Plenary Session 1

 

• Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague and Chair of the UCLG Committee on City Diplomacy, Peace-building and Human Rights 
• Jan Pronk, Chairman of the Interchurch Peace Council, former UN special envoy and former minister in The Netherlands (The Netherlands)
• Bertrand Delanoë, UCLG President and Mayor of Paris
• Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations

• François Albert Amichia, Mayor of Treichville, President of the Union of Cities and Towns of Ivory Coast

• Abdul Ahad Sahebi, Mayor of Kabul (Afghanistan)

• Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in The Netherlands

 

Plenary Session 2

 

• Miguel Bermeo, Deputy of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
• Arne Musch, Senior project manager VNG International (The Netherlands)

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

• Jan Pronk, former UN special envoy and former minister in The Netherlands

• Dubravka Suica, Mayor of Dubrovnik, Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of the Council of Europe

 

Session A1

• Antoni P. Fogué y Moya, President of the Province of Barcelona (Spain)
• Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations and Former President of the Portuguese Republic
• Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Prof. of International Law, Mohamed V University, Rabat, (Morocco) and former President of the European Commission’s High Level Advisory Group on Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Area
• Pedro Castro, Mayor of Getafe (Spain) and President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities
• Manel Manonelles, Director of the Foundation for Peace Culture

Session A2

 

• Jacques Jobin, Head of International Relations, City of Montreal (Canada)
• Antoine Sawadogo, former Minister of Burkina Faso, President of the NGO ACERECIT (Burkina Faso)
• François Albert Amichia, Mayor of Treichville (Ivory Coast)
• Charles Josselin, Chairman of Cités Unies (France)
• Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Mayor of Kigali (Rwanda) and President of RALGA
• Norbert Mao, Mayor of Gulu (Uganda)
• Michael Ochieng, Director of Africa Peace Point (Kenya)
• Jack Ogolla, Mayor of Tororo Municipality (Uganda)

• Samuel Onyango Okello, Mayor of Kisumu (Kenya)

 

Session A3

 

• Xolile George, Chief Executive Officer of SALGA, the South African Local Government Association (South Africa)
• Amos Masondo, Chairperson of SALGA and Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg (South Africa)
• Hazel Jenkins, Deputy Chairperson of SALGA

 
Session A4

• Ronald W. Johnson, senior policy advisor for international development at RTI
• Abdulkhadim Khudair Ajeel, President of Iraqi local government association and Baghdad Governorate Council (Iraq)
• Nariman Abulkadir Ibraheem, Vice-president of Iraqi local government association and Erbil Governorate Council (Iraq)

 

Session A5

 

• Carlos Pinto Guardado, Executive Director of the Association of Municipalities of the Republic of  El Salvador
• Simon Antonio Amaya, Mayor of Tecoluca (El Salvador)
• Emilio Espín Amprimo,  Director CORDES, Foundation  for the cooperation and the community development of El Salvador, Tecoluca (El Salvador)
• Gilberto Muňoz, Mayor of Corinto (Colombia)

 

Session A6

• David Robinson, Good Relations Officer, Belfast City Council (Northern Ireland)
• Conor Maskey, Councilor Belfast City Council (Northern Ireland)

 

Session A7

• Nalaka Siriwardena, MCP Program Officer (Sri Lanka)
• Nithyarajani Satheeskumar, Batticaloa CSF Local Coordinator (Sri Lanka)
• Razeen Kalanthar Lebbe Mohamed, Resident on the Kalmunai Community Advisory Committee (Sri Lanka)
• Judithrani Stephen, Trincomalee CSF Local Coordinator (Sri Lanka)
• Mohamed Nabavi Mohamed Navavi, Councilor, Matara Municipal Council (Sri Lanka)

 

Session B1

 

• Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace
• Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima (Japan) and President of Mayors for Peace  (video message)
• Irma Dioli, Councillor for Participation, Peace, International Cooperation, Sport, and Youth Policies, Milan Province (Italy)

•Josep Mayoral I Antigas, Mayor of Granollers (Spain)

 

Session B2

• Jelte van Wieren, Fragility and Peace-Building Unit, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Bruce Baker, Professor of African Security, Coventry University (United Kingdom)
• Miguel Bermeo, Deputy of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

• Thomas Parks, Regional Director for Governance and Conflict programs, The Asia Foundation
• Alexandre Marc, Lead Specialist Conflict, Crime and Violence, World Bank
• Arne Musch, Senior Project Manager VNG International (The Netherlands)
• Ivor Wells, Local Government Association, LGA (United Kingdom)

• Ronald W. Johnson, PhD, RTI International

Session B3

 

• Antoine Ntwari, Chairman of the Ruhororo Council and member of the Senate (Burundi)
• Pierre Mupira, Vice Minister in charge of Community Development (Burundi)
• Jane Knight, Councilor at Warwick District Council (United Kingdom)

• Barryl Biekman, Senior policy advisor International Cooperation and Business in the Community at the Department of International Affairs of the City of the Hague

