Dear Sir or Madam,

Invitation to sponsor/partner at Transatlantic Citizens Miami Week, 2006

The Transatlantic Information Exchange System (Tiesweb) was launched at a conference
organized by the European Union and the United States in Washington, D.C. in 1997. At the
conference, entitled “Bridging the Atlantic – People to People,” European Commission
President Jacques Santer and U.S. President Bill Clinton agreed that greater communication
should occur between citizens to facilitate transatlantic relations with the purpose of deepening
the processes that support a democratic society.

A network of sponsors—including the United States Information Agency, the European
Commission, the European Parliament and the Dutch Foreign Ministry—provided resources to
create Tiesweb and support its aim. The result was a major 2002 conference in Miami at which a
host of speakers from both sides of the Atlantic defined a “Civil Society Agenda” for improving
transatlantic cooperation.

At a follow-up conference in Miami in 2004, entitled “Reshaping Transatlantic Relations for
the 21st Century - A Community Leaders Conference,” four topics were addressed:
International Education, the Atlantic Rim, Middle East 2020, and Transatlantic
Leadership. Partners for the event included the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Hippocréne
Foundation, U.S. Department of State, Florida Department of State, the European Parliament, the
French Consulate, and the Royal Netherlands Consulate. Based on these successes, Tiesweb
proudly announces “The New Transatlantic Generations facing 3 Key Challenges for
Americans and Europeans: International Education, Middle East, and Globalization,"
Transatlantic Citizens Miami Week to be held April 3-8, 2006.

The Transatlantic Conference is a magnificent opportunity to achieve constructive results. The
concept is to hold a series of public sessions that bring together renowned international scholars
and leaders. This type of event not only generates high visibility for Miami and South Florida but
also constitutes an opportunity to expand networks and international cooperation. It is the perfect
occasion to showcase Miami’s multiculturalism, dynamism, vibrancy and forward-thinking
nature to the international community.

We look forward to hearing from you,

Yours sincerely,

Wilbur Portalatin
Coordinator of Tiesweb Miami Week 2006

wportalatin@tiesweb.org

“The New Transatlantic Generations facing 3 Key Challenges for Americans and Europeans:
International Education, Middle East, and Globalization"

Tiesweb is proud to present the main features of the third edition of the Transatlantic Citizens Miami Week that will be organized from April 3rd till April 8th 2006.

Florida International University and Miami Dade College will be one of the main venues for the 3rd Transatlantic Conference which will include for the first time a Tiesweb Transatlantic Student Conference (April 3rd -April 5th), and will be followed by a series of brainstorming sessions gathering experts from both sides of the Atlantic. This structure is designed to link the upcoming generation with the expertise of practitioners involved in the current transatlantic relationship

The time is ripe for citizen-based discussion to revive EU-US relations that are at an historic low level. The absence of leadership from the top requires action from below. While business interests remain strong between the two continents, security and cultural issues are diverging at a rapid pace. A push from an outside source could stir up dialogue through official channels. The Transatlantic relationship is essentially based upon an exchange of people: first Europeans coming by millions to build and live in America, then Americans coming by millions to defend Europe.

The Tiesweb experience has shown since 1998 that Americans and Europeans can engage in fruitful interaction and feed their input to policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. The priority of Tiesweb is to put the people back at the center of transatlantic relations. That’s what Tiesweb has been doing for 7 years and the process is growing deeper. We need help to keep the momentum moving forward.

Learning by doing, inventing the future by discussing challenges openly, creating individual connections and organizational partnerships, shaping tomorrow by looking at tomorrow and not only at yesterday, ... these are some of the key components of the upcoming Transatlantic Miami Week. We invite you to join in shaping the future of transatlantic relations.


Program of Events

The 3rd Transatlantic Citizens Miami Week will be organized around two major events connected by a common welcome session:

• Expectations from Transatlantic Students
• Visions from the New EU and US Generations in Politics

In addition, several cultural and social events will be hosted in partnership with Miami and Florida organizations.

Expectations from Transatlantic Students

The student conference will be aimed at producing conclusions that will be used to frame the discussions of experts and policymakers in transatlantic relations.

The student conference will gather 200 U.S. and EU students to explore three topics:

• Global Citizenship: The importance of “global citizenship” and cross-cultural understanding;
• Transatlantic Student Exchanges: The consequences of the reduction in transatlantic student exchanges;
• Middle East 2020: Post cards of the Future

The conference will deliver a set of proposals for EU and U.S. decision-makers as well as define a set of concrete projects.

