Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions

Programme

 

June 23

09:00  |  Registration

09:45  |  Opening session

  • Welcome by Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the External Relations SectionOliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Mustafa Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Co-chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
  • Lâl Denizli, Mayor of Çeşme and Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye
  • Pablo Pastor, Anna Lindh Foundation

10:30  |  Networking coffee

11:00  |  Session 1: A New Pact for the Mediterranean

                Chair:    Stoyan Tchoukanov, Member of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section (NAT)                 Bureau, EESC

  • Lidija Pavić-Rogošić, Co-rapporteur for 'A New Pact for the Mediterranean’, EESC
  • Roger Albinyana, Managing Director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)

  • Arianna Censi, Rapporteur for 'Territorial Perspectives for the New Euro-Mediterranean Strategic Agenda’, Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)

    Debate with national ESCs and similar institutions

13:00  |  Networking lunch hosted by the EESC

14:30  |  Session 2: Workshops

Workshop 1Workshop 2Workshop 3

Deepening trade and investment - towards a more integrated Euro-Mediterranean market

Languages: AR/ES/EN/FR/TR

Boosting skills and decent work with clean industries and renewable energy cooperation

Languages: AR/EN/FR

 

Ensuring the respect of human rights in migration policies

Languages: EN/EL

Key speakers

  • Abdellah Deguig, Professional Organizations and Associations, Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE)  Morocco

  • Carmen Vidal, Vice-President of Group I (Trade Unions), CCOO, Economic and Social Council (CES) Spain 

  • Shaimaa Meligy, Director for International Affairs, Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI)

Debate

Key speakers

  • Yasser Ahmed Hassan, Director of the ILO Office Türkiye

  • SIYAM Mohamed Abdellah Vice-President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) Mauritania 

     

    Debate

Key speakers

  • Ioannis Paidas, President of the Economic and Social Council (OKE)  Greece

  • Annalisa Guidotti, Member of the National Council for Economics and Labour (CNEL) Italy

    Debate

Chair:

Zied Debbabi, Communication Director of BUSINESSMED

Chair:

Khaled Ghris, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC))

Chair:

Amine Gahfez, health access and human rights activist, Algeria 

16:30  |  Networking coffee      

17:00  |  Session 3: Restitution of the workshop conclusions 

              Chair:    Milena Angelova, Vice-President of the Euromed Follow-Up Committee, EESC

  • Layal Beyhum, Youth and diaspora policy strategist and founder of the 
    Lebnene Ele initiative
  • Karol Zabawa, Expert on Social Policies, Austrian Chamber of Labour (AK)
  • Abdullatif Sleibi, conflict researcher with a focus on Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

19:30  |   Departure from the lobby of Renaissance Polat Istanbul Hotel for the Networking dinner  (hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye)

 

June 24

09:00  |  Opening remarks

              Chair:    María Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Vice-President of the Section for   External Relations, EESC

  • Veselin Mitov, Co-chair of the Turkey-EU Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
  • Musa Shteiwi, President of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) Jordan, on behalf of Mohamed Boukhari, president of Algerian CNESE & UAESCSI

09:15  |  Session 4:  Promoting entrepreneurship in the Euromed region

              Chair:    Ozlem Yildirim, Member of the Euromed Follow-Up Committee, EESC

  • Milena Angelova, Rapporteur for 'Boosting sustainable growth and quality jobs in Euromed promoting entrepreneurship and tapping the potential of women and young people’, EESC
  • Raounak Nasri, Euromed Feminist Initiative, youth representative for this EESC opinion
  • Musa Shteiwi, President of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) Jordan

             Debate with national ESCs and similar institutions

11:00  |  Networking coffee

11:30  |  Session 5: Blue diplomacy and water cooperation

                  Chair:    Sandra Parthie, Member of the EESC Bureau and President of the Single Market, Production and                       Consumption Section (INT)

  • Rudolf Kolbe, replacing Ioannis Vardakastanis, Co-Rapporteur for the EESC opinion "Blue diplomacy and water cooperation"
  • David Xuereb, Chairman of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD)

               Debate with national ESCs and similar institutions

12:55  |  Closing remarks

  • Thomas Wagnsonner, president, EESC Euromed Follow-Up Committee

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