FRIDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER

15 h

Inscription and distribution of documentation and credentials

17 h

Official Opening of the Conference in the Universitat politecnica de  Valencia  Centro de cooperación para el desarrollo. Vicerrectorado de Cooperacion. Edificio 6G, CAMINO DE VERA s/n

Opening session: First part:

            - Speech by authorities of the Region of Valencia

            - Speech by representatives of the POLISARIO Front

  - Speech by representatives of the Federation of Associations for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (FASPS P.V)

Second part: Speeches by:

            - POLISARIO Front (Mohamed Abdelaziz, General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President of the RASD)

   - Task Force, Pierre Gala

   - CEAS (Jose Taboada)

            - Political and social forces

            - Parliamentary intergroups (Region of Valencia, CCAA, Congress, Senate, European Parliament)

            - Relevant International Delegations

            - Saharan Activists

            - Via Democrática (The Democratic Way) representatives

19 h

Break

Start of the working sessions with the intervention of:

19.30 h

Mohamed Sidati. Counsellor Minister of Presidency and European Representative of the POLISARIO Front for Europe.

‘The situation of the conflict and future prospects’

19.45 h

Pierre Galand, President of the European Coordination Committee in Solidarity with the Sahrawian People (Task Force).

‘Management report 2008 and future challenges’

20 h

Carmelo Ramirez, member of Task Force and President of FEDISSAH.

‘Working plan. Initiatives and priorities for 2009’

20.15  h

Manuel Ollé Sesé, President of the Spanish APDH.

‘Report on the claim for the genocide committed to the People of Western Sahara’

20.30 h

Further information about the Conference

20.45 h

Assembly of the working teams for the workshops

SATURDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER

9 h

Bus transfer from the hotels to the Universitad Politécnica

9,30 h

Workshops

11,30 h

Coffee Break

12 h

Workshops

14,30 h

Lunch at the Restaurant of the Universidad Politécnica

16,30 h

Workshops

20,00 h

Bus transfer to the meeting point. Important to bring a garment red

SUNDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER

9 h

Bus transfer from the hotels to the Universitad Politécnica

9,30 h

Interventions of delegations and personalities

10,30 h

Conclusions of the workshops and working teams

Continuation of the workshops and working teams

12.30 h

Closing Ceremony PALAU DE LA MUSICA DE VALENCIA. Speeches by:

            - Representatives of the Valencian Institutions

            - Pierre Galand, President of the European Coordinating Committee on solidarity with the Sahrawian People.

            - Intervention by representatives of the Polisario Front

13.00h

Conference’s final statement

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