A World Without Walls 2011
"Promoting Peace and Stability in the Mediterranean: An International Peacebuilding Congress"
Held Parallel to "La Merce Festival 2011"
Conference Speakers
We are privileged to include as speakers many distinguished experts from the fields of international politics, diplomacy, academy, the private sector and civil society.Speakers for the Conference include:
- Anna Terrón i Cus
Secretary of State of Immigration and Migration of Spain - Anna Mercadé Ferrando
Lecturer and Author - H. E. Amb. Alon Bar
Ambassador of Israel to Spain - Aureli Argemí
Founder and President of Escarré International Centre for Ethnic Minorities and Nations (CIEMEN) - H.E. Amb. Ayman Zaineldine
Egyptian Ambassador to Spain - Caroline Madeleine,
Coordinator of Governance and Cooperation, Casa Mediterraneo - Bashkim Shehu
Writer - Prof. Dr. Carles Castellanos
Professor of the Department of Translation, University of Barcelona - The Hon. Ernest Maragall i Mira
Former Minister of Education, Catalonia - Dr. Francesc Granell Trías
Professor, Economics Department University of Barcelona - Lord Jack McConnell
Member of the House of Lords, Former First Minister of Scotland - Dr. Jaume Saura Estapà
Professor, Department of Law, University of Barcelona - The Hon. Minister Jesmond Mugliett
Minister for Urban Development and Roads of Malta - João Ribeiro de Almeida
Consul General of Portugal in Barcelona - Joseph Mifsud
President, Euro-Mediterranean University - Jozo Radoš
Member of the Croatian Parliament, Croatian People’s Party - Mr. Juan Battlo Ferrer
Economic Counselor, Consulate of the Czech Republic - Dr. Juan Merelo-Barbera
Professor, University of Barcelona - Mark C. Donfried
Director & Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - Dr. Milagros Álvarez-Verdugo
Professor of International Relations, University of Barcelona - The Hon. Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Member of the Greek Parliaments, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece - H. E. Amb. Musa Amer Odeh
Ambassador of Palestine to Spain - The Hon. Nouzha Skalli
Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of Morocco - The Hon. Petros Efthymiou
President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Member of Parliament of the Hellenic Parliament - H. E. Amb. Rolands Lappuķe
Foreign Ministry Republic of Latvia, Policy Planning Unit, Ambassador at Large - H.E. Amb. Ryszard Schnepf
Polish Ambassador to Spain - Dr. Santiago Ripol
Professor of Public International Law - The Hon. Selmo Cikotić
Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina - H. E. Amb Sotirios Varouxakis
Ambassador-Coordinator for the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens - H.E. Amb. Željana Zovko
Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Spain - H. E. Ambassador Yigit Alpogan
Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean