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Mediterranean Population Forum |
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Dates: 11, 12 December 2007
Place: Hotel Hilton (Av. Diagonal, 589. Barcelona)
Organise: European Institute of the Mediterranean and UNFPA
INTRODUCTION
Mediterranean Population Forum
The Forum is divided into four sessions: three thematic (of analysis and debate) and a final one of conclusions and recommendations.
The first session deals with the main demographic transition trends and the predictable scenarios in the mid-term.
The second analyses the changes in the composition of the population, age structures and dependency ratios, with emphasis on critical groups for change: young people and women.
The third session deals with population mobility and the space where the changes take place: the cities; here, issues related to accelerated urban growth, environmental and social sustainability as well as international migrations are analysed.
The forth and final session is a synthesis of the findings of the previous sessions and the resulting guidelines for action.
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PROGRAMME
Thursday, 11th December
9 am Opening Session
Senén Florensa, Director IEMed, European Institute of the Mediterranean
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund
Leire Pajín, Secretary of State for Cooperation, Government of Spain
9.30 am Key note Speech
Tarik M. Yousef, Dean, Dubai School of Government/ Georgetown University:
“Population, Inequalities and Development in the Mediterranean:
Governance and Cooperation challenges ahead”.
POPULATION TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
1st part
10.15 am Demographic Transitions in the Mediterranean Region:
State of the Art
Disparities, Convergences and Discontinuities. Economic, environmental, social and cultural implications.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
François Farah, Chief Social Development, UNSECWA, Beirut
David Reher, professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
“The Demographic Transition revisited as a Global process: An Euro-mediterranean perspective”.
Azza Karam, senior Culture Adviser, UNFPA, New York
“Religion, Politics, Culture and Population dynamic: A Mediterranean View”
Dialogue/Debate. Moderator: Rogelio Fernández Castilla, Director, Technical Assistance Division, UNFPA, New York
11.30 am-11.45 am Coffee break
2nd Part
11.45 am-13.15 pm Mid-term Social and Demographic Scenarios
Interactions between population dynamic and the economic, environmental, social and cultural changes. Main trends and strategic implications.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
Youssef Courbage, professor of Demography, INED, France
« Revisiting the Demographic Scenarios of Southern Mediterranean: Certitudes and Doubts».
Wolfgang Lutz, Director, Population Programme, International Institute for Applied System Analysis, IIASA, Vienna
“ Population Growth, Aging and Human Capital Formation: Interactive Scenarios for Europe and the South –East Mediterranean”
Dialogue/Debate. Moderator: Juan Antonio Fernández Cordón, Director
Institute of Statistics of Andalusia, Spain
13.30 am Lunch
COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND POPULATION CHANGES
1st Part
16 pm-17.45 pm Intergenerational relations: Youth, Employment and Aging.
Towards a New Social Contract
Changes in the age structure: dependant and active population. Ageing and the Demographic dividend. Education and Health conditions; Job opportunities and participation of the young. Human capital and the formation of skills.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
Rainer Muenz, Hamburg Institute of International Economics; and Erste Group.
“Europe and the MENA region: Demographic trends, Diverging and Converging interest, Common ground for Cooperation”
Mustapha Nabli, Chief economist, MENA region, World Bank
“The evolving challenges of job creation in the MENA region: demographic and economic interfaces”.
Nader Fergany, Director, Almishkat Centre for Research, Cairo
“Youth in Arab countries: Latent Risks and Potential Opportunities.
An Arab Human Development Report Perspective
Heba Nassar, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Cairo University
“Implications of the demographic dividend in the Arab countries on labour markets: A new social contract”.
Claire Harasty, Expert, Employment Policy Department, ILO
“Job opportunities labour participation and human capital formation of the Yonth: An Euro-mediterranean perspective”.
