EUROPEAN UNION
PROMOTING GLOBALIZATION
OF PEACE AND SOLIDARITY
AESI is launching a Forum of European University Students with the Patronage of the President
of the European Parliament which will be held in Rome the 24th and 25th of June, 2008. The main
topics of the Forum will be focused on the analysis of the new Treaty of Lisbon and the future of
the European Union. The general title of the Forum will be: “European Union Promoting
Globalisation of Peace and Solidarity”. The programme will be organized in sessions focusing on
the following main topics: human rights, integration and solidarity, peace and security, economic
and energetic cooperation, etc. The Forum will represent a final process of analysis prepared
during the academic year 2008 by the university students through seminars, workshops and
conferences at local levels in their Countries. AESI is concentrating its academic year seminars of
studies 2008 to this preliminary programme of preparation of the European Forum. The
participants will come from different European Union Universities (delegations composed of 4
university students for each Member State). AESI has identified one coordinator for each
delegation in collaboration with EUCA (European Association of University Colleges) and ARSS
(Roman Association for Studies and Solidarity). They will stay for a couple of days in order to
discuss the final document that will be submitted to the Presidency of the European Parliament in
Rome. The Forum is sponsored by the “Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari”.
PROGRAMME
29 February 2008 – Presidency of the European Parliament
11.30 am:
Greetings:
Mr. Antonio Preto – Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament Team leader Internal Policies (Brussels)
Mr. Rocco Antonio Cangelosi – Italian Ambassador to the European Union Permanent Mission to the European Union (Brussels)
Mr. Massimo Caneva – President of AESI (Italy)
Mr. Guido Lenzi – Ambassador and Scientific Committee of AESI (Italy)
Mr. Gian Luca Giovannucci – President of EUCA (Italy)
Mr. Cesareo Pacioni – Associazione Nazionale fra le Banche Popolari (Italy) Mr. Antonio Romano – Director of Medin Europe (Brussels)
12.00 pm:Interventions of the Coordinators from Countries of the European Union
1.30 pm: Lunch Break
2.30 pm: Preliminary Coordination Plan for the European University FORUM
Introduction of Mr.Antonio Macchia – Secretary General of AESI (Italy)
Mr. Enrique Banus – Professor Jean Monet Chair – University of Navarra (Spain)
4.00 pm: Conclusions
