Facilitator: Mr Jan Pronk, former UN special envoy and former minister in The Netherlands Presentation of the research findings and defining the challenges

 

Speaker: Flavio Lotti, Director of the Italian Coordination of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights  

• Approach, key questions and conclusions of the research on City Diplomacy by Arne Musch, Senior project manager VNG International 
• Video interview of key players in the case studies
• Comments by Mr. Miguel Bermeo, Deputy of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
• Suica, Mayor of Dubrovnikand lst Vice President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of the Council of Europe
• Ian Micallef, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of the Council of Europe

Dialogue: Defining the challenges and the agenda for the conference, including presentation of the draft of the ‘The Hague Agenda on City Diplomacy – towards a stronger role for local governments in conflict prevention, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction’.