World Forum for Democracy 2017: Opening Session
8 November 2017 - 15.00-15.30 / Council of Europe Hemicycle
Interpretation: FR/EN/RU/TR
Official opening
Welcome words by the World Forum for Democracy organisers
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Thorbjørn JAGLAND
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Nathalie LOISEAU
Minister for European Affairs
France
Nathalie Loiseau is a French diplomat and academic administrator. She was the director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 2012 to 2017. Loiseau joined the French foreign service in 1986. She served as a diplomat in Indonesia from 1990 to 1992. She was an advisor to Foreign Minister Alain Juppé in 1993-1995. She later served diplomatic missions in Dakar, Senegal and Rabat, Morocco. She served as the Communications Director at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. from 2002 to 2007. She was the head of Human Resources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and as its chief of staff from 2011 to 2012. Loiseau was the director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) between 2012 and 2017. On 21 June 2017, she succeeded Marielle de Sarnez as the French Minister for European Affairs.
Frédéric PFLIEGERSDOERFFER
President of the transfrontier and international relations Commission of the Region Grand Est
France
Roland RIES
Mayor of Strasbourg
France
Daleen HASSAN
Euronews TV
France
Daleen Hassan, a seasoned presenter - reporter joined Euronews Arabic service in 2010. Daleen worked as producer, reporter and news anchor for several Media and TV in Syria and Abu Dhabi. She covered several events in various parts of the world such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, France and Syria. She was PR coordinator for the World Arab Institute in Paris, France. At Euronews, she covered international and MENA news as duty editor and reporter. She presented and produced "Business Middle East" a weekly business show that ran for two seasons in "English, Arabic 2014 /2015". Daleen was hosting high level politicians in MENA region in exclusive interviews such as Adel Al Juber, Saudi Foreign Minister, Suhail Al Mazroui UAE's oil Minister, Najib Mikati, former Lebanese Prime minister, Ali Zidan former Libyan Prime minister and former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoyshar Zebari.