Programme

Day One - Friday 24th Nov 2000

16.00		Welcome Address Prof. Felix Meier, Director, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies
16.10		Opening Address Dr Giorgio Boggio, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission, Malta. Mr. Patxi Acosta, Information and Culture Desk Officer, DG External Relations
16.30		Status of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership after the Marseilles Ministerial Conference Ambassador Jean-Pierre Courtois, Coordinator for the Barcelona Process, French Presidency
18.00		Welcoming Remarks Mr. George Busuttil, Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta
18.30		Reception, hosted by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta

 

Day Two - Saturday 25th Nov 2000

	Social, Cultural and Human Partnership
09.00		Euro-Mediterranean Audio-Visual Cooperation: From Thessaloniki to Rabat. Debriefing of the Second Audio-Visual Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Mr. Patxi Acosta, Information and Culture Desk Officer, DG ExternalRelations
10.00		Euromed Audio-Visual Programme, a Case Study: the Europa Cinema project Mr. Menem Richa, EUROPA CINEMAS, Euro-Mediterranean Coordinator
11.30		Cross Cultural Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Area Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, University of Malta
14.00		Euromed Internet Forum: Latest Developments Mr. Jovan Kurbalija, Head of Unit for IT and Diplomacy Mr. Patxi Acosta, Information and Culture Desk Officer DG External Relations
15.00		Cultural Cooperation at a Bilateral Level: the example of Syria Mr. Marc Pierini, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Syria
16.30		Synthesis of work and discussion time between Participants 1 rapporteur from an EU country, 1 rapporteur from a Mediterranean Partner country

Day Three - Sunday 26th Nov 2000

	Economic and Financial Partnership
09.00		The Role of the European Investment Bank in the Mediterranean Partner Countries Ms. Helen Kavvadia, Senior Information Officer, EIB
10.00		Working Groups (Phase 1): Introductive Presentation on Intra-Regional Cooperation Between Mediterranean Partners Prof. Moheddine Hadri, Centre for Mediterranean and International Studies, Tunisia
11.15		Working Groups (Phase 2): 3 restricted groups to go into the subject and to draw conclusions
12.15		Working Groups (Phase 3): panel on the results of the 3 working groups, conducted by Prof. Moheddine Hadri, Centre for Mediterranean and International Studies, Tunisia
14.30		Diversification of Euro-Mediterranean Economies Mr. Sükrü Erdem, Vice-Director of the Mediterranean Research Center, Akdeniz University, Turkey.
15.30		Case Study: Structural Adjustment Facilities or Social Development Fund Project in Egypt Dr. Mokhles Abou-Seida, Director General of Public Works Program, Egypt
17.00		Synthesis of work and discussion time between participants 1 rapporteur from an EU Country, 1 rapporteur from a Mediterranean Partner Country

Day Four - Monday 26th April 1999

	Politcal and Security Partnership
09.00		The Charter for Peace and Stability: the state of play Mr. Michael Webb, Principal Administrator, European Commission
10.00		The Role of the EU in the Peace Process- Barcelona Process and Peace Process Ambassador Miguel Ángel Moratinos, European Commission, Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process
11.15		Common Strategy for the Mediterranean Region: a view from the Mediterranean Partners Ms. Wafaa Bassim, Deputy Assistant of the Foreign Ministry for EU of Western European Affairs (Egypt)
12.30		Debriefing-Evaluation session Dr. Stephen Calleya, Deputy Director, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies Mr. Patxi Acosta, Information and Culture Desk Officer, DG External Relations
12.30		Closing Address Mr. Michael Webb, Principal Administrator, European Commission
13.00		Reception hosted by Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies
15.00		Cultural visit