Morning Session
10:00 - Opening
Verena TAYLOR, Director of the Office of the Directorate General of Programmes, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (FR) - 5 mins
Henrike TRAUTMANN, Acting Director, Southern Neighbourhood, Turkey, Migration/Refugees and Security issues, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission, Brussels (BE) - 5 mins
10:10 - Short Presentation of the event, its resources and “follow up actions"
Manuel ALMEIDA PEREIRA, Policy Advisor, MENA Coordinator, Office of the Directorate General of Programmes, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (FR) - 5 mins
10:15 - Roundtable on challenges and expectations regarding the implementation of the South Programme IV
Contributions from one representative of each Beneficiary authorities - 3 mins each
Moderated by Manuel ALMEIDA PEREIRA
10:50 - Keynote speech: Reinforcing Human Rights and Rule of Law: what can the South Programme IV bring?
Khaled ABOUALI, Legal Adviser and Criminologist at the Ministry of Justice of Belgium, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator at the former Euromed Justice II and Key Expert Facilitator at the former Euromed Police IV – 10 mins
11:00 - Live panel 1: How to step-up regional dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean to fight against economic crime?
Moderator: Patrick LEUSCH, Head of European Affairs, Deutsche Welle (DW), Bonn (DE)
- Mustafa FERATI, Head of Division, Economic Crime and Cooperation Division, Action against Crime Department, Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (FR) - 5 mins
- Janina BERG, Policy Officer, Anti-Corruption Desk, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission, Brussels (BE) - 5 mins
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“Discussion panel”:
- Ma’moun QATARNEH, Board Member of the Jordanian Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (JIACC), Amman (JO) - 5 mins
- Yassir CHOKAIRI, Director, Partnership & Development, National Authority for Probity, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption (INPPLC), Rabat (MA) - 5 mins
- Imed BOUKHRIS, President of the Tunisian Anti-Corruption Authority (INLUCC), Tunis (TN) - 5 mins
- Ahmad Al BARAK, Commissioner of the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), Palestine* (PS) - 5 mins
- Khaled Ahmed RAHMAN, Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), Cairo (EG) - 5 mins
- Gianluca ESPOSITO, Executive Secretary of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, (FR) - 10 mins
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Recorded testimony from a representative of a civil society organisation
- Charfeddine YAKOUBI, Member of the Tunisian Association of Public Controllers, Tunis (TN) – 5 mins
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Questions (selected from the chatbox) & Answers - 15 mins
12:05 - Break
* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe and European Union member States on this issue.