«Medinas 2030 » Programme Activities - 9th December 2010 Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration 271 Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseille
09h30- 10h00 : Welcoming of participants and coffee 1. First Meeting of the “Medinas 2030” Scientific Committee Ground Floor, Conference Room 10h00-10h30: Welcome by the EIB Vice-President, Mr. Philippe de Fontaine Vive. Opening speech by the Assistant Director-General for Culture at the UNESCO, Professor Francesco Bandarin. Introduction by the “Medinas 2030” initiative director. 10h30-11h00: Roundtable, introduction of members. 11h00- 11h45: Presentation of results of the “Medinas 2030” Documentary study. Presentation of the follow-ups: study, technical elements and provisional calendar for the initiative. 11h45- 12h45: General discussion, calendar and conclusions. 13h00-14h30: Lunch Break (Continuation of exchanges) 2. Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Arab Towns Organisation in presence of the press and other personalities Villa Valmer 14h30-15h00: Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between EIB. Vice-President Mr. Philippe de Fontaine Vive and Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab Towns Organisation, Mr. Ahmad al-Adsani. 3. “Medinas 2030” Academic Session in the presence of the press and other personalities Villa Valmer Welcome by the Director of the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration, Mr. Mats Karlsson. 15h00- 16h00: The “Medinas 2030” Initiative: Progress to date and prospects Introduction by the EIB Vice-President, Mr. Philippe de Fontaine Vive. Intervention by the UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, Professor Francesco Bandarin. Presentation of the “Medinas 2030 Scenarios and Strategies” book. Publication directed by Professor Marcello Balbo from the IUAV – Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. Presentation of the World Bank study “The Urban Rehabilitation of Medinas: The World Bank Experience in the Middle East and North Africa” by Mr. Anthony Bigio, Senior Urban Specialist in charge of Urban Cultural Heritage at the World Bank. 16h00- 16h30: Questions by the Press and dialogue with the audience. 16h30:
Closing of the session by the EIB Vice-President.
16h30- 18h00: Continuation of morning’s discussions by the members of the Scientific Committee (optional)