DRAFT PROGRAMME

9:30
Welcome Speeches:
Malika Benarab-Attou MEP; Helga Trüpel MEP; Oriol Junqueras MEP and François Alfonsi MEP

TESTIMONIES / PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTS

Chair:  tbn

10:00
Three proverbial conditions
Toni Casalonga, Corsica

10:10
Artist and cohesion

• Jordi Herreruela, co-ordinator of the project 'Cases de la música popular de Catalunya'
• Ahmed El Attar,  independent theater director and general manager of Studio Emad Eddin Foundation, in Cairo
• Nevenka Koprivšek, artist and art manager of Bunker and Mladi Levi Festival,  Ljubljana

10:40
Verrückte Kunst - art en folie
Hellena Harttung, communication officer and Andrea Herbst, artist from Blaumeier, Bremen

11:00
Artists and quartiers/banlieues

• Christiane Vericel (Image Aiguë), artist, Lyon
• Patries Wichers (International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation - MUS-E arts at school), artist, Brussels / Antwerpen

11:15
Debates

11.30
Informal Coffee Break

EUROPEAN UNION vs. LOCAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES

Chair: tbn

11:50
Culture Action Europe
Ilona Kish, Secretary General

12:00
International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
Marianne Poncelet, Vice President

12:10
Banlieues d'Europe
Jean Hurstel, President

12:30
Wrapping up and actions
Valorisation of artists' actions and recognition of their impact