The European African Alliance Conference 2013
"Enhancing Inter-cultural Dialogue between Europe and Africa”
(Brussels, April 17th - 19th, 2013)
| Wednesday, 17th April 2013 |
Thursday, 18th April 2013 |
Friday, 19th April 2013 |
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| 09:30 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments/Registrations | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 10:00 | An Introduction to Cultural Diplomacy & its Application to Strengthen the European-African Relations (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mark C. Donfried (Director & Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Location: Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place |
How Democracy, Human Rights and Peace Building is Developing in Africa: Burundi's Experience (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Félix Ndayisenga (Ambassador of Burundi to the EU) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
The Roots of the Complex Belgian-Congolese Relations (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bob Kabamba (Professor of Politics, University of Liège) Location: European Parliament |
| 10:45 | Enhancing the Inter-cultural Dialogue between Europe and Africa to promote the Stability and economic Development within the two Continents: ‘’The Role of Culture in Nigerian Foreign Policy“ (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Felix E. Awanbor (Ambassador of Nigeria to Belgium) Location: Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place |
Case Study: Cultural Diplomacy of Burundi to Europe (Workshop & Interactive Discussion) Moderators: H. E. Amb. Félix Ndayisenga (Ambassador of Burundi to the EU) Mark C. Donfried (Director & Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
Millennium Development Goals- Past achievements & Future Goals. What are the Implications for the EU & Africa? (Lecture & Interactive Discussion) Speaker: Ada Jonusé (Policy Expert, European Parliament) Location: European Parliament |
| 11:30 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 12:00 | The Duty to Intervene- When can Sovereignty be overridden by EU & AU Authorities? (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: H.E. Amb. Felix E. Awanbor (Ambassador of Nigeria to Belgium) Ada Jonusé (Policy Expert, European Parliament) Mark C. Donfried (Director & Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) Location: Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place |
The Use of Cultural Diplomacy to facilitate Accession to the EU (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Willem Noe (European Commission, DG EU Enlargement) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
Illegal Immigration in the EU Legal Framework: Where are the Human Rights? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Annalisa Morticelli (Researcher and Lecturer in Law respectively, Bradford University Law School) Location: European Parliament |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break Sessions | Lunch Break Sessions | Lunch Break Sessions |
| 14:30 | Cultural Diplomacy in Zimbabwe: Understanding its Origins & Practice in Cross-cultural Relations (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Mary Margaret Muchada (Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the EU) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
The Role of Culture in EU Foreign Policy (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Jean-Arthur Régibeau (Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Location: Belgian Foreign Ministry |
Macedonia & EU relations - An example for the African Union? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dragan Tilev (Minister Counsellor at the Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the EU) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
| 15:30 | The Africa-Europe Platform: Strengthening the Europe-Based African Diaspora as Actors for Development (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sarah Schlaeger (International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Brussels) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
Peace & Reconciliation- Models in Rwanda: What can New Zealand and other Post-Colonial Regions learn from Rwanda? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Wendy Jean Fowler (Lecturer at the School of Education, Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand) Location: Belgian Foreign Ministry |
(15:00) New Opportunities for Inter-regional Cooperation & Empowering Women to boost Development (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Celine Charveriat (Director of Advocacy & Campaigns, Oxfam International) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
| 16:15 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 16:45 | Multilateral Cultural Diplomacy between Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Obadiah Mailafia (Chief of Cabinet, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group) Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
Africa-Europe Alliance on Media: Correcting the Misrepresentation (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mahlet Ayele (Independent Pan-African Activist, Pan-African Consultant & African Union Liaison Office, Global Education for All Initiatives, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Location: Belgian Foreign Ministry (17:30) The North-South, East-West Divide and the Role of the African Legislatures in bridging the Gulf (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Webster Siame Kameme (Researcher, the University of Hull, Graduate School, Department of Politics and International Studies) Location: Belgian Foreign Ministry |
Food Infrastructure- A Proposed EU-African Collaboration (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Kiriti Rambhatla (Founder of the BRICS Forum) (17:30)Participant Papers Location: Mission of Macedonia to the EU |
| 18:00 | Social Activity | Social Activity | Farewell |
