Progressive Alliance seminar: “Social Justice and Equal Opportunites for All”
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Venue:
Hotel La Tour Hassan Palace
26, Rue de Chellah BP 14. Rabat, Morocco
15:00 hrs Registration
16:00 hrs Progressive Alliance Steering Committee (Room Diplomatique)
Interested parties can send a delegate to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee prepares and discusses the conference issues and resolutions as well as the upcoming activities of the Progressive Alliance.
Chaired by Konstantin Woinoff, Progressive Alliance Coordinator
17:00 hrs Coffee Break
17:30 hrs Parallel Workshops
Workshop 1: Progressive Campaigning and modern mobilisation strategies (Room Diplomatique)
Ahmed El Aked, Consultant to the Socialist Group in the Moroccan Parliament, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
Raúl Flores, President of the Federal District of Mexico, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico
Hussein Gohar, International Secretary, Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP), Egypt
Fouad Sidali, Member of Executive Board of the PvdA, Labour Party (PvdA), Netherlands
Moderator: Moez Ben Dhia, Member of the Political Bureau in Charge of International Relations, Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedoms (Ettakatol)
Workshop 2: Trade Unions as Strategic Partners for Social Justice (Room Panoramique)
Abdelhamid Fatihi, Secretary General, Democratic Labour Federation (FDT), Morocco
Lobna Jeribi, SOLIDAR Tunisia, Tunisia
Olav Bergo, Member of the Central Committee of International Policy, Norwegian Labour Party (DNA), Norway
Vicente Pinto de Andrade, People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Angola
Moderator: Mohamed Derouiche, Member of politburo, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
20:30 hrs Reception hosted by USFP
Welcome by Habib El Malki, President of administrative committee, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
Friday, 20 November 2015
Conference (Room Diplomatique)
Moderator of the Day: Mohamed Benabdelkader, Commission of exteriors relations, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
09:00 hrs Opening and Welcome Speech
Driss Lachgar, First Secretary, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
09:15 hrs Video
09:20 hrs Speech
Massimo D’Alema, President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
09:35 The Syrian Issue in the Fifth Year
George Sabra, President, Syrian Democratic People’s Party, Syria
09:45 hrs Speech
NN, Member of the Revolutionary Council, Fatah, Palestine
09:55 hrs Panel Discussion:
Social Democratic Challenges in the Arab Region
Karim Baloul, Member of Parliament, Coordinator of the Ethics Committee, Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Algeria
Saleh Hdaife, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Lebanon
Tahsin Namiq Abdalla Shwan, Deputy of Foreign Relations Bureau, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Iraq
Abdellatif Kamal, President of the Foundation Machroue, Morocco
Abdelrahmane Weddany, Assembly of Democratic Forces (RFD), Mauretania
Moderator: Giacomo Filibeck, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES)
11:15 hrs Coffee Break
11:45 hrs Inequality is a Choice – Fighting for Social Justice
Pascal Lamy, President emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute, Vice President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
12:00 hrs Video
12:00 hrs Speech
Habib El Malki, President of administrative committee, Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Morocco
12:10 hrs Speech
Josh Osih, Vice-President, Social Democratic Front (SDF), Cameroon
