ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018

Changing Euro-Mediterranean Lenses

Welcome

The EuroMeSCo annual conference “Changing Euro-Mediterranean Lenses” brought together over 160 researchers, decision-makers, academics and representatives of civil society from 25 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean area to challenge some ideas that underpin Euro-Mediterranean relations.

In Euro-Mediterranean fora indeed, the focus is often on the state of the South and Southeast part of the Mediterranean and its impact on the European Union. In turn, this conference focused on how recent developments in Europe affect the southern shore of the Mediterranean and more generally Euro-Mediterranean relations. Similarly, Euro-Mediterranean policies are too often understood as policies of the European Union towards the Southern Mediterranean. Therefore, this conference also looked at policies and strategies developed by southern Mediterranean countries vis-à-vis the EU and other partners.

The conference was co-organized by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the OCP Policy Center.

Speakers

Nadine Abdalla

Nadine Abdalla

Research Associate. Arab Forum for Alternatives – AFA, Egypt

Tasnim Abderehim

Tasnim Abderehim

Junior Policy Officer, European Centre for Development Policy Management

Hassan Abouyoub

Hassan Abouyoub

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Italy

Ziad Akl

Ziad Akl

Senior Researcher, ACPSS – Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Rabha Allam

Rabha Allam

Senior Researcher, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies – ACPSS

Sergio Altuna

Sergio Altuna

Associate Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Nabil Ammar

Nabil Ammar

Director General Europe. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tunisia

Muriel Asseburg

Muriel Asseburg

Senior Fellow, SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Abdelhak Bassou

Abdelhak Bassou

Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Saïd Bennis

Saïd Bennis

Professor, CERSS – Centre d’études et de recherches en sciences sociales

Gilles Bertrand

Gilles Bertrand

Policy Adviser. Managing Directorate for Middle East and North Africa. EEAS

Moussa Bourekba

Moussa Bourekba

Researcher, CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Niklas Bremberg

Niklas Bremberg

Research Fellow, UI – Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Munevver Cebeci

Munevver Cebeci

Associate Professor, European Union Institute, Marmara University, Istanbul; Visiting Professor, College of Europe-Natolin

Youssef Cherif

Youssef Cherif

Deputy Director, Columbia Global Centers Tunisia

Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria

Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria

Head of Euro-Mediterranean Policies Department, IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

Silvia Colombo

Silvia Colombo

Senior Researcher, IAI – Istituto di Affari Internazionali

Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner

Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner

Ambassador of Spain to Morocco

Ahmed Driss

Ahmed Driss

Director, Centre des Etudes Méditerranéennes et Internationales – CEMI, Tunisia

Ehud Eiran

Ehud Eiran

Researcher, Mitvim

Karim El Aynaoui

Karim El Aynaoui

Managing Director, OCP Policy Center

Ibrahim Elbadawi

Ibrahim Elbadawi

President, FEMISE

Yasemine El Menouar

Yasemine El Menouar

Associate Fellow, DGAP – German Council on Foreign Relations

Amr El Shobaki

Amr El Shobaki

Senior Researcher, ACPSS – Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies

Irene Fernandez-Molina

Irene Fernandez-Molina

Lecturer, University of Exter

Senén Florensa

Senén Florensa

Chair of EuroMeSCo General Assembly

Marc Franco

Marc Franco

Senior Associate Fellow, EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations

Sherin Gharib

Sherin Gharib

Affiliated Researcher, OIIP – Austrian Institute for International Affairs

Nimrod Goren

Nimrod Goren

Head of Institute, Mitvim

Cengiz Gunay

Cengiz Gunay

Vice Director, OIIP – Austrian Institute for International Affairs

Amira Halim

Amira Halim

Expert in the African program, ACPSS – Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Christopher Hartwell

Christopher Hartwell

Fellow, CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research

Larabi Jaidi

Larabi Jaidi

Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués

Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués

Associate Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals; CIS Fellow at the London School of Economics

Nasser Kamel

Nasser Kamel

Designated Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean – UfM

Salam Kawakibi

Salam Kawakibi

Associate Researcher, Arab Reform Initiative – ARI; Director, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Paris

Patricia Lisa

Patricia Lisa

Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Mohamed Loulichki

Mohamed Loulichki

Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Paolo Maggiolini

Paolo Maggiolini

Associate Research Fellow, ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Iván Martín

