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27 – 29 June 2011, Palais de l’Europe
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Sunday 26 June 2011
Arrival of participants
Opening reception offered by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Jardin des Deux Rives (19.00)
Monday 27 June 2011
Opening session (09.00-12.00)
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Mr Roland Ries, Senator Mayor of Strasbourg
Ms Catherine Lalumière, President of the European Association of the Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe
Mr Konstantin Grishchenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr Philippe Richert, French Minister for Local authorities to the Home Office
Presentation of the report "Living together in 21st century Europe - Pan-european project" by Ms Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament and member of the Group of Eminent Persons, Council of Europe
Opening lecture by Mr Rafaa Ben Achour, Delegate Minister to the Prime Minister of the new interim government of Tunisia
With the contribution of Club de Strasbourg
Group photo in front of the Palais de l’Europe
Lunch at the restaurant of the European Parliament (12.30-14.30)
Thematic conferences (14.30-17.00)
Conference A: Ethics in the heart of democratic reforms (room 1)
Chair:
Mr Bernard Boucault, Director of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Strasbourg
Speakers:
Mr Jack DuVall, President and founding Director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Washington D.C
Mr Christian Lequesne, Director, Center for International Studies and Research, Paris
Mr Jean-Louis Lorrain, Senator, Haut-Rhin
Conference B: Ethics, governance and business responsibility (room 5)
Chair:
Mr Jean Weber, President of the Pôle Européen d’Administration Publique, Strasbourg
Speakers:
Mr Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group
Mr Keiichi Kubo, associate Professor at Waseda University, lecturer at the department of Political Science and Economics, Japan
Conference C: Media, ethics and power (room 9)
Chair:
Mr/Ms..., Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (to be confirmed)
Speakers:
Ms Sylvie Kauffmann, Editor in chief, “Le Monde”, Paris
Mr Quentin Dickinson, Journalist and Director of European Affairs of Radio France, Brussels
Mr Dominique Jung, Editor in Chief, “Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace”, Strasbourg
Evening – Free
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Thematic Round Tables (09.30-12.00)
Round Table A1: Ethics and political legitimacy (room 2)
Chair:
Mr Wendelin Ettmayer, Ambassador, Author on International Affairs, Vienna
Speakers:
Mr Jean-Claude Mignon, Head of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, member of the Venice Commission for Malta, Council of Europe
Round Table A2: Education, vehicle for a more ethical political culture (room 3)
Chair:
Mr Christian Saves, political scientists, senior civil servant, Toulouse
Speakers:
Mr Robert Walter, Chairman of the European Democrat Group, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr Mervyn Frost, Professor of International Relations in the Centre for International Relations, King’s College London
Round Table B1: Public-private sectors: ending conflicts of interest (room 6)
Chair:
Mr Alejo José G. Sison, President of the European Business Ethics Network, Spain
Speakers:
Mr Oleg Sysuev, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa Bank, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Mr Keiichi Kubo, associate Professor at Waseda University, lecturer at the department of Political Science and Economics, Japan
Round Table B2: Business ethics and corruption (room 7)
Chair:
Ms Chantal Cutajar, Senior lecturer at the University of Strasbourg
Speakers:
Mr Drago Kos, Chairman of Group of States against Corruption – GRECO, Council of Europe
Mr François Valérian, Transparency International, Berlin
Round Table C1: Power of media or media of power? (room 8)
Chair:
Mr/Ms..., Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (to be confirmed)
Speakers:
Mr Adis Arapovic, Project manager and advocacy consultant, Centre for Civic Initiatives, Sarajevo
Mr Maxim Trudolyubov, opinion editor, Vedomosti daily, Moscow
Round Table C2: Internet, new media and democratic evolutions (room 10)
Chair:
Ms Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor of media sociology, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris
Speakers:
Ms Kathrin Voss, Professor in communication and Public Relations, Hambourg University
Ms Zeina El Tibi, Journalist, "La Revue du Liban", Paris
Lunch at the restaurant of the European Parliament (12.00-14.00)
Visit to the Court and Regional/ bilateral meetings
ECHR for 4 Schools + Regional/bilateral meetings for 4 Schools (14.00-15.30)
ECHR for 4 Schools + Regional/bilateral meetings for 4 Schools (16.00-17.30)
Evening – Reception offered by the city of Strasbourg, Pavillon Joséphine, Parc de l'Orangerie
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Professional Round Tables (09.30-12.00)
State secrets and access to information (media representatives, room 5)
Chair:
Mr Jack Hanning, Secretary General of the European Association of the Schools of Political Studies
Speaker:
Mr Patrick Busquet, Director of Futuring Press, Paris
Mr Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights, Adviser to the President, Moscow
Mr Joseba Elola, journalist, “El Pais”, Madrid
People Power : civil resistance and democratization (civil society representatives, room 3)
Chair:
Mr Maciej Bartkowski, Senior Director of the International Center on Non-violent Conflict, Washington D.C.
Speakers:
Mr Ivan Marovic, Co-founder of OTPOR movement, Serbia
Ms Anne-Marie Codur, Co-founder of the University of the Middle East Project, Senior Advisor to International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Washington D.C.
Local authorities and transfrontier co-operation (local authorities, room 9)
Chair:
Mr Alfonso Zardi, Head of the Department of Local and Regional Democracy and Good Governance, Council of Europe
Speaker:
Ms Neža Vodušek, expert on local democracy, Ljubljana
Mr Joachim Beck, Director of the Euro-Institut, Kehl
Ms Nawel Rafik Elmrini, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg, member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe
Does the separation of power still work? (national authorities, room 1)
Chair:
Ms Sonja Licht, Director of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Speaker:
Mr Andreas Gross, Member of the Swiss delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
Chair of the Socialist Group
Mr Manuel Medina Ortega, Former Member of the European Parliament, Spain
Ethics and societal responsibility of business (business representatives, room 8)
Chair:
Mr Frank Prochaska, Professor, Colorado Technical University
Speaker:
Mr Mikhail Minakov, President of the Foundation of Good Politics, Kyiv
Mr François Valérian, Transparency International, Berlin
Lunch at the restaurant of the European Parliament (12.00-14.00)
Visit to the Court and Regional/ bilateral meetings
ECHR for 4 Schools + Regional/bilateral meetings for 4 Schools (14.00-15.30)
ECHR for 4 Schools + Regional/bilateral meetings for 4 Schools (16.00-17.30)
Joint session “Ethic, transparency and politics” – 18.00-19.30
Closing evening of the Summer University and introduction to the International Colloquy
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Mr Nebojša Radmanović, Chairperson of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Vladimir Lukin, Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, member of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe
Award of diplomas to the participants
Presentation of the Final Declaration
Reception, Palais Universitaire (20.00)
Register to participate in the Summer University for Democracy 2011
