Details

International Conference on

Perspectives of European Foreign and Security Policy in the Mediterranean

on the Eve of the German EU Council Presidency

Program as of 12/06/06

Thursday, 14th September 2006

8:30 – 9:00 h

Registration

9:00 – 9:15 h Opening Session

Hardy Ostry

Regional Representative of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Amman – Jordan

Initial Disputation: European Security Institutions (EU, NATO) - Crossing Perceptions in the Mediterranean

9:15 – 11:00 h

Presentations:

• South Mediterranean Perception of the European Security and Defense Policy

  Ahmed Driss

  Association for International Policy Studies, Tunisia

• European-Transatlantic Cooperation in the Mediterranean

  Gustavo de Arístegui

  Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the Partido Popular in the Spanish Congress, Sprain

11:00 - 11:15 h

Coffee Break

First working session: How to Reflect Security Policy Facing New Threats?

11:15 - 13:30 h

Presentations:

• Propositions to Enlarge the Security Concept in the Mediterranean Countries

  Ingo Wetter

  Journalist, Germany

• EMP and New Threats: From Rhetoric to Action

  Yasar A. Qatarneh

  Regional Center on Conflict Prevention, Jordan

• The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Going Beyond the First Ten-Year Experience

  Roberto Aliboni

  Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy

13:30 – 15:00 h

Lunch

Second Working Session: A Common Security Agenda for the Mediterranean – Case Studies

15:00 – 16:30 h

Presentations:

• Turkey's Security Perceptions and Responses in the Mediterranean in the Post Cold War era

  Cağri Erhan

  Centre for European Studies ATAUM at the University of Ankara, Turkey

• The Case of Egypt

  Ahmed Abdel Halim

  Strategic Expert, Egypt

16:30 – 16:45 h

Coffee Break

16:45 – 18:30 h

Presentations:

• Mediterranean Security - An Idea Whose Time Has Passed?

  Mark Heller

  Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Israel

• Regional Security – the Western Mediterranean Area

  Fouad M. Ammor

  Groupement d’études et de recherche sur la Méditerranée, Morocco

20:00 hDinner

Saturday, 16th September 2006

08:30 - 9:00

Registration:

09:00 - 11:00

Presentations:

Third Working Session: Recent Developments on the Northern and Southern Shores of the Mediterranean

• Renewing the Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue: Potential Contributions of the European Union

  Yossi Ben-Ari

  Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, Israel

• Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) - Regional Mechanism for Enhanced Security in the Mediterranean

  Tatjana Hema

  UNEP / Mediterranean Action Plan, Athens

• What Left in the Field of Foreign and Security Policy after the Struggles about the European Constitution?

  Friedrich Bokern

  Centre de Recherche et d’Action Sociale, Berlin

11:15 - 11:30

Coffee Break

Fourth Working Session: NATO – Recent Developments and New Political Perspectives

11:30 – 13:00

Presentations:

• NATO’s Transformation: A Potential Agenda for Riga

  Carlo Masala

  NATO Defense College, Italy

• NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue: Recent Developments "From Dialogue to Partnership"

  Gilles Vander Ghinst

  NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Belgium

Round Table:

13:00 – 14:00 h

How to Develop a Common Perspective on Foreign and Security Policy for the Mediterranean?

• Chair: Carlo Masala

  NATO Defense College, Italy

14:00 h

Lunch

Official End of Conference