Monday, 17 October 2016
Venue: European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels, Belgium
13:30 hrs Registration
14:30 hrs Steering Committee (Room PHS 4B001)
Interested parties can send a delegate to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee prepares and discusses the conference and resolutions as well as the upcoming activities of the Progressive Alliance.
Chaired by Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance
15:30 hrs Coffee Break
16:00 hrs Parallel Sessions
Breakout Session 1: International Parliamentary Cooperation (PHS 4B001)
- § Ruben Galassi, Member of Parliament of the Province of Santa Fe, Socialist Party (PS), Argentina
- § Momchil Nekov, Member of the European Parliament, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Bulgaria
- § Fabio Porta, Member of Parliament, Democratic Party (PD), Italy
- § Batsukh Saranchimeg, Member of Parliament, Mongolian People‘s Party (MPP), Mongolia
- § Moderator: Maria Arena, Member of the European Parliament, Socialist Party (PS), Belgium
Breakout Session 2: Current Political Situation in the Middle East (PHS 5B001)
- § Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General, Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine
- § Mustafa Ben Jaafar, Secretary General, Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedoms (Ettakatol), Tunisia
- § Mustafa Hijri, Secretary General, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), Iran
- § Hişyar Özsoy, Member of Parliament, Deputy Co-Chair, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey
- § Kati Piri, Member of the European Parliament
- § Dr. Nabil Shaath, Executive Commissioner of the Commission for International Relations, Fatah, Palestine
- § Moderator: Giacomo Filibeck, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES)
17:15 hrs Coffee Break
17:45 hrs Parallel Sessions
Breakout Session 3: Progressive Campaigning (PHS 4B001)
- § Iain McNicol, Secretary General, The Labour Party, United Kingdom
- § Raúl Flores, President of the Federal District of Mexico, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico
- § Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen, Member of Parliament, Social Democratic Party, Denmark
- § Victor Negrescu, Member of the European Parliament, Social Democratic Party (PSD), Romania
Moderator: Marije Laffeber, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES)
Breakout Session 4: Ethical Economy and Tax Justice: The Road towards a Fairer World (PHS 5B001)
- § Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Secretary for International and EU Affairs, Spanish Socialist Workers‘ Party (PSOE), Spain
- § Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, International Secretary, Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS), Equatorial Guinea
- § Elly Schlein, Member of the European Parliament
- § Dimple Yadav, Member of Parliament, Socialist (Samajwadi) Party, India
Moderator: Jakob von Weizsäcker, Member of the European Parliament, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Germany
19:00 hrs End of the first day
20:00 hrs Social Event, hosted by the S&D Group
Welcome Enrique Guerrero Salom, First Vice President, Group of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Venue: Hotel Aloft Brussels Schuman, Place Jean Rey, Brussels, 1040, Belgium
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
09:30–13:30 hrs Progressive Alliance Parliamentarian Conference (ASP 3G3)
Moderator of the Day: Jan Royall, Vice President of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Member of the House of Lords, Great Britain
09:30 hrs Welcome
Gianni Pittella, President of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament (S&D)
09:45 hrs Opening
Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
10:00 hrs Keynote: The Age of Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA
10:15 hrs Speech
Josh Osih, Vice President, Social Democratic Front (SDF), Cameroun
10:30 Video
10:35 hrs Key Debate: Sustainable Development – Prerequisite for Justice and Peace
- § Margarita Bolaños Arquín, President, Citizens’ Action Party (PAC), Costa Rica
- § Enrique Guerrero Salom, First Vice President, Group of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
- § Luiz Dulci, Director of the Lula Institute
- § Pascal Lamy, Honorary President of Notre Europe
- § Christian Levrat, President, Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Switzerland
Moderator: Howard Lee, President, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
11:35 hrs Video
11:40 hrs Key Note: Migration – Chance and Challenges for Peace and Stability
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice President of the EU Commission
12:00 hrs Speech
Gleisi Hoffmann, Senator, Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT)
12:15 hrs Panel Discussion: Migration – Chance and Challenges for Peace and Stability
- § Silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament, Democratic Party (PD) Italy
- § Massimo D’Alema, President, Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
- § Dr. Nabil Shaath, Executive Commissioner of the Commission for International Relations, Fatah, Palestine
- § Ralf Stegner, Vice Chair, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Germany
- § Bonaventure Mbaya, President, Convergence Citoyenne (CC), Republic of the Congo
Moderator: Javier Moreno Sánchez, Secretary General, Group of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
13:15 hrs Closing Speech
Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES)
13:28 hrs Video
13.30 hrs Lunch
14.30 hrs End of Conference
Please note: On Monday, 17 October 2016, 09:30 – 13:30 hrs, the Inaugural Meeting of the Young Parliamentarian Network will be held by the International Union of Socialist Youth.
If you are interested in this meeting please contact: Evin Incir, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), Phone: +43 699 171 20 830, E: iusy@iusy.org