Iván Martín

Professor, Universidad Pompeu Fabra

Mohammed Masbah

Mohammed Masbah

Junior Research Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies; Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Miguel Medina

Miguel Medina

Professor, CEI International Affairs

Mira Milosevich

Mira Milosevich

Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Anis Nacrour

Anis Nacrour

former Head of EU Delegation to Syria

Iliana Olivié

Iliana Olivié

Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Marc Otte

Marc Otte

Senior Associate Fellow, EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations, former EU Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process, Belgium

Roderick Parkes

Roderick Parkes

Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies – EU ISS

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

Director of ideaForum think-tank of the Stefan Batory Foundation

Bouchra Rahmouni Benhida

Bouchra Rahmouni Benhida

Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Xira Ruiz-Campillo

Xira Ruiz-Campillo

Professor, UNISCI – Research Unit on Security and Cooperation, Complutense University of Madrid

Patrycja Sasnal

Patrycja Sasnal

Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, PISM – The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Giancarlo Sestini

Giancarlo Sestini

Board Member, Diplomatia

Fathallah Sijilmassi

Fathallah Sijilmassi

Former Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

Eduard Soler

Eduard Soler

Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs – CIDOB; Scientific Coordinator of the MENARA project

Valeria Talbot

Valeria Talbot

Senior Research Fellow and Co-Head of ISPI’s Middle East and North Africa Centre, ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Jana Treffler

Jana Treffler

Intern, FES – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Panayotis Tsakonas

Panayotis Tsakonas

Professor, ELIAMEP – Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

Cigdem Ustun

Cigdem Ustun

Associate Professor, CES – METU – Center for European Studies – Middle East Technical University

Guillaume Van der Loo

Guillaume Van der Loo

Researcher, CEPS – Centre for European Policy Studies

Lurdes Vidal

Lurdes Vidal

Director of the Arab and Mediterranean World Department, IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

Participants

ABDALLA Nadine. Research Associate. Arab Forum for Alternatives – AFA

ABDALLAH Nouran. Law and Society Research Unit. American University of Cairo

ABDELFATTAH Dalia. Researcher. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Alexandria University

ABDERRAHIM Tasnim. Junior Policy Officer. European Centre for Development Policy Management – ECMPD

ABOUYOUB Hassan. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Italy

ADAOUI Zouhir. Youth Peer Education Network

ADGHOGHI Redouane. Director for European matters. Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

AKAYA Kamal. Association Futur pour les chantiers et le Développement – AFCD

AKL Ziad. Senior Researcher. Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies – ACPSS

AKSOY Oktay. Board Member. Foreign Policy Institute – FPI

ALBINYANA Roger. Director of Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Development. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

ALLAM Rabha. Senior Researcher. Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies – ACPSS

ALLON Yoram. Content Curator. Columbia International Affairs Online – CIAO. Columbia University Press

ALTUNA Sergio. Associate Analyst. Elcano Royal Institute

AMMAR Nabil. Director General Europe. Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

AMMOR Fouad. Researcher. Groupement d’études et de recherches sur la Méditerranée – GERM

ANBAR Fihria. University Mohammed V

AOUN Elena. Assistant Professor. Groupe d’études et de recherches sur le monde Arabe contemporain – GERMAC

ASSEBURG Muriel. Senior Fellow. German Institute for International and Security Affairs – SWP

ATALLAH Ziad. Ambassador. Embassy of Lebanon in Morocco

AUBARELL Gemma. Responsible for Mediterranean Strategy and Networks. General Directory for Multilateral and European Matters. Government of Catalunya

BAHMANI Khalid. College of Europe

BAJOUDI Reda. Political Advisor. Danish Embassy in Morocco

BARABAN Hanna. Intern. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

BARAKA Nizar. President. Conseil Economique Social et Environnemental

BASSOU Abdelhak. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

BAZAVAN Daniela-Brindusa. Ambassador. Embassy of Romania to Morocco

BELHAMRA Hamid. University of Algiers 3. College of Europe

BEN CHEIKHA Haifa. Member. Tunisian Association for Political Studies

BENEMBAREK Najlae. Advisor to the President. Conseil Economique Social et Environmental –CESE

BEN KHALIFA Rabeb. International Mobility Advisor. Tunisian Agency for Employment and Self-Employment

BENLARABI Hamza. Advisor. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération

