Speakers

CONFERENCE MODERATOR 

Ambassador Hatem Atallah (Tunisia)

Coming from a rich diplomatic background that encompassed over 35 years, Ambassador Atallah was the Tunisian Ambassador in several countries including the US, the UK, South Africa and Ethiopia, He was also the Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the Organization of American States, the African Union, the Economic Commission for Africa, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), UN-Habitat, and the International Maritime Organization. He was appointed the Diplomatic Advisor to the Head of the Tunisian Government until February 2015. Ambassador Atallah participated in numerous summits, ministerial meetings and high level conferences of the African Union, the United Nations and the Union for the Mediterranean.

From March 2015 to December 2017 he served as Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. Ambassador Atallah serves as Vice Président of the Euro-Med University (EMUNI) in Slovenia and member of the Senate. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Gorée Institute in Sénégal and is a founding member of « AVASP » (Institute for Strategic Analysis and Prospective Studies – Tunis).

OFFICIALS and EXPERTS 

Christer Haglund, Director of Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia

Christer Haglund is the Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Estonia. Before becoming the head of the Nordic Council, he spent 14 years in the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he rose up over the years to become director of public relations – a role in which, among other things, he was Head of Media during Finland’s first presidency of the Council of the European Union.

In 2000, Haglund joined Finnair and went on to become Senior Vice President, corporate communications and a member of the management board of the airline. From autumn 2011 he served as the CEO of the Finnish Fair Corporation.

Works as deputy chief at State Chancellery’ Bureau for reintegration politics. His main responsibility is to lead the effective management for analyses and planification of the country long term strategy to solve transndniestrian conflict. In 2017-2020 Nikolay worked as senior consultant in the President Office of the Republic of Moldova. In 2019, he defended his doctoral dissertation (Doctor habilitat) on the topic of civil society in the Republic of Moldova. He is the author of 5 books and more than 50 scientific articles published in 7 countries.

Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, Head of Center for Strategic Studies Working Group – Bibliotheca Alexandrina/LAS

He is Head of Center for Strategic Studies Working Group at Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He got his PhD in political science in 2017 from the Institute of Asian Studies and Researches in Egypt. In addition, his Master’s degree in political science in 2013 from the faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. And Bachelor’s degree in political science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, in 2005. He is an Egyptian researcher and writer in the political, historical and cultural, media fields. His contributions have been published in several magazines and periodicals in Egypt, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Europe. He has been awarded the Egyptian state incentive award in social science “Media and Press branch” 2013, the international organization of African and Asian writers annual prize 2009 and Al- Kindy prize (Best website in the Arab world), Syria 2009. He’s responsible for the cultural exchange file at Central Projects and services sector and promoting the cultural cooperation between Bibliotheca Alexandrina and foreign organizations, institutions, and NGOs “Locally, regionally and internationally” Also was responsible for the Memory of Modern Egypt website, and for several documentation websites. Moreover, extremism confrontation program at Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He’s the main member of “Education without borders” project. He has been named as a general coordinator of the International Football Tournament for Media and Journalists.

Madis Tilga, Advisor to Nordic Council office in Estonia

Madis Tilga is working as adviser for green transition and circular economy in the Nordic Council of Minister´office in Estonia. His main task is to facilitate the green transition in the Nordic-Baltic region and work towards common understanding on how this transition could happen and that the countries in the region follow similar pace.

In practice this means coordinating joint research ventures, arranging round tables, seminars for better co-operation, also business outreach and capacity building among civil servants and NGOs. Madis Tilga acts also as facilitator of discussions, leads projects and writes opinion pieces.

Michael G. Kavuklis,President of the House of Europe in Rhodes, Head of the Organizing Committee of Rhodes Model Regional Co-operation (Greece)

Michael G. Kavuklis is a Political Scientist / International Relations (MA) and owner of the marketing agency mgk.advertising, from Rhodes, Greece. He has a long experience and involvement in project as youth and for youth. He currently serves as the President of the House of Europe in Rhodes, Project Manager in International Projects of the House of Europe in Rhodes, Founder and Head of the Organizing Committee of the Rhodes Model Regional Co-operation International Youth Leadership Program, Founder and Head of the Organizing Committee of the Europe, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Development Forum – EESD Forum Rhodes, Board Member of the European Network for Education and Training e.V. – EUNET and the Focal Point of the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation for Aegean and Crete.

Anneli Ohvril, CEO of Let’s Do It World / World Cleanup Day

Anneli Ohvril is an expert in social change management and circular economy, speaker, trainer, initiator of numerous social movements in Estonia ang globally. Anneli Ohvril is the founder and CEO of Let’s Do It World, the international environmental organization that engages leaders and organizations around the globe. The biggest project World Cleanup Day engaged more than 50 million people from 180 countries to one-day cleanup action during the last three years.