Visions from the New EU and US Generations in Politics

Three simultaneous sessions will gather 30 participants each from Non Governmental Organization
(NGOs), Universities, Business and Government. The sessions are the following:

• International Education: A key challenge for US society and Transatlantic relations
• Atlantic Rim 2020: Trade and FDI or new protectionism: Trans-Atlantic Market Place versus Hemispheric Trade Agreements
• Middle East 2020: With the failure of all diplomatic attempts, only way out is by the people, with imagination.

The sessions will formulate strategies and proposals in each of these policy areas.


Expectations from Transatlantic Students

The panel, which may include professionals, professors, business leaders and/or community leaders, is essentially providing food for thought with the aim of stimulating and inspiring students -who will participate in the afternoon workshop session -to come up with ideas to increase participation in transatlantic educational exchanges.
The topics will include:

• Importance of a “Global Citizen” and the relevance of cross-cultural understanding.
• The consequences of a continuing reduction in Trans-Atlantic Exchanges of students. (may address economic, political and cultural consequences)
• Middle East 2020: The need to produce ‘postcards from the future’ which will boost energies of its youth, not to destroy, but to build; not to die, but to live.

Workshop Session:

Workshops will include students, organizers and leaders of educational exchange programs and individuals with expertise and/or knowledge concerning participation in transatlantic education.

The aim of the workshop is to produce answers to the following objectives:

• How do we increase promotion of educational exchange programs?
• How do we increase awareness of the wide-reaching significance and consequences of these programs?
• How do we increase participation in transatlantic educational exchange programs?

Addressing the issue of Global Citizens within the US (ie, history, geography lessons etc) issues to discuss may include:

• The importance of understanding current affairs – today’s solution is tomorrow’s problem.
• The mutual relationship between international exchange and interest and knowledge of history, economics, geography, politics and current affairs.
• The relationship between decreased quality and availability of humanities education in middle and high schools and decreased interest in educational exchange; and the mutual relationship between these factors and the public demand for a more internationally inclusive media.

The Transatlantic Citizens 2020 seminars

International Education
A key challenge for US society and Transatlantic relations

The improvement of International Education should become a priority on both sides of the Atlantic. If the European integration process has very significantly increased the level and scope of International Education in Europe; in the US, International Education has progressively been restricted to specialized higher education. Therefore education has been catapulted to the top of the transatlantic agenda due to the pressure generated by a constellation of forces highlighted by recent political friction and the almost inseparable economic connection between the European Union and United States. The EU is no model, but is definitely developing far more advanced and complex processes in this field. Somehow, the “military” unbalance between the US and the EU is reflected in an opposite unbalanced in the field of International Education. If the EU should do more in terms of defense spending; the US should do more in terms of International Education spending.

The low level reached by International Education in the USA (lack of International Education content – such as geography, history, foreign language courses – at primary and secondary schools, lack of teachers training in these fields, restriction of International Education as education about international affairs at higher education level, lack of international content in general medias) is contributing to the worsening of conditions as citizens lack the fundamental knowledge and skills to contribute to the forces impacting their lives. Outsourcing of jobs, foreign policy matters, international trade issues, environmental challenges are examples of daily foreign impacts on US and EU citizens lives; meanwhile international policy issues are more and more dividing EU and US public opinions (Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Kyoto, International Penal Court, ….). Immediate action needs to be taken to address this situation before it deteriorates further. The vitality of the transatlantic relationship is at stake. Therefore International Education in the US in particular should become a priority for leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.

International Education should seek to develop global citizens who are capable of learning from one another. Toward that end, we propose a “Transatlantic International Education Agenda“.

1. Values should constitute the core of the curriculum by combining three ingredients: knowledge that would enable students to acquire cultural competence and sensitivity; character development that promotes the qualities of global citizenship; and skills that mold self-directed learning and adaptability.
2. International Educational should be provided at the earliest levels of education to ensure that students are equipped to function successfully in the new global village. This means that teacher training should incorporate the knowledge and skills required of an international educator. Pedagogy should be adapted to a holistic approach whereby the “whole person” is educated through introduction to other forms of learning, including dance and music.
3. Knowledge should be considered through an interdisciplinary framework to encourage exposure to multiple perspectives. Since the occupations are no longer static, students should be prepared to shift easily into different employment environments.
4. Education should become practical and participatory in orientation. Students need to be equipped for the contemporary job market and, at the same, need to be cognizant of the world outside. This dual mission can be achieved through service learning, critical and applied research, internship experiences, study abroad, and simulations.
5. Education must be considered a life-long process and this demands that the media should take responsibility for educating global citizens.
6. Technology should be embraced as a tool capable of internationalizing the classroom and of facilitating cultural sensitivity.

