Participants' Contributions

19th Yearly Session of the Crans Montana Forum in Monaco (June 26 to 29, 2008 in Monaco)

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Thursday 26 June

14:30-16:45
SPECIAL SESSION No 1 /3
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

Mr. Cyril Svoboda
Chairman, Legislative Council of Government, Czech Rep.

13:45-16:45
FORUM IN THE FORUM
THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN AND SECURITY 2/2

Global Security in the European Union :
what to expect from a Union for the Mediterranean ?
Regional and International Cooperation

Mr. Gabriel Nakhleh

Maritime Affairs Administrator, Ports Service (South of France), France

16:45-18:00
OFFICIAL WELCOME COCKTAIL

THE CRANS MONTANA FORUM
welcomes the 2008 Forum’s Participants

Cocktail hosted by

Mrs. F. Beatrice Marshoff
Prime Minister, Free State Province, RSA

18:00-19:20
OFFICIAL OPENING SESSION

Mrs. F. Beatrice Marshoff
Prime Minister, Free State Province, RSA

19:20-19:40
SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Building a Knowledge-based Economy :
A Model of Growth and Economic Development for the Mediterranean

Mr. Jean-François Rischard
Former Vice-President, World Bank

20:45

OFFICIAL DINER - KEYNOTE SPEECH

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

H.R.H Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud
Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia

Friday 27 June

09:00 – 12:30
SPECIAL SESSION No 2/3
DIALOGUE BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN – 3rd Yearly Forum

The European Man, his identity and the Mediterranean
The meaning of a real Mediterranean project
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

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Khwaja
Founder President, Inter Faith Harmony Foundation of India

Mr. Shaykh Abdalwahid Pallavicini
Chairman, CO.RE.IS (Comunita Religiosa Islamica), Italy
Dr. Heinrich Benedikt
President & Founder Jerusalem Peace Academy

Mr. Rashid Shaz
Editor of Future Islam and President of Milli Parliament, India

12:00-12:45
PLENARY SESSION

TURKEY’S PLACE IN THE WORLD

Turkey’s Place in the Mediterranean
Relations between Europe and Turkey
Can the European Union and Turkey share a great ambition?

Mr. Omer Faruk Dogan
Deputy Undersecretary, Foreign Trade, Turkey

14:30-15:30
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The impact of global warming on Economies and Populations -
Switching to renewable Energy : towards new jobs and markets

Mr. Jean Jaubert
Professor, Former CEO, Musée Océanographique, Monaco

14:30-16:45
3rd YEARLY MEETING
OF GENERAL PROSECUTORS AND PROSECUTORS

Toward an Organised Fight Against Terror, Corruption and Crime :
Implementing a Common Judicial Space
How to Implement Effective and Efficient Operational Cooperation ?
The European Union, Serbia and War Criminals

Mr. Stanislav Cado
Minister of Interior, Rep. Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

14:30-17:30
FORUM IN THE FORUM
WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE 1/2

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 Women on the CSR Policies and the Humanisation of Globalization

Mrs. Fawzia Al Ashmawi
Chairperson, European Forum for Muslim Women
Mrs. Anneli Jäätteenmaki
Former Prime Minister, MEP, Committee on Internal Market &
Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Mrs. Vesna Medenica
President, Supreme Court, Montenegro
Mrs. Dushana Zdravkova
MEP and Vice-Chairwoman, Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament

Mrs. Agnes Vadai
Senior State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Hungary

Saturday 28 June

09:00-10:00
PARALLEL SESSION 1

Telecom and IT in South Eastern Europe – Development and Integration

Mr. Jean-Michel Serre
Senior Vice President, International & Strategy, Groupe France Télécom - IBD

09:00-10:00
PARALLEL SESSION 2

Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - Responding to the political and
economic disappointment resulting from the Barcelona Process

Mr. Jawad Kerdoudi

Chairman of the IMRI, Morocco

09:00-10:00
PARALLEL SESSION 3

The fight against sea and land pollution : the necessity for concerted action

Mr. Pierre Portas
President of WE 2 C,
Former Deputy Executive Secretary, Basel Convention Secretariat, Switzerland
Mrs. Fatimata Dia Touré
Director, Francophony Institute for Energy and Environment, IEPF

09:30 – 12:45
FORUM IN THE FORUM
WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE 2/2

Women in Armed Conflicts and Peace Building
Women in Fight against Poverty
The Situation of Women and Children during Conflict
The example of Iraq

Princess Esther Kamatari
Burundi

Mrs. Agnes Vadai
Senior State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Hungary

10:00-11:30 SALLE PLENIERE
PLENARY SESSION

THE GULF STATES
AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Investing abroad - The Gulf States are the leading public or private investors and developers
of the Southern Mediterranean
International cooperation - The Gulf States are implementing a large-scale South-South
cooperation with Africa
Implementing partnerships - The Gulf States, new partners of Africa for developing and
exploiting natural resources
Opening up to the East - The Gulf States are opening up to the new economies of Central
and Eastern Europe

Mr. Vijay Poonoosamy 2nd part
Vice President, International Affairs, Etihad Airways, United Arab Emirates

14:30-15:30

PARALLEL SESSION 1

The European Union after the Irish NO to the Lisbon Treaty

Mr. Bernard Durkan
Chairman, Joint Committee on European Affairs, Parliament of Ireland

14:30-15:30

PARALLEL SESSION 2

Ivory Coast : the challenge of Reconstruction

Mrs. Fatoumata Hamza-Bamba
Minister of Reconstruction, Ivory Coast

14:30-17:30
SPECIAL SESSION No 3/3 - SESSION SPECIALE No 3/3
DIALOGUE BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN – 3rd Yearly Forum

The tools of a new Renaissance in the Mediterranean :
Implementing a necessary culture of sharing
Building Tomorrow’s Dialogue :
Fighting Poverty, Humane Dignity, Social Stability
International Cooperation for Youth

Princess Esther Kamatari
Burundi

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