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Responding to the challenges of sustainable development in the Mediterranean

** Programme **

6-7 April 2009

Nice

"Salle Linné"

Parc Phoenix, 405 Promenade des Anglais

(Entrée Sud)

06000 Nice, France

Supported by:

Monday 6 April 2009

8.00-9.00a.m.: / Welcome and registration of participants
9.00-9.45 a.m.: / Opening session
  • Christian Estrosi, MP and Mayor of Nice
  • Georgios Dassis, President of the employees' group of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Henri Guaino, Head of the Interministerial Mission of the Union for the Mediterranean (Presidency of the FrenchRepublic)

9.45-10.10 a.m.: / Introduction: Responding to the challenges of sustainable development in the Mediterranean
  • Henri-Luc Thibault, Director of Plan Bleu (Mediterranean Action Plan)

10.10-10.40a.m.: / Coffee break
10.40 a.m.-12.30 p.m.: / Theme 1: Depollution and prevention in the Mediterranean Sea
Moderator: Abdelhafid Laouira, Member of the National Economic and Social Council of Algeria
10.40-11.00 a.m.: / Analysis and debate:
Impact of pollution on marine biodiversity
Prof. Meinesz, President of the environment commission of the Economic and Social Council of Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur
11.00-11.50a.m. : / Case studies:
  • Contrat de baie Toulon Provence Méditerranée:
    Assessment and experience feedback (Gilles Vincent, Vice-President of the community of urban area of Toulon Provence Méditerranée in charge of the environment
Methodology of littoral water management (Patrick Philip, President of the Science Council of the Contrat de baie de Toulon Provence Méditerranée)
  • The Tangier experience: Muhammed Kharchich, Vice-President of the Urban District of Tangier

11.50a.m. -12.20p.m.: / Q&A, discussion with participants
12.20 p.m. -12.30p.m.: / Conclusions: Richard Adams, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
12.30-2.00p.m.: / Lunch break
2.00-4.00 p.m.: / Theme 2: Managing water scarcity and shortages
Moderator: Erol Kiresepi, Member of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), Member of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
2.00-2.20p.m.: / Analysis and debate:
  • Dr. Fadi Comair, Ministry for Energy and Water of Lebanon (Director General of hydraulic and electrical resources)

2.20-3.20 p.m.: / Case studies:
  • Water supply in the Mediterranean islands: Malta's experience: Marco Cremona, Independent water expert
  • The experience of the Principality of Monaco:, Philippe Mondielli, Scientific Director, Albert II Foundation of Monaco
  • Watermanagement in the Region of Murcia: Miguel Ángel Ródenas, Director General for Water of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water of Murcia

3.20-3.50p.m.: / Q&A, discussion with participants
3.50-4.00p.m.: / Conclusions: María Candelas Sánchez Miguel, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
4.00-4.30p.m.: / Coffee break
4.30-6.00p.m.: / Sustainable development and employment in the Mediterranean: social partner perspectives
Moderator: Roger Nasnas, President of the Economic and Social Council of Lebanon
  • Alain Mestre, Expert on employment and climate (Syndex)
  • Peter Seideneck, Euromed Trade Union Forum coordinator
  • Shéhérazade Berrehouma, Secretary General of BUSINESSMED
  • Joël Decaillon, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation

5.30-5.50 p.m.:
5.50-6.00 p.m.: / Q&A, discussion with participants
Conclusions: Margarita López Almendáriz, Member of the Euromed Follow-up Committee of the European Economic and Social Committee
6.00p.m.: / Reception hosted by Nice Côte d´Azur in theParc Phoenix greenhouses

Tuesday 7 April 2009

9.00- 9.30a.m.: / Introduction:
  • Pierre Lequiller, President of the European Affairs Committee of the French Parliament
  • Jean-Claude Pasty, President of the External Relations Section of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council

9.30-11.30a.m.: / Theme 3: Partnership and sustainable local and regional government in the Mediterranean
Moderator: Wasef Azar, Board Member of Jordan Chamber of Industry
9.30-10a.m. / Analysis and debate:
  • Stakes involvedin sustainable governance: Christophe Nuttall, UNDP, Director of the Hub for Innovative Partnerships
  • Environmental and energy challenges in the Mediterranean: Edgardo Iozia, Member of the Euromed follow-up committee of the European Economic and Social Committee

10.00-11.00a.m.: / Case studies:
  • Presentation on the national interest operation "Eco-Vallée" (Nice): Thierry Bahougne, Development and planning Office, Plaine du Var
  • Presentation of a coastal zone management project in Montenegro: Sinisa Stankovic, deputyMinister for tourism and the environment, Montenegro
  • Adding value to wastewater in Barcelona: The Baix Llobregat experience: Pedro Aguilo,Empresa Metropolitana de Sanejament,

11.00-11.30a.m.: / Q&A, discussion with participants
11.30-11.40a.m.: / Conclusions: Pedro Narro, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
11.40a.m.-12 noon: / Coffee break
12 noon-12.30p.m.: / Conclusions and next steps
  • Stéphane Buffetaut, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee

Presentation of a statement of the EESC on the participation of Economic and Social Councils and similar Euro-Mediterranean institutions in the Union for the Mediterranean
  • An Le Nouail-Marlière, President of the Euromed follow-up committee of the European Economic and Social Committee

12.30-1.00 p.m.: / Closing session
  • Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology, Member of the French Government

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