BENMESSAOUD TREDANO Abdelmoughit. President. Centre de recherches et études en sciences sociales – CRESS

BENMOKHTAR Anass. Junior Research Fellow. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

BENNIS Saïd. Professor. Centre d’études et de recherches en sciences sociales – CERSS

BENOMAR Khalid. Advisor to the Head of State. Présidence du Gouvernement

BENSAID Mehdi. Former member. Chambre des représentants

BERTRAND Gilles. Policy Adviser. Managing Directorate for Middle East and North Africa. EEAS

BOUABDELLEAOUI Latifa. Director of International Commercial Relations. Ministère de l’Industrie de l’Investissement du Commerce et de l’Economie Numérique

BOUCHADI Abdessamad. Chief of Service. Direction de la Diplomatie Publique et des Acteurs non Etatiques. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération

BOUNADAR Mohcin. Yala Academy

BOUREKBA Moussa. Researcher. Barcelona Centre for International Affairs – CIDOB

BOURITA Nasser. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco

BOUZOUBAA Zineb. Scientist, Data & Policy Analyst. University of California Berkley

BREMBERG Niklas. Research Fellow. Swedish Institute of International Affairs – UI

CEBECI Emine Münevver. Associate Professor. European Union Institute. Marmara University. Visiting Professor. College of Europe-Natolin

CHATER Mohammed. Professor. Institut National d’Economie et de Statistiques Appliquées

CHEGRAOUI Khalid. Professor. The Institute of African Studies Mohammed V University

CHERIF Youssef. Deputy Director. Columbia Global Centers Tunis

CHMIELEWSKA Aleksandra. Project Manager. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

COHEN-HADRIA Emmanuel. Head of Euro-Mediterranean Policies Department. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

COLOMBO Silvia. Senior Researcher. Istituto Affari Internazionali – IAI

CSICSMANN Laszlo. Corvinius University of Budapest

DANIEL Jan. Researcher. Institute of International Relations – IIR

DE GROOF Emmanuel. Policy Officer. European Centre for Development Policy Management –ECDPM

DIDI Naoufal. Al-Michaal Association for Culture and Art

DIEZ-HOCHLEITNER Ricardo. Ambassador of Spain to Morocco

DOMINGUEZ DE OLAZABAL Itxaso. The Observatory of Spanish Foreign Policy OPEX. Middle East and Maghreb Coordinator

DOMINICI Matteo Jacques. International Trade and Relation Consultant. UN Economic and Social Council

DOUKKALI Mohamed Rachid. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

DRISS Ahmed. Director. Centre des études méditerranéennes et internationales – CEMI

DRYEF Mhamed. Consultant

EIRAN Ehud. Researcher. The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies – MITVIM

EL AYNAOUI Karim. Managing Director. OCP Policy Center

ELBADAWI Ibrahim. President. FEMISE

EL BIKRY Mohammed. Agency for Social Development

EL HALOUTI Safaa. Student. Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

ELJARH Mohamed. Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Libya Outlook Research & Consultancy

EL MALKI Fatim-Zohra. University of Oxford

EL MENOUAR Yasemine. Associate Fellow. German Council on Foreign Relations – DGAP

EL OUASSIF Amal. Research Assistant. OCP Policy Center

EL SHOBAKI Amr. Senior Researcher. Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies – ACPSS

EMILIANI Tommaso. College of Europe

EVIN Ahmet. Senior Scholar. Istanbul Policy Center – IPC

FABBRI Francesca. Junior Policy Analyst. European Policy Centre – EPC

FAHMI Georges. Research Fellow. European University Institute – EUI

FAWZY Ehab. Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs and International Security. Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

FELDMAN Shai. Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies. Brandeis University in the US

FERNÁNDEZ-MOLINA Irene. Lecturer in International Relations. University of Exeter

FERRÉ Josep. Acting Director General. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

FLORENSA Senén. Chair of EuroMeSCo General Assembly. President of the European Institute of the Mediterranean Executive Committee – IEMed

FRANCO Marc. Senior Associate Fellow. Royal Institute for International Relations – EGMONT

GARGOURI Mahmoud. Assistant Professor. Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria ; National Contact Point of Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. Unité de Gestion du Programme Européen. Tunisia- Horizon 2020

GAUB Florence. Deputy Director. European Union Institute for Security Studies – EUISS

