GSM / CDS 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 Original: English NATO Parliamentary Assembly JOINT SEMINAR MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL GROUP AND SUB-COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE CATANIA, ITALY 2-4 OCTOBER 2014 PROGRAMME SEMINAR ORGANISED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE ITALIAN DELEGATION TO THE NATO PA CAMERA DEI DEPUTATI www.nato-pa.int SENATO DELLA REPUBBLICA 18 September 2014 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 WEDNESDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2014 All day Arrival of participants in Catania Individual transfer to hotel Accommodation Please refer to list of official hotels at the end of document 18:00-20:00 Registration of all participants staying at Grand Hotel Excelsior 39 Piazza Giovanni Verga 95129 Catania, Italy Seminar venue Catania Town Hall (Municipio di Catania) Palazzo degli Elefanti, Bellini Room Piazza Duomo 3 95124 Catania Evening Free THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2014 8:00-8:45 Registration of participants 8:45 Seating of participants in the meeting room OPENING OF THE SEMINAR 9:00-9:30 Welcome remarks by Enzo Bianco, Mayor of Catania Opening remarks: - Pietro Grasso, President of the Senate, Italy Hugh Bayley, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Andrea Manciulli, Head of the Italian delegation to the NATO PA Ali Riza Alaboyun, Chairperson of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group (GSM) 9:30-9:45 Keynote remarks by Federica Mogherini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy 9:45-10:30 Question and answer period 10:30-12:00 SESSION 1 CONSOLIDATING THE LIBYAN STATE Moderator: Ali Riza Alaboyun (Turkey), Chairperson of the GSM 10:30-10:45 Presentation by Arturo Varvelli, Researcher, Italian Institute for International Political Studies 10:45-11:00 Presentation by Florence Gaub, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) 11:00-12:00 Question and answer period 1 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 12:00-13:30 SESSION 2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF JIHADISTS IN THE MENA REGION Moderator: Andrea Manciulli (Italy), Head of the Italian delegation to the NATO PA 12:00-12:15 Presentation by Marco Minniti, Undersecretary of State in charge of National Security 12:15-12:30 Presentation by Riccardo Redaelli, Associate Professor of Geopolitics and Regional Studies - Middle East, Faculty of Political and Social Science, and Director of CRiSSMA (Research Centre on Southern System and Wider Mediterranean), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy 12:30-13:30 Question and answer period 13:30-14:45 Lunch hosted by Enzo Bianco, Mayor of Catania 15:00-16:30 SESSION 3 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATION: THE ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE Moderator: Paolo Alli (Italy), Vice-chairperson of the GSM 15:00-15:15 Presentation by Angelino Alfano, Minister of Interior, Italy 15:15-15:30 Presentation by Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, on An Overview of Operation Mare Nostrum 15:30-15:45 Presentation by Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy 15:45-16:30 Question and answer period 16:30-18:00 SESSION 4 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATION: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Moderator: Vitalino Canas (Portugal), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Democratic Governance (CDSDG) 16:30-16:45 Presentation by Philippe Fargues, Director of the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, on An Overview of the trans-Mediterranean Migration Challenge 16:45-17:00 Presentation by Grigorios Apostolou, Head of Frontex Liaison Office in Piraeus, Greece (tbc) 17:00-18:00 Question and answer period Evening Gala Dinner hosted by the Italian Delegation to the NATO PA, Ursino Castle, Catania 2 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2014 8:45 Seating of participants in the meeting room 9:00-10:45 SESSION 5 THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE SYRIA-IRAQ CRISIS Moderator: Diego Lopez Garrido (Spain), Vice-chairperson of the GSM 9:00-9:15 Presentation by Barak Seener, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, on The Impact of the Gulf Countries on the Syria-Iraq Crisis 9:15-9:30 Presentation by Dr Fawaz A. Gerges, Emirates Chair in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies Professor of International Relations, International Relations Department, London School of Economics, and author of The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2014) on The Political and Military Situation in Iraq 9:30-10:45 Question and answer period 10:45-12:30 SESSION 6 HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE SYRIAN WAR Moderator: Ali Riza Alaboyun (Turkey), Chairperson of the GSM 10:45-11:00 Presentation by speaker tbc, on Support for Syrian Refugees (tbc) 11:00-11:15 Presentation by Dr Tarik Yousef, Chief Executive Officer, Silatech, Qatar, on Economic Consequences of the Syrian Crisis for the Region 11:15-11:30 Presentation of the GSM Report, The Syrian Refugee Crisis and its Impact on the Region [065 GSM 14 E] by Raynell Andreychuk, Rapporteur 11:30-12:30 Question and answer period 12:30-13:30 Lunch hosted by Enzo Bianco, Mayor of Catania 13:30-15:00 SESSION 7 FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA: A SHARED CHALLENGE Moderator: Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam (France), Rapporteure of the CDSDG 13:30-13:45 Presentation by Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator, Council of the European Union, on Foreign Fighters Returning to European Countries (tbc) 13:45-14:00 Presentation by Claudio Neri, Director of the Research Department, Italian Institute for Strategic Studies "Niccolò Machiavelli" - Rome, on Foreign Fighters Returning to MENA Region Countries 14:00-15:00 Question and answer period 3 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 15:00-16:45 SESSION 8 THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IN THE WAKE OF THE GAZA CRISIS Moderator: Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO 15:00-15:15 Presentation by Dr Leila-Laetitia Seurat, Associate Researcher, Centre for International Studies and Research-CNRS, Science Po, Paris, on Consequences of the Gaza War 15:15-15:30 Presentation by Mattia Toaldo, Policy Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations, on Palestinian Aspirations; Prospects for Statehood 15:30-16:45 Question and answer period 16:45-17:00 CONCLUDING SESSION Closing remarks: - Andrea Manciulli, Head of the Italian delegation to the NATO PA - Roberta Pinotti, Minister of Defence, Italy - Ali Riza Alaboyun, Chairperson of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group Evening Free SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2014 Excursion to Mount Etna 14:00 Return to Catania End of the programme __________________ Officials Hotels Grand Hotel Baia Verde Via A. Musco 8/10 95021 Acicastello (CT) Tel: +39 095491522 Fax: +39 095494464 [email protected] http://www.baiaverde.it/EN/ Grand Hotel Excelsior 39 Piazza Giovanni Verga 95129 Catania Tel: +39 095 74 76 111 http://www.excelsiorcatania. com 4 Sheraton Catania Hotel Via Antonello da Messina 45 95020 Cannizzaro, Catania Tel: +39 095 7114111 Fax: +39 095 271 380 www.sheratoncatania.com/ 141 JOINT 14 E rev. 5 2
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