AS/Pol/Inf (2015) 17
28 May 2015
Apdocinf17_15
Sub-Committee on External Relations
Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World
draft programme
OF THE Joint meeting
ON
Current political challenges and opportunities
in the Mediterranean region
RomE, ITALY
5 June 2015
Organised in cooperation with the Parliamentary Projects Support Division of the Assembly, the EU-Council of Europe joint South Programme II and the Italian Parliament
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Friday 5 June 2015, 9.00 to 13.00
08.30 Registration of participants
Venue: Sala della Regina, Palazzo di Montecitorio, Piazza di Monte Citorio, 33
09.00 Opening of the meeting
Welcome speech by Mr Pietro Grasso, President of the Italian Senate
Opening remarks by Mr Benedetto Della Vedova, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Mr Michele Nicoletti, Chairperson of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and Ms Deborah Bergamini, member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and former President of the Council of Europe North-South Centre
Keynote speech by Dr Hala Mustafa, Egyptian political scientist, Cairo
Discussants:
Ms Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission
Case study: The current situation in Libya and its consequences
with the participation of:
Ambassador Luca Giansanti, Director General of Political Affairs and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Mr Khalid Chaouki, member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
General discussion with the participation of parliamentarians from the region, including from the Algerian National People’s Assembly and Council of the Nation, the Jordanian House of Representatives, the Moroccan House of Representatives and House of Councillors, and the Palestinian National Council
Concluding remarks by Ms Theodora Bakoyannis, Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
13.00 End of the meeting