GHARIB Sherin. Affiliated Researcher. Austrian Institute for International Affairs – OIIP

GOREN Nimrod. Head of Institute. The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies – MITVIM

GUNAY Cengiz. Vice Director. Austrian Institute for International Affairs – OIIP

HADDY Mohammed. Professor. Mohamed V University

HALIM Amira. Expert in the African program. Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies – ACPSS

HAMMAMI Amel. Researcher. Project Manager. Maghreb Economic Forum

HARRAK Fatima. Professor. Researcher. Institute of African Studies

HAUSER ASKALANI Karim. Head of Governance. Casa Árabe – International Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

IGROUANE Youssef. Student. The College of Europe

JAIDI Larabi. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

JELLOUL Neji. President. Institut Tunisien des Études Stratégiques – ITES

JOHANSSON-NOGUÉS Elisabeth. Associate Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals; CIS Fellow, London School of Economics

KAMEL Nasser. Designated Secretary General. Union for the Mediterranean – UfM

KAWAKIBI Salam. Associate Researcher. Arab Reform Initiative – ARI

KEKEÇ Sena. Project Assistant. Global Political Trends Center – GPoT

KERDOUDI Jawad. President. Institut marocain des relations internationales – IMRI

KERKENI Ezzedine. President. Association des études internationales – AEI

KRARUP SIGAARD Malene. Intern. Danish Embassy in Morocco

KUIMOVA Alexandra. Research Assistant. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI

LEVALLOIS Agnès. Associate Researcher in Mediterranean region. Middle East. Geostrategy. Crises and conflicts. Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique – FRS

LISA Patricia. Analyst. Elcano Royal Institute

LOUIS Maryse. General Manager. FEMISE

LOULICHKI Mohamed. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

LOUNNAS Djallil. Assistant Professor. Al Akhawayn University

LOVEC Marko. Research Fellow. Centre of International Relations. Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Ljubljana

MAHCROUH Jamal. Professor. OCP Policy Center

MAGHEN Liel. Co-director. Israel/Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives – IPCRI

MAGGIOLINI Paolo. Associate Research Fellow. Italian Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI

MAHI Ayoub. Centre International de Formation Européenne – CIFE

MARIN ZAPATA Sergio. College of Europe

MARQUINA BARRIO Antonio. Director. Research Unit on Security and International Cooperation – UNISCI

MARTÍN Iván. Professor. Universidad Pompeu Fabra

MASBAH Mohammed. Junior Research Fellow. Crown Center for Middle East Studies; Associate Fellow. Chatham House

MEDINA Miguel. Professor. CEI International Affairs

MEKOUAR Aziz. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

MILOSEVICH Mira. Senior Analyst. Elcano Royal Institute

NACROUR Anis. Former Head of EU Delegation to Syria

NEJJAR Sawsene. PhD Candidate. University of Oxford

OLIVIÉ Iliana. Senior Analyst. Elcano Royal Institute

OTTE Marc. Senior Associate Fellow. Royal Institute for International Relations – EGMONT

OUALALOU Fathallah. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

OUAZZANI Kenza Zerrou. Director of Cooperation and International Relations. Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes

OZBAY Ebru Ece. Research Assistant. Middle East Technical University – METU

PARKES Roderick. Senior Analyst. European Union Institute for Security Studies – EUISS

PELCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ Katarzyna. Director. ideaForum – a think tank of the Stefan Batory Foundation

PIERRE Jean-Philippe. Director Meta-Campus. Industrial and Military Affaires. Fondation méditerranéenne d’études stratégiques – FMES

PRICA-TAVCIKOVSKA Sladjana. Ambassador. Embassy of Serbia to Morocco

PROTO Pietro Paolo. First Secretary – Head of the Consular Chancellery. Embassy of Italy to Morocco

QORIA Anouar. PhD Candidate. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

QUATTROCOLO Giuliano. Consultant. UN Economic and Social Council

RAHMOUNI BENHIDA Bouchra. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

REZRAZI El Mostafa. Senior Fellow. OCP Policy Center

RÓZSA Erzsébet. External Researcher. Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade – IFAT; Senior Research Fellow. Institute of World Economic of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

RUISI Francesca. Researcher. Center for Strategic Studies –CSS

RUIZ-CAMPILLO Xira. Professor. Research Unit on Security and International Cooperation – UNISCI

