A view to the conference hall of 31st Euro-Med Seminar in Malta

(L to R) Prof. Stephen Calleya, Director, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC), University of Malta; Prof. Bichara Khader, Director, Centre for Arab Studies, University of Louvain, Belgium; Dr. Marcin Zaborowski, Director, Polish Institute of International Relations, Warsaw, Poland

31st EMS: Participants and Speakers

31st EMS: Participants and Speakers. (Far right) Ms. Lourdes Pullicino, MEDAC lecturer.

31st EMS: Participants and Speakers
 

A view to the conference hall of 31EMS in Malta: Panel, Participants and Observers

Group photo of MEDAC students with lecturers. Traditionally MEDAC students on M.A. in Diplomatic Studies, who stem from the same countries like EMS participants, take part in EMS as observers.

31st EMS - Question time: Participant from Morocco Ms. Karima BENKIRANE.
 
 

31st EMS: Members of Diplomatic Corps accredited to Malta
 
 

Contribution by Dr. Rosa Balfour, Senior Policy Analyst, EPC, Brussels, Belgium
Panel (L to R): Hon. Dr. Tonio Borg, Foreign Minister of Malta; Dr. Rosa Balfour; Prof. Stephen Calleya; Prof. Bichara Khader; Dr. Marcin Zaborowski; Mr. Tom McGrath, Administrator, EC, External Relations DG

31st EMS - Keynote Welcome Address by Hon. Dr. Tonio Borg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malta (left)
 
 
 

31st EMS panel during the speech by Hon. Dr. Tonio Borg, Foreign Minister of Malta (left)
 
 
 
 

31st EMS group photo at the opening day with Hon Dr. Tonio Borg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta. In the 1st row on his left: Prof. Stephen Calleya, Director, MEDAC; Mr. Said El Hachimi, Information and Media Relations Division, WTO - Geneva; Dr. Rosa Balfour, EPC, Brussels; Dr. Marcin Zaborowski, Director, Polish IIR, Warsaw; On his right: Amb. Alfred Zarb, MEDAC board member; Mr. Tom McGrath, EC, External Relations DG

Speakers on the topic Culture and Media Dr. Paul Walton, Communication Manager, Anna Lindh EuroMediterranean Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt
Dr. Paul Gillespie, University College, Dublin, Ireland
Mr. Tom McGrath (Ireland), EC, External Relations DG, Brussels

EU participants from Sweden and Spain. (L to R) Mr. OLSON and Mr. ETXEANDIA ZORROZA
 
 
 
 

Three generations of Maltese diplomacy (L to R): Mr. Claude Bonello, 1st Secretary MFA; Dr. Omar Grech, MEDAC lecturer; Amb. Ives De Barro, former Ambassador of Malta to Egypt, Tunisia and High Comissioner to Australia.

The Mediterranean Dialogue session.
Contribution by Amb. Alfred Zarb, MFA, Malta (right) (L to R) Mr. Tom McGrath, EC, External Relations DG; Dr. Monika Wohlfeld, MEDAC

Prospects and Challenges of the Arab Spring.
(left) Ms. Rama Halaseh, Programme Officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs – MENA Region, Amman, Jordan

Prospects and Challenges of the Arab Spring.
(right) Ms. Helga Mizzi, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta (L to R) Ms. Rama Halaseh; Dr. Derek Lutterbeck, Deputy Director, MEDAC
 
 
 
 
 

The Arab Spring: Evaluation and Lessons Learnt.
Contribution Dr. Bruce Maddy'Weitzman, The Marcia Israel Principal Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2nd from right)
(L to R) Ms. Alaa’ Ben Mahmud, Medac Alumni, Researcher at EC, League of Arab State and Liaison Office, Malta Dr. Monika Wohlfeld, MEDAC; Dr. Maddy'Weitzman; Dr. Derek Lutterbeck, MEDAC

Economic Challenges and Policy Recommendations in the Mediterranean. (L to R) Mr. Said El Hachimi, Counsellor, Information and Media Relations Division, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland; Dr. Omar Grech, MEDAC; H.E. Mr. Ivan Orlic, Amb. at large, Permanent Representative for UfM and Coordinator of B & H to Adriatic Ionian Initiative, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Prof. Alejandro Lorca, Madrid, Spain

The Challenges of Good Governance in the Emerging Mediterranean.
(L to R) Dr. Omar Grech, Human Dimension Programme, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC); Prof. Stephen Calleya, MEDAC Director; Dr. Claire Spencer, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London, UK

Simulation Exercise on Contemporary Relations in the Mediterranean
Dr. Simon Duke, Professor at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht, The Netherlands
 
 
 

31st EMS: participants taking part in a Working group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

31st EMS: another Working group session
 
 
 
 
 

Presentation of Prof. Manfred Weissenbacher, Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta (left)
 
 
 

Presentation by Dr. Paul Gillespie, University College, Dublin, Ireland on the topic Culture and Media. Dr. Paul Walton, Communication Manager, Anna Lindh EuroMediterranean Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt; Mr. Tom McGrath (Ireland), EC, External Relations DG, Brussels and Dr. Omar Grech on his left.