Programme

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ROGRAMME

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2023

12,30 – 13,00. Arrival of participants and accreditations

13,00 – 14,00. Lunch

14,00 – 14,30. INAUGURATION

Andrés Perelló Rodríguez, Director General of Casa Mediterráneo

Antón Costas Comesaña, President of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) of Spain

Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Representative of Generalitat Valenciana

14,30 – 15,30. FIRST SESSION

EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN IN 2023. FUTURE PROSPECTS.

Moderator: Andrés Perelló Rodríguez, Director General of Casa Mediterráneo

Marie-Claire Boillot, Senior Expert for Energy and Climate Action, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Carmen Vidal Barbero, Member, ESC of Spain

Debate

15,30 – 15,50. Coffee Break

15,50 – 16,00. Family photo

16,00 – 16,20. Keynote speech

Amalia Muñoz, Executive Director of the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM)

16,20 – 18,00. SECOND SESSION
THE MEDITERRANEAN AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Moderator: Musa Shteiwi, President of the ESC of Jordan

Arturo León López, President of the Economic and Social Committee of the Valencian Community

Lidija Pavić-Rogošić, Vice-President of the Group for Civil Society Organisations, Member of the Euromed Follow-Up Committee, EESC

Amine Mounir Alaoui, Member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (ESEC) of Morocco

Emili Villaescusa Blanca, Member, ESC of Spain

Debate

18,00. End of work

18,00 – 19,30. Guided tour of the City of Alicante

20,30 – 22,00. Official dinner at Restaurant Dársena. Perfecto Palacio de la Fuente, Muelle Pte., 6, 03003 Alicante

 

PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 OF 2023

9,00 – 10,30. THIRD SESSION

MIGRATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: CURRENT EVENTS AND PROSPECTS

Moderator: Gil Ramos Masjuan, Director or International and Institutional Relations, ESC of Spain

Ghina Mawas, Member of the Economic and Social Council of Lebanon

Panagiotis Gkofas, Rapporteur for the EESC opinion "Asylum procedures under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum" (SOC/670)

Mohamed Mahmoud El Hadj Brahim, Secretary-General of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Mauritania

Karima Mkika, Member of the Economic , Social and Environmental Council of Morocco

Debate

10,30 – 11,00. Coffee Break

11,00 – 12,30. FOURTH SESSION

THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONALISED SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND CIVIL DIALOGUE IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN THE FACE OF CURRENT CHALLENGES

Moderator: Ali Ghannam, Member, Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Morocco

Félix Peinado Castillo, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Spain

Alberto González Menéndez, Member, ESC of Spain

Ozlem Yildirim, Vice-President of the Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law, Member of the Euromed Follow-Up Committee, EESC

Catalina Pajares y Sánchez, Vice-President of the Commision for European and International Affairs of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France

Debate

12,30 – 13,00. CLOSURE

Cristina Estévez Navarro, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council of Spain

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

Andrés Perelló, Director of Casa Mediterráneo

13,00. Light Lunch at Casa Mediterráneo

15,00. End of the Meeting

Working languages:

You will be able to speak in Arabic and speak/listen to English, French, Spanish