Parlamento Europeo, Room ASP 3E2, ore 9.30
INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AS AN ENHANCING TOOL FOR
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
9:30-12:30
Room ASP 3E2
European Parliament
Brussels
9:30-12:30
Room ASP 3E2
European Parliament
Brussels
9:30 Opening
Antonio Tajani MEP, First Vice-President of the European Parliament
9:45 Session One: Albania, a land of coexistence
Follow-up of the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace in Tirana
Chair: György Hölvényi MEP, Co-Chairman of the Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue of the EPP Group, Member of the EU-Albania Parliamentary Delegation
Interventions:
- Mgr. Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Apostolic Nuncio from Tirana
- H.E. Andon Merdani, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
- Ali Zajmi, Vice President of the Muslim Community of Albania
- Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana
- Thomas Schrapel, Head of Konrad Adenauer Foundation Office in Tirana
- Alberto Quattrucci, Secretary General of People and Religions, Community of Sant'Egidio
10:40 Discussion opened by Monika Hohlmeier MEP, Coordinator of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Member of the EUAlbania Parliamentary Delegation
11:10 Session Two: 30 years of the Spirit of Assisi and its fruit
Chair: Jan Olbrycht MEP, Co-Chairman of the Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue, Head of the Polish Delegation of the EPP Group, Member of the EU-Montenegro Parliamentary Delegation
Interventions:
- Alojz Peterle MEP, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the EU-FYROM Parliamentary Delegation
- Mohammad Sammak, Secretary General of the National Committee for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in Lebanon
- Oded Wiener, Consultant of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Interfaith and Religious Affairs
- Fessaha Al Ghanesh, NGO Gandhi
- Jan De Volder, Cusanus Chair 'Religion, Conflict and Peace' at the Catholic University of Louvain, Community of Sant'Egidio
12:00 Discussion opened by Mairead McGuinness MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Vice-Chairwoman of the EU-Montenegro Parliamentary Delegation
12:30 End of conference