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International Seminars
WAR AND PEACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS
In the framework of an important series of debates on Europe’s role in the
world, begun in January 2002, this seminar enjoyed sponsorship from the
Barcelona City Council in relation with the Forum of Cultures 2004.
The objective of the encounter was to establish a rigorous analytical
framework in order to try to understand the underlying causes and
dynamics of the situation in the world. It was a one-day meeting in which
eminent European and U.S. experts and politicians intervened. The debate
took place first between the speakers and then was opened up to experts
and politicians from Catalonia and the rest of Spain. The meeting took
place behind closed doors.
Participants: Manuel Castells, Lecturer, Internet Interdisciplinary
Institute (IN3), Open University of Catalonia; Anthony Giddens,
Director, London School of Economics; John Ikenberry, Professor of War and Peace in the 21st Century: The Transatlantic Relations ›
Global Justice, Georgetown University; Robert Kagan, Researcher, Narcís Serra and Manuel Castells
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ambassador Kenston
Keith, Vice President of Meridian International, former Director of the
USIA Department for North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia; Pascal
Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission; Narcís Serra;
Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council of the European
Union/High Represenative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
January 18. Pedralbes Palace, Barcelona
FOURTH FORUM OF THE SPANISH-ITALIAN DIALOGUE: SPAIN
AND ITALY IN THE EUROPE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Organised by: the CIDOB Foundation and Arel (Agency for Research and
Legislation)
The Forum of the Spanish-Italian Dialogue brings together representatives
of civil society in an annual encounter which has been held on an
alternating basis in each country since 1999. The Forum debates are
structured around three informal discussion groups, with a plural and
multidisciplinary composition of high-level representatives of the
political, business and academic spheres. In each group, composed of
some thirty participants, two speakers (one from Italy and one from
Spain) introduce the topic from their respective points of view to launch
the debate. Sponsored by private businesses, the Forum receives support
from the authorities of both countries, support which is demonstrated by
the presence and participation of the Foreign Ministers and other high-
ranking officials from both countries in the plenary session.
Participants: Annamaria Artoni, President Giovani Imprenditori,
Confindustria; Fabrizio Barca, General Director of Development Policy, Fourth Forum of the Spanish-Italian Dialogue: Spain and Italy ›
Ministry of the Economy and Finance; Rocco Cangelosi, General Director Narcís Serra, Ferdinando Cassini, Ana Palacio, José Luís Olivas, Lucio
for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Lucio Caracciolo, Stanca and Rita Barberá
Director, Limes; Ramón de Miguel, Secretary of State for European
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; José Fonollosa, General Director of the
American Retail Bank, BBVA; Jaime Ignacio González González,
Government Delegate for Immigration Law and Immigration, Ministry of
the Interior; Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Director of the Elcano Royal
Institute for International and Strategic Studies; Iñigo Méndez de Vigo,
MEP for the EPP, Chairperson of the European Parliament Delegation in the
European Convention; Aldo Olcese, President of the Financial Studies
Foundation (FEF); Manuel Pizarro, President of ENDESA; Beniamino
Quintieri, President of ICE; Giuseppe Zadra, General Director of ABI;
Giorgio Zappa, President of Alenia Spazio.
January 24 and 25. Convention Center, Valencia

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FIRST EUROPEAN MAYORS CONFERENCE
Organised by: The LSE’s Cities Programme and CIDOB Foundation’s Aula
Barcelona
Sixteen mayors from large European cities met with urban experts from
London and Barcelona with the aim of comparing projects and
exchanging experiences. Each mayor presented an emblematic project
from his/her city relating to real estate development and infrastructures
with urban design, with a subsequent debate with the other mayors and
experts. The goal of the conference was to allow mayors, scholars and
experts to freely discuss the underlying tendencies that make up the
emerging reality of the “Europe of cities” and to exchange views on and
experiences with the interrelationships between urban design and urban
society.
The European Mayors Conference is a meeting of mayors, set in an
academic framework with an informal tone, in which topics relating to the
physical transformation of cities are discussed and are the centre of a
high-level debate among mayors and experts, without any political,
electoral or media determinants.
Participating Mayors: Pawel Adamowicz (Gdansk), Sir Albert Bore
(Birmingham), Sergio Chiamparino (Turin), Joan Clos (Barcelona),
Gérard Collom (Lyon), Charles Gordon (Glasgow), John Fitzgerald
(Dublin), Richard Leese (Manchester), Ali Müfit Gürtuna (Istanbul), Ken
Livingstone (London), Soren Pind (Copenhaguen), Rosa Russo Iervolino
(Naples), Peter Strieder (Berlin), Wolfgang Tiefensee (Leipzig), First European Mayors Conference ›
Francisco de la Torre Prados (Malaga), Michael Zampleas (Nicosia). Anthony Giddens and Joan Clos
Participating Experts: Richard Burdett, Anthony Giddens, Simon
Jenkins, George Jones, Charles Landry, Pasqual Maragall, Dame
Judith Mayhew, Richard Rogers, Richard Sennett, Saskia Sassen,
Narcís Serra, Tony Travers.
February, 7-8. London School of Economics, London
PREP-COM FOR THE SEMINAR “FROM THE WASHINGTON
CONSENSUS TO A NEW WORLD GOVERNABILITY”
Preparatory Committee for the seminar for the Forum of Cultures –
Barcelona 2004.
The objective of the seminar is to try to review the Washington
Consensus. In this preparatory meeting, we discussed reviewing, not
redefining, this agreement since we believe that while certain elements
of the original consensus are necessary for the correct functioning of
economies, there exists the need to broaden both its objectives and its
implementation. It is in this sense that it seems more appopriate to us
to arrive at defining a “code of good conduct” in economic policy that
will serve as a framework for a new, better world governability.
The project, which is directed by Narcís Serra, has a motor group of
Spanish economists (Guillermo de la Dehesa, Miguel Sebastián, Jordi
Galí, Jaume Ventura, Ramón Caminal, Antón Costas, Joan Tugores and
Xavier Vives) whose function is to advise and supervise the development
of the project until its end. Also, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz and his team from
Columbia University, along with the Initiative Policy Dialogue, is co-
directing the project.
Narcís Serra and Joseph Stiglitz
June 2 and 3. Barcelona Prep-Com for the seminar “From the Washington Consensus to a New
World Governability” ›
Narcís Serra and Joseph Stiglitz

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Launching of the CIDOB International Yearbook
CIDOB INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 2002. 2003 EDITION
Launching of the 2002 CIDOB International Yearbook, 2003
edition, led by Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation,
and Miquel Valls, President of the Barcelona Chamber of
Commerce. As part of the presentation, the Spanish Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Ana Palacio, gave a speech entitled “Europe, 21st
Century.”
September 18. Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
Presentation of the CIDOB International Yearbook ›
Miquel Valls, Ana Palacio and Narcís Serra
With the collaboration of ›