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Joining up EU and US policytowards Eritrea and the Horn 
for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights 
 
Joint Media Team 
EPM-EDP-EPP 
08.11.2009 
 
 
The conference on joining up EU and Us policy towards Eritrea and the horn for the promotion of 
Democracy and Human Rights will start tomorrow, Monday 09, 2009 in Brussels.. 
Mr. Woldesus Ammar, Chairman of the Joint Leadership Committee of EPM, EDP and EPP which 
are expected to form one party in the coming month of December will be one amongst many who 
will present a paper on the topic Eritrea’s Options for Democratisation. 
The conference is organized by European External Policy Advisors, an NGO based in Europe, and  
the two days conference work plan will be as follows. 
 
Joining up EU and US policy 
towards Eritrea and the Horn 
for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights 
November 9 – 10, 2009 
Scotland House, Place Schuman, Brussels 
 
 
9 November  
9.00 Welcome by Luisa Morgantini, former Vice-President of the European Parliament  
Opening Addresses  
Koos Richelle, Director-General of EuropeAid, European Commission  
Robert Houdek, former Ambassador to Ethiopia and Eritrea, United States  
Kjell Magne Bondevik, Former Prime Minister of Norway and President of the Oslo Center 
for Peace and Human Rights  
Bereket Habte Selassie, Distinguished Professor of African Studies and Professor of Law 
at the University of North Carolina and former Chair of the Constitutional Commission of 
Eritrea  
Setting the Scene  
Luisa Morgantini (Chair)  
Elisabeth Chyrum, Human Rights Defender, Director of Human Rights Concern – Eritrea  
Tsedal Yohannes, Testimony  
Message from Congressman Royce, United States  
Alex De Waal*, Fellow Harvard University and member of the Mbeki Commission  

Dan Connell, Author and former journalist, Distinguished Lecturer in journalism and African 
politics at Simmons College, Boston  
11.00 Key Note Addresses: EU and US policy to the Horn in Transition  
Kathleen Ferrier, MP* (Chair)  
Roger Moore, Director Horn of Africa, Directorate-General Development, European 
Commission  
Karl E Wycoff*, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Horn, State Department  
H.E. Ambassador Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament  
13.00 Lunch  
14.30 Regional Perspectives for Democratisation and Promotion of Human Rights 
in the Horn Region  
Guy Poppe (Chair)  
Invited Ambassadors will be asked to provide perspectives on the regional views for 
democratisation and promotion of human rights in the Horn  
15.30 Break  
16.00 Panel: Human Rights Violations in the Region and Violations of International 
Law  
Paddy Maguinness (Chair)  
Selam Kidane, Democracy and Human Rights Advocate  
Noel Joseph, Human Rights Advocate  
Daniel Rezene Mekonnen, PhD, Fellow Human Rights Centre, University of Gent  
Jonathan Elliott, Human Rights Watch, Africa Advocacy Director  
Giampaolo Calchi Novati, Head of the Africa Programme at ISPI, professor, University of 
Pavia, History of Africa.  
Emma Achilli, EU Human Rights and Democracy Initiative, European Commission  
Eva-Britt Svensson, MEP, Sweden, European Parliament  
17.30 Abdulrahman Sayed, Presentation media committee and conference statement 
drafting committee  
 
10 November  
9.00 Panel: Eritrea’ s options for Democratisation  
Mehret Ghebreyesus (Chair)  
Woldeyesus Ammar, Chairman, Joint Leadership Committee  
(EDP/EPM/EPP).  
Suleiman A. Hussein, Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea (CDRiE)  
Dawit Mesfin, Researcher/Birkbeck College  
Judith Sargentini, MEP, Netherlands and former democracy activist Southern Africa  
Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Manchester Trade Ltd, policy specialist on the Horn, 
Washington, USA  
Tom Vens, Eritrea desk, European Commission  
Guillaume Lacroix*, European Council, Africa  
12.00 Break  
14.00 Panel: The Horn Region options for Democratisation  
Abdulrahman Sayed, Researcher on Federalism, Founding and Executive member of 
Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea – CDRiE (Chair)  
Thijs Berman, MEP  
Eshetu Bekele, Executive Director, Poverty Action Network of Civil Society Organisations 
(PANE) in Ethiopia  
Mohamed Ahmed Jama, Director of the Somali Organisation for Community Development 
Activities (SOCDA) in Mogadishu  
Professor Gaim Kibreab, London South Bank University  
Karl E Wycoff*, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Horn, State Department  

Jeremy Lester, Head of Unit Horn of Africa Region, Directorate-General Development, 
European Commission  
15.30 Break  
 
16.00 Presentation of draft Conference Statement  
Closing addresses:  
Dan Connell  
Louisa Morgantini  
Bereket Habte Selassi  
*not confirmed