Syndicate: <ties-list> Reinvent Europe: Meeting with History/Agora/Athens/29 May98

[diana@mrf.hu (Diana McCarty)]

>Subject: <ties-list> Reinvent Europe: Meeting with History/Agora/Athens/29
>May98
>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 98 01:18:22 +0200
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>Please circulate this email to any party which could be interested in
>Europe's future.
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>Meeting with History
>29th May 1998, at the in Agora in Athens ,
>to participate in the Reinvention of Europe for the year 2020
>
>*** INVITATION***
>
>IX Agora of Prometheus-Europe
>Reinvent Europe : launching of the Project EUROPE 2020
>29th -30th May 1998
>Agora, Athens
>Greece
>
>organised by Prometheus-Europe and Prometheus-Athens
>with the support of the Greek Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture
>and the City of Athens.
>
>### Why this Agora ?###
>* To get together and choose our common future
>* This IX Agora of Prometheus-Europe will launch a project to
>prepare an Agenda Europe 2020
>* to provoke an interactive debate involving thousands of active
>members of our civile society from all around Europe, and even further,
>through
>the Internet; which will, by March 1999 (three months before the European
>elections),
>result in the distribution across the European Union of the Agenda Europe
>2020.
>
>### Who are we? ###
>We (Prometheus-Europe, the Club 2020 and our numerous partner
>organisations) represent the first generations who have been born
>in the European Community. For us this meeting with the history is not a
>choice but a necessity.
>We are over hundreds of active citizens voluntarily working in
>Prometheus-Europe association and its dozens of local Clubs. Since our
>creation almost ten years ago we have supported the construction of the
>European Union, taking a critical perspective,
>by emphasising the necessity for of its simplification
>and democratisation. Over the last 6 years Prometheus-Europe has
>developed networks
>in all the continents in order to understand better what will be at stake
>in the next decades. For us it is not a question of "making Europe" a
>sacred goal
>but rather one of learning how to use the European Union as an
>instrument and put it into service of the people and not just the states.
>
>### What will we debated? ###
>The future challenges facing Europe and which the EU should face with
>success.
>* The ideas of the Single Market and the Euro date back to the late
>80's. After the year 2002 and the introduction of the Euro, what
>direction will the EU take?
>* After the shock caused by Maastricht and the clear signal that
>European citizens had their word to say in the construction of
>Europe, and in the light of the Internet revolution, how will
>the Union respond to the growing interest of people to  participate
>in the elaboration of tomorrow's Europe.
>* Faced with ever growing complexity and massiveness of the Community
>administration and political system, how will the Union succeed in
>simplifying itself and increasing its efficiency ?
>* With the enlargement programme, how will the Union ensure the
>harmonious integration of so many different nations ?
>* Vis-a-vis its neighbours, how will the Union, an emerging power,
>organise its relations ?
>* In order to meet the challenges of globalisation and issues affecting
>the entire planet,can the EU provide an example for peaceful cooperation
>and solidarity between nations ?
>*In order to continue to develop affluent societies, based on principles
>of solidarity, how will the EU respond to the new educational and
>training needs of its citizens; and how will it ensure the
>competitiveness of its enterprises ?
>
>### Where will the debate take place? ###
>* Where democracy and Europe have been founded : the Agora in Athens ;
>and where it will grow from now on: the Internet.
>* On Friday 29th May at 4.oo p.m. the conference begins in the Agora,
>Athens.
>* On Saturday 30th May the conference will begin at 9.oo a.m. and
>continues untill 6.oo p.m. in the auditorium of the Greek Ministry of
>Foreign Affairs.
>* On the night of Saturday 30th, there will be a big party to celebrate
>the future of Europe.
>
>### Who will speak ?
>* You, the Eurocitizens of Europe
>* Representatives of associations, professors, local community officials,
>journalists, researchers, students... actors of the civil society from
>across the whole of the European Community and from partner countries;
>together with representatives of public institutions
>and firms.
>* Several thousands of actors from civil society will be informed and
>invited to participate, through Internet.
>
>### How will the debate be organised ? ###
>* Personalities  (max.10) and first of all participants (max. 40) can
>make a speech in the Agora (5 min. max.) in round-table discussions. Such
>participants will be chosen by the organisers taking into account the
>quality and originality of their contribution.
>* Participants can discuss informally during the two days of conference
>or contribute to nourish the Europe 2020 discussion lists and the 2020
>web site. The intervenants will be chosen by the organisers taken in to
>account the quality and the original aspect of their contribution.
>If you would like to apply to be one of the particpants who speak at
>the Agora SEND US YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS (500 words max.) BY E-MAIL BEFORE
>THE 30th
>AVRIL .
>* Working languages will be English and French.
>* Presentation of a two page preparatory documents will be sent by
>e-mail to everybody interested. A first draft of the Agenda Europe 2020
>(10 pages) will be sent to all participants both physical and virtual, on
>the 1st May. It will serve
>as a presentation until Agora.
>
>### How to participate in the launching of the agenda EUROPE 2020 ###
>If you wish to participate actively in the Agora, by contributing to
>the project 2020 or making a presentation, don't hesitate to contact us.
>
>### How can you take part in Agora? ###
>There will be a participation fee which includes access to the
>conference, workpapers, final conclusions and the buffet : 150 Euro
>(students 75 Euro).
>After the 1st of May, any registration will be submitted to a higher fee:
>200 Euro (students 100 Euro). Prometheus and Club 2020 members are
>exempted of fees.
>
>### How to participate in the launching of the Agenda EUROPE 2020 ? ###
>If you wish to intervene actively in the preparation of Agora, the
>contents or the presentations in Agora (panels), don't hesitate to
>contact us.
>When it comes to your aeroplane or hotel reservations we can give
>you some useful addresses including especially accommodation at reduced
>prices for participants of the Agora.
>Remember to make your reservations well in advance since it is a
>long weekend in most of the European countries (Monday holiday) and Athens
>is a popular destination in May.
>
>**** Information and registration:
>To receive a registration form or more information,
>please contact
>Marianne RANKE-CORMIER
>Secretary General
>Prometheus-Europe
>centre@prom.org
>
>Also do visit also our Web pages : http ://www.prom.org
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