This agenda should become part of a broader dialogue. Thus we propose a conference in which representatives of civil society discuss with policy-makers, professional associations, and the media to how to implement an education that is genuinely international along the lines of our agenda. As a first modest step, Tiesweb will open a section dedicated to International Education comprising “best practices”, papers, case study. Meanwhile Tiesweb will increase its magazine section and will try to get more partners to disseminate information on EU/US relations.

II. Atlantic Rim 2020 -Trade and FDI or new protectionism: Trans-Atlantic Market Place versus Hemispheric Trade Agreements

Participants of the brainstorming seminar did bring a large number of arguments showing that tomorrow’s Transatlantic relations cannot only be anymore a ‘Northern Atlantic’ story, and that historically it was already the proper dimension for Transatlantic relations.

History is not the past; it is also the present and the future. Therefore looking at past interactions of Europe, North America, Africa and South America teaches us that the Americas development was in fact made possible thanks to both Europe and Africa. Even if the Africans involvement was made by the use of force, one cannot ignore that they have been a key player in the colonization and exploitation of the Americas. From the beginning onwards, Transatlantic Relations were a 4 parties game. It is the 19th century when the US decided that the Western Hemisphere was its own backyard, and when Europeans (especially English and French) decided that Africa was their own reserved continent, that both South Atlantic components became invisible within Transatlantic Relations. World War II reinforced this trend by focusing all attention from strategic, business, scientific, media communities on the sole Europe/North America relations.

But this new 21st century is obviously gross of old trends coming back to modernity: Africa seems to finally emerge from a century of domination and chaos while Latin Americans are back on the world scene; meanwhile through immigration, Africans are becoming a significant part of European population while Latinos have become the biggest minority in the USA. On the other hand, former ‘backyards’ are being disrupted, the EU is developing a very pro-active policy in South America (like the future Free-
Trade Area with Mercosur for instance), while the US is more and more a major player in Africa.

Definitely all 4 players of the Atlantic Rim game are back and interacting with each other. See from the South of the EU or the South of the USA, Africa and Latin America are definitely part of their future strategies in terms of business, demography, cultural trends and political priorities. And let’s not forget a key cultural dimension, for many years now, young Northern Atlantics are dancing and singing on the sound of African and Latin American music.

Therefore participants to the seminar have decided that the ‘Atlantic Rim’ concept was indeed describing an emerging reality which will affect Transatlantic relations, and for which communities and civil society operators are very well equipped to help shaping up.

Four main results were reached:

1. Promote the concept in order to increase awareness of civil society operators, medias, decision makers about the ‘Atlantic Rim’ concept
2. Organize a 2 days seminar in Madrid in 2005 in order to identify possible projects involving citizens from all 4 continents; and to prepare the 1 day conference on this topic during next Transatlantic Miami Week in April 2006
3. Build up a large database of community organizations from all 4 continents which may be interested in setting up collaborations
4. Organize a one day conference together with an ‘Atlantic Rim Cultural Event’ in April 2006 during next Transatlantic Week, in order to launch ‘Atlantic Rim’ projects and set up a large 4 continents network.

III. Middle East 2020: With the failure of all diplomatic attempts, only way out is by the people, with imagination

During the past 2 years, Americans and Europeans have seen all attempts to ‘solve’ the Middle East crisis fail one after the other. The ‘Road Map’ and the ‘build-up of a democratic Iraq by force’ have both led the whole region, and the whole world to a complete dead-end. Meanwhile the Middle East issue is becoming the strongest single force dividing Europeans from Americans. Therefore it is not only because of ‘generous feelings’ that American and European civil societies should get involved in this issue, it becomes a priority for the sake of Transatlantic relations themselves.

Right now in this region, nobody dreams anymore, especially the young people. Expression of hatred, terrorists and military attacks are daily news. Leaders have failed to propose any credible alternative but fear and force. Participants to the seminar felt very committed to contribute to pave the way for a new process which will not start from the top, which will ignore today’s leaders, which will go beyond existing organizations in the region and which will try to have Americans and Europeans working together with
Arabs and Israelis. It is time indeed in this region as well as for Americans & Europeans to start working with "the other".

