Activities and other seminars - CIDOB 2002

Activities and other seminars - CIDOB 2002

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  30 Activities and Other Sem i nar s
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  A c31 vi t i e s ti 31 International Seminars WAR AND PEACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS In the framework of an important series of debates on Europe’s role in the world, begun in January 2002, this seminar enjoyed sponsorship from the Barcelona City Council in relation with the Forum of Cultures 2004. The objective of the encounter was to establish a rigorous analytical framework in order to try to understand the underlying causes and dynamics of the situation in the world. It was a one-day meeting in which eminent European and U.S. experts and politicians intervened. The debate took place first between the speakers and then was opened up to experts and politicians from Catalonia and the rest of Spain. The meeting took place behind closed doors. Participants: Manuel Castells, Lecturer, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Open University of Catalonia; Anthony Giddens, Director, London School of Economics; John Ikenberry, Professor of War and Peace in the 21st Century: The Transatlantic Relations › Global Justice, Georgetown University; Robert Kagan, Researcher, Narcís Serra and Manuel Castells Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ambassador Kenston Keith, Vice President of Meridian International, former Director of the USIA Department for North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia; Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission; Narcís Serra; Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union/High Represenative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. January 18. Pedralbes Palace, Barcelona FOURTH FORUM OF THE SPANISH-ITALIAN DIALOGUE: SPAIN AND ITALY IN THE EUROPE UNDER CONSTRUCTION Organised by: the CIDOB Foundation and Arel (Agency for Research and Legislation) The Forum of the Spanish-Italian Dialogue brings together representatives of civil society in an annual encounter which has been held on an alternating basis in each country since 1999. The Forum debates are structured around three informal discussion groups, with a plural and multidisciplinary composition of high-level representatives of the political, business and academic spheres. In each group, composed of some thirty participants, two speakers (one from Italy and one from Spain) introduce the topic from their respective points of view to launch the debate. Sponsored by private businesses, the Forum receives support from the authorities of both countries, support which is demonstrated by the presence and participation of the Foreign Ministers and other high- ranking officials from both countries in the plenary session. Participants: Annamaria Artoni, President Giovani Imprenditori, Confindustria; Fabrizio Barca, General Director of Development Policy, Fourth Forum of the Spanish-Italian Dialogue: Spain and Italy › Ministry of the Economy and Finance; Rocco Cangelosi, General Director Narcís Serra, Ferdinando Cassini, Ana Palacio, José Luís Olivas, Lucio for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Lucio Caracciolo, Stanca and Rita Barberá Director, Limes; Ramón de Miguel, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; José Fonollosa, General Director of the American Retail Bank, BBVA; Jaime Ignacio González González, Government Delegate for Immigration Law and Immigration, Ministry of the Interior; Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies; Iñigo Méndez de Vigo, MEP for the EPP, Chairperson of the European Parliament Delegation in the European Convention; Aldo Olcese, President of the Financial Studies Foundation (FEF); Manuel Pizarro, President of ENDESA; Beniamino Quintieri, President of ICE; Giuseppe Zadra, General Director of ABI; Giorgio Zappa, President of Alenia Spazio. January 24 and 25. Convention Center, Valencia
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  32 A e c i v i tn e s S ctció i FIRST EUROPEAN MAYORS CONFERENCE Organised by: The LSE’s Cities Programme and CIDOB Foundation’s Aula Barcelona Sixteen mayors from large European cities met with urban experts from London and Barcelona with the aim of comparing projects and exchanging experiences. Each mayor presented an emblematic project from his/her city relating to real estate development and infrastructures with urban design, with a subsequent debate with the other mayors and experts. The goal of the conference was to allow mayors, scholars and experts to freely discuss the underlying tendencies that make up the emerging reality of the “Europe of cities” and to exchange views on and experiences with the interrelationships between urban design and urban society. The European Mayors Conference is a meeting of mayors, set in an academic framework with an informal tone, in which topics relating to the physical transformation of cities are discussed and are the centre of a high-level debate among mayors and experts, without any political, electoral or media determinants. Participating Mayors: Pawel Adamowicz (Gdansk), Sir Albert Bore (Birmingham), Sergio Chiamparino (Turin), Joan Clos (Barcelona), Gérard Collom (Lyon), Charles Gordon (Glasgow), John Fitzgerald (Dublin), Richard Leese (Manchester), Ali Müfit Gürtuna (Istanbul), Ken Livingstone (London), Soren Pind (Copenhaguen), Rosa Russo Iervolino (Naples), Peter Strieder (Berlin), Wolfgang Tiefensee (Leipzig), First European Mayors Conference › Francisco de la Torre Prados (Malaga), Michael Zampleas (Nicosia). Anthony Giddens and Joan Clos Participating Experts: Richard Burdett, Anthony Giddens, Simon Jenkins, George Jones, Charles Landry, Pasqual Maragall, Dame Judith Mayhew, Richard Rogers, Richard Sennett, Saskia Sassen, Narcís Serra, Tony Travers. February, 7-8. London School of Economics, London PREP-COM FOR THE SEMINAR “FROM THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS TO A NEW WORLD GOVERNABILITY” Preparatory Committee for the seminar for the Forum of Cultures – Barcelona 2004. The objective of the seminar is to try to review the Washington Consensus. In this preparatory meeting, we discussed reviewing, not redefining, this agreement since we believe that while certain elements of the original consensus are necessary for the correct functioning of economies, there exists the need to broaden both its objectives and its implementation. It is in this sense that it seems more appopriate to us to arrive at defining a “code of good conduct” in economic policy that will serve as a framework for a new, better world governability. The project, which is directed by Narcís Serra, has a motor group of Spanish economists (Guillermo de la Dehesa, Miguel Sebastián, Jordi Galí, Jaume Ventura, Ramón Caminal, Antón Costas, Joan Tugores and Xavier Vives) whose function is to advise and supervise the development of the project until its end. Also, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz and his team from Columbia University, along with the Initiative Policy Dialogue, is co- directing the project. Narcís Serra and Joseph Stiglitz June 2 and 3. Barcelona Prep-Com for the seminar “From the Washington Consensus to a New World Governability” › Narcís Serra and Joseph Stiglitz
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  Activities 33 Launching of the CIDOB International Yearbook CIDOB INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 2002. 2003 EDITION Launching of the 2002 CIDOB International Yearbook, 2003 edition, led by Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation, and Miquel Valls, President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. As part of the presentation, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Palacio, gave a speech entitled “Europe, 21st Century.” September 18. Barcelona Chamber of Commerce Presentation of the CIDOB International Yearbook › Miquel Valls, Ana Palacio and Narcís Serra With the collaboration of ›