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16th Information
& Training Seminar for Diplomats

23rd - 26th April 2004
Programme
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10.30 |
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Orientation
Session – The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Mr. Rafael Dochao Moreno,
Administrator, European
Commission, External Relations Directorate General
Dr. Stephen Calleya,
Deputy Director, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies,
Malta
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| 11.15 |
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Coffee
Break |
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| 11.30 |
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Orientation
Session Continues |
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| 12.30 |
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Lunch
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| 15.30 |
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Welcome
Address & Introductory Remarks Prof.
Jürg Martin Gabriel, Director, Mediterranean Academy
of Diplomatic Studies, Malta |
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Opening
Address Amb. Ronald
Gallimore, Head of EC Delegation in Malta |
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Euro
Mediterranean Relations – What Prospects?
Dr. Michael Frendo, Parliamentary
Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion,
Malta
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Group photo
Reception
- Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Investment Promotion, Malta
Peninsular Bar, Westin Dragonara Hotel
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Working Session 1: Political
& Security Partnership |
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09.30 |
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Barcelona
Process, The EU's Neighborhood Policy and the Irish Presidency
Mr. Alexandre Zafiriou, Principal Administrator in charge of
the Barcelona Process, Sec. General of the Council of the EU
Mr. Andrés Bassols, Administrator, European Commission,
External Relations Directorate General |
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10.30 |
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Coffee
Break |
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11.00 |
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ESDP
and Barcelona process
Mr. Michael Koehler, Deputy
EU Correspondent for CFSP, European Commission, External Relations
Directorate General |
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| 12:00 |
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Lunch |
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Working groups session
1 |
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13.30 |
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Working
group 1 – Political/Cultural Partnership
Working group 2 –
Economic Partnership |
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Working session 2 –
Economic and Financial Partnership |
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09:30 |
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South
– South Regionalism; the Agadir Initiative
Mr. Andrés Bassols, Administrator, European Commission,
External Relations Directorate General
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The
MEDA programme and Information and Communication Activities
Leonidis Kioussis,
European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operation Office |
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11.15 |
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Coffee
Break |
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11:30 |
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Special
Feature – The Wider Europe Debate
Mr. Dan Ashbel, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Jerusalem
Mr.Chawki Armali, General Delegate of Palestine in Brussels
Ms. Agnieszka Frydrychowicz-Tekieli, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Warsaw |
12.30 |
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Lunch |
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Cultural Tour |
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Working session 3: Social
and Cultural Partnership |
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9:00 |
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The
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Dialogue
Amb. Alfred Zarb, Euro-Med Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Investment Promotion, Malta
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10:00 |
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Euro-Med Foundation
Mr. Rafael Dochao Moreno,
Administrator, European Commission, External Relations Directorate
General
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11:00 |
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Coffee
break
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11:15 |
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The
Role of Civil Society in the Euro-Med Partnership
Ms. Marit Joergensen, Executive Director, EuroMed Human Rights
Network
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12:15 |
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Debriefing
session
Debriefing by rapporteurs
Evaluation:
Dr. Stephen Calleya and Mr. Rafael Dochao Moreno
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13:00 |
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Lunch |
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