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The Andreas G. Papandreou Foundation, © Copyright 1998 - 2014
15th Annual Symi Symposium
Κοκτέιλ πάρτι, σούσι και φόντο ένα φινετσάτο εστιατόριο. Σε αυτό το σκηνικό, οι υψηλοί προσκεκλημένοι του Γιώργου Παπανδρέου έκαναν την πρώτη τους συνάντηση πριν αρχίσουν τις συζητήσεις για τη λιτότητα, τις ανισότητες ή την ανεργία.
Πρόκειται για το «Συμπόσιο της Σύμης» με οικοδεσπότη των πρώην πρωθυπουργό, το οποίο διεξάγεται για 15η φορά, έπειτα από «διάλειμμα» ενός χρόνου. Το ραντεβού έχει δοθεί στις Σπέτσες και αντικείμενο είναι η «επανεφεύρεση της Δημοκρατίας». Πριν όμως αρχίσουν οι εισηγήσεις, οι διοργανωτές έδωσαν έναν τόνο απόλυτης χλιδής, στο «Freud Oriental», στο εμβληματικό ξενοδοχείο «Ποσειδώνιο», με το κοκτέιλ πάρτι που οργάνωσαν εκεί, όπου γράφει το «Εθνος», κλείνοντας ολόκληρο το εστιατόριο.
Οπως αναφέρει η εφημερίδα, φέτος στο Συμπόσιο δεν μετέχουν πρωτοκλασάτες προσωπικότητες άλλων χρόνων, όπως ο Μπιλ Κλίντον και η Σεγκολέν Ρουαγιάλ. Οι προσκεκλημένοι είναι από 12 χώρες, την ευθύνη της διοργάνωσης έχει το Ιδρυμα Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου, ενώ σύμφωνα με την επίσημη ανακοίνωση οι VIP καλύπτουν οι ίδιοι τα έξοδα συμμετοχής και διαμονής.
Πάντως, πηγές του «Εθνους» αναφέρουν ότι τα κεράσματα στο πάρτι της Παρασκευής περίσσευαν, προκαλώντας ενθουσιασμό στους υψηλούς προσκεκλημένους.
Πηγή: Λεφτά υπάρχουν για τον Γιώργο Παπανδρέου: Κοκτέιλ πάρτι, σούσι και χλιδή στο «Συμπόσιο της Σύμης» | Ειδήσεις και νέα με άποψη http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/163063#ixzz37Ln2N5ei
15th Annual Symi Symposium
The 2014 Symi Symposium "Re-imagining Democracy" will take place from July 14-18 on the island of Spetses.
This year, we gather to exchange views on how to address the crisis of representative democracy leading to citizens disengagement from political institutions and to a significant rise of populism. From austerity-weary Europe to the hyper-partisan United States to an Arab spring-turned-winter, citizens feel disempowered and unrepresented in the political process. Such sentiments have fueled widespread societal angst and, in some cases, extremism.
Increasingly, our national democracies are proving ineffective at solving cross border challenges. At the same time, the absence of balanced and effective global governance structures and regulations has exacerbated many of our common challenges, such as climate change, financial regulation and tax evasion.
More
George Papandreou with Symposium participants
Ideas Driving This Year's Discussion
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: Redirect military expenditure to ensure a sustainable future, by Kumi Naidoo
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: The Challenge of Deliberative Democracy, by James Fishkin
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: Post EURO Elections, by Mary Kaldor
More
Mission Statement
Since 1998, the Symi Symposium has brought together a select group of politicians, academics, activists, and opinion leaders from around the world for a singular purpose: to develop innovative, progressive solutions to global challenges.
More
Testimonials
YOSSI BEILIN - Israel
f. Member of Knesset and President of Beilink Business Foreign Affairs
“…At the Symi Symposium, we are trying to be very concrete and draw lessons from each other’s experience. And it is not a very big meeting – it is limited to a relatively small number of people who are on a very high level. And this makes it very very interesting.”
MATS KARLSSON - Sweden
World Bank Country Director in Middle East and North Africa
“(Symi represents) an opportunity to discuss and contribute, from wherever we are, to this great dialogue that brings politics forward.”
GERD LEIPOLD - Germany
Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International
“I think Symi is a wonderful place to exchange ideas. To learn.
I am very pleased with how seriously the whole ecological question is taken in Symi.”
KUMI NAIDOO – South Africa
Executive Director of Greenpeace International
“This is my 6th Symi Symposium and I have found it – as always – very stimulating, very innovative in terms of the thinking…”
CEM OZDEMIR - Germany
Chairman of the Green Party
“... I prefer not to speak so much but to listen because you have such a great audience of people – people you usually read in the newspapers or see on CNN... And here you have them assembled, listening to each other and discussing together the programs of our worlds...I have tried to translate what I hear here into (action) in my daily politics.”
SEGOLENE ROYAL - France
President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council
"I have to stress that it is really rare to have great political leaders (...) take the time to work in this context, with such eagerness and such humility."
JOSEPH STIGLITZ - USA
Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2001
“I want to thank George (Papandreou) for, once again, organizing a splendid conference which has been very uplifting. We discussed how we can respond to the multiple crises which the world is facing today.”
