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OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO Forum Euromediterraneo

(The Mediterranean Observatory) ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 2

OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO Forum Euromediterraneo

(The Mediterranean Observatory) ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 4

INDEX

Chapter 1 OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO 04. Chapter 2 THE FOUNDATION 08. Chapter 3 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 11. Chapter 4 THE PROGRAMME 13. Chapter 5 BODIES 14. Chapter 6 PARTNERSHIP 16. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 6

Chapter 1 OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO H.E. FRANCO FRATTINI President A word from the President

The importance of the Euro-Mediterranean Process has 04. 05. always been clear to , which has contributed actively to building a bridge of dialogue between the two shores of this sea and to promoting encounter and respect among its various cultures. Europe, and Italy in particular, lies at the heart of the Mediterranean. Indeed, now that the most significant and ambitious enlargement in the history of European integration has been achieved, the Union has become the largest single actor on the international scene. It would be a mistake to imagine that a Europe so vast could neglect the Mediterranean's importance and added value, symbolized by the meeting and intermingling of so many coastal nations. VICE PRESIDENT Today's Europe is the Mediterranean's primary political OF THE interlocutor, and Italy has taken the lead in this project. The Osservatorio del Mediterraneo is the result of our desire to create a Foundation that offers a useful and efficient instrument for intercultural exchange, and that significantly contributes to the peaceful coexistence of peoples. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 8

Chapter 1 OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO MOHAMED NADIR AZIZA General Director A word from the General Director

Is it possible that, after having been the centre of the world for centuries, the Mediterranean region can today have been 06. 07. reduced to a hinterland divided by the conflicts of yesteryear? After having been the principal producer and carrier of the values that today continue to illuminate our path, the notion that a model devised in other latitudes could be applied to a passive Mediterranean is simply unacceptable. Despite the complexity of the political, economic, social and cultural problems it faces at the threshold of the third millennium, the Mediterranean region is confronted with a difficult but elementary choice: to act either as a bridge or else as a wall, thereby distorting the meaning of what has, for

PROF. MOHAMED NADIR AZIZA, centuries, been its message. GENERAL DIRECTOR The Osservatorio del Mediterraneo is, therefore, nothing OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO. less than an act of faith, in response to the need to span the waves in an effort to foster multifaceted cooperation among the peoples of this, our common sea. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 10

Chapter 2 THE FOUNDATION Osservatorio del Mediterraneo

The Osservatorio del Mediterraneo was founded, and its

08. 09. charter adopted, on November 11, 2004 on the initiative of then Foreign Minister H.E. Franco Frattini and five others, two of which are institutional members (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Region Lazio). H.E. Franco Frattini, future Vice-President of the European Commission, was unanimously elected President of the new Foundation, while former senior executive of Unesco Prof. Mohamed Nadir Aziza was named Director General. The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs is the official Chairman of the Foundation's Committee of Honour. This institution represents the point of arrival after a long SPONDE 3 DAYS OF DEEP REFLECTION preparatory phase, and the launch of an activity aimed at ON THE FUTURE OF EURO-MEDITERRANEAN strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. Its timing COOPERATION WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY EXPERTS FROM was particularly propitious as it coincided with the European THE TWO MEDITERRANEAN SIDES. Commission's declaration of 2005 - the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process - as the “Year of the Mediterranean”. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 12

Chapter 3 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Osservatorio del Mediterraneo

A meeting entitled “ and Peace” was held in

October 2004 while the Osservatorio del Mediterraneo was 10. 11. still in the process of being set up. The four meetings of the cycle “Grandi Conferenze 2005”, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other partners, allowed major Italian institutional representatives to introduce some of the leaders of Morocco, Tunisia, and Spain during a conference in . A cultural/educational day was also held in December 2004 (Sponde 2004) in Rome. Six major events arranged by the Osservatorio del

GRANDI CONFERENZE WITH H.E. Mediterraneo partner organisations were held over a period of ABDELWAHED RADI, PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE eight months from November 2004 through June 2005, and the KINGDOM OF MOROCCO, INTRODUCED BY Director General participated in many of the meetings held in H.E. PIER FERDINANDO CASINI, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OF THE Italy and in other Mediterranean Basin countries. ITALIAN REPUBLIC ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 14

The Osservatorio del Mediterraneo's agenda is governed by three main principles:

a. To avoid duplicating efforts already being pursued by other organisations with the same aims; Chapter 4 b. To adopt plans with a fresh approach with far-reaching effects; THE PROGRAMME Osservatorio del Mediterraneo c. To establish a partnership network open to Italian and other Mediterranean Basin country organisations engaged in the same fields with the same goals.

