Transitions in the Southern Mediterranean : Engaging Civil Society
Brussels, 3 October 2011, Berlaymont Building, Room 11 & Lunch on 13th floor
Programme
10h45 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
- Jean-Claude THÉBAULT, Director General, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission
- Dominique DAVID, Executive Vice-President, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris
11h00 QUO VADIS THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN? EU RESPONSES TO THE ARAB SPRING
Keynote Speaker:
- Bernardino LEON, EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean
11h30 PANEL I - TRANSITIONS
Chair:
- Margaritis SCHINAS, Deputy Head, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission
Speakers:
- Bichara KHADER, Professor and Director, Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le monde arabe contemporain, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Eneko LANDABURU, Head, EU Delegation to Morocco, Rabat
- Sana BEN ACHOUR, Former President, Association of Democratic Women in Tunisia, Tunis
- Ahmed SAMIH, Director, Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Non-Violence Studies, Cairo
13h00 LUNCH : SUCCESS STORIES OF EUROPEAN TRANSITIONS: LESSONS FROM THE ENLARGEMENT PROCESS
Keynote Speaker:
- Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
14h30 PANEL II - SOCIETIES
Chair:
- Mansouria MOKHEFI, Head, Programme on the Middle East/Maghreb, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris
Speakers:
- Claire SPENCER, Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London
- Mokhtar TRIFI, President, Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunis
- Ragia OMRAN, Activist/Volunteer, Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, Cairo
- Khadija RYADI, President, Association Marocaine des Droits Humains (AMDH), Rabat
16h00 COFFEE TO BE SERVED IN THE SEMINAR ROOM
16h00 ROUND TABLE - EU CONTRIBUTION
Chair:
- Antonio MISSIROLI, Adviser, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission
Speakers:
- Hasni ABIDI, Director, Centre d'Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Arabe et Méditerranéen (CERMAM), Geneva
- Alar OLLJUM, Adviser to Hugues Mingarelli, Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service (EEAS)
- Andrew JACOBS, Head of Unit, Geographical Coordination - Southern Neighbourhood, DG Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO), European Commission
- Noureddine FRIDHI, Senior Correspondent, Al-Arabiya, Brussels
17h30 END OF SEMINAR