1st edition, Lecce – April 26-27, 2018
SUPRANATIONAL DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE
A Dialogue among Scholars, Civil Society and Creative Thinkers on Democratic Solutions to Global Challenges
The University of Salento will host a two-day event – the Supranational Democracy Dialogue– aimed at bringing together scholars of any background, NGO leaders, political activists, businessmen and all sort of innovative thinkers to discuss the big challenges that humanity is currently facing.
The main focus is on global governance, or better democratic global governance (a much less explored topic).
The event originates from the awareness that the most relevant political issues, nowadays, are – for size and complexity – out of reach of national states and need global solutions, after open inclusive debates.
Moreover, the unprecedented interconnectedness of the human family – together with the current level of technological development – has created virtual spaces where ideas can be exchanged and new democratic tools can be tested.
To involve civil society and practitioners, we invited to contribute people interested in four main issues, perfect as case studies on global governance: international migration policy and refugee protection; consequences and effects of climate change; fair-trade and sustainable development; the impact of innovation and disruptive technologies.
It came as a surprise to receive many abstracts about cross-cutting theoretical topics so, the final program was re-imagined to match the great suggestions received, to host sessions on the future of democracy (from local to global), on the reform of global institutions, on development and new technologies, on migrations and human rights, on the European Union as a lab for supranational democracy.
Panellists arrive from the US, Australia, Russia, Israel, UK, Nederland, Germany, Poland, Belgium and, of course, Italy. Attendees will come from many different places as well.
Programme
PROGRAM
APRIL 26
| LOCATION: Rettorato, Piazza Tancredi |
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8.00 – Registration |
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9.15 – Welcoming speech Rector Major of Lecce Head of Department of Legal Sciences |
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9.30 – Introduction to the Conference (Italian/English) Professor Susanna Cafaro – Supranational Politics: the Time Has Come |
| LOCATION: Seminario, Piazza Duomo (English, with translation to Italian)
10.30 – SESSION I EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRACY. FROM THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL DIMENSION |
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Chair: Ferdinando Boero – University of Salento
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| Nick Duffell – Psychotherapist and Psychohistorian, London, UK
The Identity Block. Why initiatives Towards Supranational Democracy and Governance Must Incorporate a Depth-psychological Perspective if They Are to Succeed |
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Charis Edenhofer – Founder Uniting Cultures and We are One, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Peace – a Consciousness Evolution |
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Myra Jackson – UN Permanent Representative and Focal Point on Climate Change, Diplomat of the Biosphere, Washington DC, USA Earth Renaissance: Perturbations of a Changing Planet |
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Sarah Hautzinger – Professor, Anthropology Department, Colorado College, USA Mobilizing for Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change: The Global in Local Dialogue |
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Fabio Marcelli – Research Director, Institute for International Legal Studies, CNR, Italy Participatory Democracy: Myth or Reality? |
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Planned interventions
Stefano Grasso – MSc in Plant and Animal Biotechnology, University of Udine, Italy Educated Democracy: Creating the Tools for an Aware Democratic System |
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Open Debate |
| 12.00 – SESSION II
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS: WHERE ARE WE? WHICH WAY FORWARD?
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| Round Table I (co-hosted by UNHRD and UNGSC): Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the contribution of UNHRD and UNGSC
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| Marta Laurienzo – UNHRD Brindisi Manager & Deputy Network Coordinator WFP-UNHRD
How UNHRD Anticipated the Key Role of Partnership for the Goals
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| Jacqueline Amoko – Chief Environmental Unit, UNGSC
The Environmental Strategy for the Peacekeeping Missions
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| 13.30 – Light Lunch |
| LOCATION: Seminario, Piazza Duomo (English, with translation to Italian)
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| 15.00 – Keynote Speech
Chair: Susanna Cafaro – University of Salento Joe McCannon – Co-founder, The Billions Institute, Shared Nations, Boston, USA Shared Nation: An Experiment in Global Democracy
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| 15.30 – Round Table II: New Paths for Global Interaction |
| Chair: Giuseppe Gioffredi – University of Salento |
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Giammichele De Maio – Senior Food Security Officer – CFS Secretariat, Rome, Italy The Committee on World Food Security (CFS): an Inclusive Platform to Tackle Global Complexities
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| Joseph Robertson – Global Strategy Director, Citizens Climate Lobby, USA
The Talanoa Dialogue as a First Step in Supranational Democracy
Daniel Goldman – Senior Advisor and Senior Counsel, Syntax LLC, USA; Gabriella Capone – JD/MBA Candidate, Yale University; The Governance Lab at New York University, USA; and Diana McKeage – MBA Candidate, Columbia Business School; BlocPower, PASSNYC, Khan Foundation, USA Data-driven Distributed Governance: an Ecosystems Approach
Open Debate |
| 16.40 – Coffee break
17.00 – Round Table III: Suggestions for a Reform
Chair: Saverio Di Benedetto – University of Salento
Chris Hamer – Secretary, World Citizens Association and Honorary Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia A World Community of Democratic Nations
Oded Gilad – Director, One World, Movement for Global Democracy, Israel The Climate Imperative for World Federalism
John Bunzl – Businessman, co-author, “The SIMPOL Solution”, UK Why global Agreements Are More Likely to Solve Global Challenges than Global Democracy
Open Debate
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| LOCATION: Officine Culturali Ergot, Piazzetta Falconieri (Italian only)
19.00 – Tavola rotonda organizzata dalla fondazione “Lavoro per la persona” Lavoro e Cultura come Strumento di Democrazia: Pratiche di Inclusione
Coordina: Avvocato Mauro Spedicati Con la partecipazione di: Antonella Agnoli, Luciana Delle Donne, Giorgio Tintino, Materahub
21.00 – Gala Dinner
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APRIL 27
| LOCATION: Sala Consiliare della Provincia, Palazzo dei Celestini, Via Umberto I (English, with translation to Italian)
9.00 – SESSION III MIGRATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL APPROACHES
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| Chair: Luigi Nuzzo – University of Salento
Yvonne Forsen – Deputy Head of WFP Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit, Rome, Italy At the Root of Exodus: Food Security, Conflict and International Migration
Attilio Pisanò – Professor, University of Salento, Italy Borders and Migrations: a Challenge for Human Rights
Eirikur Bergmann – Professor, Bifrost University, Iceland Anti-immigrant Conspiracy Theories of Right-wing Nationalist Populists in Europe – and How to Respond to Them –
Open Debate |
| 11.00 – Coffee Break |
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Izabela & Peter Schiffauer – Professors, WSB University in Wrocław, Poland, and Hagen University, Germany Refugee Protection, Political Asylum and Economic Migration: Subject to Democratic Contingency?
