AGENDA : 10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “THE EUROPEAN UNION, TURKEY AND THE KURDS”

 Turkey,the Kurds and the Imrali Peace Process: An Historic Opportunity

Brussels, European Parliament, 4th & 5th of December 2013 Room: ASP 1G2

Interpretation available in Turkish, English, French, German, Dutch

Patrons

ArchbishopEmeritusDesmondTutu – Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa

Dr. Shirin Ebadi – Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran

Bianca Jagger -Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador – Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, UK

Professor Noam Chomsky – Writer, USA

Yasar Kemal Writer, Turkey

Vedat Turkali – Writer, Turkey

Leyla Zana – European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey

IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INFORMATION – “HOWTO PARTICIPATE AND ENTER THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT“

An official “European Parliament personal badge / pass” will be provided to all participants to the Conference. All participants MUST communicate by mail to guengl-kurds2013@europarl.europa.eu the following information:  1) Name and surname 2) Date of birth 3) Place and country of residence (if possible, the full address of residence) 4) Number of a valid document (ex: passport, national ID, etc…)

This information must be sent to the above-mentioned mail before the 28th of NOVEMBER 2013. Please note that NO ACCREDITATION will be accepted after this deadline, according to the rules established by the Security Department of the European Parliament.  Your “personal badge / pass” will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament (Place de Luxembourg – main European Parliament’s building “Altiero Spinelli” – just after the sliding doors you’ll find a conference desk), during AND ONLY the following date / hours.

–  Wednesday 4th of December 2013, from 14h00 until 16h30 –   Thursday 5th of December 2013, from 08h30 until 10h30

–  Thursday 5th of December 2013, from 14h00 until 16h00 –   Please note that all participants must take care of their own “EP badge / pass” during both days; if someone lose the “pass / badge” it will be impossible for the conference’s organizers to replace it, according to the E.P. internal rules.

For any additional information, please contact the conference’s secretariat: guengl-kurds2013@europarl.europa.eu

Wednesday,4th December 2013, 15.00-16.30 Opening Session, Room ASP 1G2

Opening Remarks and Greetings –Ms. Kariane Westrheim, PhD – Chair of EUTCC, Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway

·         MEP Ms. Gabi Zimmer -Chair of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL)   in the European Parliament, Germany

·         European Parliament’s representative (TBC)

Opening Speeches:

• Mr. Orhan Pamuk,Writer, Nobel Literature Prize Laureate, Turkey (TBC) –   MP Ms. Leyla Zana -Member of the Turkish Parliament, European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Rafto Prize Laureate, Turkey

• MP Mr. Gerry Adams, Chair of Sinn Fein, Ireland (TBC) – Me Antoine Comte, Lawyer , France

Video messagesof Conference’s Patrons

·         Video trailer of previous nine conferences –Professor Noam Chomsky, Writer, the USA –Yasar Kemal, writer, Turkey

Wednesday, 4th December 2013, 16.30-18.30 Panel I, Room ASP 1G2

Reformingthe State and Reconciling Society: Constitutional, political and social reforms in Turkey

Moderators:

MEPMr.JürgenKlute, Coordinator of the EP-Kurds Friendship Group, GUE/NGL Group, Germany

Speakers

• MP Gulten Kisanak, co-Chair, BDP, Turkey
• MP AKP (TBC)
• MP CHP (TBC)
• Hüseyin Yayman, Academic & Member of the Wise people Commission, Turkey
• Dogu Ergil, Academic & Member of the Wise people Commission, Turkey
• Hasan Cemal,Journalist, Turkey
• HughPope,International Crisis Group

Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants

Thursday, 5 December 2013, 09.30-11.30 Panel II, Room ASP 1G2

The role of the European Union in the Imrali Peace Process: Promoting justice and democracy in Turkey

Moderators: MEP Mr. Søren Bo Søndergaard, GUE/NGL Group, Denmark

Speakers

• MP Ahmet Türk, co-Chair of the DTK, Turkey
• EU Commission’s representative (TBC)
• Memberof European Parliament of EPP Group
• Memberof European Parliament of S&D Group
• Memberof European Parliament of ADLE Group
• Memberof European Parliament of Greens-EFA Group

·         Turkish Government Representative (TBC)

Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants

Thursday, 5th December 2013, 11.30-13.00 Panel III, Room ASP 1G2

Peace-building Initiatives: Opportunities for political engagement in Turkey, the EU and internationally

Moderator: Mr. Hans Branscheidt, EUTCC, Germany

Speakers – Mr. David L. Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights, Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights, USA

• MEP Ms. Marie-Christine Vergiat, GUE/NGL Group, France
• Dr. Günter Seufert, German Institute for International and Security Affarirs – SWP, Germany