Euro-Mediterranean Relationships: from the Barcelona Agenda to the Union for the Mediterranean
Summer School
June 19th - 21st 2009
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
In the framework of the Jean Monnet Action (project No 141387–LLP–1-2008-1-IT-AJM-IC), the Department of Financial and Economic Sciences (DI.S.E.FIN.), University of Genoa, Italy, is organizing a three-day conference on multilateral cooperation between European Union and its Mediterranean Partners.
The project aims to discuss and highlight how joint commitment and policies may contribute to the fulfilment of the goals of the Union for the Mediterranean: to launch and/or to reinforce a number of key initiatives:
- de-pollution of the Mediterranean,
- Maritime and Land Highways,
- Civil Protection,
- Alternative Energies: Mediterranean Solar Plan,
- Higher Education and Research,
- Euro-Mediterranean University,
- the Mediterranean Business Development Initiative.
The starting point of the research could be a judgement on the Barcelona objectives: to create an area of peace, stability, security and shared prosperity, as well as full respect of democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms and promotion of understanding between cultures and civilizations in the Euro-Mediterranean region;
Area of Interest -The conference aims to bring together researchers from different subject areas to discuss the different aspects of the Union for the Mediterranean from the following starting points: Economics, Finance, Environmental Sciences, Policies and Politics, History and so on.
Important Dates
First Paper Submission: January 2009
Second Call for papers: January 2009
Last Paper Submission: March 2009
Selection of the first papers during the Workshop on “Mediterranean Relations”: March 6th , University of Genoa
Final selection: April 2009
Paper Acceptance: May 2009
Conference: June 2009
Submission
People interested in participating should submit to this e-mail address jm.euromed@gmail.com a draft paper (up to 300 words) by the deadlines given above and the final version (5000-7000 words) by March 2009. Each submission should indicate a list of relevant areas from the mentioned above.
Applicants will be notified about the status of their submissions by March 31st , 2009.
To get an update on information regarding the conference please go to the website: http://emo.pspa.uoa.gr
The best chosen contributions will be published both on the website “The Euro - Mediterranean Observatory”, and in form of papers on high rank international reviews and in form of a book published by a University outstanding publishing house.
Chairs Franco Praussello, Department of Financial and Economic Sciences (DI.S.E.FIN.), University of Genoa, Italy
Programme Committee & Scientific Committee
Franco Praussello, Genoa University, Italy
Tijani Bounahmidi, Mohammed V University, Agdal-Rabat, Morocco
Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim, Cairo University, Egypt
Nejib Bélaid, Sousse University, Tunisia
Lerzan Özkale, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Joseph S. Joseph, Cyprus University, Cyprus
Constantine Stephanou, E.C.S.A., Pantheion University, Athens, Greece
Michail Tsiniziselis, Athens University, Greece
Andrej Kumar, E.C.S.A., Slovenia
Contact info: jm.euromed@gmail.com