<p>CONFERENCE on</p><p>SECURITY, SECURITIZATION AND REFORM: BACK TO INTEGRATIVE PARTNERSHIP</p><p>2nd preparatory conference in view of the 2008 Annual EuroMeSCo Conference</p><p>Rome, 26-27 June 2008</p><p>VENUE: - International Conferences Room - Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 </p><p>PROVISIONAL AGENDA - An English-French-Italian translation will be provided –</p><p>THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH </p><p>2:00 pm Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for foreign participants</p><p>2:30 pm FIRST SESSION : Chair: Stefano Silvestri, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome</p><p>Introduction and welcome by  Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome  Gonçalo Santa Clara Gomes, EuroMeSCo Secretariat, Lisbon</p><p>3:00 pm SECOND SESSION : Chair: Cosimo Risi, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome</p><p>Introductory Remarks on “Security, Securitization and Reform in the EMP”  Roberto Aliboni, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome</p><p>Panel on “Political dialogue and cooperation in the EMP: between securitization and normative action”</p><p> Amal Belcaïd,, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rabat </p><p> Emma Bonino, Italian Senate, Rome /TBC</p><p> Ahmed Driss, Centre d’études méditerranéennes et internationales, Tunis</p><p> Nathalie Tocci, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome </p><p> Paolo Quercia, Farefuturo Foundation, Rome </p><p> Sotiris Varouxakis, Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens </p><p>DISCUSSION AND INTERVENTIONS FROM THE FLOOR</p><p>5:45 pm Adjournment</p><p>8:00 pm Dinner</p><p>FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH </p><p>8:30 am Departure by bus from the hotels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs</p><p>9:00 am THIRD SESSION : Working groups 9:00/10.45 am Working Group One: Soft Security Risks in the EMP: Overcoming Securitization Chair: Fouad Ammor, Groupement d' Etudes et de Recherches sur la Méditerranée, Rabat</p><p>Rapporteur: Ahmed Driss, Centre d’études méditerranéennes et internationales, Tunis</p><p>2 PANEL:  Gemma Aubarell, European Institute of the Mediterranean, Barcelona </p><p> Raffaella Del Sarto, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK</p><p> Francesca Galli, University of Cambridge, UK</p><p>DISCUSSION</p><p>9:00/10.45 am Working Group Two: Revisiting the Reform Perspective in Euro-Med Relations Chair: Claire Spencer, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London</p><p>Rapporteur: Dana Moss, Transatlantic Institute, Brussels</p><p>PANEL:</p><p> Basem Ezbidi, Birzeit University, Ramallah  Dietrich Jung, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen  Tobias Schumacher, EuroMeSCo Secretariat, Lisbon</p><p>DISCUSSION</p><p>11:00 am FOURTH SESSION :</p><p>3 Chair: Stefania Gabriella Craxi, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome </p><p>REPORTS FROM THE WORKING GROUPS</p><p>Working Group One  Ahmed Driss, Centre d’études méditerranéennes et internationales, Tunis </p><p>Working Group Two  Dana Moss, Middle Eastern Area, Transatlantic Institute, Brussels </p><p>11:30 am ROUND TABLE on “Political Reforms in the New Framework of Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean”</p><p> Andrea Amato, Istituto per il Mediterraneo, Rome </p><p> Fulvio Attinà, University of Catania</p><p> Margherita Boniver, Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome /TBC</p><p> Atila Eralp, Center for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara</p><p> Abubakr Jamai, Journal Hebdomadaire, Casablanca</p><p> Sofia Moreira de Sousa, Council of the European Union, Brussels </p><p> Eduard Soler i Lecha, Centre d'Informació i Documentació Internacionals a Barcelona </p><p>ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION</p><p>1:15 pm CONCLUSIONS</p><p> Gonçalo Santa Clara Gomes, EuroMeSCo Secretariat, Lisbon </p><p> Roberto Aliboni, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome </p><p>1:30 pm Lunch-Buffet</p><p>2:30 pm Departure by bus from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the hotels for foreign participants</p><p>TBC = To Be Confirmed </p><p>Funded by the European Commission / EuropeAid Under contract MED-2005/109-063</p><p>Funded by the European Commission / EuropeAid 4 Under contract MED-2005/109-063</p>