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Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Republic
Zine El Abdine BEN ALI
Euro-Mediterranean Seminar
“Solidarity and Human Development”
Tunis 8 and 9 June 2000 Agenda Thursday 8 June
8h00 Welcome and registration
9h00 Official opening
H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz BEN DHIA, Minister of State, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Armando SANGUINI, Italian Ambassador in Tunisia
Mr. Ariel Français, Resident Representative of the United Nations in Tunis
9h45-13h00 Plenary Session
Presentation of the experiences of human development of the following countries: Tunisia, Italy, Jordan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Morocco, Spain, Luxembourg, Syria and Egypt.
Conference Chairman: M. Ariel Français, Resident Representative of the United Nations in Tunis
General Rapporteur of the Seminar: M. François BARY, Head of Unit IV in Lux-Development (Luxembourg)
Rapporteur 1: Mr. Andres BASSOLS, First Secretary of the European Commission Delegation in Tunis
Rapporteur 2: Mr. Romdhane ESSENOUSSI, Representative of the Arab Labour Organization (Libya)
9h45 Presentations of experiences on the subject of Human Development:
National Solidarity Fund 2626 by Dr. Rached MAHJOUB, Head of Mission of the National Solidarity Fund (Tunisia)
Italian cooperation strategies in terms of human development by Mr. Massimo Attilio IANNUCCI, Deputy Director of the Directorate General of Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
The Jordanian experience in terms of human development and the fight against poverty by Mr. Khaled GHUNIM, Director of the National Aid Fund (Jordan)
The experience of human development in Bosnia-Herzegovina by Mr. Zarko PAPIC, Director of the Independent Bureau on Humanitarian Issues (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
10h45 Coffee break
11h00 The session resumes
The pilot programme for the fight against poverty in urban and peripheral areas and the Agency for social development: two experiences of solidarity and human development by Mrs. Naïma SENDHAJI, Head of the International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Social Development and Solidarity (Morocco)
Decentralised cooperation in human development by Mr. Aitor GABILONDO, Representative of the Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (Spain)
The cooperation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the service of human development by M. François BARY, Head of Unit IV in Lux-Development (Luxembourg)
The experience of health and development villages as a means of improving incomes by Dr. Mahmoud DASHASH, Ministry of Health (Syria)
The Egyptian experience in terms of human development by Mrs. Leila TEKLA (Egypt)
12h00 Debate
13h00 Lunch
15h00 Workshop n° 1: Solidarity and Community Participation
Theme n°1
The fight against poverty and unemployment
Technical data: Solidarity in Tunisia by H.E. Secretary of State Mr. Kemal Hadj SASSI, Head of the National Solidarity Fund (Tunisia)
Chairman: Mr. Lassaad BEN OSMAN, President of the Tunisian Union of Social Solidarity (Tunisia)
Rapporteur 1: Mrs. Carlien Van EMPEL, Representative of the International Labour Organization (Austria)
Rapporteur 2: Mr. Ali ALAYLI, President of the Forum of Lebanese NGOs (Lebanon)
Workshop n°2 : Human Development
Theme n°1
Decentralised cooperation and the inter-sectorial approach
Technical data: Decentralised cooperation within the framework of human development by Mrs. Vanna IANNI, Expert, UNOPS-EDINFODEC (Italy)
Chairman: Mr. Philippe JALET, Director of the General Directorate of International Cooperation (Belgium)
Rapporteur 1: Mrs. Vanna IANNI, Expert, UNOPS-EDINFODEC (Italy)
Rapporteur 2: Mr. Vitor SOARES, Representative of EURADA (Portugal)
16h30 Coffee break
16h45 Continuation of workshops
20h30 Dinner
Friday 9 June 2000
9h00 Workshop n°1: Solidarity and Community Participation
Theme n°2
The prevention of social exclusion
Technical data: Introduction to the debate on social exclusion by Mrs. Chiara STRUTTI, President of the International Network for the fight against Social Exclusion (Italy)
Chairman: Mrs. Chiara STRUTTI, President of the International Network for Methods employed in the fight against Social Exclusion (Italy)
Rapporteur 1: Mr. Thierry MERTENS, Director of the Mediterranean Centre of the WHO for the Reduction of Vulnerability in Tunis.
Rapporteur 2: Mrs. Diana ÇULI, President of the Independent Forum of Albanian Women (Albania)
Workshop n°2: Human Development
Theme n°2
The formation of management staff in human development
Mass media in education in human development
Technical data:
- The search for and the formation of management staff for human development by Mrs. Sara SWARTZ, Consultant for UNOPS (Switzerland)
- Mass media and human development by Mr. Sven TUYTENS, TV Director for Belgian Television (Belgium)
Chairman: Dr. Jaouad EL JAÏ, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Faculty of Medicine (Morocco)
Rapporteur 1: Mr. Amor NEKHILI, Head of the UNIC office in Tunis
Rapporteur 2: Mr. Paolo OREFICE, Professor, Florence University, Faculty of Educational Sciences (Italy)
11h00 Coffee break
11h15 Continuation of workshops 1 and 2
13h00 Lunch
16h00 Plenary session
Presentation of the Final Report by Mr. François BARY, General Rapporteur of the Seminar
Debate and adoption of the Final Report
17h30 Official Closure
Mr. Ariel FRANÇAIS, Resident Representative of the United Nations in Tunis
H.E. Mr. Armando SANGUINI, Italian Ambassador in Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Abdellatif SADDAM, Minister of Economic Development, Tunisia |
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