Support Programme for Regional Cooperation Mediterranean and Balkans
Final Conference Forte Village Resort, Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari, Sardinia) September 12-13, 2012
DRAFT PROGRAMME 12th September
12.30 – 14.30
Registration of Participants
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch Buffet
Opening Plenary Session - Presentation of the current geopolitical picture, of closed initiatives and ongoing programmes. Introduction to the Cooperation future perspectives in the MediterraneanBalkan area Moderated by: José Luis Rhi-Sausi Galindo, Director of Center for Studies on International Politics CeSPI 14.30 – 16.00
I session – Opening Speeches Ugo Cappellacci, President of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia Representative of Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mercedes Bresso, First Vice-president, EU Committee of Regions (CoR EU) - First Vicepresident, ARLEM Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly Ambassadors Speeches (In alphabetical order): Hassan Abouyoub, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Italy Llesh Kola, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Italy Naceur Mestiri, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to Italy Velibor Topalosky, Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Italy Veljko Lazic, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia to Italy Vesna Njigic, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina to Italy Avni Hasni, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo to Italy Allal Ouazzani Touhami, Advisor to the Secretary General , Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Silvia Godelli, Regional Councillor for Mediterranean, Culture and Tourism, Puglia Region
II session - Presentation of the main results achieved by the Support Programme for Regional Cooperation Elisabetta Belloni, Plenipotentiary Minister and Director General of Italian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16.00 – 16.45
Gabriella Massidda, Director General for Presidency of Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Region responsible for FPA Mediterranean Countries Luciano Conterno, Head of the President's Cabinet of the Piedmont Regional Council, Region responsible for FPA Western Balkans Countries Marco Zupi, CeSPI, External Assessor responsible for the strategic evaluation of the Support Programme for Regional Cooperation - Mediterranean and Balkans
16.45 – 17.00
Coffee break
17.00 – 18.15
III session - New European policies for cooperation and territorial cohesion Sabina De Luca, Head of Department for Development and Cohesion Policy, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy Anna Catte, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Director of the Joint Managing Authority, ENPI CBC Med Programme Loretta Zuffada, Region of Abruzzo, Managing Authority of IPA Adriatic CBC Programme Ivan Curzolo, Head of the Project Development and Management Unit of the Joint Technical Secretariat of the South East Europe (JTS) Maria Dina Tozzi, Region of Tuscany, Head of the Managing Authority of ETC Maritime Italy-France Programme
13th September
09.00 – 9.30
Opening session CeSPI - Center for Studies on International Politics
Parallel Sessions - Thematic Workshops. Concrete experiences of coordination between policies, Programmes, financial sources and projects 09.30 – 11.30
Thematic Workshops (I part) Workshop 1- Socio-Economic development Preparatory report : Ivan Martin, Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI), Madrid Moderated by José Luis Rhi-Sausi Galindo, Director of CeSPI Rapporteur: Sardinia Region Workshop 2 - Accessibility to the territories, transport and ports Preparatory report : Vincent Wallaert, Mediterranean Institute, Marseille Moderated by Aldo Puleo, Joint Managing Authority, ENPI CBC Med Programme
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Rapporteur: Campania Region Workshop 3 – Environment and Sustainable Development Preparatory report : Julien Le Tellier, Blue Plan UNEP, Sophia Antipolis Moderated by Marco Zupi, Scientific Director of CeSPI Rapporteur: Basilicata Region Workshop 4 - Culture and people to people cooperation Preparatory report : Gemma Aubarell Solduga, Anna LIndh Euro- Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, Alexandria Moderated by Alberto Mazzali, CeSPI Rapporteur: Puglia Region Workshop 5 - Social policies, Welfare and Health Preparatory report : Larabi Jaidi, Mohamed V University, Rabat Moderated by Dario Conato, CeSPI Rapporteur: Molise Region 11.30 – 11.45
Coffee break
11.45 – 13.30
Thematic Workshops (II part)
13.30 – 15.00
Lunch Buffet
Closing Plenary Session – Reflection on future actions to ensure a coherent and coordinated approach for territorial cohesion in Mediterranean Moderated by: Gabriella Massidda, Director General for Presidency of Autonomous Region of Sardinia 15.00 – 15.45
I session – Illustration of the proceedings of workshop sessions
15.45 – 17.00
II session – Country Partnership Strategy Representative of foreign governments (Balkans and Mediterranean area) involved in the Support Programme for Regional Cooperation Karima Ghribi, Director of cooperation With EU, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Tunisia) Klodian Seferaj, Council of Ministers, Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination (Albania) Zoran Malić, Head of West European Department, Ministry of Economy and Regional Development (Serbia) Amar Djemaa, Director of Planning and Development Department, Ministry of Transport (Algeria) Tarek Tawfik, Director of Central Laboratory of Environmental Quality Monitoring, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt) Abdellah Salih, Director of the Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Morocco Klodian Rjepaj, Chef of Cabinet, Ministry of Health (Albania)
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17.00 – 18.00
