Managing migration and supporting refugees in a globalised world.
Draft programme
15.00 Registration
15.30-17.30: Parallel workshops (Interpretation: English, German, French)
I: Workshop on Global Migration & Refugees
Chaired by Jeppe Kofod, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Victor Bostinaru, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Tanja Fajon, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Josef Weidenholzer, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
II: Workshop on Migration and EU Relations with Africa
Chaired by Elena Valenciano, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Amira El Fadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission (tbc)
Albert Engel, Director of Africa Department, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusmmenarbeit (GIZ) (tbc)
Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, MEP, 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 (tbc)
Linda McAvan, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee for International Development
Ranieri Sabatucci, Head of the EU Delegation to the African Union (tbc)
18.00 – 21.00: Together event (Interpretation: English, German, French)
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 S&D vice-president, Maria João Rodrigues MEP, acting S&D Group Leader
Keynote speeches
· Federica Mogherini, Vice-President of the European Commission & High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security (tbc)
· Sergei Stanishev, MEP, President of the PES, Co-Chair of the Global Progressive Forum
Political panel debates
- A Global approach to Refugees & Migrants
Report back from Workshop I: Jeppe Kofod, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Moussa Boly, Vice-President of MPP in Burkina Faso (tbc)
Helle Thorning Schmidt, Chief executive of the NGO “Save the Children”, former Danish Prime Minister (tbc)
UN Representative
Followed by a Q&A session
- Europe & Africa: Managing Migration
Report back from Workshop II: Elena Valenciano, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Stefano Manservisi, Director General, European Commission DG DEVCO (tbc)
Josh Osih, President of the Central African Progressive Alliance, Vice-President of the Social Democratic Front in Cameroon (tbc)
Sara Prestianni, ARCI Immigrazione, Italy (tbc)
UN Representative
Martin Ziguélé, former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, President of MLPCA (tbc)
Followed by a Q&A session
Together Ambassadors
20.30: Presentation of the “TOGETHER Ambassadors” and adoption of the Statements by Tanja Fajon, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
Conclusions
21.00: Reception hosted by the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (tbc) and Carola Veit, President of the Hamburg Parliament
