MetroMed Seminar

Lombardy Region
Via Pola 12, Milan

9.30
15.00

Arrival

17.00

Plenary:

·         Address Speech: The Role of Lombardy Region in the Mediterranean (Roberto Formigoni, President Lombardy Region) (Presentation in French)

·         Opening: Vincenzo Cesareo (Secretary General, ISMU Foundation)

·         Greetings: Massimo Sordi (Vicepresident Chamber of Commerce, Milan)

·         Greetings: Metromed Howard Duncan (President, Metropolis International)

·         The South-North Emigration: a Stake for the Future (Philippe Fargues, INED-National Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris, European University Institute in Florence)

·         Methodology and Issues at Stake (ISMU Foundation, International Sector)

19.00

9.30

Plenary: Views of the Mediterranean Countries towards Migration

Coordinator: ISMU Foundation
Speakers: one representative for each participating country.

12.30

15.00

Parallel Workshops:

• Forging a Mediterranean Media System for Migrants' Integration Based on the Common Cultural Heritage
• Economic Cooperation for a Common Mediterranean Labour Market
• Security Policies and Information Sharing Practices for Better Developing the Migratory Flows' Management

One coordinator/facilitator and one rapporteur per each workshop selected among the participating countries.

17.00

19.00

9.30

Plenary: Europe and the Mediterranean

• Migratory Policies of the EU for the Mediterranean (Mario Mauro, EU Representative)
• Labour and Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean (Faouzi Bel Hadj - Presidency of the Mediterranean Chamber of Commerce)

12.30

15.00

Plenary: Reports from the Parallel Workshops, Discussion and Final Recommendations

Coordinator: Howard Duncan (President, Metropolis International) and ISMU Foundation

17.00