The programmes for the coming years can be divided into two main categories:

12. 13. 1. efforts aimed at strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in every field; 2. activities promoting intercultural and inter-religious dialogue as a factor in achieving peace and tolerance among peoples of the region and as an element by which to interact with the cultures and religions of the world.

The first category requires political action (Grandi Conferenze, Euro-Mediterranean Youth Parliament), of an economic (the social impact of economic projects), scientific (Cycle of New Thinkers of Islam) and cultural nature GRANDI CONFERENZE WITH H.E. PHILIPPE SEGUIN, PRIME PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH (Mediterranean Film Festival, Metamorphosis of Musical COURT OF AUDITORS AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL Instruments). ASSEMBLY, INTRODUCED BY H.E. FRANCO FRATTINI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE The second category has resulted in the creation of “The EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND PRESIDENT OF House of Mary” on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives in memory THE OSSERVATORIO DEL MEDITERRANEO. of Pope John Paul II, and the “Spirit of Assisi”, a dialogue forum open to the three religions occupying the land of the sons of Abraham. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 16

Osservatorio del Mediterraneo is made up of three bodies: the Board of Directors, the Committee of Honour and the Steering Committee. The members of the Board of Directors are as follows: Chapter 5 BODIES FRANCO FRATTINI President

Osservatorio del Mediterraneo UBALDO LIVOLSI Vice-President

MOHAMED NADIR AZIZA Director General

KHALED GALAL BICHARA Orascom/Wind Representative

AHMED GOUELI 14. 15. Secretary General of the Council of Arab Economic Unity

SERGIO LUPINACCI International Expert

PIERO MARRAZZO President of Regione Lazio

VINCENZO PETRONE Director of International Affairs of Confindustria

ROBERTO SERGIO Director of New Rai Media

RICCARDO SESSA GRANDI CONFERENZE WITH H.E. HABIB BOULARES, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE Director for Mediterranean and Middle East, ARAB MAGHREB UNION, INTRODUCED BY H.E. , VICE PRESIDENT Ministry of Foreign Affairs OF THE SENATEOFTHEITALIAN REPUBLIC AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER, LUISA TODINI SURROUNDED BY THE AMBASSADORS OF President of Todini Costruzioni Generali TUNISIA, ALGERIA AND MOROCCO. UMBERTO VATTANI President of the Italian Foreign Trade Institute

ACHILLE VINCI GIACCHI Ambassador ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 18

Chapter 6 PARTNERSHIP Osservatorio del Mediterraneo

The first two principles underpinning the Osservatorio

16. 17. del Mediterraneo's agenda (avoiding duplication and far- reaching effects) give rise to the third: to establish partnerships with other organisations engaged in the same fields with the same goals, in such a way as to optimise the results of collaborative efforts, spreading their benefits while reducing the costs of producing them. This is a matter of applying the principle of cooperation to the modern management of specific activities not directly associated with business nor with activities that usually produce quantifiable income.

GRANDI CONFERENZE WITH H.E. JORDI PUJOL, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CATALAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED BY H.E. MARCELLO PERA, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATEOFTHEITALIAN REPUBLIC. ESE•Brochure Inglese24-10 24/10/05 17:26 Pagina 20

Ministero Affari Esteri

REGIONE LAZIO

Chapter 6 PARTNERSHIP Osservatorio del Mediterraneo ABI Associazione Bancaria Italiana

CINE CITTÀ HOLDING

AUDITORIUM 18. 19. Parco della Musica

Conferenza Permanente dell'Audiovisivo nel Mediterraneo

IsIAO Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente http://www.isiao.it - [email protected] Tel +39.06.328551 (ric.automatica)

LUISS Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

THE PARTNERS OF

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