Conference

Reviewing the Euro-Mediterranean Relations

8 - 9 October 2015
Milan
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    • The EuroMeSCo network held its Annual Conference on 8-9 October 2015 in Milan. The event gathered over 100 participants from 27 Euro-Mediterranean countries, including policy-makers and experts from 75 research institutes on politics and security in the Mediterranean.

    The conference analysed the relations between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean partner countries in the changing geopolitical order. It examined the dynamics that have been determining success and failure over the past 20 years of Euro-Mediterranean relations and reflected on the future and challenges lying ahead, including internal and transnational conflicts, terrorism, migration, refugees crisis and economic and social issues.

    Agenda

    day one

    Opening Session

    Giancarlo Aragona President, ISPI
    Senén Florensa Executive President IEMed – The European Institute of the Mediterranean
    Paolo Gentiloni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy

    Plenary Session

    Objectives and Challenges behind the Process of Reviewing the Euro- Mediterranean Relations
    chair Christian Berger Director for North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq, European External Action Service
    Miguel Angel Moratinos former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, former EU Special Representative for Middle East Peace Process
    Michael Koehler Director Neighbourhood South, DG NEAR, European Commission
    Youssef Amrani former SG of the Union for the Mediterranean, Special Adviser to the Royal Cabinet
    Nicolas Galey Ambassador, Inter-Ministerial delegate to the Mediterranean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
    Kristina Kausch Head of the Middle East Programme, FRIDE

    day two

    Plenary Session

    20 Years of Euro-Mediterranean Relations. What Went Wrong?
    chair Stefan Füle Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
    Barah Mikail Senior Researcher, FRIDE
    Mohamed ElAgati Executive Director, Arab Forum for Alternatives
    Marc Franco Senior Associate Fellow EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations
    Marc Pierini Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe
    Gabriel Busquets Ambassador, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    Richard Youngs Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Programme, Carnegie Europe

    Special Session

    Official Launch of the New EuroMeSCo ENI Project
    Michael Koehler Director Neighbourhood South, DG NEAR, European Commission Senén Florensa, Executive President, IEMed and President of EuroMeSCo Steering Committee
    Senén Florensa Executive President IEMed – The European Institute of the Mediterranean

    Working Session 1

    Political and Security Dimension of Euro-Mediterranean Relations
    chair Denis Bauchard former Ambassador, Adviser on the Middle East IFRI
    Silvia Colombo Senior Fellow in the Mediterranean and Middle East Programme & Head of Italy's Foreign Policy Programme IAI – Istituto Affari Internazionali
    Stefano Torelli Research Fellow ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies
    Paolo Maggiolini Research Fellow ISPI
    Andrea Frontini Policy Analyst EPC
    Tania Marocchi Programme Executive EPC
    Erzsébet N. Rózsa Senior Research Fellow Institute of World Economics
    Claire Spencer Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme and Second Century Initiative Chatham House
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    Working Session 2

    Socio-Economic Dimension of Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
    chair Anis Salem Ambassador Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
    Jean-François Daguzan Associate Researcher FRS – Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
    Fulvio Attinà Professor Jean Monnet Euro-Med Centre
    Guillaume Van der Loo Researcher CEPS
    Roderick Pace Director Institute for European Studies
    Rym Ayadi President Euro-Med Economists Association

    Working Session 3

    Social, Human and Cultural Aspects of Euro-Mediterranean Relations
    chair Marc Otte Senior Fellow, Ambassador, Special Envoy for Syria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations
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    Nadine Abdalla Assistant Professor AFA – Arab Forum for Alternatives
    Cengiz Günay Senior Researcher, Deputy Director OIIP – Austrian Institute for International Affairs
    Ahmed Driss Director CEMI
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    Plenary Session

    What Future for the Euro-Mediterranean Relations?
    chair Bichara Khader Founder & Chairman GERMAC – Groupe d’études et de recherches sur le monde Arabe contemporain
    Armando Sanguini Scientific Advisor, ISPI
    Erwan Lannon Professor, Ghent University
    Annette Jünemann Professor, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg
    Enrico Granara Minister Plenipotentiary, Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Anas El Gomati Director General, Sadeq Institute

    Closing Plenary Session

    Fathallah Sijiilmassi Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
    Senén Florensa Executive President IEMed – The European Institute of the Mediterranean
    Paolo Magri Director, ISPI
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