AESI ASSOCIAZIONE EUROPEA DI STUDI INTERNAZIONALI

With the Patronage of the President of the

YOUTH FORUM OF THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES 2008

“ PROMOTING GLOBALIZATION OF PEACE AND SOLIDARITY”

In partnership with: EUCA EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGES

In collaboration with :

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Office in Italy Representation in Italy Diplomatic Institute - D.G.R.O.

ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE FRA LE BANCHE POPOLARI

29 February 2008 - 24 / 25 June 2008 - ROME

PROGRAMME

AESI is launching a Forum of European University Students with the Patronage of the President of the European Parliament which will be held in Rome the 24th and 25th of June, 2008. The main topics of the Forum will be focused on the analysis of the new Treaty of Lisbon and the future of the European Union. The general title of the Forum will be: “European Union Promoting Globalisation of Peace and Solidarity”. The programme will be organized in sessions focusing on the following main topics: human rights, integration and solidarity, peace and security, economic and energetic cooperation, etc. The Forum will represent a final process of analysis prepared during the academic year 2008 by the university students through seminars, workshops and conferences at local levels in their Countries. AESI is concentrating its academic year seminars of studies 2008 to this preliminary programme of preparation of the European Forum. The participants will come from different European Union Universities (delegations composed of 4 university students for each Member State). AESI has identified one coordinator for each delegation in collaboration with EUCA (European Association of University Colleges) and ARSS (Roman Association for Studies and Solidarity). They will stay for a couple of days in order to discuss the final document that will be submitted to the Presidency of the European Parliament in Rome. The Forum is sponsored by the “Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari”.

PRELIMINARY MEETING - BRUSSELS 29 February 2008 - Presidency of the European Parliament

11.30 a.m. Greetings :

Mr. Antonio Preto - Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament Team leader Internal Policies (Brussels) Mr. Rocco Antonio Cangelosi – Italian Ambassador to the European Union Permanent Mission to the European Union (Brussels) Mr. Massimo Caneva - President of AESI (Italy) Mr. Guido Lenzi - Ambassador and Scientific Committee of AESI (Italy) Mr. Gian Luca Giovannucci - President of EUCA (Italy) Mr. Cesareo Pacioni - Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari (Italy) Mr. Antonio Romano - Director of Medin Europe (Brussels) 12.00 p.m. Interventions of the Coordinators from Countries of the European Union 1.30 p.m. Lunch Break 2.30 p.m. Preliminary Coordination Plan for the European University FORUM Introduction of Mr.Antonio Macchia - Secretary General of AESI (Italy) Mr. Enrique Banus – Professor Jean Monet Chair - University of Navarra (Spain) 4.00 p.m. Conclusions

PRESIDENT PÖTTERING MEETS WITH STUDENTS CONS. ANTONIO PRETO WITH THE AND PRESIDENT OF AESI (June 2007) PRESIDENT OF EUCA (first on the left)

YOUTH FORUM OF THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES 2008 24 / 25 June 2008 ROME PROGRAMME

24 June 2008

10.00 a.m. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - SALA DELLE BANDIERE Meeting of the EUROPEAN FORUM Coordinators with : Mrs. Clara Albani - Director of the European Parliament Office in Italy Mr. PierVirgilio Dastoli - Director of European Commission Representation in Italy Mr. Massimo Caneva - President AESI Mr. Franco Mistretta - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Scientific Committee of AESI

11.30 a.m. PALAZZO OF THE “ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE FRA LE BANCHE POPOLARI” Piazza Venezia – Working Sessions / Lunch

3.00 p.m. PALAZZO SAN MACUTO - SALA DEL REFETTORIO - CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Via del Seminario, 76

Welcoming : Mr. Giuseppe Azzaro - Former Vice President of Chamber of Deputies and Scientific Committee of AESI , Mr. Massimo Caneva-President AESI, Mr Gian Luca Giovannucci – President of EUCA

3.30 p.m. Introductory Session :

“European Union and Universities promoting Peace and Solidarity” Mr. Haim Rabinowitch - Rector - Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mr. Hassan Dweik - Rector - Palestinian Al Quds University in Jerusalem

4.30 p.m. Working Sessions: Introduction of Mr. Antonio Macchia - Secretary General of AESI (Italy) and Mr. Enrique Banus – Professor Jean Monet Chair - University of Navarra (Spain), Mr. Guido Lenzi, Ambassador and Scientific Committee of AESI

I Session: “Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and the Promotion of Solidarity” Mrs. Julie Nana Assiamah (Germany) II Session: “Democracy and Parliaments in the EU Integration Programme” Mrs. Cecilia Fink (Slovenia) III Session: “Community Security Policy and Cooperation for Peace” Mr. Marninx Eichelbelrg (Holland) IV Session: “Political - Economical Integration and Energetic Cooperation” Mr Gareth Littlewood (UK)

Conclusions : Mr. Enrico Pietromarchi – Ambassador, Honorary President of AESI

7.00 p.m. SPECIAL FORUM SESSION : “The Future of the New Treaty of the European Union ”

Intervention : Mr. Hans-Gert Pöttering - President of the European Parliament Chaired by : Mr. Massimo Caneva - President AESI

Greetings : Mr. Gian Luca Giovannucci - President of EUCA, Mr. Giuseppe De Lucia Lumeno - Secretary General of the “Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari”, Mr. Antonio Romano Director Medin Europe (Belgium)

9.00 p.m. Villa Giulia - CONCERT Welcoming : Mrs. Anna Maria Moretti - Director of the Etruscan National Museum in Villa Giulia, Mrs. Clara Albani - Director of the European Parliament Office in Italy Mr. Gianfranco Varvesi - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Scientific Committee of AESI

25 June 2008

10.00 a.m. PALAZZO OF THE “ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE FRA LE BANCHE POPOLARI” Piazza Venezia – Working Sessions / Lunch

Conclusions : “For a New Culture of Humanism in Europe” Presentation of the Document by the European University Students to the President of the European Parliament

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FORUM - MEETING IN BRUSSELS

FORUM COORDINATION STAFF : Mrs. Marialuisa Scovotto (AESI), Mr. David Brunelleschi (AESI) Mrs. Caterina Avezzù (EUCA), Mrs. Sorina Cristina Soare (EUCA) Mr. Francesco Vallebona (MEDIN EUROPE)