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TOBB
Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey / EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee /
European Economic and Social Committee

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Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions

Istanbul, Turkey

(Hôtel Marmara Taksim, Taksim Meydani, Istanbul)

16-18 November 2011

PROGRAMME

Interpreting: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish

15 November
7.30p.m. / Welcome reception
16 November
8.30-9 a.m. / Registration of participants
9-10.30 a.m. / Opening session
Chair: Mr Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the Euromed Follow up Committee
  • Mr Rifat Hisarciklioğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey(TOBB)
  • Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Mr Cevdet Yilmaz, Minister of Development of Turkey

10.30-11 a.m. / Press conferenceand coffee break
11 a.m.-1 p.m. / The policyresponse to the new environment in the Euromed region
Chair: Mr Sandy Boyle, President of the External Relations Section of the EESC
  • Mr Yigit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Transport and Urban Development Division (UfM)
  • Mr Pierre Deusy,Regional Policy, Euromed and UfM, European External Action Service (EEAS)
  • MrChristophe Rouillon, Mayor of Coulaines (France), Member of the Committee of the Regions and Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)
Debate
1-2.30 p.m. / Lunch
2.30-4.30 p.m. / The role of civil society in the Euromed region and in a new Union for the Mediterranean(UfM) – current cooperation and future steps
Chair: Mr Hüsamettin Kavi, Member of the Assembly of Istanbul Chamber of Industry
  • Mr Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the EESC's Euromed Follow-up Committee
  • Mr Chakib Benmoussa, President of the Economic and Social Council of Morocco
  • Mr Abdelmaksoud Rachdi, President of the Euromed Platform of NGOs
Debate
4.30-4.45 p.m. / Coffee break
4.45-6.30 p.m. / Immigration and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Chair: Ms Soledad Córdova, Secretary General of the ESC of Spain
  • Presentation of a report by Ms Afroditi Makriyianni, Scientific Advisor, ESC of Greece
  • Mr Ummuhan Bardak, European Training Foundation ETF
Debate
7.30 p.m. / Departure by buss from Hotel Marmara to restaurant
8 p.m. / Dinner at the Feriye Restaurant, Ortakö
17 November
9-11.30a.m. / Promoting social dialogue in the Euromed region
Chair: Mr Mazen Odeh Nasser, Secretary General of the ESC of Jordan
  • Dr Ahmed Majdalani, Palestinian Minister of Labour
  • Mr Peter Seideneck, EuromedTrade Union Forum
  • MrTuğrul Kudatgobilik, President of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TISK), member of BusinessMed
  • Mr Rachid Khedim, Chief Technical Advisor ILO Sub-regional office in Cairo
Debate
11.30 a.m.-12noon / Coffee break
12noon-1.30 p.m. / The promotion of renewable energies and the European Neighbourhood Policy
Chair: Mr Yehuda Talmon, President of the ESC of Israel
  • Presentation of the EESC opinion on the subject by Mr Pierre-Jean Coulon and Mr Stéphane Buffetaut, rapporteurs, EESC members
  • Ms Houda Ben Jannet Allal, Expert at the Mediterranean Observatory for Energy (OME)
Debate
1.30-2.30 p.m. / Lunch
2.30-3 p.m. / Chair: Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the EESC
  • Statement by Mr Štefan Füle, European Commissioner responsible for Enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy
Questions/Answers
3-4.45p.m. / Rural development and employment in the Euromed region
Chair: Mr Mohammed Ould Haimer, President of the ESC of Mauritania
  • Presentation of a report by Mr Pedro Narro, rapporteur, EESC member
  • Mr Jean-Louis Rastoin, Emeritus Professeur atMontpellier SupAgro, Unesco Chair in "World Food Systems"
Debate
4.45-5 p.m. / Coffee break
5-6.30 p.m. / Promotion of entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity in the Euromed region
Chair: Mr Roger Nasnas, President of the ESC of Lebanon
  • Presentation of a report by Mr Joan Pujol, Member of the ESC of Spain
Debate
18 November
9.30-11 a.m. / Strengthening the role of women in society
Chair: Ms Anna Corossacz, memberof the Commission for European and International Policies,ESC of Italy
  • Ms Grace Attard, member of the Euromed Follow-up Committee of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Ms Mona Ezzat,New Woman Foundation, Egypt
Debate
11-11.30 a.m. / Update on developments in the TRESMED 4 project
  • Presentation of a report byDr Adelaida Bosch Vivancos, Director of the TRESMED 4 project, ESC of Spain

11.30 a.m.-12 noon / Break
12 noon-1p.m. / Closing session
Chair:Mr Mahmut Arslan, President of HAK-İŞ Workers Confederation, Member of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee
  • Presentation and adoption of the final declaration by Mr Sandy Boyle, President of the European Economic and Social Committee's External Relations Section

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