TUESDAY, 25
NOVEMBER 1997
| 9.30 am: |
Working Group
Sessions |
| The
presentation of project documents for Essaouira
will be held in the relevant working groups: |
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- Waste drainage systems, Mr. Ahmed Hafedh, National Office for Drinking
Water (ONEP)
Marrakech.
- Northern Walls and
protection of the Mellah Area, Mrs.
Jalila Kadiri, Ministry of Higher
Education, Scientific Research and
Culture.
- Revitalization of the Medina, Mr. Abdelaziz Belkeziz,
Regional Director of the Agence Nationale
de lutte contre l’Habitat Insalubre
(ANHI), Marrakech.
- Re-use of the ancient Danish
Consulate,
Mr. El Mostafa Hbibi, Architect of
Historic Monuments, Heritage Department,
Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific
Research and Culture.
- Project "Bibane El
Médina", mobilization of the Medina
inhabitants for the enhancement of
ancient doors, Mr. Nour Eddine
Ottmani, President of the Groupement d’Etudes et de
Recherches pour la Promotion
d’Essaouira (GERPE).
- Project for the development
of a substitute tourism, Mr. Abdellah Aboulhassani,
Delegate for Tourism in Essaouira.
- Mobilization of the
public, Mr. Nour Eddine Ottmani,
President of the Groupement d’Etudes
et de Recherches pour la Promotion
d’Essaouira (GERPE) and Director of
the Association pour la Sauvegarde, la
Promotion et le Développement
d’Essaouira (ASPDE),
- UNDP Programme of Support for
Essaouira’s Environment, Mrs.Khadija Belfkih-Kabbaj (UNDP).
- Green belt, Mrs. Kawthar Ghazoulit,
project consultant for UNCHS
and the French Embassy.
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Sessions
will be composed of national and international
experts, experts on the cities ready to
co-operate with Essaouira, as well as
representatives of UN Agencies, NGOs and National
Authorities.
Working Group sessions will focus on: |
| Session
1: Freshwater resources management in
coastal historical centres. |
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Chairmen:
- Mr. Abdelmajid El Hebil,
Director of the Hydraulic Region of
Tensit.
- Mr. Kees R. Meinardi,
National Institute of Public Health and
Environment
Moderators and rapporteurs:
- Mr. B.A. Saad, Egypt,
National IHP Committee, Egypt,
- Mr. Gerard F.J. Jeurissen,
Applied Geoscience International, The
Netherlands
- Professor G. Barrocu,
National IHP Committee, Italy,
- Mr. Youssef Amori,
Director of ONEP
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| Session 2:
Impacts and consequences of coastal erosion. |
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Chairman :
- Mr. M. Messaouidi,
Director of Mohammedia Harbour
Moderators and rapporteurs:
- Mr. W. Rosenthal, UNESCO
Consultant, Member of the German Society
for Maritime Research
- Mr. M. Menioui, Professor
of Oceanography, Mohammed V University
- Mr. M. Nagid Amzian,
Director of the harbour of Tangiers
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| Session 3:
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Socio-architectural
revitalization of the historic urban fabric. |
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Chairmen:
- Mr. L. Pottier, Assistant
Mayor of Saint Malo,
- Mrs. Faouzia Imanssar,
Director of the Urban Agency of Rabat,
Administrative Specialist in Urban
Development at the ASPDE
Moderators and rapporteurs:
- Mr. François Dubin, PACT
ARIM International
- Mr.Z. Mouhli, ASM of Tunis
- Mr.Serge Santelli,
Architect Town-Planner, Ecole de Paris,
Belleville
- Mr. Pascal Canonge, Ecole
d’Avignon
- Mrs. Jalila Kadiri, Chief,
Technical Interventions and Studies
Division
- Mr. Gérard
Fourestier;ADEFRAM
- Mr. Abdelaziz Belkeziz,
General Director of ANHI
- Mr. M. Hbibi, Architect of
Historical Monuments
- Mr. Khalid El Assal,
Architect
- Mr. Abdelakrim Lahkak,
Agenda 21
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| Session 4: |
Tourism and
substitutive socio-economic activities. |
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Chairmen:
- Mr. Nour Eddine Ottmani,
President of GERPE and President of ASPDE
- Professor G. D’Ayala,
Director of INSULA (NGO)
Moderators and rapporteurs:
- Mrs. M.L. Gentileschi,
Professor of Geography, University of
Cagliari
- Mr. Abdellah Aboulhassani,
Delegate for Tourism in Essaouira
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| Session 5: |
Integrated
approach to development |
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Chairman:
- Professor Floris Zuidema,
Secretary IHP, The Netherlands
Moderators and rapporteurs:
- Professor Arno Schmid,
President of IFLA
- Mrs Khadija Belfkih
Kabbaj, UNDP Representative
- Mrs. Kawthar Ghazoulit,
Landscape Architect Consultant Agenda 21,
French Embassy
- Professor Vershure,
UNCHS
- Prof. Giovanni Campeol,
City and regional Planner, Venice
University
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| The
various working groups will evaluate, according
to their specific fields of competence, potential
pilot projects for Essaouira, to identify
possible areas of co-operation, bilateral or
multilateral. The Chairman will check that each
working group scrutinizes methodological
proposals and criteria for the implementation of
projects in view of their use by other coastal
cities. At the end of the working session a
chairman and a rapporteur will draft the minutes
of the meetings. |
| 2.30 pm: |
Follow-up of
Working Group Sessions |
| Projects identified
as possible areas of collaboration between
Essaouira and other cities will be reviewed.
Letters of formal agreement on specific issues
between potential partners will be considered. |
| 5.00 pm: |
Session on
co-ordination between chairmen, moderators and
rapporteurs for the evaluation of the working
group sessions. |
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