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
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