SALHI Salah Eddine. Abou Bekr Belkaid University

SANDOUKA Nivine. Co-director. Israel/Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives – IPCRI

SASNAL Patrycja. Head of Middle East and North Africa Programme. Polish Institute of International Affairs – PISM

SESTINI Giancarlo. Board Member. Diplomatia

SIDLO Katarzyna. Political Economist. Center for Social and Economic Research – CASE

SIJILMASSI Fathallah. Former Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

SOLER Eduard. Senior Research Fellow. MENARA Project Scientific Coordinator. Barcelona Centre for International Affairs – CIDOB

SPIRIDON Cristian. Advisor, Consul. Embassy of Romania to Morocco

TALBOT Valeria. Senior Research Fellow. Co-Head of ISPI’s Middle East and North Africa Centre. Italian Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI

TEEVAN Chloe. Programme Coordinator. European Council on Foreign Relations – ECFR

TOVIAS Alfred. Professor. Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations

TREFFLER Jana. Intern. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – FES

TREYDTE Klaus-Peter. Acting Resident Representative. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

TSAKONAS Panayotis. Professor. Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP

VAN DER LOO Guillaume. Researcher. Centre for European Policy Studies – CEPS

VIDAL Lurdes. Director of Arab and Mediterranean World Department. European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMed

WIEDEY Claudia. Ambassador. Head of the EU Delegation to Morocco

WINTER Ofir. Research Fellow. The Institute for National Security Studies – INSS

Agenda

RABAT

July 12th - July 13th · 2018

July 12th
09:30 - 10:10
Opening Session
Opening Session

 

Karim El Aynaoui. Managing Director, OCP Policy Center

Senén Florensa. Chair of EuroMeSCo General Assembly

Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner. Ambassador of Spain to Morocco

Claudia Wiedey. Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Morocco

July 12th
10:10 - 10:30
Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech

 

Nasser Kamel. Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

July 12th
11:00 - 13:00
Plenary Session 1: The State of Europe and Its Impact on Euro-Mediterranean Relations
Plenary Session 1: The State of Europe and Its Impact on Euro-Mediterranean Relations

 

Mohamed Loulichki. Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Katarzyna Pelczyńska-Nałęcz. Director, ideaForum – a think tank of the Stefan Batory Foundation

Ibrahim ElBadawi. President, FEMISE

Iliana Olivié. Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Gilles Bertrand. Policy Adviser, Managing Directorate for Middle East and North Africa, EEAS

July 12th
14:00 - 15:30
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa Region

 

Salam Kawakibi. Associate Researcher, ARI – Arab Reform Initiative; Director, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Paris

Paolo Maggiolini. Associate Research Fellow, ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Saïd Bennis. Professor, CERSS – Centre d’études et de recherches en sciences sociales

Lurdes Vidal. Director of the Arab and Mediterranean World Department, IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

July 12th
14:00 - 15:30
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: The Eastern Mediterranean: New Dynamics and Potential for Cooperation
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: The Eastern Mediterranean: New Dynamics and Potential for Cooperation

 

Nimrod Goren. Head of Institute, Mitvim

Panayotis Tsakonas. Professor, ELIAMEP – Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

Ehud Eiran. Researcher, Mitvim

Muriel Asseburg. Senior Fellow, SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Valeria Talbot. Senior Research Fellow and Co-Head of ISPI’s Middle East and North Africa Centre, ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies

July 12th
14:00 - 15:30
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: The Future of the EU-Tunisia Partnership
Presentation of Results of EuroMeSCo Research Groups: The Future of the EU-Tunisia Partnership

 

Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria. Head of Euro-Mediterranean Policies Department, IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

Tasnim Abderrahim. Junior Policy Officer, European Centre for Development Policy Management

Silvia Colombo. Senior Researcher, IAI – Istituto di Affari Internazionali

Guillaume Van der Loo. Researcher, CEPS – Centre for European Policy Studies

July 12
16:00 - 18:00
Plugged-in Sessions: Discussing latest developments in the region
Plugged-in Sessions: Discussing latest developments in the region
July 13th
09:00 - 11:00
Plenary Session 2: How Southern Mediterranean Countries Engage with the EU and the EuroMediterranean?
Plenary Session 2: How Southern Mediterranean Countries Engage with the EU and the EuroMediterranean?

