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