In a certain way, this region seem to be in need of ‘postcards from the future’ which will boost energies of its youth, not to destroy, but to build; not to die, but to live. Dreams are essential to build peace. Memories are sufficient to kill. The Middle East 2020 project will aim at ‘producing dreams’ which then could help build a common road from tomorrow to today.

Concretely the objective will be to adopt one or two ‘Middle East 2020’ scenarios, or scenes at next Transatlantic Miami Week in April 2006 and then to circulate them widely to dozens of thousands of young people in Middle East countries, in the EU and in the USA. Those scenes should be short, and written in words adapted to a public 15/25 years old. They will not have to predict what might happen (“scenarios”) but to depict what should be the future “scene” or picture based on a joint dream. Circulation will be made via Internet (directly and via hundreds of partner organization to gather by this date).

Two brainstorming seminars gathering young Israelis and Palestinians with Europeans and Americans will take place early 2005 in Jerusalem. Their objectives will be to start developing a first set of ‘postcards from the future’ describing how could be the region looking like in 2020. Then, between early 2005 and early 2006, the Middle East 2020 network set up by Tiesweb and its partners will try to develop ‘road maps’ going from these futures to today’s situation, identifying which challenges have to be faced, which means may be available, what choices have to be made now and in coming years, in order to reach those ‘futures’


Program Schedule:

• Monday April 3 – Miami Dade College – North Campus
• Topic : Opening of Student Conference / Global Education -Transatlantic Citizenship in Global Context -Present and Future Opening Video-conference
  

9.00 – 10:00 am Welcoming the participants
10.00 – 12.30 am Opening session
12.30 – 2.00 am Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 pm Breakout rooms to Discuss Video Conference
3.30 – 5.00 pm Discuss conclusion of Breakout Session
5.00 pm Social Event (To be defined)

• Tuesday April 4 – FIU Biscayne Bay Campus
• Topic : Transatlantic Student Exchanges: The consequences of the reduction in transatlantic student exchanges / Middle East 2020 (Breakout Rooms for Topics)

9.00 – 9.30 am Welcoming the participants
9.30 – 12.55 am Opening Session
12.55 – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 pm Breakout rooms
3.30 – 5.00 pm Discuss conclusion
5.00 pm Social event (To be defined)

• Wednesday April 5 – FIU Wolfsonian
• Grand Opening for Professional and Closing for Student Conference / International
  Education: A key challenge for US society and Transatlantic relations (Continued)

9.00 – 9.30 am Welcoming the participants
9.30 – 12.55 pm Students Conference Closing session (conclusions)
1:00 – 2:10 pm Lunch
2.10 –500 pm Opening Session
5.00 pm Social event (To be defined)

• Thursday April 6
• Topic : International Education / Atlantic Rim 2020 -Trade and FDI or new protectionism: Trans-Atlantic Market Place versus Hemispheric Trade Agreements

9.00 – 9.30 am Welcoming the participants
9.30 – 9.45 am Opening session
9.45 – 11.30 am Morning workshop
11.30 am -12.55 am Coffee break
1.00 – 2.10 pm Lunch
2.15 – 4.30 pm Afternoon workshop
5.00 pm Social event (To be defined)

• Friday April 7
• Topic: Middle East 2020: Alternative Routes for a peaceful Middle East (scenarios, ...).

9.00 – 9.30 am Welcoming the participants
9.30 – 9.45 am Opening session
9.45 – 11.30 am Morning workshop
11.30 am -12.55 am Coffee break
1.00 – 2.10 pm Lunch
2.15 – 5.00 pm Reflections
5.00 pm Social event (To be defined)

• Saturday April 8

Enjoy Miami

DIAMOND SPONSOR ..............................................................................................................................................$15,000
*Exclusive “tete-a-tete” (one-on-one) meeting with Franck Biancheri, CEO of Tiesweb for 1 hour
(ONLY 2!!!)