IV session – Italian and European Strategies Alfredo Mantica, Senator of the Italian Republic Antonio Caponetto, Director, Department for Regional Affairs, Tourism and Sport, Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers Natalina Cea, Director of International Cooperation and Technical Assistance Office, Italian Customs Agency Iacopo Viciani, Italian Ministry for International Cooperation and Integration Giorgio Tonini, Senator of the Italian Republic François Alfonsi, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur Report on the evolution of EU macro-regional strategies
18.00 – 18.15
Official closure Ugo Cappellacci, President of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia
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PARTICIPANTS CONFIRMED •
Suzana Turku, Deputy Minister of tourism, culture, youth and sports (Albania)
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Ernest Noka, Deputy Minister of Transport (Albania)
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Klodian Rjepaj, Chef of Cabinet, Ministry of Health (Albania)
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Maxhid Cungu, President of the Regional Council of Shkodra (Albania)
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Zoran Malić, Head of West European Department, Ministry of Economy and Regional Development (Serbia)
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Karima Ghribi, Director of cooperation With EU, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Tunisia)
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Klodian Seferaj, Council of Ministers, Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination (Albania)
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Tawfiq Moucharraf, Director of International Cooperation Department, Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies (Morocco)
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Abdellah Salih, Director of the Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Morocco
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Ahmed Skim, Director of Heritage Preservation and promotion, Ministry of Handicrafts (Morocco)
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Jamal Dequiuec, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (Morocco)
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Hichem Abdessalem, General Director of International Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Health (Tunisia)
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Danica Bacanovic, Assistant Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Sector for Protection of Natural Resources (Serbia)
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Habib Chaieb, Director, Water Resources Department, Ministry of Agriculture (Tunisia)
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Abdelkader Kemali, Ministry of Transport (Tunisia)
• Vida Stevanovic, Department of rail and intermodal transport, Ministry of Transport (Serbia) •
Adnan Luohichi, Director of the National Heritage Institute (Tunisia)
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Tarek Tawfik, Director of Central Laboratory of Environmental Quality Monitoring, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt)
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Abel Motaleb, Director at Drainage Research Institute - National Water Research Center (Egypt)
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Eman Sorour, Director of International Affairs, Mental Health Secretariat, Ministry of Health (Egypt)
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Hoda Mohamed Attia, Manager Of Technical Office, Alexandria Port Authority, Ministry of Trasport (Egypt)
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Hesham Allam, Director, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center -ARC (Egypt)
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Amar Djemaa, Director of Planning and Development Department, Ministry of Transport (Algeria)
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Fatiha Baghous, Deputy Director of Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Algeria)
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Dusanka Basta, Head of Coordination of International Economic Aid, Ministry of Finance and Treasury (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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Ahmed Boudak, Department of Hospitals and Ambulatory Care, Ministry of Health (Morocco)
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Arlinda Kondi Toci, Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of tourism, culture, youth and sports (Albania)
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Mouna Sekkat, Environment Department, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment (Morocco)
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Azza El-Khouly, General Manager of GIS Center, Ministry of States for Antiquities Affairs (Egypt)
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Haris Ibrahimovic, City of Zenica, (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Ema Petrova Nikolovska, Director of National Conservation Centre (Macedonia)
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Mirjana Brzakovic, Deputy Director, Central Institute for Conservation (Serbia)
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Deda Djelovic, Director of the Department for Strategic Development, Bar Port Authority (Montenegro)
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Gemma Aubarell Solduga, Programme coordinator, Fondation Anna Lindh
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Abeer Elshennawy, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo
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Dragisa Mijacic, Director, Institute for Territorial Economic Development - InTER (Serbia)
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Catalina Bejarano, Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo (Spain)
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Gildo Baraldi, Director General, Observatory Interregional Development Cooperation - OICS (Italy)
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