"COOPERATIVE COMPANY AS ACTOR OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN"
May 8, 2012
Location: Hotel Nelva -Primero de Mayo Avenue, 9
Murcia (Spain)
Working languages: Spanish, French and English
To register click on the link below: Mediterranean Conference Day
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
09.30 - 10.30 Opening Ceremony:
- D. Ramon Luis Valcarcel, Prime Minister of the Region of Murcia. Spain
- Responsible for the Spanish Agency for International Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Spain *
- D. Fernando de la Fuente, Director. Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) *
- D. Jose Antonio Cobacho, Rector of the University of Murcia
- D. Juan Antonio PEDRE?O, President of the Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES)
* To be confirmed
10h30 - 11h00 Conference "Promoting entrepreneurship in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean"
Moderator: D. Moncef Fenniche. National Union of Mutuals (UNAM). Tunisia. ESMED Network Member
- D. Fernando de la Fuente, Director. Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) *
11h00-11h30 COFFEE
11h30-12h00 Lecture: "Keys to the development of cooperatives in the Arab world. Focus on the Mediterranean "
Moderator: D. Juan Antonio PEDRE?O, Chairman of CEPES, member of the Red ESMED
D ª. Simel ESIM.Global Cooperative Program. International Labour Organization (ILO)
12h00 - 13h30Roundtable: "Business development of cooperatives in the Mediterranean."
Moderator: Ms. Stefania MARCONE, Head of International Relations Office. LEGACOOP (Italy), member of the Red ESMED
- D. VILLAESCUSA Emili, President. Association for Social Economic Cooperation (Spain)
-D ª. Randa Yousef ZEIN. Director General. Union of Associations and Credit Unions (UCASC). Palestine
- Representative of the Central Union FOREST OF TURKEY *
- Representative of a cooperative group of France *
* To be confirmed
13h30 - 15h00 Lunch
15h00 - 16h00 Round Table: The representative organizations of cooperatives in the Euro-Mediterranean
- Mrs Agnes Mattis, Deputy Director. COOPERATIVES EUROPE
- D. Mahmoud Mansour. General Union of Cooperatives of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- D. ELMAYS Rida. President. National Federation of Cooperatives (FNCL)
16h00 - 17h00: Roundtable: Programs for the promotion of cooperatives in the Mediterranean
Moderator: D. Miguel Angel Garcia, Director General Self-Employment, Social Economy and Social Responsibility of Business. Ministry of Employment and Social Security (Spain)
- D. SOTOCA Constantine.Minister for Education, Training and Employment. Government of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
- D. Mustapha BOUCHAFRA. Inspector General. Office de Développement de la Coopération. ODCo (Morocco)
- D. IRSHAIDAT Maen, Director General. Jordanian Cooperative Corporation (JCC). (Jordan)
17h00 - 17h30: Closing
- Ms. Engracia Hidalgo,Secretary of State for Employment. Ministry of Employment and Social Security (Spain)
- D. SOTOCA Constantine, Minister for Education, Training and Employment. Government of the Region of Murcia. (Spain)
- D. Miguel Angel Garcia, Director General Self-Employment, Social Economy and Social Responsibility of Business. Ministry of Employment and Social Security (Spain)
- D. Juan Antonio PEDRE?O, Chairman of CEPES
