CRANS MONTANA FORUM: The New Role of the Mediterranean

STRATEGIES TOWARD CENTRAL, EASTERN EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE ARAB WORLD

June 26 - 29, 2008 in Monaco

19th Yearly Session

Crans Montana Forum 2008

Official Opening Session of the Forum

The European Union is struggling to reform itself, implement a satisfactory management process, define and deal with its enlargement, emerge as a world power, and face daily globalization challenges.

Yet, for the world around it, the European Union represents a decisive contribution of potential and hope, notably for the new Europe, Africa and the Middle East which have a major common point : the Mediterranean.

Opening up Europe to the Mediterranean, Africa, and the Middle East is an extraordinary opportunity for all Union Member States to strengthen and develop their relations, notably economic, with these vast markets, whether potential or established.

At a crucial moment of the world’s History, this issue is so important to the Crans Montana Forum that it has been made the theme of its 19th annual session, with an additional focus: the role of the Gulf States in the economic development and investment in the Southern Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe.

Programme Headlines

FORUM IN THE FORUM:

Dialogue Between Civilizations in the Mediterranean - 3rd Yearly Forum

Civilizations facing Globalization: back to irrationality and obscurantism
The threats to cultural diversity ‐ Westernization of a world rejecting the West
Is there a Mediterranean civilization?
The Mediterranean at the crossroads of North and South, the Eastern and the Western worlds
The European Man, his identity and the Mediterranean
The symbol of Jerusalem: the three Religions of the Book
Toward a new dialogue between Christianity and Islam
The Reformers of Islam: Islam is compatible with modernity, human rights and tolerance
Sufism: the perspectives of modern Islam
The tools of a new Renaissance in the Mediterranean: Implementing a necessary culture of sharing
Building Tomorrow’s Dialogue: Social Stability and International Cooperation for Youth

FORUM IN THE FORUM:

Women in the Public Life

Men and women in politics: Towards a partnership
Women in parties and the parliaments
The challenge of heading a state or a government
The impact of wormen on the CSR policies and the humanisation of globalization
Women in the armed conflicts and peace building
Women in fight against poverty
The situation of women and children during conflicts: The example of Iraq

FORUM IN THE FORUM:

The Union for Mediterranean & Security

PROTECTION OF THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT
TOWARDS A MEDITERRANEAN CENTER FOR CIVIL PROTECTION ?
GLOBAL SECURITY IN THE EU AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SPACE
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

FORUM IN THE FORUM:

4th Yearly Meeting of the Club “AMITIES EURO-PARLEMENTAIRES”

Innovation in the governance and public administration in the Euro-Mediterranean region

FORUM IN THE FORUM:

Sovereign Funds

Was the corporate governance prepared to welcome the sovereign wealth funds?
What does the emergence of sovereign wealth funds mean for global corporate governance?
Prospect for the sovereign wealth funds
Is there a sovereign wealth funds investment strategy?
Are the regulations on source of capital an appropriate response?

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