POLICY DIALOGUE

Intercultural trends and values in the Euro-Mediterranean Region: the launch of the Anna Lindh Report 2010

On Wednesday, 15 September, 14.30–16.30 at the Crowne Plaza Europa hotel, 107 Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels

The European Policy Centre (EPC), in partnership with the Anna Lindh Foundation and the King Baudouin Foundation, are organising a Policy Dialogue on Intercultural Trends and Values in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, on Wednesday 15 September 2010.

Teh Anna Lindh Foundation - an institution shared by the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean and with a Region-wide network of over 3000 civil society organisations – has coordinated the Report on Intercultural Trends in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. The Report is based on the very first Euro-Mediterranean Survey carried out by Gallup Europe covering 13,000 people from 13 different countries, about mutual perceptions, values and intercultural behaviour. The Report’s findings point to areas of convergence among the societies of the Region, as well as divergences in human and cultural relations that need to be addressed if the goal of a shared future for the Euro-Mediterranean is to be realised.

The event will open with speeches from Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Fatima Elzahraa Etman, Egyptian Ambassador in Brussels.

A distinguished panel of experts, chaired by Shada Islam, EPC Senior Programme Executive, will present and debate the main findings of the Report. Panellists include Mohamed Tozy, Professor of Political Science at the University Hassan-I in Casablanca,Sara Silvestri, Senior Lecturer in Religion and International Politics at City University, London, Robert Manchin, Managing Director of The Gallup Organisation Europe, David Gardner, International Affairs Editor of the Financial

PROGRAMME

14.00 Registration

14.30 Opening Remarks

André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation

Keynote Speeches

Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

Fatma El Zahraa Etman, Ambassador, Embassy of Egypt

Olivier Chastel, Secretary of State for European Affairs (to be confirmed)

15.00 Presentation and Debate on the Anna Lindh Report 2010

Mohamed Tozy, Professor of Political Science, University Hassan-II, Casablanca and Aix en Provence

Sara Silvestri, Senior Lecturer in Religion and International Politics, City University, London

Robert Manchin, President and Managing Director, The Gallup Organisation Europe

David Gardner, International Affairs Editor, Financial Times

Shada Islam, Senior Programme Executive, European Policy Centre (Moderator)

International Launch of the Anna Lindh Report 2010