Workshop

The Multilateral Track of Euro-Mediterranean Relations. The Role of the Union for the Mediterranean

3 October 2012
Barcelona

This workshop gathering officials from the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and Euro-Mediterranean think tanks discussed the prospects for the multilateral framework of Euro-Mediterranean relations as a consequence of the political transformations in the region.

It also analysed the role of the Union for the Mediterranean and its Secretariat and their contribution in the new political context in the Southern shore and the economic crisis in the north. It provided the state of play of UfM-led projects in order to identify the most promising areas of sectorial cooperation and ways to uphold democratic reform through specific projects.

This workshop was organised by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, IEMed and EuroMeSCo.

 

 

Agenda

Opening and welcome remarks

Fathallah Sijilmassi Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Ignacio Ybáñez Director General for the Maghreb, Africa, the Mediterranean and Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
Andreu Bassols Director General, IEMed, Spain

session one

Multilateral relations in the Mediterranean after the Arab Spring
Andreu Bassols Director General, IEMed, Spain
Ahmed Driss Director, Centre des Etudes Méditerranéennes et Internationales, Tunisia

session two

Sectorial areas of cooperation in the Mediterranean
Rym Ayadi Research Director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
Lino Cardarelli Senior Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Yigit Alpogan Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Rafiq Husseini Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Sotiris Varouxakis Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Cecilia Attard-Pirotta Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Ilan Chet Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean

Concluding remarks

Jordi Vaquer Director, CIDOB Foundation, Spain
Senén Florensa Executive President IEMed – The European Institute of the Mediterranean
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