Specialist conference
Details
Mediterranean Dialogue
International Conference on
From Barcelona to the new Neighbourhood Policy
Parliamentary Dimension
of the Mediterranean Dialogue
Draft Program
as of 07/11/06
From 3rd to 4th December 2006
Dead Sea, Jordan
Saturday, 2nd of December 2006:Arrival
20:00Welcome Cocktail
Sunday 3rd December 2006:
09:00Registration
09:15Welcome
HE Dr. Abdel Hadi MAJALI (requested)
President of the Lower House
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
09:30 – 10:00Opening Session
HE Vito BONSIGNORE MEP (confirmed)
Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament
Dr. Hardy OSTRY (confirmed)
Regional Representative
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V.
Regional Program Near East / Mediterranean
HE Elmar BROK MEP (confirmed)
Chairman of the Foreign Affaires Committee of the European Parliament
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00First working session
The Neighbourhood Policy and its Challenges for the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue
Chair: HE José Ignacio Salafranca Sanchez-Neyra (requested)
First Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group
Introduction: HE Miloud Chorfi, Algeria (confirmed)
Speaker 1: HE Habib Aouida, Tunisia (confirmed)
Speaker 2: HE Tokia Saifi, MEP (confirmed)
Speaker 3: HE Zekeriya AKÇAM, Turkey (confirmed)
Conclusion: HE Mohammad Arslan, Jordan (confirmed)
Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15.00 – 17.00 Second working session
Parliamentary Diplomacy in the Framework of the Neighborhood Policy
Chair: HE Othmar KARAS, MEP (confirmed)
Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group
Introduction: HE Hisham Mustafa Khalil, Egypt (confirmed)
Speaker 1: HE N.N.
Speaker 2: HE Hichem Hajji, Tunisia (confirmed)
Speaker 3: HE Michael Gahler, MEP (confirmed)
Conclusion: HE Suleiman Obeidat, Jordan (confirmed)
Discussion
17:00 – 17:30Coffee Break
17:30 – 19.30Third Working Session
Beyond the Debate on Democracy - Strengthening the Impact of Civil Society on Political Development
Chair: N.N.
Introduction: HE Rodi Kratsa, MEP (confirmed)
Speaker 1: HE Sabah Bounour, Algeria (confirmed)
Speaker 2: HE Mahmoud Abaza, Egypt (confirmed)
Speaker 3: HE Fatima Leili, Morocco (confirmed)
Conclusion: HE Mohammad Hourani, Palestine (confirmed)
20:00 Dinner
Monday, 4th of December 2006
8:30 – 9.00Registration
9:00 – 11:00Fourth Working Session
Towards a Network of Values - The Role of Political Parties in the Euro-Med Dialogue
Chair:
HE Antonios TRAKATELLIS, MEP (confirmed)
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Introduction: HE Mevlüt Cavusogly, Turkey (confirmed)
Speaker 1: HE Bernard Sabella, Palestine (confirmed)
Speaker 2: N.N.
Speaker 3: HE Mohammed El Ansari, Morocco (confirmed)
Conclusion: HE Jana Hyboskova, MEP (confirmed)
Discussion
11:00 – 11.30Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00Round table
Ideas and Possibilities to Strengthen Contacts and Cooperation of Political Parties in the Mediterranean
Chair: HE Dr. Hubert Pirker, MEP
13:00 hLunch
14:15 hTransfer to Amman
Meetings in the Parlament
19:00Dinner
