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(ENGLISH) 5th Annual Forum of the MedThink 5+5 network - 13th October at 15:00 Play

(ENGLISH) 5th Annual Forum of the MedThink 5+5 network - 13th October at 15:00

Published at 08 13,,, 21 2021
On October 13 and 14, Casa Árabe will bring together a group of experts, professionals and political leaders at its headquarters in Madrid to debate the future transformations facing the Western Mediterranean. In the context of the 2021 Spanish co-presidency of the 5+5 Dialogue and drawing on the Tunis Declaration adopted at the 16th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 5+5 Dialogue on 22 October 2020, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) are jointly organising the 5th annual forum of the MedThink 5+5 network in partnership with Casa Árabe in Madrid, the 13th and 14th of October 2021. PROGRAMME Wednesday 13 October 12:30h. Welcoming words Senén Florensa, Executive President, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) Cristina Juarranz, Deputy Director, Casa Árabe 12:40h. Keynote speeches Ángeles Moreno Bau, State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain Nasser Kamel, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Taïeb Baccouche, Secretary General, Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 15:00h. Roundtable “The 5+5 Dialogue in the post-COVID-19 context: Ways forward to sustain and bolster the cooperation in the Western Mediterranean” Chair Alberto Ucelay, Director General for the Maghreb, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain Special interventions Omar Amghar, Director of the EU-Morocco Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Government of Morocco Daniel Schlosser, Advisor to the Inter-ministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France Ana Helena Marques, Director of Middle East and Maghreb Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Portugal Nor-Eddine Benfreha, Director of Cooperation with the EU and European Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Algeria First reactions Mohammed Loulichki, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) John O’Rourke, Ambassador, Former Head of Delegation of the European Union to Algeria, European External Action Service Roger Albinyana, Managing Director, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) 17:00h. Session “Enhancing Regional Value Chains in the Western Mediterranean: Conditions for a Win-Win Reconfiguration of the Production Model” Chair Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Manager, Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) Speakers Jihen Boutiba, Secretary General, Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) Ghazi Ben Ahmed, Founder and President, Mediterranean Development Initiative (MDI) Emmanuel Noutary, General Delegate, ANIMA Investment Network Davide Tentori, Research Fellow, Centre on Business Scenarios, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) First reactions Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Coordinator of Education and Economics, Casa Árabe Luis Óscar Moreno, Adviser, Sub-Directorate General of External Debt Management and International Financing, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transition, Government of Spain. Former Director General of Economic Diplomacy (MAEUEC) Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/5th-annual-forum-of-the-medthink-5-5-network

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