DATES From the 20th to the 24th of July 2016 LOCATION

DATES
From the 20th to the 24th of July 2016
LOCATION
Chianciano Terme- Tuscany (Italy)
Hotel Santa Chiara http://www.hotel-santachiara.it
PROGRAM
Wednesday 20 July
Morning
Arrival and accommodation
17:00 – 18:00
Opening session
Fabio Amato, EL - Rifondazione Comunista (Italy)
Maite Mola, EL vice-President - Izquierda Unida (Spain)
Haris Golemis, Transform!
Eleonora Forenza, MEP Altra Europa (Italy)
18:00
Europe, what next?
20:00
Dinner and welcome cultural activity
Thursday 21 July EUROPE
9:30 – 11:30
Plenary: Alliance against austerity: debt, euro-zone, for a
left alternative
Connie Hildebrandt, Transform!
Fabio De Masi, MEP Die Linke (Germany)
Nikos Pappas, Minister of State of the Cabinet of Greece - Syriza (Greece)
Paolo Ferrero, National Secretary Rifondazione Comunista (Italy)
Moderator: Marga Ferré, Transform!
11:30 – 12:30
Workshops: building networks and agenda (self-organized
meeting without translation)
EL Communication Working Group
13:00
Lunch
16:00 – 18:00
Plenary: The future of EU integration: the 5 Presidents'
report and the left
Marisa Matias, EL vice-President - MEP Bloco de Esquerda (Portugal)
Matt Carthy, MEP Sinn Fein (Ireland)
Maite Mola, EL vice-President - Izquierda Unida (Spain)
Neoklis SiliKyotis, vice-President of GUE/NGL - MEP Akel (Cyprus)
Moderators: Fabio Amato, EL - Rifondazione Comunista (Italy) & Roberto
Morea, Trasform!
18:00 – 20:00
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Two seminars:
EL-FEM Feminists fighting back right wing attacks on women
rights
coordination: Judith Benda, EL - Die Linke (Germany)
Europe between hope and fear, the challenge of the left and
the nightmare of the far right
Yannis Bournos, EL - Syriza (Greece)
Gilles Garnier, EL – PCF (France)
Joanna Gwiazdecka, Rosa Lux. Foundation Warsaw (Poland)
Moderator: Mario Candeias, Rosa Lux. Foundation
20:30
Dinner
21:30
Cultural activity
Friday 22 July LABOUR
9:30 – 11:30
Plenary : Against precariousness and unemployment:
working time reduction
Pierre Laurent, EL President - National Secretary PCF (France)
FIOM CGIL (Italy)
Benjamin Pestieau, member of the PTB Bureau (Belgium)
Verveine Angeli, Solidaire (France)
Moderator: Roberta Fantozzi, Responsible of Economic policies Rifondazione
Comunista (Italy)
11:30 – 12:30
Workshops: building networks and agenda (self-organized
meeting without translation)
EL Public Services Working Group
EL-FEM Network
13:00
Lunch
16:00 – 18:00
Plenary: TTIP and the others. Trade liberalization and
social, environmental and human rights
Eleonora Forenza, MEP member of International Trade committee - Altra
Europa (Italy)
Adoracion Guzman, Transform!
Hanna Sarkkinnen, MP Vasemmistoliitto (Finland)
Monica Di Sisto, Fairwatch vice-President
Moderator: Natasa Theodorakopoulou, EL - Syriza (Greece)
18:00 – 20:00
Two seminars:
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EL-FEM Feminist critique of neoliberal economy and the places
it assigns to women: strategies against impoverishing women
coordination: Hilde Grammel
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Collective bargaining and reconstruction of industry policy in
Europe
Domenico Moro, author of Globalization and Industrial Decadency
Paloma Lopez, MEP Izquierda Plural (Spain)
Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos, Transform!
Moderator: Maxime Benatouil, Espace Marx (France)
20:30 Dinner and visit of Siena
Saturday 23 July PEACE
9:30 – 11:30
Plenary: Migrants, refugees and wars
Jan Kavan, former President UN General Assembly (Czech Republic)
Asli Aydin, EL - ODP (Turkey)
Heinz Bierbaum, Die Linke (Germany)
Nektarios Bougdanis, member of the Secretariat of the Foreign Policy
Department – Syriza (Greece)
Moderator: Inger Johansen, EL - Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)
11:30 – 12:30
Workshops: building networks and agenda (self-organized
meeting without translation)
13:00
Lunch
16:00 – 18:00
Two seminars:
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EL-FEM The global humanitarian crisis: women
between (civil) wars and European border regimes
Coordination: Christiane Reymann & Birge Krondorfer
trapped
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EU neighbours policy and NATO expansion
Claudia Haydt, EL - Die Linke (Germany)
Veronika Susova-Salminen
Inna Shupak, EL - MP Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Moderator: Giovanna Capelli, EL - Rifondazione Cominsta (Italy)
18:00 – 20:00
Plenary: Conclusions of the Summer University For a
socialist, ecologist, and feminist alternative
Pierre Laurent, EL President - National Secretary PCF (France)
Alberto Garzon, Izquierda Unida coordinator (Spain)
Paolo Ferrero, National Secretary Rifondazione Comunista (Italy)
Eleonora Forenza, MEP Altra Europa (Italy)
Monica Valente, Foro de Sao Paulo Executive Secretary - PT (Brasil)
Marco Revelli, Altra Europa con Tsipras (Italy)
Connie Hildebrandt, Transform!
Panos Rigas, Syriza (Greece) TBC
20:30
Dinner
21:30
Concert
Sunday 24 departure
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Working languages: English, French, Italian
Plenaries and seminars: Professional translation. Workshops: Militant selforganized translation.
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HOW TO REACH CHIANCIANO TERME
Shuttle bus transportation will be provided from all Rome airports (Fiumicino and
Ciampino) to Chianciano Terme the 20th of July, and the 24th of July.
The 20 of July, the last shuttle from Rome airports is planned at 3 pm, to arrive in
Chianciano Terme before the Opening Session of the Summer University.
Shuttle bus transportation could be provided also from Pisa airport and from
Florence to Chianciano Terme on arrival the 20th of July, depending on the number
of participants arriving in these cities.
Alternatively, please find more details as follows:
How to arrive from Rome - Fiumicino airport:
take the "Leonardo express" train to "Roma Termini" train station
then, take the "regionale veloce" to "Chiusi-Chianciano Terme" train
station.
How to arrive from Rome - Ciampino airport:
take the "Terravision” bus to Roma Termini Rail Station
then, take the "regionale veloce" train to "Chiusi-Chianciano Terme"
train station.
How to arrive from Florence airport:
take the "Vola in bus" to the "Santa Maria Novella" Florence's train
station
then, take the "regionale" train to "Chiusi-Chianciano Terme" train
station.
How to arrive from Pisa airport:
take the "PisaMover" bus to the Pisa's central train station
then, take the "regionale" train to the "Santa Maria Novella"
Florence's train station
then, take the "regionale" train to "Chiusi-Chianciano Terme" train
station.
From "Chianciano Terme" train station there is a public bus service which reaches
the city center in no more than 20 minutes.
PARTICIPATION FEE
The participation fee includes transport from Rome and back (on the 20th and the
24th), all events in Chianciano Terme, full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and
accommodation in a three stars hotel.
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120
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single room (50 euro per day per person)
double room (40 euro per day per person)
triple room (35 euro per day per person)
triple room for students and unemployed (30 euro per day per person)
Daily visitors are of course also most welcome!
To register please follow this link:
http://www.european-left.org/service/download/summer-university-2016
The deadline for registration is 30 June 2016
Contact:
[email protected]