EXCLUSIVE HIGH LEVEL FORUM FOR POLICY LEADERS NEW CHALLENGES FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

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1 EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION EXCLUSIVE HIGH LEVEL FORUM FOR POLICY LEADERS NEW CHALLENGES FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Organised under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU, and in conjunction with the Fifth Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on Public Management 25 September 2012 Draft Agenda (version 11 September 2012) Grand Ballroom 3, Hotel Moevenpick, Dead Sea, Jordan Subject to final confirmation Upon confirmation, speakers will receive a detailed briefing note on their session

2 Room: Grand Ballroom 3 Agenda Lunch (Location: Library) Visiting an exhibition of Jordanian schools (Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer) Chair: Luc van Den Brande, Vice-President, ARLEM, former President-Minister of Labour, Flanders Opening Remarks Atef Odeibat, Minister of Labour, Jordan Madlen Serban, Director European Training Foundation (ETF) Effective policies and measures for youth employability in the changing socioeconomic context Presentation, Anastasia Fetsi, ETF Discussant from EU George Demosthenes, Minister of Education and Culture, Republic of Cyprus Open discussion Coffee Break Enhancing the effectiveness of public policy in VET Presentation, Peter Greenwood, ETF Discussants from EU and the Fifth Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on Public Management Francesco Profumo, Minister of Education, Italy Geert Bouckaert, Robert Fouchet, European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Open discussion Closing remarks Pervenche Berès, Chair, Employment and Social Affairs Committee, European Parliament Sandy Boyle, President External Relations Section, European Economic and Social Committee Philippe Brunet, Head of Cabinet, Commissioner for Education, Multilingualism and Youth Madlen Serban, Director European Training Foundation (ETF) 2

3 The Forum takes place with the participation of the following high level representatives Jordan Atef Odeibat, Minister of Labour Wajih Owais, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Education Fayez Saudi, Minister of Education Mohamed Khiat, Secretary General, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security Egypt Ibrahim Ghoniem, Minister of Education (tbc) Lebanon Hassan Diab, Minister of Education and Higher Education Morocco Abdelouahed Souhail, Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Occupied Palestinian Territory Ahmad Majdalani, Minister of Labour Lamis Alami, Minister of Education and Higher Education Tunisia Abdelwahab Matar, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment Abdellatif Abid, Minister of Education (tbc) Cyprus George Demosthenes, Minister of Education and Culture Italy Francesco Profumo, Minister of Education, Italy EU Institutions, bodies and initiatives Pervenche Berès, Chair, Employment and Social Affairs Committee, European Parliament Philippe Brunet, Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Education, Multilingualism and Youth 3

4 Luc van Den Brande, Vice-President, ARLEM, former President-Minister of Labour, Flanders Madlen Serban, Director, European Training Foundation Sandy Boyle, President External Relations Section, European Economic and Social Committee Geert Bouckaert, Robert Fouchet, European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Invitations have been also launched to the following high level representatives: Algeria Hachemi Djiar, Minister of Youth and Sports, responsible for interim of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research El-Hadi Khaldi, Minister of Vocational Education and Training Egypt Mostafa Mosaad, Minister of Higher Education Khaled Azhari, Minister of Manpower and Migration Ashraf El Araby, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Morocco Mohamed Louafa, Minister of National Education Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Vocational Training Occupied Palestinian Territory Ali Jarbawi, Minister of Higher Education Tunisia Moncef Ben Salem, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research 4

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