Conference of the Progressive Alliance and the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
12 April 2018 Hamburg
CURIO HAUS
Rothenbaumchaussee, 13
15.00 Registration
15.30-17.30: PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
Interpretation: English, German, French, Italian
I: Workshop on Global Migration & Refugees
Chaired by Jeppe Kofod, MEP, S&D Group Vice-Presidents
(in alphabetical order)
Felix Braunsdorf, Global Policy & Development, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Mamadou Koulibaly, Leader of the party LIDER, Ivory Coast
Violeta Moreno-Lax, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Birgit Sippel, MEP, S&D Spokesperson for Civil liberties, Justice and Home affairs
Josef Weidenholzer, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Dima Yared, Human Rights Officer, Regional Office for Europe, UNHCR
II: Workshop on Migration and EU Relations with Africa
Chaired by Elena Valenciano, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
(in alphabetical order)
Amira El Fadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission (tbc)
Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, MEP S&D Group, ACP-EU JPA Vice-President and co-author of the Report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
Rosa Malango, UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda
Ranieri Sabatucci, Head of the EU Delegation to the African Union, Ethiopia
18.00 – 21.00: TOGETHER EVENT
Interpretation: English, German, French, Italian
17.30 Registration
18.00 Opening with “TOGETHER” video presentation and introduction by the moderator
Welcome by Knut Fleckenstein, MEP, S&D Group Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
Opening by Udo Bullmann, MEP, S&D Group President
Keynote speeches
- Federica Mogherini, Vice-President of the European Commission & High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
- Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission (invited)
- Niels Annen, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
POLITICAL PANEL DEBATES
- A Global approach to Refugees & Migrants
Report back from Workshop I: Jeppe Kofod, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
(in alphabetical order)
Barbara Duden, Member of the European Committee of the Regions
Tanja Fajon, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Josh Osih, President of the Central African Progressive Alliance, Vice-President of the Social Democratic Front in Cameroon
Anna Triandafyllidou, Professor, European University Institute (tbc)
Discussants:
Javier Moreno Sánchez, Secretary General of the S&D Group, European Parliament
Cesare Onestini, Director, European Training Foundation (ETF)
Followed by a Q&A session
- Europe & Africa: Managing Migration
Report back from Workshop II: Elena Valenciano, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
(in alphabetical order)
Moussa Boly, Vice-President of MPP in Burkina Faso
Rosa Malango, UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda
Pier Antonio Panzeri, MEP S&D Group, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (tbc)
Sara Prestianni, ARCI Immigrazione, Italy
Martin Ziguélé, former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, President of MLPC
Followed by a Q&A session
20.30 Presentation of the new “TOGETHER Ambassadors” by Maxim Vandekerckhove, Student & TOGETHER Ambassador
Adoption of the Statement and Conclusions by Udo Bullmann, MEP, S&D Group President
21.00 Reception
Welcome by Carola Veit, President of the Hamburg Parliament, and Knut Fleckenstein, MEP, S&D Group Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