The Andreas G. Papandreou Foundation, © Copyright 1998 - 2014
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15th Annual Symi Symposium
Κοκτέιλ πάρτι, σούσι και φόντο ένα φινετσάτο εστιατόριο. Σε αυτό το σκηνικό, οι υψηλοί προσκεκλημένοι του Γιώργου Παπανδρέου έκαναν την πρώτη τους συνάντηση πριν αρχίσουν τις συζητήσεις για τη λιτότητα, τις ανισότητες ή την ανεργία.
Πρόκειται για το «Συμπόσιο της Σύμης» με οικοδεσπότη των πρώην πρωθυπουργό, το οποίο διεξάγεται για 15η φορά, έπειτα από «διάλειμμα» ενός χρόνου. Το ραντεβού έχει δοθεί στις Σπέτσες και αντικείμενο είναι η «επανεφεύρεση της Δημοκρατίας». Πριν όμως αρχίσουν οι εισηγήσεις, οι διοργανωτές έδωσαν έναν τόνο απόλυτης χλιδής, στο «Freud Oriental», στο εμβληματικό ξενοδοχείο «Ποσειδώνιο», με το κοκτέιλ πάρτι που οργάνωσαν εκεί, όπου γράφει το «Εθνος», κλείνοντας ολόκληρο το εστιατόριο.
Οπως αναφέρει η εφημερίδα, φέτος στο Συμπόσιο δεν μετέχουν πρωτοκλασάτες προσωπικότητες άλλων χρόνων, όπως ο Μπιλ Κλίντον και η Σεγκολέν Ρουαγιάλ. Οι προσκεκλημένοι είναι από 12 χώρες, την ευθύνη της διοργάνωσης έχει το Ιδρυμα Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου, ενώ σύμφωνα με την επίσημη ανακοίνωση οι VIP καλύπτουν οι ίδιοι τα έξοδα συμμετοχής και διαμονής.
Πάντως, πηγές του «Εθνους» αναφέρουν ότι τα κεράσματα στο πάρτι της Παρασκευής περίσσευαν, προκαλώντας ενθουσιασμό στους υψηλούς προσκεκλημένους.
Πηγή: Λεφτά υπάρχουν για τον Γιώργο Παπανδρέου: Κοκτέιλ πάρτι, σούσι και χλιδή στο «Συμπόσιο της Σύμης» | Ειδήσεις και νέα με άποψη http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/163063#ixzz37Ln2N5ei
15th Annual Symi Symposium
The 2014 Symi Symposium "Re-imagining Democracy" will take place from July 14-18 on the island of Spetses.
This year, we gather to exchange views on how to address the crisis of representative democracy leading to citizens disengagement from political institutions and to a significant rise of populism. From austerity-weary Europe to the hyper-partisan United States to an Arab spring-turned-winter, citizens feel disempowered and unrepresented in the political process. Such sentiments have fueled widespread societal angst and, in some cases, extremism.
Increasingly, our national democracies are proving ineffective at solving cross border challenges. At the same time, the absence of balanced and effective global governance structures and regulations has exacerbated many of our common challenges, such as climate change, financial regulation and tax evasion.
More
George Papandreou with Symposium participants
Ideas Driving This Year's Discussion
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: Redirect military expenditure to ensure a sustainable future, by Kumi Naidoo
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: The Challenge of Deliberative Democracy, by James Fishkin
June 25, 2014
Symi 2014: Post EURO Elections, by Mary Kaldor
More
Mission Statement
Since 1998, the Symi Symposium has brought together a select group of politicians, academics, activists, and opinion leaders from around the world for a singular purpose: to develop innovative, progressive solutions to global challenges.
More
Testimonials
YOSSI BEILIN - Israel
f. Member of Knesset and President of Beilink Business Foreign Affairs
“…At the Symi Symposium, we are trying to be very concrete and draw lessons from each other’s experience. And it is not a very big meeting – it is limited to a relatively small number of people who are on a very high level. And this makes it very very interesting.”
MATS KARLSSON - Sweden
World Bank Country Director in Middle East and North Africa
“(Symi represents) an opportunity to discuss and contribute, from wherever we are, to this great dialogue that brings politics forward.”
GERD LEIPOLD - Germany
Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International
“I think Symi is a wonderful place to exchange ideas. To learn.
I am very pleased with how seriously the whole ecological question is taken in Symi.”
KUMI NAIDOO – South Africa
Executive Director of Greenpeace International
“This is my 6th Symi Symposium and I have found it – as always – very stimulating, very innovative in terms of the thinking…”
CEM OZDEMIR - Germany
Chairman of the Green Party
“... I prefer not to speak so much but to listen because you have such a great audience of people – people you usually read in the newspapers or see on CNN... And here you have them assembled, listening to each other and discussing together the programs of our worlds...I have tried to translate what I hear here into (action) in my daily politics.”
SEGOLENE ROYAL - France
President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council
"I have to stress that it is really rare to have great political leaders (...) take the time to work in this context, with such eagerness and such humility."
JOSEPH STIGLITZ - USA
Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2001
“I want to thank George (Papandreou) for, once again, organizing a splendid conference which has been very uplifting. We discussed how we can respond to the multiple crises which the world is facing today.”
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