Impact on the Society, the Economy and the Tourism

DRAFT PROGRAMME
KEDE Conference on:

"Local Authorities, Refugee Flows and Migration Issue –

Impact on the Society, the Economy and the Tourism"

SAMOS, 2-3-4 June 2016
Hotel DORYSSA

Thursday, June 2, 2016

19:30 - 21:30: Opening Ceremony

v  Michalis Angelopoulos
Mayor of Samos, Member of KEDE Administrative Board

v  Spyros Galinos
Mayor of Lesvos, Chairman of the Regional Union of North Aegean

v  Christiana Kalogirou, Head of the Region of North Aegean

v  Panagiotis Kouroumblis, Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction

v  Ioannis Mouzalas, Deputy Minister of Migration Policy

v  Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and Greece

v  Efsevios, Bishop of Samos, Ikaria & Korseon

v  George Patoulis, KEDE President, Mayor of Amaroussion

Friday, June 3, 2016

9:30-11:00: Presentation of the Study of Institute of Local Self Government (ITA), George Patoulis, ITA President

11:00-12:30: Greece & the Refugees Issue: National Threat or National Challenge

v  Christos Stylianidis, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management

v  Dimitris Vitsas, Deputy Minister of Defense

v  Dora Bakoyianni, Deputy, Athens District

v  Representatives of political parties - Officers in charge of migration issue:

ü  SYRIZA

ü  New Democracy (ND)

ü  Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PA.SO.K)

ü  Communist party of Greece (KKE)

ü  River (POTAMI)

ü  Independent Greeks (ANEL)

ü  Centrist Union Party

Discussion

12:30- 13:00: Coffee Break

13:00 -14:30: Strategic Planning Management of the Refugees Issue at Local Level - The Role of Municipalities from their experience up to today

§  Gyorgy Illes, Co-rapporteur of the Report on Refugees and Immigration, Member of the Chamber of Local Authorities, CLRAE, Mayor of Pilisszentlaszlo (Hungary)

v  Ioannis Moralis, Mayor of Pireaus

v  Manolis Vournous, Mayor of Chios

v  Efthimios Fotopoulos, Mayor of Delta

v  Christos Gkountenoudis, Mayor of Paionia

v  George Kyritsis, Mayor of Kos

v  Ioannis Konstantatos, Mayor of Elliniko – Argyroupolis

v  Ioannis Karagiannis, KEDE 2nd Vice President, Mayor of Lagada

Moderator: Michalis Angelopoulos, Member of KEDE Administrative Board, Mayor of Samos

14:30 -16:00: Immigration to Cities - Redesigning Urban Web, Social Integration

v  Santo Caruso, CEMR Representative Responsible for the Asylum and the Integration, Mayor of Aci Sant’ Antonio

v  Michael Muller, Mayor of Berlin

v  Giuseppina - Maria Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa

v  Giovanni Lepri, UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Regional representative for Southern Europe

v  Yoomi Renstrom, Co-rapporteur of the Report on Refugees and Immigration, Member of the Chamber of Regions, CLRAE Councillor of the Regional Executive Bureau of Gavleborg (Sweden),

v  Representative of the Cypriot Union of Municipalities

v  Representative of the Turkish Union of Municipalities

v  Ioanna Zacharakis, Vice-President of the Steering Committee, Network of the Greek Elected Representatives in Europe

Moderator: Dimitris Kafantaris, KEDE 1st Vice President, Mayor of Pylos Nestoros

Discussion

Saturday, June 4, 2016

9:30- 11:00: Tourism - Development and Refugees Flows

v  Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism

v  Representative of the North Aegean Region (Planning of Tourism Development)

v  Andreas Andreadis President of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises

v  Giorgos Kyriazis, President of Chamber, Samos

v  Manos Valis, Member of the Hotels Association Board

Moderator: Gerasimos Damoulakis, Member of KEDE Administrative Board, Mayor of Milos

Discussion

11:00 - 12:30: Social Solidarity, Voluntarism and Humanitarian Aid

v  Presentation of Project “We Care”

v  Red Cross

v  “Smile at the Aegean Sea”

v  NGO “Mission”

v  Doctors without Borders

Discussion

12:30 to 13:30: Conclusions - End of the Conference