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Program – Conference in Tunis, Tunisia, 21 – 22 February 2014

Friday, 21 February 2014

17.00 – 19.00 hrs Steering Committee

20.00 hrs Welcome Reception hosted by Ettakatol

Welcome Address by Mustafa Ben Jaafar, Ettakatol, Tunisia

Saturday, 22 February 2014

Moderator of the day: Lobna Jeribi, Ettakatol, Tunisia

08.55 – 09.00 hrs Video

09.00 – 09.20 hrs Opening Speech

Mustafa Ben Jaafar, Ettakatol, Tunisia

09.20 – 09.30 hrs Address

Houcine Abassi, Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Tunisia

09.30 – 09.40 hrs Address

Ali Ben Romdhane, Tunisian Labour Party, Tunisia

09.40 – 10.40 hrs Panel Discussion “Challenges of the Arabic Region in Changing World”

  • Mustafa Ben Jaafar, Ettakatol, Tunisia
  • Husam Zumlot, Fatah, Palestine
  • Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Egypt
  • Driss Lachgar, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, Morocco
  • Zafer Nasser, Progressive Socialist Party, Lebanon
  • Mohamed Ghaleb Ahmed, Yemeni Socialist Party, Yemen

Moderator: Giacomo Filibeck, Democratic Party, Italy

10.40 – 11.10 hrs Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.15 hrs Video

11.15 – 11.30 hrs Introduction: Social Growth and Decent Work

Sigmar Gabriel, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Germany

11.30 – 13.10 hrs Fishbowl Discussion: Social Growth and Decent Work

  • Hannes Swoboda, Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament
  • Ronaldo Llamas, Akbayan, Philippines

Moderator: Juan Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, Spain

13.10 – 13.20 hrs Presentation of Board Members

Moderator: Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator of Progressive Alliance

13.20 – 13.30 hrs Family Photo of Board Members

13.30 – 15.00 hrs Lunch

Meeting over Lunch of the Progressive Alliance Board

15.00 – 16.30 hrs Workshops on Progressive Campaigning

Progressive Campaigning Workshop 1: General Strategies

  • Marije Laffeber, Party of European Socialists
  • Lalo Fernandez, Socialist Party, Uruguay

Moderator and Rapporteur: Vijay Makhan, Mauritius Militant Movement, Mauritius

Progressive Campaigning Workshop 2: Strategic Partners and Target Groups

  • Saul Escobar, Party of Democratic Revolution, Mexico
  • Josh Osih, Social Democratic Front, Cameroon

Moderator and Rapporteur: Raymond Johansen, Norwegian Labour Party, Norway

Progressive Campaigning Workshop 3: Campaign Tools

  • Howard Lee, Democratic Action Party, Malaysia
  • Sami Razgallah, Ettakatol, Tunisia

Moderator and Rapporteur: Kirsten Meijer, Labour Party, Netherlands

16.30 – 17.00 hrs Coffee Break

17.00 – 17.30 hrs Reports of the Workshops

Report of Workshop 1: General Strategies

Vijay Makhan, Mauritius Militant Movement, Mauritius

Report of Workshop 2: Strategic Partners and Target Groups

Raymond Johansen, Norwegian Labour Party, Norway

Report of Workshop 3: Campaign Tools

Kirsten Meijer, Labour Party, Netherlands

17.30 – 17.45 hrs Introduction into the Tunis Declarations

Mikael Damberg, Swedish Social Democratic Party, Sweden

17.45 – 18.00 hrs Adoption of Declarations, Structure and Campaign

18.00 – 18.15 hrs Progressive Politics – The Way Forward

Lalo Fernandez, Socialist Party, Uruguay

18.15 – 18.30 hrs Signing of the Call to Action “Decent Work Worldwide”

18.30 hrs End of the Conference

 

20.00 hrs Reception hosted by the Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament

Welcome Address by Hannes Swoboda, Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament

 

Interpretation: Arabic, English, French and Spanish

Draft Program PA Tunis