Brussels, 3 October 2011, Berlaymont Building, Room 11 & Lunch on 13th floor

Programme

10h45 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

- Jean-Claude THÉBAULT, Director General, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission

- Dominique DAVID, Executive Vice-President, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris

11h00 QUO VADIS THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN? EU RESPONSES TO THE ARAB SPRING

Keynote Speaker:

- Bernardino LEON, EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean

11h30 PANEL I - TRANSITIONS

Chair:

- Margaritis SCHINAS, Deputy Head, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission

Speakers:

- Bichara KHADER, Professor and Director, Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le monde arabe contemporain, Université Catholique de Louvain

- Eneko LANDABURU, Head, EU Delegation to Morocco, Rabat

- Sana BEN ACHOUR, Former President, Association of Democratic Women in Tunisia, Tunis

- Ahmed SAMIH, Director, Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Non-Violence Studies, Cairo

13h00 LUNCH : SUCCESS STORIES OF EUROPEAN TRANSITIONS: LESSONS FROM THE ENLARGEMENT PROCESS

Keynote Speaker:

- Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

14h30 PANEL II - SOCIETIES

Chair:

- Mansouria MOKHEFI, Head, Programme on the Middle East/Maghreb, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris

Speakers:

- Claire SPENCER, Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London

- Mokhtar TRIFI, President, Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunis

- Ragia OMRAN, Activist/Volunteer, Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, Cairo

- Khadija RYADI, President, Association Marocaine des Droits Humains (AMDH), Rabat

16h00 COFFEE TO BE SERVED IN THE SEMINAR ROOM

16h00 ROUND TABLE - EU CONTRIBUTION

Chair:

- Antonio MISSIROLI, Adviser, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission

Speakers:

- Hasni ABIDI, Director, Centre d'Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Arabe et Méditerranéen (CERMAM), Geneva

- Alar OLLJUM, Adviser to Hugues Mingarelli, Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service (EEAS)

- Andrew JACOBS, Head of Unit, Geographical Coordination - Southern Neighbourhood, DG Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO), European Commission

- Noureddine FRIDHI, Senior Correspondent, Al-Arabiya, Brussels

17h30 END OF SEMINAR