The Berlin Initiative:

13:00

Lunch Session

Special Lunch Session

Lunch Session

14:00

Welcome by Gjorge Ivanov
(President of North Macedonia 2009-19)
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Message from the Club of Skopje

Ivan Ivanov
(Chairman of the Board, International Center Alliance of Civilizations)
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Message form the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce

Trajan Angeloski
(President of Macedonian Chamber of Commerce)
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Welcome Message by Emil Constantinescu
(President of Romania 1996-2000)
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Middle East Now

Vlad Nistor
(Former President of the Senate, University of Bucharest; Former Romanian MP & MEP)
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Attila Gyorgy       
(State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Finance of Romania)

André Azoulay
(Counsellor to H.M. King Mohammed VI, Morocco)

Panel Discussion 1

„The Trump Administration Efforts towards Peace between Israel and Palestine / Egyptian and Jordanian Position / Internal Political Situation in Israel and in Palestine“

Moderator: Andreas Reinicke

Panelists:  Hiba Husseini, Hesham Youssef, Farah Badour

14:30

Miguel Ángel Moratinos
(United Nations Under-Secretary-General, High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations)

15:00

Akkan Suver
(President of the Marmara Group Foundation)

Jörg Walendy
(Representative of the German Foreign Ministry)

Panel Discussion 2

„The Role of the Gulf / Arab States and the Prospects for Them to put Boots on the Ground / The Rebuilding of Gaza and the Options for a non-Hamas Government in the Gaza Strip“

Moderator: Miguel Moratinos

Panelists:Samieh Al Abed, Nitzan Horowitz, Ann Linde

15:15

Igweobi Anietom chuzi
(CEO, Nigeria AC Drugs Ltd.)

Martin Frick
(Director of the WFP Global Office Berlin)

15:30

The "United States of the Middle East": A Workable Solution to Permanent Peace

Sheikh Ramzy
(Oxford Islamic Information Center)

What are the Economic Benefits of Global Migration?

Jean-Philippe Chauzy
(Chief of Mission, IOM Germany)

15:45

Equality, Peace, and Prosperity: The True Foundations of a Just Green Transition

Leila Ali Elmi
(Member of the Parliament of Sweden)

Massimo d'Alema
(Prime Minister of Italy 1998-2000; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006-8)

16:00

Tea, Coffee & Refreshments

Tea, Coffee & Refreshments

16:30

A New World Order—What Role for Europe and the UK

Jack McConnell   
(First Minister of Scotland (2001-07))

The Need for Diplomacy in the New World (dis)Order

Humza Yousaf
(First Minister of Scotland 2023-24)

16:45

The Role of Education and Cultural diplomacy in Diplomatic Solution for Peace!

Katalin Bogyay
(President of UNESCO 36th General Conference; Former UN and UNESCO Ambassador of Hungary)

It’s not Worthy to Give-up: a New diplomatic Offensive for a Solution to the Israeli-Palestine Conflict is needed

Ann Linde
(Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden 2019-22)         

17:00

 From Crisis to better Policies: How to make Migration more Sustainable, Predictable and Manageable

Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar
(Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA))

Israel and Palestine - the Conditions for Peace

Erkki Tuomioja
(Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland 2000-07, 2011-15)

17:15

Europe and the East-Med: the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Perspective

Harris C. Georgiades
(Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of Cyprus)

17:30

Etleva Kadilli
(Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF)

The Reassurance Dimension in the Future Peace Agreement : the Challenges of a Third Party's Boots on the Ground

Michel Liegeois
(Senior Professor in International Relations and Security Studies at UCLouvain (Belgium))

17:45

The Prospects for Expanding the Abraham Accords and Advancing Peace between Israel and Palestine, with the Support of the Trump Administration

Nitzan Horowitz
(Former Israeli Minister for Health; Former Head of the Merez Party)

18:00

The Berlin Initiative - Opening Session
Chair: Yossi Beilin & Hiba Husseini

Opening Remarks:

“The Two State Solution is the Inevitable Outcome for the Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Regional Stability”

Yossi Beilin
Hiba Husseini
Miguel Ángel Moratinos
André Azoulay
Massimo d'Alema
Nitzan Horowitz
Humza Yousaf
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

20:30 Welcome Group Dinner

The Holy Land Confederation (HLC) Session

“The HLC as a Practical Way to Implement the Two State Solution”

Moderator: Robert Serry

Panelists: Hiba Husseini; Yossi Beilin; Shlomo Brom

18:15

18:30

18:45

19:30

Group Dinner

Farewell Group Dinner