul
Ulla Holm, Senior Researcher, DIIS, Copenhagen
Deniz Ilgaz, Professor, Bogazici University School of Foreign Languages, Istanbul
Traugott Schoefthaler, Director, Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandria
Rachid Tlemçani, Professor, University of Algiers
Daniel Vernet, Le Monde, Paris
Rapporteur: Senén Florensa, Director, IEMed, Barcelona
4 – The Role of Immigrant Communities in the Barcelona Process [Esen 1Hall]
Moderator: Lotfi Boumghar, Senior Researcher, INESG, Algiers
Panel: Gemma Aubarell, Senior Researcher, IEMed, Barcelona
Erwan Lannon, Professor, European Institute, University of Ghent
Harun Gümrükçü, Vice Dean, Akdeniz University, Antalya
Vítor Martins, former Secretary of State for European Affairs, Lisbon
Erzsébet Rósza, Researcher, Teleki László Institute, Budapest
Rapporteur: Alima Boumediène-Thiery, Senator, Paris
5 – The Linkage between Justice and the Fight against Terrorism in the EMP [Pınar 2 Hall]
Moderator: Maria do Rosário de Moraes Vaz, Senior Researcher, IEEI, Lisbon
Panel: Atila Eralp, Professor, Middle-East Technical University, Ankara
Mohamed Haddy, Researcher, CERSS, Rabat
George Joffé, Lecturer, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge; Professor, King’s College, London
Ahmed Driss, Professor and Researcher, University of Tunis
Sarah Wolff, Phd Student, London School of Economics
Rapporteur: Tuomo Melasuo, Senior Research Fellow, TAPRI , Tampere
6 – Women’s Rights as Fundamental Rights in the Euro-Mediterranean Area [Esen 2 Hall]
Moderator: Fifi Benaboud, Transmediterranean Programme Coordinator, North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Lisbon
Panel: Zergün Korutürk, Ambassador of Turkey, Lisbon
Daad Mousa, Lawyer, Damascus
Jamila Sayouri, Lawyer, Fédération d’appui aux réformes et aux initiatives locales, Rabat
Larbi Jaidi, University Mohammed V, Rabat
Hayat Zirari, University Hassan II, Casablanca
Rapporteur: Latifa El Bouhsini, OMDH, Rabat
19h00 Dinner hosted by H.E. Mehmet Aydın, Minister of State of the Republic of Turkey (by invitation only)
g Saturday, 7 October 2006
09:00 Use of force, democracy and international law
Moderator:Youssef Amrani, General Director of Bilateral Relations, MFA, Rabat
Panel: Luis Martinez, Senior Researcher, CERI, Paris
Yaşar Yakış, Chairman of the EU Commission in the Turkish Parliament, Ankara
Yossi Beilin, Member of the Knesset, Jerusalem
Ahmed Maher El-Sayed, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cairo
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Inclusion within Diversity and Citizenship Rights in a Common Euro-Mediterranean Agenda
Moderator:Risto Veltheim, Finnish Euromed Co-ordinator, Helsinki
Panel: Gema Martin Muñoz, Director, Casa Árabe and the International Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Madrid
Mourad Allal, Co-ordinator, EuroMed Non-Governmental Platform, Paris
Claudio Betti, Sant’Egidio Community, Rome
Ahmad Soboh, Ambassador, Fatah International Relations Department, Ramallah
12:30 Closing Session
Moderator:Seyfi Taşhan, Director, FPI, Istanbul
Presentation of Working Groups’ Conclusions (Rapporteurs)
EuroMeSCo and EMP Representatives
13:30 Lunch
15:00 EuroMeSCo General Assembly [members and observers only]
18:00 Boat trip on the Bosphorus hosted by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
For plenary sessions and the working group on Political Reforms and Benchmarking, simultaneous translation into Turkish, French and English will be provided. For the remaining sessions, working languages are French and English (with no interpretation).
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Organised in collaboration with the Turkish member institutes – ERCMC (Antalya), FPI (Ankara) and TESEV (Istanbul) –
of the EuroMeSCo network and a committee of Turkish personalities
Funded by the European Commission / EuropeAid under contract MED-2005/109-063