Conferința internațională Romanian-Moroccan Forms of Manifestation in the European Space

International Conference Romanian-Moroccan Forms of Manifestation in the European Space, organized by the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Romanian Academy between 9 and 10 April, gathered as representatives of the Embassies of Morocco and Romania, and academics at the highest level, Romanian and foreign researchers that teachers. The event aimed at celebrating five decades of diplomatic relations between our country and Morocco, During the two day conference is supporting several debates and lectures on various topics, reflecting the partnership between the two countries.

The first day of the conference was themed historical and anthropological, approached the subject and identity development in the two areas, French heritage mark on the two cultures, place it occupies in Islam terrorist events and their implications for the international community. The day had, instead, incorporated political themes and perspectives in international relations regarding cooperation between Romania, As a member of the European Union and the African.

Discussion session was opened Thursday morning His Excellencies, Simona-Ioan doamna Corlan, Romanian Ambassador to Morocco, dumneaei intervention was followed by Mrs. Faouzi El Achchabi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Romania. In its short lecture, This is. Ms. Simona-Corlan John reminded link established between the two countries in the 1960 by teachers who went to Morocco to teach and left, the professionalism and dedication, a special impression Moroccan students and the academic community there.

Next, spoke French bond that unites us with Morocco and the development of official relations, diplomatic type, commercial and cultural, that although they experienced a cooling period after the fall of communism, returned to the depth that characterized so when. Now, Romanian universities are home to almost 1500 Moroccan students and are the place where they were born agreements for research and advanced study, in the joint masters programs in cities such as Timisoara and Sibiu.

E.S. Mrs. Faouzi El Achchabi continued his antevorbitoarei spirit and focused on the relationship between the two countries currently, which is based on feelings of friendship, reciprocity and solidarity. It wanted to emphasize the importance of privileged partnership between Romania and Morocco, the latter being the second most important pillar of Africa, in terms of trade volume, which increased substantially between 2005 and 2013. More, HE said Morocco's participation with Romania in peacekeeping missions in the international community, especially in the Mediterranean and enjoyed mutual support initiatives and applications in conclucrarea taking place in international organizations, such as the UN. Finally, HE wanted to share with the audience wish that relations between the two countries to become stronger in the dialogue of conferences and debates.

The topics were diverse, The artistic influence on Romanian art space in Moroccan feminist issue, integrated cultural space - and the recommendation for a relaxed look on this subject is to watch the movie by Radu MIHAILEANU "La source des femmes". Regarding the area of ​​politics, one of the directions that the discussion was focused history of diplomatic relations between Romania and Morocco, with their economic implications - dominated by heavy industry exports and imports from Morocco, of the food - and important exchanges between the two countries. Interestingly, trying to implement a collaborative project at the tourist. Theme diplomacy was tackled at European level, based on the idea that there are multiple reasons for that area north African development strategies must be integrated into the European Union. Identified the main problems in this regard and submitted solutions, and greater emphasis on relations type public diplomacy, effective integration of students from Northern African countries Erasmus system, legislative initiatives that encourage mobility and descurajearea populist discourse that is directed against immigrant communities.

The initiative to organize such a conference is great - helps identify and customize a state - Morocco - on the map of international relations, in relation to the European Union and Romania. I especially appreciated the diversity of perspectives from which it was viewed topic, and the approach in terms of "cultural experiences and experiments," added personal perspective guests.

Laura Burt

Alexandra Loy