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(ENGLISH) 5th Annual Forum of the MedThink 5+5 network - 13th October

Published at 58 08,,, 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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Conference: "Tea with Nefertiti"

Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the co-founders Art reoriented, a multidisciplinary curatorial platform based in Munich and New York, talk about their critically acclaimed exhibition Tea with Nefertiti, currently on show at IVAM, Valencia after a successful run at Mathaf, Doha and IMA, Paris. Through discussing the curatorial premise and methodology behind the show, they highlight the ways through which an artwork acquires different meanings and agencies when it travels through time and place. Through employing the Nefertiti bust as a metaphorical thread, and by interrogating the contested history of Egyptian Museum collections from the 19th century onwards, Bardaouil and Fellrath explore how an artwork can become a tool for the writing of much-contested narratives that serve as frameworks through which an image of another culture can be imagined and consequently fixed. More info: http://en.casaarabe.es/news/tea-with-nefertiti-the-creation-of-images-of-culture-through-the-arts

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Conferencia: "En primera persona", por Afif Safieh [V.O inglés/español]

Ponencia inaugural de la Semana de Palestina en Casa Árabe, a cargo de uno de los diplomáticos palestinos más experimentados. Afif Safieh ha servido en las tres capitales de mayor importancia política: Londres, Washington y Moscú. Musa Amer Odeh, embajador de Palestina en España, y Eduardo López Busquets, director general de Casa Árabe, presentan el acto.

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Ministerial Debate Forum on the Future of Tourism in the MENA Region

Casa Árabe and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) organize a Ministerial Debate Forum on The Future of Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA according to its acronym in English) with the cooperation of Casa Mediterráneo, as well as the support of IFEMA and Fitur 2014. The forum brings together the Tourism Ministers of the countries which receive the most tourism in the region and will be devoted to analyzing the future prospects of the tourism industry in the region. The official opening is presided over by the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Gonzalo de Benito Secades, the General Director of Casa Árabe, Eduardo López Busquets, and the Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization, Taleb Rifai. More: http://en.casaarabe.es/news/ministerial-debate-forum-on-the-future-of-tourism-in-the-mena-region-

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Conference: "Microfinance in the Arab World", by Tawfiq Nassar

Conference given by Tawfiq Nassar. Since the earliest experiments carried out in the 1970's to provide small loans to people or groups with few economic resources (usually excluded from the traditional financial system), micro-loans have grown exponentially and have now become a sophisticated industry. However, experiences in the Arab region vary greatly from one country to the next. In terms of products, scale and inclusiveness, microfinancing still has a great deal of potential to be developed in this area. More: www.casaarabe.es/noticias-arabes/show/microfinanzas-en-el-mundo-arabe

Published at 34 12,,, 14 2014
Conference: "New Art Market Scenarios: The Emerging Scene in Saudi Arabia

What characterizes the emerging art scene in the Gulf region? What place does Saudi Arabia hold, and more specifically the cities of Riyadh and Jeddah, in its development? In what direction are the artists, collectors and managers who work in the region looking? Taking advantage of the special moment provided by the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair and the exhibition by Ayman Yossri in Madrid, Casa Árabe and Madrid's Sabrina Amrani Gallery are organizing a round table discussion with role-players who have first-hand knowledge of this cultural reality, which is not commonly experienced within our country's art scene. Visual artist Ayman Yossri converses with collector Basma Al Sulaiman, the founder of Basmoca, Saudi Arabia's first virtual art museum, and with Sara Raza, an art curator and expert on art from Central Asia and the Middle East, with a great deal of experience in the Gulf region. More: en.casaarabe.es/news/new-art-market-scenarios-the-emerging-scene-in-saudi-arabia

Published at 34 12,,, 14 2014