Dialogue/Debate. Moderator: Jean-Paul Tricart, Head of Unit International Affairs, Enlargement. European Commission
17.45 pm-18 pm Coffee break
2nd Part
18 pm-19.45 pm The Pivot of Change: Strengthening the Role of Women
Values, rights and citizenship. Balance of women’s reproductive, productive and participatory functions. New family structures. Interactions of demographic, economic and cultural factors.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
Immaculada Roca, European Commission, DG External Relations-Euromed Unit
“Following up the Istanbul Agenda: progress made and challenges ahead”
Fatma Oussedik, professor Université d´Álger
“Women’s movements in North Africa: What it’s really at stake”
Jennifer Olmsted, professor of Economics Drew University NJ. USA
“Revisiting the Question of Gender, Education, Employment and Fertility in the MENA region”
Anne Goujon, senior researcher, IIASA, Vienna
“Women´s level of educational attainment in North Africa,1970-2050.
Gender gap versus Gender dividend: Challenges and policy implications.
Mourad Ghachem, Member of Technical Support Group of CAWTAR,
Centre for Arab Women Training and Research, Tunisia
"Arab adolescent girls: reality and prospect. Main findings and recommendations
for policy action, from CAWTAR reports and surveys".
Dialogue/Debate. Moderator: Zineb Touimi-Benjelloun, UNIFEM, Programme Coordinator for North Africa
12th December
POPULATION MOBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF URBAN SPACE
1st Part
9.15 am-11 am The Scenario of Change: The urban transition.
New Profiles and Functions of the Cities
Urban population growth. Urban inequalities and governance: interculturality and citizenship. Environmental and sustainable critical issues linked to population dynamic.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
George Martine, Director, State of the World Population Report, UNFPA
“Reducing poverty and improving quality of life trough the social and sustainable
use of urban space: A win-win approach”
Silvia Laria, Senior Officer-Urban Areas, Blue Plan for the Mediterranean
"Urbanization Trends in the Mediterranean Basin. The Blue Plan's Outlook".
Jordi Borja, professor Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
“New urban spaces, New citizens rights”
Dialogue/Debate. Moderador: Eduardo Moreno, Chief Global Urban Observatory, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi
11 am -11.15 am Coffee break
2nd Part
11.15 am-13.15 pm Migrations for Development in the Euro-Mediterranean Region:
Determinants and Consequences. Towards a Win-Win-Win approach
Interaction of demographic and socioeconomic factors. Effects on the origin and destination of the migration flows. Typologies and migration profiles of the region, with special references to the young and women.
Challenges and Opportunities for the EUROMED Agenda
Participants:
Philipe Fargues, American University in Cairo
“Mediterranean Migration: Main trends and policy challenges for Development
A MENA perspective”.
Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Mediterranean Migration Observatory, Panteion University, Athens
“Mediterranean Migrations: from Securitization to Development approaches.
The need for more comprehensives migrations policies in the EUROMED process. A European perspective”
Sara Johansson de Silva, MENA region team, World Bank
“Migrations in the Euromed space: Opportunities and complex Policy implications. A view from the MENA region”.
Ibrahim Awad, Director, Migration Programme, ILO
“Recent Labour Migration in the Mediterranean Basin: Issues and policies”
Mohammed Khachani, Université Mohamed V, Morocco
“Migration et Développement dans la région du Maghreb : vers une approche gagnant- gagnant”
Dialogue/Debate. Moderator: Ricard Zapata, Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
13.30 pm lunch
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
15.30 pm-17.30 pm Toward a Mediterranean Agenda on Population and
Development
The role of Partnership and Networking activities in the EUROMED process.
Tomás Jiménez Araya, Executive Coordinator of the Forum
General Rapport of Forum debates.
Participants:
Rogelio Fernández Castilla, Director Technical Support Division, United Nations population Fund, UNFPA
David Minoves, Director of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance of the Generalitat de Catalonia
Jorge De La Cavalleria, Acting Head of Unit, European Commission
Dialogue/Agreements. Moderator: Lucio Guerrato, Executive Director, Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures
17.30 pm-18 pm Coffee break
18 pm Clossing Session
Special Guest speaker: Mustapha Kamel Al Sayid, Team leader, Arab Human Development report, 2007
“Human Development and Human Security in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities ahead “
Institutional Remarks
Senén Florensa, Director IEMed
Rogelio Fernández Castilla, UNFPA, Director Technical Assistance Div.
Fidel Sendagorta, Spanish Ambassador for Mediterranean Affairs
Richard Weber*, European Commission, DG Europe-AID
*Confirmation pendents
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