"FES ENCOUNTERS" Colloquium : Giving soul to globalisation
4^th to 8^th June 2005
5th Edition
Paths of Hope

(Subject to last minute changes)

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Plenary Sessions: 08 : 45 a.m - 12 : 30 p.m at the Batha Museum

As human beings, we should be able to create strategies for establishing and maintaining peace just as we have strategies for waging war.

What role can spirituality, democracy, the media, education and development in all its forms have today in the genesis of peace? Men and women around the globe, through their vision and personal engagement, can play a role of mediation and create political and indeed spiritual conditions to facilitate the coexistence of peoples and cultures who long to be not only peaceful but also creative.

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PART ONE: FROM CONFLICT TO DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES
With the support of the European Commission’s Ministry of Education and Culture
   

Saturday 4 June: Identity and Democracy

8:30	Welcome
8:45 -10:00	Introductions
	Musical interlude Introductions : Mohammed Kabbaj, Nikolaus van der Pas, Faouzi Skali Recorded message from HRH The Prince of Wales, (presented by Sir Nicholas Pearson Bt)
10:00-12:15	Round-table Discussion
	Benjamin Barber, Abdelali Benamour, John Bunzl, Maximo Cajal, Jean Daniel, Rajmohan Gandhi, Elisabeth Guigou, Katherine Marshall, Mireille Mendès France, Thierry de Montbrial
5:30 - 7:30 p.m	Encounters Workshops
	Topic: Identity and Democracy Ali Belhaj, Farid Belkahia, Fatouma Benabdenbi, Driss Benali, Assia Alaoui Bensalah, Chérif Khaznadar, Abdeljalil Lahjomri, Fatema Seddiki, Hubert Tassy, Karen Torjesen, Neil van der Linden

Sunday 5 June: Education towards Diversity

8:30	Welcome
8:45 - 9:15	Introductions
	Musical interlude Resumé of the first day : Nikolaus van der Pas Introduction : Faouzi Skali
9:15 - 12:30	Round-table Discussion
	Theodore Ahlers, Mohammed Arkoun, Rachid Benmokhtar, Belén Bernaldo de Quiros, Michel Cazenave, John Marks, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Fatema Mernissi, Leïla Rhiwi, Mercedes Rico Carabias, Rajeev Sethi, Sulak Sivaraksa, Trinh Xuan Thuan
5:30 - 7: 30 p.m	Encounters Workshops Topic: Education towards Diversity
	Patrice Barrat, Ferid Belhaj, Fouad Bellamine, Rajae Benchemsi, Mustapha Boujemaoui, Jacques Chancel, Anne Devillard, Moha Ennaji, Maati Kabbal, Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, Antonia Miklikova, Alain de Rosanbo, Marc de Smedt, Susan Steiner, Patrice van Eersel, Zakia Zouanat
	Topic: Language, spirit and the symbolism of gesture
	Part One: Georges Stobbaerts, founder of TenChi Tessen, considers this form of martial art as a path to find the self. The TenChi Tessen movements are not just a technique, nor even a dance. They are found within the borders of a much greater construction than man and stimulate new thought on education, exposing the mechanical vision on which it usually rests. Ten and Chi represent Heaven and Earth, recalling the unity of body-mind, where the gesture lives completely in the present, here and now. Part Two: Beginning with short sequences demonstrating Bharatanatyam (the sacred dance of southern India), Katia Légeret-Manochhaya will present four teaching methods showing the charisma to be found today in this Indian dance, according to inter-university artistic research on the ties between cultures in northern countries

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PART TWO: CHANGING THE EVERYDAY WORLD

Monday 6 June: Cultural Diversity and Development
In partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture

8:30	Welcome
8:45 - 9:15	Introductions
	Musical interlude Resumé of the second day : Nikolaus van der Pas Introduction : Faouzi Skali
9:15-10:15	Presentations  : Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)
	Luis Monreal, Stephano Bianca, Cameron Rashti, Francesco Siravo, Fairouz R. Nishanova, Theodore C. Levin Discutants: Hassan Aourid, Hassan Chami, Bertrand Collomb, Emmanuel Dierckx de Casterlé, Jean-Louis Guigou, Katherine Marshall, Pierre Rabhi, Jean Robert Reznik
5:30 - 7:30 p.m	Encounters Workshops Topic: Cultural Diversity and Development
	L’équipe AKTC : Stefano Bianca, Theodore C. Levin, Luis Monreal, Fairouz R. Nishanova, Cameron Rashti, Francesco Siravo Autres intervenants : Mohammed Aziza, Abdel Salam Bouzoubaa, Sabah Chraïbi, Abdou Jouahri, Amina Laraki, Emmanuel Leprince, Abdelkebir Mezouar, Mohamed M’jid, James Parks Morton, Adnan Raïs, Fouad Serghini, Hassan Slaoui, Sophie Stenbeck, Naïma Tajmouati, Abderrahim Yamou, Hassan Zaoual, Souad Zebdi

Tuesday 7 June: Healing the Memory
In partnership with the World Bank

8:30	Welcome
8:45-9:15	Introductions
	Musical interlude Resumé of the third day : Katherine Marshall Introduction : Faouzi Skali
9:15 - 12:30	Round-table Discussion
	Haleh Bridi, Roland Cayrol, Leïla Chahid, Susan Collin Marks, Mario Giro, Hillel Levine, Simon Lévy, Alain Michel, Jean-claude Petit, René Roudaut, Nouzha Skalli, Nikolaus van der Pas
5:30 - 7:30 pm	Encounters Workshops Topic: Healing the Memory
	Abdelatif Azizi, Hamid Berrada, Henry Bonnier, Susan Collin Marks, Hillel Levine, John Marks, Mireille Mendès France, Jean-Claude Petit, Abraham Ségal, Judith Straub
	Two Film Screenings and debates with the authors
	- Nashe Maalo by Susan Collin Marks and John Marks (25’) Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish and Roma children in Macedonia - The Sulha Project in the Holy Land by Eliyahu McLean (20’)

 

Wednesday 8 June : Forging a Common Future in the Middle East
In partnership with the World Bank

8:30	Welcome
8:45 - 9:15	Introductions
	Musical interlude Resumé of the fourth day : Katherine Marshall Introduction : Faouzi Skali
9:15 - 12:30	Round-table Discussion
	Ahmed Abbadi, Christophe Aguiton, André Azoulay, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bokhari, Laurence Deoanna, Eliyahu McLean, Jean-Louis Sarbib, Eyal Sivan
5:30 - 7:30 p.m	Encounters Workshops Topic: Forging a Common Future
	Aïcha Belarbi, Rajae Benchemsi, Mohammed Reda Benchemsi, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bokhari, Hamid Berrada, Laurence Deoanna, Abderrahim Hafidi, Ja’far Kansoussi, Alfons Martinel, Eliyahu Mc Lean, Luciano Parejo, Jesús Prieto, Jean-Louis Sarbib, Nikolaus van der Pas
9:00 - 11 p.m	Encounters Workshops Screening of two films (2 x 52 minutes) by Susan Collin Marks and John Marks, and a debate with the authors
	The Shape of the Future concerning the Israeli/Palestinian conflict