VIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Hotel Nile Hilton – Tahrir Square - Cairo
3 – 4 December 2005
AGENDA
2 December 2005
Arrival of participants - Transfer to Nile Hilton Hotel
Briefing of the Presidents and speakers of the four Commissions in preparation of the meetings
19h00 Presidency Council
21h00 Dinner offered by the Qalyubiya Governorate
3 December 2005
8h30 Registration of participants
9h00 General Assembly
Celebration of the X Anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration on the Euro-
Mediterranean Partnership
Opening Ceremony:
Adly Hussein, Governor of Qalyubiya, Vice-President of Coppem
Salvatore Cuffaro, President of the Sicilian Region and Coppem
Omar El Bahraoui, 1° Vice-President of Coppem; Mayor of Rabat
Carmelo Motta, Secretary General of Coppem
Ahmad Al-Adsani, Assistant to the Secretary General of ATO (Arab Towns Organization)
Traugott Shoefthaler, Executive Director Anna Lindh Foundation
Louise Haxthausen, Focal Point – Middle East – Office of the Director General - UNESCO
Francesco Saverio Nisio, Minister Advisor - Italian Embassy in Egypt
Fares Abdel Kareem, Head of the Euro-Mediterranean Division at the Arab League
Nicola Bellomo, Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
Gilles Pipien, Senior Urban Specialist at the World Bank
Fabio Pellegrini, Charter President of Coppem
Heinrich Hoffschulte, 1st Honorary Vice-President of CEMR (Council of European Municipalities and Regions)
Abdalla Abbas, Co-ordinator Special Human Settlement – UN-Habitat
Günter Krug, Vice-President Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at the Council of Europe Marta Vincenzi, Member of the European Parliament
Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister of the Republic of Egypt
11h00 Coffee Break
11h30 Resumption of works
Order of the day:
Verification of conformity of members appointment
Appointment of Vice Presidents of Coppem
Appointment of the External Auditor for 2006
Recognition of the budget variations
Approval of the Budget 2006
Approval of calendar of activities 2006
13h00 Lunch offered by the Qalyubiya Governorate, at the hotel
15h00 Works of the Commissions
Presentation by the Secretariat: Michele Raimondi
I Commission: “Experiences of participation of Euro-Mediterranean local powers and regions”
President : Jan Micallef
Introduction by Said El Dakkak, speaker
Presentation of the activities of 2005 by the Secretariat: Franco Sammaritano
Speeches by the Commission members
Debate
Plan for future activities
17h00 Coffee break
17h30 II Commission: “Immigration and Emigration, actions and tools of the co-operation between Euro-Mediterranean Towns and Regions”
President: Jan Mans
Introduction by Harrie Jeurissen, speaker
Presentation of the activities of 2005 by the Secretariat: Alessandra Prudente
Speeches by the Commission members
Debate
Plan for future activities
18h30 Sound and light show at Pyramids & Papyrus Institute (Heavy clothes recommended)
20h30 Dinner offered by the Qalyubiya Governorate
4 December 2005
9h00 III Commission: “Local development: decentralization of operational powers and instruments”; “The Euro-Mediterranean Integration of strategic infrastructure networks: the example of transports”
President: Abdelkarim Misbah
Introduction by Kiriakos Virvidakis, speaker
Presentation of the activities of 2005 by the Secretariat: Paolo Carrara
Speeches by the Commission members
Debate
Plan for future activities
11h00 Coffee break
11h30 IV Commission: “Culture and Tourism: promotion and management of cultural areas”
President: Falah Al Omoush
Introduction by Petros Filippou, speaker
Presentation of the activities of 2005 by the Secretariat: Natale Giordano
Speeches by the Commission members
Debate
Plan for future activities
13h30 Final Resolutions
Closure of works
14h00 Guided tour to Egyptian Museum, Pyramids & Sphinx (Lunch at Pyramids area included)
or
14h00 Meeting Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour – President of People's Assembly (Lunch at the hotel)
or
14h00 Ladies of COPPEM meeting H.E. Mrs. Susan Mubarak – The First Lady (Lunch at the hotel)
21h00 Dinner on Nile Pharaoh Boat, Belly Dancer & Oriental Show
* Many leading personalities from Egypt will take part in the works of the Assembly
* Within the works of the Commissions, the following personalities will intervene: Mr. Giuseppe Castiglione, Member of the European Parliament; Mr. Salvo Andò, Rector of the University of Enna, former Minister of Defence of the Italian Government; Mr. Roberto Albergoni, Deputy Director of UNIMED (Union of Universities of the Mediterranean); Mr. Salvatore Furnari, Director General of Local Health Authorities of Messina; Lawyer Giovanna Livreri, Extraordinary Commissioner at the Autonomous Body of Fiera del Mediterraneo; Mr. Giuseppe Frisella, Faculty of Economics at the University of Palermo; Mrs. Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi, Woman's Commission at the CEMR; former Member of the European Parliament; Mr. Luca Meldolesi, University of Naples, Presidend FIELD Foundation, Mrs. Concetta Fallanca, Director Department of Architecture and Analysis of the Mediterranean city at the University of Mediterranean Studies of Reggio Calabria; Najet Fakh Fakh, Councillor Responsible for Culture at Tunis Municipality.