On the 6th of March 2018, the seminar "EU, Greece and Israel: Challenges and Future Prospects for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation", was held at the University of Piraeus, which was co-organized by the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, the Jean Monnet Chair on “European Union’s Education, Training, Research and Innovation Policies” of the University of Piraeus and the Jean Monnet Chair ad Personam in European Studies of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The event was attended by students from the University of Piraeus and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

In the first part of the event, the students had the opportunity to interact and collaborate by participating in the Floor Game ''Learning EU through Cooperation''. Then undergraduate students of the University of Piraeus held a presentation on "Greece & EU", while the students of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev also presented a study "Israel & EU". In this context, the students of the two Universities exchanged views on the approach of the two countries to the European Union.

Τhe students and the professors were welcomed by Professor Pantelis Pantelidis, Vice Rector on Academic Issues of the University of Piraeus, Professor Aristotle Tziampiris, Chair of the Department of International & European Studies of the University of Piraeus and Assistant Professor Foteini Asderaki, Jean Monnet Chair on “European Union’s Education, Training, Research and Innovation Policies. Mr. Miltiadis Kirkos, Member of the European Parliament and Substitute of the European Parliament's Delegation for relations with Israel delivered a speech on the relations between the European Union and Israel. Then, followed the presentations of Dr. Spyridon Roukanas, Assistant Professor of the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus and Professor Sharon Pardo, Jean Monnet Chair ad Personam of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Finally, some space was given for a discussion on what the students were given at the event, but also on the role that the two countries can play in the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation.

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