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Eucoco 2009: Program

Friday, November 20th, 2009

4.00 pm Welcome and conference pack collection.

5.00 pm Conference opening. Speeches by:

  • Núria Salamé, president, Catalan Association of Friends of the Saharawi People (ACAPS).
  • Pierre Galand, president, European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO).
  • Oualad Musa, representative for Catalonia, Polisario Front.
  • Representatives of Catalan institutions.

6.00 pm Speeches by:

  • Mohammed Abdelaziz, president, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
  • José Taboada, president, National Coordinator of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara (CEAS).
  • Miquel Carrillo, chair of the parliamentary intergroup Peace and Freedom in the Sahara, Parliament of Catalonia.
  • Raúl Romeva, European Parliament Intergroup.
  • Aminetou Haidar, Sahrawi activist.
  • Institutions and organisations.
  • International delegations.

6.00 pm Coffee break.

7.00 pm Working group and workshop presentations. Speeches by:

  • Pierre Galand, president, Coordination and Support to the Sahrawi People (Task Force): “Management Report 2009 and Future Challenges”.
  • Mohamed Sidati, advising minister to the presidency and Polisario Front representative for Europe: “Conflict Situation and Future Perspectives”.
  • Carmelo Ramírez, member of the Task Force and president of the Federation of State Institutions in Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (FEDISSAH): “Work Plan. Initiatives and Priorities for 2010”.

8.00 pm Official premiere of El problema. Testimonio del pueblo saharaui (The Problem. Testimony of the Sahrawi People), a documentary by Jordi Ferrer and Pablo Vidal about the human rights situation in the occupied zone.

9.30 pm Official dinner.

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

9.00 am Meeting of institutional representatives.
Meeting of working groups and workshops.

11.00 am Coffee break.

11.30 am Meeting of working groups and workshops (continued).
Meeting of institutional representatives (continued).

2.00 pm Lunch in the Fòrum complex.

4.30 pm Meeting of working groups and workshops (continued).

7.30 pm Demonstration of solidarity. Mass gathering in Plaça San Jaume.

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

9.30 am Speeches by delegations and brief addresses by institutions and organisations in attendance.

10.30 am Presentation of the working groups’ conclusions and declaration by institutional representatives.

12.30 pm Coffee break.

12.45 pm Speech by Mohammed Abdelaziz, president, SADR.

1.30 pm Closing ceremony and final declaration of the conference.