Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures: Actors in the Dialogue

Conceptual Framework

1. THE NETWORKS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Chairperson: Prof. Malek Chebel, anthropologist, specialist on the Arab world and Islam, Paris
Discussant: Prof. Peter G. Xuereb, University of Malta

2. THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Chairperson: Mrs Simone Susskind, President of "Actions in the Mediterranean"
Discussant: Prof. Teresa Freixes, Autonomous University of Barcelona

3. CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN EUROPE

Chairperson: Prof. Bichara Khader, Director of the Research Centre on the contemporary Arab world, Catholic University of Louvain
Discussant: Prof. Elspeth Guild, University of Nijmegen

4. THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN THE DIALOGUE

Chairperson: Mr Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, Minister of State, Secretary General of the MEDEA Institute and Chairman of the Mediterranean Committee of the International European Movement
Discussant: Prof. Joaquín Roy, University of Miami

5. THE NECESSITY FOR EURO-MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE AND INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Chairperson: Mrs Catherine Lalumière, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Discussant: Prof. Chibli Mallat, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut

6. YOUTH AND THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR

Chairperson: Prof. Predrag Matvejevic, universities of Zagreb, la Sorbonne and La Sapienza
Discussant: Prof. Enrique Banús, University of Navarra

Conclusions