Original : English U n d e r t h e H i g h P a t r o n a g e o f H i s M a j e s t y K i n g M o h a m m e d V I NATO Parliamentary Assembly JOINT SEMINAR Rose-Roth Mediterranean and Middle East Group Special (GSM) and Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co-operation and Convergence (ESCEW) DRAFT AGENDA Political and Security Changes In North Africa: Implications for Peace and Co-operation in the Euro-Mediterranean and Transatlantic Regions MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 3-5 APRIL 2013 SEMINAR ORGANISED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SWISS GOVERNMENT www.nato-pa.int 12 March 2013
TUESDAY 2 APRIL 2013 Arrival Hotel Seminar Venue Evening Participants will be welcomed at the airport and transport between the airport and the hotel will be organised by the Moroccan delegation. Palmeraie Golf Palace Circuit de La Palmeraie Marrakech 40000 Palais des Congrès Palmeraie Golf Palace (3 min walk from the hotel) Free WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL 2013 From 8.00 Registration of the participants at the Palais des Congrès, Palmeraie Golf Palace 9.00 Reading of the Royal Letter (tbc) OPENING OF THE SEMINAR Welcome remarks: - Karim GHELLAB (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Representatives - Mohamed Cheikh BIADILLAH (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Councillors - Hugh BAYLEY (United Kingdom), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - H.E. Mr Bertrand LOUIS, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kingdom of Morocco 9.30-10.00 Keynote Presentation by Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN (tbc), Secretary General of NATO, on NATO s Approach to a Rapidly Changing MENA Region 10.00-10.30 Discussion [10.30-11.00 Coffee Break] SESSION 1 THE SITUATION IN THE SAHEL AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AND TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY Saïd CHBAATOU (Morocco) 11.00-11.20 H.E. Mr Saadeddine EL OTMANI (tbc), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Morocco, on Morocco s Approach to the Sahel 11.20-12.00 Discussion 12.00-12.20 Romano PRODI (tbc), UN Secretary General Special Envoy for Sahel, on International Responses to the Emerging Terrorist Threat in the Sahel 12.20-13.00 Discussion [13.00-14.15 Lunch] Nicole AMELINE (France), vice-president of the NATO PA 14.15-14.35 H.E. Mr Younoussi TOURE, Acting President of the National Assembly of Mali, on Re-establishing National Unity in Mali 14.35-15.15 Discussion 1
15.15-15.35 H.E. Mr Jean FELIX-PAGANON (tbc), Ambassador and French Special Representative for the Sahel Region, on The French Support to Mali 15.35-16.15 Discussion [16.15-16.30 Coffee Break] SESSION 2 POST-REVOLUTION TRANSITION IN THE MENA REGION: PROGRESS AND ROADBLOCKS Julio MIRANDA CALHA (Portugal), Vice-president of the NATO PA 16.30-16.45 Shadi HAMID (tbc), Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center and Research Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, on The Challenge of Moving From Revolution to Institutional Consolidation 16.45-17.00 Greg POWER, Director of Global Partners and Associates, on Parliamentary Development in the MENA Region 17.00-17.05 Comment by Senator Lhou LMARBOUH, Vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) 17.05-17.45 Discussion [17.45 End of meetings] Evening Official Dinner THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2013 SESSION 3 A REVOLUTION UNDERWAY: AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION IN SYRIA Hamid KOUSKOUS (Morocco) 8.30-9.00 H.E. Mr Lakhdar BRAHIMI (tbc), Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis on Diplomatic Efforts to Broker Peace in Syria 9.00-9.30 Discussion 9.30-10.00 H.E. Mr Nabil ELARABY (tbc), Secretary General of the League of Arab States, on The Role of the League of Arab States in Solving the Syrian Conflict 10.00-10.30 Discussion 10.30-10.45 Dr. Christopher PHILLIPS, Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East, Queen Mary, University of London, on The Security Situation in Syria and its Regional Implications 10.45-11.15 Discussion [11.15-11.30 Coffee Break] 2
SESSION 4 EVOLUTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO REVOLUTION? SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD Diego LOPEZ-GARRIDO (Spain), Vice-Chairman of the GSM 11.30-11.45 Saïd CHBAATOU, member of the House of Representatives, and Hakim BENCHEMACH, member of the House of Councillors, Morocco, on Parliament's New Prerogatives in the Implementation of Constitutional Reforms in Morocco 11.45-12.00 Dr Abdulaziz SAGER (tbc), Chairman, Gulf Research Center, Geneva, on Building a More Plural Political Order in the Gulf Region: Reform and its Opponents 12.00-12.45 Discussion [12.45-13.45 Lunch] SESSION 5 SUPPORTING REFORM IN THE MENA REGION Hakim BENCHEMASS (Morocco) 13.45-14.00 Stephen McINERNEY, Executive Director of the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), Washington DC, on US Support for an Evolving MENA Region 14.00-14.15 Diego MELLADO, European External Action Service, on European Support for Democracy Building in the MENA Region 14.15-14.30 Giji GYA, Head, Asylum, Migration and Counter-THB (SIB) Programmes, DCAF Geneva, on DCAF s Role in Supporting Democratic Control of the Military: Lessons for the MENA Region 14.30-15.15 Discussion [15.15 End of meetings] 17.00-22.30 Visit of the city and official dinner (dress code: informal) FRIDAY 5 APRIL 2013 SESSION 6 LESSONS LEARNED FROM POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION IN EUROPE Hassan BENOMAR (Morocco) 9.00-9.15 Professor Michael CLARKE, Director General, RUSI, on Transition and Reconciliation in South-Eastern Europe: Are These Experiences Relevant to the MENA Region? 9.15-9.30 Salam KAWAKIBI, Deputy Director and Director of Research, Arab Reform Initiative, Lecturer, University of Paris 1, President of the NGO "Initiative for a New Syria, on A View From the MENA Region: Drawing Lessons from Transition in Other Regions of the World 9.30-10.30 Discussion [10.30-11.00 Coffee Break] 3
SESSION 7 CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE GSM Ali Riza ALABOYUN (Turkey), Vice-Chairman of the GSM 11.00-11.15 Presentation of the GSM Report The Iranian Challenge to Middle Eastern and Global Security [047 GSM 13 E] by Senator Raynell ANDREYCHUK (Canada) 11.15-12.00 Discussion [12.00-13.00 Lunch Break] SESSION 8 THE ROLE OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN SUPPORTING ECONOMIC STABILISATION, REFORM AND INTEGRATION IN THE MENA REGION Gianni VERNETTI (Italy), Chairman of the Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co-operation and Convergence (ESCEW) 13.00-13.15 Adnan MAZAREI, Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund's Middle East and Central Asia Department, on The IMF s Role in Supporting Macro-Economic Stability in the MENA Region 13.15-13.30 Nassir SAIDI, Chief Economist, Dubai International Financial Centre, Executive, former Minister of Economy and Trade and Minister of Industry of Lebanon, on Financing Regional Integration and Development Projects in the MENA Region 13.30-14.30 Discussion CLOSING SESSION 14.30-14.50 Closing Statement by Mohamed Cheikh BIADILLAH (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Councilors, and Karim GHELLAB (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Representatives (tbc) 14.50-15.00 Closing Statement by Hugh BAYLEY (United Kingdom), President of the NATO PA End of the Seminar 4