• Sponsorship banner prominently displayed at the event
• Recognition in Souvenir Booklet and all other Tiesweb Congress Miami III advertisements
• Six (6) complimentary continental breakfasts and Six (6) complimentary lunches at the event
• Banquet table for ten (10) at Miami III Reception & Gala
• Two (2) full page color advertisements in the Souvenir Booklet
• Sponsorship presentation at the Reception & Gala
• Signage as Official Sponsor of Reception & Gala
• Signage as Official Sponsor of the Congress Luncheon
• Workshop admission for ten (10) people
• Two (2) complimentary guest rooms at the Tiesweb Miami III hotel site for 5 days/4 nights
• Inclusion of promotional items in Trade Fair Gift Bags (supplied by sponsor)
• Two (2) complimentary foursomes at the Tiesweb Celebrity-Amateur Golf Classic
• Six (6) tickets to the “Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise”

PLATINUM SPONSOR
............................................................................................................................................... $7,500
*Meeting with Franck Biancheri, CEO of Tiesweb for 30 minutes

• Banner prominently displayed at the event on Sponsors Row
• Recognition in the Souvenir Booklet and all other Tiesweb Congress advertisements
• Four (4) complimentary continental breakfasts and four (4) complimentary lunches at the event
• Reception & Gala admission for Six (6) people
• One (1) full page color advertisement in the Souvenir Booklet
• Sponsorship presentation at the Reception & Gala
• Workshop-Roundtable admission for eight (8) people
• One (1) complimentary guest room at the hotel site for 5 days/4 nights
• Inclusion of promotional items in Tiesweb Congress Miami III Gift Bags (supplied by sponsor)
• One (1) complimentary foursome at the Tiesweb Celebrity-Amateur Golf Classic
• Six (6) tickets to the “Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

GOLD SPONSOR
................................................................................................................................................$4,000

* One-on-One meeting with Board Members or select Speakers of Tiesweb (*must be scheduled in
advance)

• Banner prominently displayed at the event on Sponsors Row
• Four (4) complimentary continental breakfasts and Four (4) complimentary lunches at the event
• Reception & Gala admission for six (6) people
• One half (1/2) page color advertisement in the Souvenir Booklet
• Sponsorship presentation at the Reception & Gala
• Workshop admission for six (6) people
• Inclusion of promotional items in the Tiesweb Congress Miami III Gift Bags (supplied by sponsor)
• Two (2) complimentary players at the Tiesweb Celebrity-Amateur Golf Classic
• Four (4) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

SILVER SPONSOR
................................................................................................................................................$2,500

• Banner prominently displayed at the event on Sponsors Row
• Two (2) complimentary continental breakfasts and Two (2) complimentary lunches at the event
• Reception & Gala admission for four (4) people
• One half (1/2) page black and white advertisement in the Souvenir Booklet
• Workshop admission for two (2) people
• Four (4) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

BRONZE SPONSOR
............................................................................................................................................... $1,500

• Banner prominently displayed at the event on Sponsors Row
• Two (2) complimentary continental breakfasts and two (2) complimentary lunches at the event
• Reception & Gala admission for two (2) people
• One quarter (1/4) page black and white advertisement in the Souvenir Booklet
• Two (2) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

• Title sponsor status for the Golf Tournament
• Recognition on all promotional material
• One (1) complimentary guest room at the Trade Fair hotel site for four (4) days and three (3) nights
• One (1) complimentary roundtrip airlines ticket on Tiesweb to the event (from point of origin to
  Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Airport and return to original point of origin)
• Company Banner on site
• Exhibit area under the 19th whole tent
• Presentation at the Golf Tournament Banquet
• Corporate banner at tournament
• Corporate award and recognition at Reception and Gala
• Company novelties in goody bags
• Corporate logo on all tee signs
• Two (2) corporate foursomes with preferred celebrities (PGA Players)
• Ten (10) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

• Corporate Sponsor status for the Golf Tournament
• Recognition on all promotional material
• Corporate Sponsor banner at the Golf Tournament
• Corporate Award recognition at the Golf Tournament Banquet
• Company novelties in goody bags
• Two (2) tee signs with corporate name displayed
• One (1) corporate foursome with preferred celebrity
• Four (4) tickets for the Banquet
• Six (6) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

• All Star Sponsor status for the Golf Tournament
• All Star Sponsor Banner signage at the Golf Tournament
• All Star Award at the Golf Tournament Banquet
• Company novelties in goody bags
• One (1) tee sign with company’s name displayed
• One (1) corporate foursome
• Four (4) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

• Small Business Sponsor status for the Golf Tournament
• One (1) foursome
• Small Business award at the Golf Tournament Banquet
• One (1) tee sign with company’s name displayed
• Two (2) tickets to the Tiesweb Transatlantic Business-Networking Cruise

• Tee sign with company’s name displayed

• Green/Cart fees – refreshments on course – gift bag – lunch – dinner awards banquet – practice balls

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