Summer University of the Party of the European Left 2008 in co-operation with transform! Europe, Spain.
http://valenciasummeruniversity.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, July 22 to Sunday, July 26
Arrival Wednesday 22 July, welcoming at ExpoHotel from 16:00
http://www.expohotelvalencia.com/
Cost per participant € 100, excluding travel expenses.
Programme
The working languages of the summer university are English and Spanish.. Each day will have its theme of the day and each day there will be a plenary with several topics and speakers. The sessions have been organised by the EL and Transform! Europe.
Wednesday 22 July ::: Arriving day
Accommodation of the participants
20:30 – Welcome dinner. Get to know each other.
Thursday 23 July ::: Theme of the day: Global economic crisis: theoretical and practical challenge for the modern Left
Plenary 09:00 -13:00
09:00 – 09:30
Opening by Paco Frutos (PCE) and representative of Transform! Europe
09:30 – 10:45 Presentation and discussion
The anatomy of the European crisis
Speaker: Richard Detje (Sozialismus/Germany
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Presentation and discussion
The social outcome of the global crisis
Speaker: Walter Baier (Transform! Austria
Lunch
Plenary 15:00 -18:00
15:00 – 15:45
The Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and the people’s rights of the Mediterranean countries
Speakers: Giusto Catania (Former PRC MEP, Italy), Speaker from AKEL tbc
15.45 – 16.30 Debate
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 Questions and answers
18:00 – 21:00 Visit of the Old Town
21:00 – Dinner
Friday 24 July ::: Theme of the day: Left political methods. From the diversity of the Left towards the common agenda
Plenary 1 9:30 – 13:30
Feminist movement
Speakers: Maite Mola (EL ExB, PCE, Spain) and Angels Castell (EuiA)
Migrant rights protection movement
Speaker: Giusto Catania (Former PRC MEP, Italy)
Trade Unions
Speaker: Horst Schmitthener (Germany)
Political Left
Speaker: Transform! n.n.
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch
Plenary 2 15:30 – 18:00
15:30 – 18:00
New political landscape after the European Elections 4-7 June 2009
Analysis of the campaigns and the results – Miguel Portas (MEP Bloco, Portugal)
16.30 – 17:00 Coffee break
18:00 – 21:00 Visit to the Albufera’s natural park
21:00 – Dinner
Saturday 25 July ::: Theme of the day: The situation around the Mediterranean sea and governemental experiences in Latin America
Plenary 1 10:00 – 12:00
New ways of development; ecology and production
Speakers: Marisa Matias (MEP Bloco, Portugal), Danish speaker tbc
12:00-13:30 The anatomy of the global crisis
Speakers: Pedro Paez (former economy minister of Ecuador), Denis Durand (PCF)
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch
Plenary 2 15:30 – 18:00
Latin America
Speakers: Valter Pomar (Sao Paolo Forum, Brasil) and Pedro Marset (EL ExB, PCE, Spain)
18:00 – 21:00 Visit to the city of Arts and Sciences
21:00 – Dinner
Sunday 26 July Closing
Plenary 1 9:00 – 12:00
Conclusion of the Summer University:
Evaluation of the Summer University. Contribution of the participants.
12:30 Closing of the Summer University. Departure of participants