Ioannis Papageorgiou – Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Overcoming the ‘Refugee Crisis’ Debate – a single European Refugee Status
Planned Interventions
Alina Szabó – PhD Lecturer at Law Faculty, George Bacovia University of Bacau, Romania National Security as a Ground to Refuse Asylum and Refugee Protection. The Romanian Experience
Anna Iermano – PhD University of Salerno, Italy, and Valeria Tevere – PhD Candidate, University of Salerno, Italy Homosexual Asylum Seekers within the European Union
Open Debate
13.00 – Light Lunch |
| 14.30 – SESSION IV
ADDRESSING INEQUALITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD: NEW MODELS, NEW TOOLS
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| Chair: Susanna Cafaro – University of Salento
Luigi Sammartino – PhD, University of Bologna, Italy Participation of Civil Society in Sustainable Development and Fair Trade: A new Frontier for International Cooperation
Dena Freeman – Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK The Regulation of Transnational Corporations: What Role for Supra-National Democracy?
Andrea Spedicati – Co-founder and CEO of AR Dream, Italy The IV Industrial Revolution and its Technologies: a Global Challenge
Planned Interventions
Maria Augusta Fioruzzi – CEO and founding partner of De Simone & Partners SpA, Rome, Italy; Domenico Demarinis – Adjunct Professor of Fashion Law and Intellectual Property Law at UNINT, Rome, Italy, Lawyer at De Simone & Partners SpA, Rome, Italy; and Sara Cavagnero – Humanitarian Diplomacy Office, Italian Red Cross, Rome, Italy Behind the Label: Rethinking Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
Rosa Stella De Fazio – PhD, University of Naples, Italy The International Protection of Human Rights in Transnational Businesses Activities
Open Debate
16.30 – Coffee Break
17.00 – SESSION V EUROPE AS A LAB FOR SUPRANATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SOLUTIONS?
Chair: Daniele De Luca – University of Salento
Oleg Volgin – Professor, Department of State Governance and Law, Moscow Institute of International Relations, MGIMO University, Russia The Supranational Democracy and the Public Will
Fabio Masini – Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Rome III, Italy Imaging Multilevel Democratic Economic Governance?
Diletta De Cicco – Legal Consultant, Mayer Brown, Brussels, Belgium, and Mario Pagano – PhD Candidate, European University Institute, Florence, Italy Public interest Litigation before European Courts: a Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Planned Interventions
Federico Bonomi – Student, IUSS and University of Pavia and Representative of RIASISSU, Association of Italian Excellence Schools, Italy European Instruments for Environmental Policy and Resources for Supranational Democracy
Audric Alexandre – Chargé de mission chez PACE, France PACE: a European Transnational Party
Open Debate
LOCATION: OFFICINE CANTELMO 20.00 – Apulian Wine and Food Excellence Party
Presentation of the conclusions: the Supranational Democracy Manifesto Presentation of Unisalento Music & Wine
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REGISTRATION
The registration is required to attend the event
CONFERENCE FEES UNTIL APRIL 10th
Free full conference pass for Unisalento students (registration before the deadline)
– 60 euros: full conference pass
– 120 euros: full conference pass plus gala dinner on April 26
(Full conference pass includes: five sessions, lunches and coffee breaks, closing party.)
Late registration – on-line and on the spot – available with an extra payment of 50 euros
Logistic info and registrations: http://supranationaldemocracy.unisalento.it
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Scientific Coordinators: Susanna Cafaro, Saverio Di Benedetto
Organizing Committee: Simone De Michele, Giuseppe Gioffredi, Claudia Morini, Silvia Solidoro, Rosa Stella De Fazio, Mauro Spedicati, Francesca Leucci, Stefania Attolini, Angelo Ardito, Melania Vicentelli.
For further information please contact: info@supranationaldemocracy.net
For further information please contact: info@supranationaldemocracy.net
We thank for the precious support:
- Commissione paritetica docenti-studenti dei C.d.L. di area politologica.
- Democracy Without Borders
- Workable World Trust
- Consorzio di tutela del Primitivo di Manduria
- Consorzio di tutela Salice Salentino
- Elsa Lecce
- Pasticceria Martinucci
- Vesta Hotels
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