 

Anis Nacrour. former Head of EU Delegation to Syria

Ehab Fawzy. Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt

Redouane Adghoghi. Director for European matters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Morocco

Nabil Ammar. Director General Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia

Marc Otte. Senior Associate Fellow, EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations

July 13th
11:30 - 13:30
Parallel Working Session 1: Is Europe Exporting Instability to the Southern Mediterranean?
Parallel Working Session 1: Is Europe Exporting Instability to the Southern Mediterranean?

 

Mohamed Eljarh. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LORC – Libya Outlook Research & Consultancy

Moussa Bourekba. Researcher, CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Çiğdem Üstün. Associate Professor, CES – METU – Center for European Studies – Middle East Technical University

Jana Treffler. Intern, FES – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Roderick Parkes. Senior Analyst, EUISS – European Union Institute for Security Studies

Mohammed Masbah. Associate Fellow, Chatham House

July 13th
11:30 - 13:30
Parallel Working Session 2: Is Europe a Priority for Southern Mediterranean Partners?
Parallel Working Session 2: Is Europe a Priority for Southern Mediterranean Partners?

 

Hassan Abouyoub. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Italy

Amr El Shobaki. Senior Researcher, ACPSS – Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies

Cengiz Gunay. Vice Director, OIIP – Austrian Institute for International Affairs

Sherin Gharib. Affiliated Researcher, OIIP – Austrian Institute for International Affairs

Irene Fernandez-Molina. Lecturer in International Relations, University of Exeter

Rabha Allam. Senior Researcher, ACPSS – Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies

Ahmed Driss. Director, CEMI – Centre des études méditerranéennes et internationales

July 13th
11:30 - 13:30
Parallel Working Session 3: Revitalizing Euro-Mediterranean Relations
Parallel Working Session 3: Revitalizing Euro-Mediterranean Relations

 

Münevver Cebeci. Associate Professor, European Union Institute, Marmara University, Istanbul; Visiting Professor, College of Europe-Natolin

Larabi Jaidi. Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Iván Martín. Professor, Universidad Pompeu Fabra

Tasnim Abderrahim. Junior Policy Officer, ECMPD – The European Centre for Development Policy Management

Miguel Medina. Professor, CEI International Affairs

Nadine Abdalla. Research Associate, AFA – Arab Forum for Alternatives

Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués. Associate Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals; CIS Fellow at the London School of Economics

Giancarlo Sestini. Board Member, Diplomatia

July 13th
14:30 - 16:30
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: The Role of Russia in the Middle East and North Africa. Strategy or Opportunism?
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: The Role of Russia in the Middle East and North Africa. Strategy or Opportunism?

 

Valeria Talbot. Senior Research Fellow and Co-Head of ISPI’s Middle East and North Africa Centre, ISPI – Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Youssef Cherif. Deputy Director, Columbia Global Centers Tunis

Mira Milosevich. Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Ziad Akl. Senior Researcher, ACPSS – Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Christopher Hartwell. Fellow, CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research

Marc Franco. Senior Associate Fellow, EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations

July 13th
14:30 - 16:30
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: Les effets des changements climatiques au Sahel sur la sécurité humaine et globale dans le bassin méditerranéen
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: Les effets des changements climatiques au Sahel sur la sécurité humaine et globale dans le bassin méditerranéen

 

Abdelhak Bassou. Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Bouchra Rahmouni Benhida. Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Amira Halim. Expert in the African program, ACPSS – Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Niklas Bremberg. Research Fellow, UI – Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Patricia Lisa. Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

Xira Ruiz-Campillo. Professor, UNISCI – Research Unit on Security and Cooperation, Complutense University of Madrid

July 13th
14:30 - 16:30
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: Cooperation with Religious Institutions as a European Policy Tool
Kick-off meetings of the new set of EuroMeSCo research groups: Cooperation with Religious Institutions as a European Policy Tool

 

Patrycja Sasnal. Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, PISM – The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Yasemine El Menouar. Associate Fellow, DGAP – German Council on Foreign Relations

Sergio Altuna. Associate Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

July 13th
16:30 - 17:00
Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech

 

Nasser Bourita. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco

July 13th
17:00 - 17:30
Closing Session
Closing Session

 

Fathallah Sijilmassi. Former Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean

Senén Florensa. Chair of EuroMeSCo General Assembly

Karim El Aynaoui. Managing Director, OCP Policy Center

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