Program – Progressive Alliance Parliamentarian Conference in Brussels, 17–18 October 2016

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