The Conference Project between the Marmara Foundation and the Cantemir Association
 

Draft proposal of an annual joint conference project to be organized and co-sponsored by the Marmara Foundation and the Cantemir Association, which will be alternately held in Istanbul and Bucharest, has been established with the Bucharest visit by the delegation of the Marmara Foundation which is formed by Mr. Ogan Soysal, Mr. Şamil Ayrım, Dr. Mustafa Aydın and Gen. Necdet Timur.

According to the draft proposal, the first conference will be held in Bucharest, on November 17-18, 2008.

In the above picture you can see, Hon. Ogan Soysal, Former MP and Member of the Executive Board of the Marmara Foundation, Gen. Necdet Timur, Former general and the Chairman fo the Academic Council of the Marmara Foundation, Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Rector of the Istanbul Aydin University and member of the Marmara Foundation and Hon.Şamil Ayrım, Former MP and Member of the Executive Board of the Marmara Foundation together with officials from the Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University.

Draft Proposal for the Conference Project between the Marmara Foundation and the Cantemir Association

I. General matters

1.1. An annual joint conference project to be organized and co-sponsored by the Marmara Foundation and the Cantemir Association, which will be alternately held in Bucharest and Istanbul, during or around the month of November.

1.2. The parties will/participate in the Conference with a delegation of approximately 50 personalities each, comprised of academicians, scholars, statesmen, journalists, civil opinion formers and NGO leader.

1.3. The time amount for the meetings is 2 full days (2 nights): from Sunday (arrival of participants), Monday (conference sessions) to Tuesday (participants are leaving).

1.4. The parties will be allocated equal time for interventions and speeches.

1.5. The conference will have one Romanian and one Turkish moderator.

1.6. The official languages of the Conference sessions will be in English and Romanian in Romania; and English and Turkish in Turkey.

II. Organizational matters

2.1. The Marmara Foundation shall cover all travel expenses from Istanbul to Bucharest; CANTEMIR ASSOCIATION shall be responsible for food and accomodation, as well as conference expenses (and vice versa).

2.2. The expenses of the foreign guests coming from abroad shall be covered by the party which made the invitations.

2.3. The organizational matters shall be delt with by a Project Group comprised of members from both parties. The expenses for the Project Group shall be covered in the same manner as no. 2. 2.


Concluded today in 2 languages, Romanian and English. For each language there have been concluded 2 copies.





Prof. Momcilor Luburici, Ph.D. - President of “Cantemir Association”

Dr. Akkan Suver - President of Marmara Foundation