<p> EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE EUROPEAN SEMINAR IDAY – 12 June 2008 European Parliament– Room P4B001</p><p>Programme12</p><p>“The children and young people of Africa ask you to embark on a large-scale, efficient organisation for Africa. (…) We want to study.” Message of Yaguine and Fodé Under the High Patronage of Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering President Chaired by Ms Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament 9h00 - 9h30: Registration (*) 9h45 - 10h00: Welcome speech by Mrs Luisa Morgantini, & presentation of IDAY by Mr Billy Kalonji, Vice- President of IDAY and Afrikaans Platform –Mwinda Kitoko & Divers City. </p><p>10h15 - 11h15: “Social Watch and citizens’ control” by Mr Alassane Issifou from Social Watch Benin. Panel: Mr Ousmane Sy, CEPIA-Mali, King Baudouin Price 2005, Ms Irène Horejs, European Commission, Mr. Kokou Amelewonou, Pôle de Dakar. </p><p>11h30 - 12h30: “Could and should the African diaspora in Europe invest more in the education services of home countries?” by Mr Collins Nweke, Secretary-General of NIDOE & Ms Hélène Madinda, Secretary- General of CCAEB. Panel: Mr Wamu Oyatambwe, Coordinator ACODEV, Mr Bertin Mampaka, Deputy Mayor of the City of Brussels. </p><p>12h45 - 14h15: Lunch at the cafeteria of the European Parliament (paid by the participants). 14h30 - 16h00: “What does the African youth want?” By African students invited to Europe by IDAY, by young representatives of the African diaspora and by young Europeans. Panel: Ms Hauwa Ibrahim, Sakharov Price 2005, Hon. Simone de Comarmond, Chairperson and founding member of FAWE, and Mr Baaba Maal, UNDP Ambassador Senegal, The organisation of African students in Brussels. </p><p>16h00 - 16h45: Closing Session: IDAY prospective and main elements of the IDAY-2008 Manifesto by J-J. Schul, President of IDAY. Final message by Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament. </p><p>16h45 -17h00: Video message by Mrs Barbara Hendricks, Honorary Ambassador of the UNHCR. Lecture by a young participant of the Message of Yaguine and Fodé. Musical Presentation by Baaba Maal. Guests of Honour: their Excellencies the Ambassadors of the African & EU Member States in Brussels, Ministers of Cooperation and Development of the EU Member States, Ms Haleh Bridi, World Bank Special Representative to the EU, Mr. Ferdinand Sassen, Director European Investment Bank (EIB).</p><p>Languages: English and French. Dutch speakers can express themselves in their mother tongue. (*) Free entrance. Registration necessary before 1st June with first and family name, date of birth, national registration number and postal address, Ms Catherine Lievens [email protected] tel :+32 (0)479 73 70 35 or Mr Micky Ducamp ; [email protected] ; tel : +32 (0)495 26 10 24 </p><p>1 To stimulate discussion with the participants, the speaker will limit his presentation to a maximum of 20 minutes and the panel members, their comments to 5 minutes each. 2 Version française sur demande. Nerderlandse versie op aanvraag. Deutsch verfügbar. </p>