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Seminar
Transitions in the Southern Mediterranean:
Engaging civil society
Brussels, 3 October 2011
Berlaymont Building, Room 11 & Lunch on 13
th
floor
Simultaneous interpretation in English and French
Draft Programme
(12/09/11)
10h30 R
EGISTRATION/ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
10h45 W
ELCOME 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 Q
UO VADIS THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN? EU RESPONSES TO THE ARAB SPRING
Keynote Speaker:
-
Bernardino LEON
, EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean
11h30 P
ANEL 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
-
Hisham KASSEM
, Journalist/Publisher, Al-Masry Al-Youm (The Egyptian Today), Cairo
Followed by discussion among participants
2
13h00 L
UNCH
S
UCCESS STORIES OF EUROPEAN TRANSITIONS: LESSONS FROM THE ENLARGEMENT PROCESS
Keynote Speaker:
-
Štefan FÜLE
, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
Followed by a Question & Answer session
14h30 P
ANEL 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 (TBC)
-
Mokhtar TRIFI
, President, Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunis
-
Ragia OMRAN
, Activist/Volunteer, Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, Cairo (TBC)
-
Ali AMAR, Editor-in-Chief, Slate
Magazine, Morocco
Followed by discussion among participants
16h00 C
OFFEE TO BE SERVED IN THE SEMINAR ROOM
16h00 R
OUND TABLE - EU CONTRIBUTION
Chair:
-
Antonio MISSIROLI
, Adviser, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission
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