THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
About the Conference:
CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT
CONFERENCE 2008
EDRC
This Conference is aimed at all those concerned about Poverty in Malta, the Mediterranean, Europe and the
World – its causes, its impact on our security and the values and mechanisms required to address the
challenge of eliminating it. The Conference brings together a number of leading figures, activists and
academics to address these issues.
The Conference will look to the future, using as a starting point the findings of a 300 page Report produced
over the last year by the EDRC, and written by a number of experts from academia and NGO activism. This
Report, titled “The Fight Against Poverty”, has already been printed and is offered exclusively to those
registering for the Conference, to whom it is immediately available on registration.
JEAN MONNET
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
With the Support of the European
Commission
0800 Registration
Marie Louise Suite – Level 7
Radisson SAS Bay Point Resort
St. Julian‟s
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0850
24 September 2008
1150 The EU-Med Partnership and the EU
Neighbourhood Policy: Poverty Policy
Strategies and Priorities in the Mediterranean
Dr Deniz Ilgaz
0845 Welcome Address
Prof. Peter G. Xuereb
University of Malta
Opening Address
Dr Chris Said
Parliamentary Secretary for Public Dialogue
and Information
Assistant Professor - Bogazici University,
Istanbul
1215 Discussion
1245 Lunch
Poverty in Malta and Beyond – An overview
Thinking about Poverty
0900 The Causes and Faces of Poverty – People
on the Move
Mgr. Philip Calleja
Malta Emigrants Commission
1400 Intercultural Societies and
Glo-cal Citizenships
Prof. Aluisi Tosolini
Professor, Universita` Cattolica di Piacenza
0925 Family-Oriented Policies and Economic
Stability of the Family
Mgr. Victor Grech
Director of Caritas – Malta
1430
Thinking about Poverty in Malta
Dr Angela Abela
Rev. Dr Carmel Tabone
Lecturers – University of Malta
Multiple Registration
(2 places or more): €40 per person
Students: €25
0950
Poverty in Malta and Europe
Ms. Angele Deguara
Assistant Lecturer – Junior College, Malta
1500
Positioning Poverty Within
Transdisciplinarity
Prof. Sue McGregor
Director, Mount St. Vincent University
“LATE” Registration Fee €60
1015
European and Global „Poverty
Governance‟
Dr Neila Akrimi
Associate Researcher at the Centre d’Etudes
et De Recherches sur le Parténariat EuroMediterranéen (CERPEM)
1530
Coffee Break
1600
Predictable Poverty: The Inevitable
Legacy of a Neo-Liberal Europe
Dr Susan George
Chairperson of Transnational Institute
Amsterdam
Focusing on the Mediterranean
1630
1100 The Informal Sector and Poverty in the
Mediterranean
Prof. Necdet Saglam
Professor, Anadolu University, Eskisehir
Turkey
The Obligations of Rich Countries
and World Poverty
Prof. Brian Barry
Professor of Political Philosophy
Columbia University
1700
Discussion
1745
Conference Close
REGISTRATION FEE
includes:
Civil Society Project Report
Refreshments and Lunch
Follow-up CD
“EARLY” Registration Fee €48
(till Wednesday 3rd September 2008)
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(from Thursday 4 September 2008)
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1040 Coffee Break
1125 Women and Rural Poverty
Prof. Fatiha Sahli
Director of the Laboratoire de Recherches
sur le Coopération Internationale pour le
Développement (LRCID)
For registration please return the registration form, with cheque payable to:
University of Malta (EDRC) and addressed to : Communications Officer, EDRC,
University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080
Tel: (356) 23402136 (356) 23402001 Fax: (356) 21337624 Email: romina.zammit@um.edu.mt