• Herbert A. George Williams, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

• Umaru B. Wurie, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation (Sierra Leone)

 

Session B4

• Anne-Marie Jorritsma, Mayor of Almere (the Netherlands) and President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG)
• Farid Jaber, Director Project and Development Department, Beit Sahour Municipality (Palestine)
• Ihab Sabbah, Head of Strategic Planning and IT Departments, Nazareth Municipality (Israel)
• Nader S. S. Khatib, Good Water Neighbours Project, Friends of the Earth Middle East (Palestine)
• Claude Nicolet, Chairman of the French Network of Decentralised Cooperation for Palestine (France)

 

Session B5

 

• Jesús Ramírez  Cano, Secretary of the Interior of the Medellín Municipality (Colombia)

• Carlos Andrés Betancur, Mayor of Jambaló (Colombia)
• Enelia Salinas Chivatá, Mayor of Caldono (Colombia)
• Gilberto Munoz, Mayor of Corinto (Colombia)
• Gilberto Toro, Executive Director, Federation of Colombian Municipalities (Colombia)

 

Session B6

• Ulrich Bohner, Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (The Netherlands)

• Klelija Balta, senior policy adviser of UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Stanka Parac, support partnership manager ALDA (Serbia)
• Bajram Rexhepi, Mayor of Mitrovica (Kosovo)

 

Session B7

• Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General of UCLG
• Heinrich Hoffschülte, District-Councilor in Münster (Germany) and the CEMR Official Representative on the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA)
• Antonio Papisca, Professor of International Relations and International Protection of Human Rights at the University of Padua (Italy)
• Keith Whitmore, Councilor in Manchester (United Kingdom) and Plenary Chair of the Institutional Committee of the Council of Europe

 

Session C1

 

• Jim Hunt, Immediate Past President National League of Cities (USA)
• Osman Baydemir, Mayor of Metropolitan Diyarbakir (Turkey), Vice-Chair of the UCLG Committee on City Diplomacy, Peace-building and Human Rights
• Alexandre Marc, Lead Specialist Conflict, Crime and Violence Social Development, World Bank
• Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (The Netherlands)
• Berry Vrbanovic, Vice-President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Councilor from Kitchener (Canada)
• Jordi Capdevila, Commissioner of the Mayor, Barcelona International Centre for Peace (Spain)

 

Session C2

 

• Jacques Jobin, Head of International Relations, City of Montreal (Canada)
• Antoine Sawadogo, former Minister of Burkina Faso, President of the NGO ACERECIT (Burkina Faso)
• François Albert Amichia, Mayor of Treichville (Ivory Coast)
• Charles Josselin, Chairman of Cités Unies (France)
• Antoine Ntwari, Municipal Councillor and member of the Senate (Burundi)
• Michael Ochieng, Director of Africa Peace Point (Kenya)
• Jack Ogolla, Mayor of Tororo (Uganda)
• Faustin Serubanza, Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities
• Samuel Onyango Okello, Mayor of Kisumu (Kenya)
 

Session C3

• Pierre Shapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris (France)
• Helina Kokkarinen, International Affairs Unit, Ministry of the Interior (Finland)

• Patrick Gavigan, Member of the Standby Team of Mediation Experts, UN Department of Political Affairs

 

Session C4

• Kenneth Bush, Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Saint Paul University (Canada)
• Jean-Michel Daclin, Deputy Mayor of the city of Lyon (France)
• Klelija Balta, senior policy adviser of UNDP, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Session C5

• Ralph Pans, Secretary General of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG)
• Onno van Veldhuizen, Mayor of Hoorn (The Netherlands), Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
• Abdullah Demirbaş, Mayor of Sur Municipality (Turkey)
 

Session C6

• Dion van den Berg, Senior Policy Advisor, IKV Pax Christi (The Netherlands)
• Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Mayor of Kigali (Rwanda) and President of RALGA
• Silvia Marcoccio, City Diplomacy Affairs, The Glocal Forum (Italy)
• Paolo Parisi, Dean of the University of Sport (IUSM) Rome (Italy)
• Brian Thompson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
 
Session C7

• Martin Chávez,  Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)  
• Jan Breyne, Chief Executive of the Municipality of Ieper (Belgium)
• Irma Dioli, Councilor for Participation, Peace, International Cooperation, Sport, and Youth Policies, Milan Province (Italy)
• Semiha Borovac, Mayor of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

 

Final Plenary Session

 

• Osman Baydemir, Mayor of Metropolitan Diyarbakir (Turkey)
• Giulio Cozzari, President of the Perugia Region (Italy)
• Jesús Ramírez  Cano, Government Secretary of the Municipality of Medellín, representing Mayor Alonso Salazar (Colombia)
• Karine Daniel, Deputy Mayor of Nantes
• Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague and Chair of the UCLG Committee on City Diplomacy, Peace-building and Human Rights.
• Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General of UCLG