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Programme(Franηais)
ΪΡΘν |
| MONDAY,
APRIL 23RD , 2007 |
| 18:00-21:30 |
Opening
Ceremony and Dinner |
| 18:30-19:15
19:30-20:15
Al-Wasail Hall
20:30-21:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
Welcoming Notes:
H.E. Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Opening Speech:
H.H. The Amir of The State of Qatar
Guests of Honour Statements:
- H.E Taria Halonen, President of Finland
- H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
Opening Session of the Forum :
Progress of Democracy and Reform in the World
Moderator:
- David Foster, (Media Specialist)
Speakers:
- H.E. Dr. Saleem Al Hoss, Former Prime Minister, Lebanon.
- The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw ,Leader- House of Commons, UK.
- Amr Moussa, General Secretary, League of Arab States.
- H.E. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, Former Prime Minister, Thailand.
- H.E. Senator Marc Harb , Member of Parliament , Canada.
Dinner Party |
| TUESDAY,
APRIL 24TH , 2007 |
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Time / Hall |
Economy |
09:00 11:00
Al-Wasail Hall |
"Economic Transitions: From the Welfare State to
Globalization Economies"
Moderator:
- Dr. Mohamad Abu Hamour, Former Minister of Finance and
Chairman of Executive Authority for Privatization , Jordan
Speakers
Shaikha Hanadi Bint Nasser Bin Khalid Al Thani, Vice
Chairperson and Managing Director, Amwal, Qatar
Dr. Youssif Al-Hassan, Director General, Emirates Institute of
Diplomacy, UAE
The Transition in the Gulf Post-Welfare State.
Dr. Fadil Mahdi, ESCWA, Lebanon
The Economic Impact of Globalization in Developing Countries.
Dr. Joseph Jabbra, President, American University of Beirut,
Lebanon..
Building Arab Capacity through Education.
Dr. Ali Aissaoui, Head of Research, Arab Petroleum Investment
Corporation. KSA
A stronger Case for Economic Diversification in MENA Region
Mr. Chan Heng Kee, CEO, Civil Service College, Singapore.
Training as a Key to National Development.
Discussion Topics
Unified Currency.
Role of governments regarding the provision of industrial
capitals.
Role of finance, liquidity and support for major projects. |
| 11:00 11:30 |
Coffee Break. |
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Time / Hall |
Media |
11:30 13:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
"Freedom of Media: Fact or Fiction"
Moderator:
- Mr. Nick Gothery, Journalist and Program Director of Dateline
London, BBC,UK
Speakers
Mr. Nigel Parsons, Managing Director, Al Jazeera English
Language Channel, Qatar
Phenomenon of new satellite channels.
Dr. Mitham Al-Janabi, Professor and Writer, Russia
Media Ideology.
Mr. Chris Doyle, Director Council of Arab-British
Understanding, UK
Dr. Alhassan Bou Quntar, King Mohamed 5th University, Morocco
Dr. Yuri Sigov, Bureau Chief, Businessmen Magazine, USA
Mrs. Carolyn O'Hara, Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine, USA
Discussion Topics
Impact of Information flow on media freedom.
The role of media in the promotion of Peace and the spread of
Violence |
13:30 15:00
Al-MukhtasarOpen Lunch
At Lagoon Restaurant
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Lunchon and Discussion Session- (Berkeley):
(Empire and the Clash of Civilizations)
Moderator:-
- Prof. Nezar Al-Sayyed, Chair, Center for Middle Eastern
Studies, Berkeley University, California, USA.
Speakers
Professor Derek Gregory, University of British Colombia, USA
Cultures of War: Imaginary Arab Cities .
Professor Mark Gillem, University of Oregon, Euagene, USA.
America Town: Building the Outpost of Empire
Professor Ananya Roy, University of California, Berkley, USA
Development at the Limits of Empire.
Dean John Lee, University of California, Berkley , USA
Recruiting gender for the course of empire.
Raka Ray, University of California, Berkley, USA
Global disaster.
P.S.
From a Clash of Civilizations to the Clash of Globalization
(Prof. N Al-Sayyed) |
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Time / Hall |
Free Trade |
16: 00- 18:00
Al-Wasail Hall |
"The Gap between the North and the South"
Moderator:
- Dr. Paola Subacchi, Head of International Economics Program,
Shatam Institute, UK.
Speakers
H.E., Liv Monica Stubholt State Minister-Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Norway.
Associations for constant Development-Oslo Conference for
rational leading and social and environmental responsibilities.
Dr. Jassim Hussein, Member of House of Representatives,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Adverse Effects of FTAs.
Dr. Mohamed Nahavandian, Chairperson, Tehran Chamber for
Commerce, Industry, and Mining, Advisor to the Iranian
President, Iran
North-South relations, globalization and regionalism.
Dr. Parvez Ahmed, Chairman, CAIR, Council of American Islamic
Relations and Professor of Finance in Florida University, USA
Ethics & Social Responsibility of Financial Markets.
Dr. Adnan Omar,Proffesor and Chairman of Management
Information Systems, Southern University, New Orleans, USA.
Spam's effect on e- Trade.
Dr. Stormy Mildner, Senior Researcher and Foreign Trade
Expert, German Institute for International and Security Studies,
Germany
Discussion Topics
Role of services sector.
Negative aspects of Free Trade agreements. |
| 18:00 18:30 |
Coffee Break. |
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Time / Hall |
Political
Reform |
18:30 20:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
"Political Reform :National Programs and
External Projects"
Moderator:
-Professor Gerd Nonyman, Lancaster University, UK
Speakers
H.E. Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, Former President of
Romania
Dr. Ali M. Fakhroo, Former Minister of Education, Kingdom of
Bahrain
Danger of Deviation from Democracy.
Dr. Shabbir Cheema, Director, Global Forum on Reinventing
Government, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New
York, USA
Rethinking "Government Reinvention" and regional implications,
and obstacles to organizational reform.
Dr. Ghassan Salameh, Former minister of Culture, Professor of
International Relations, Institut D'Etudes Politiques de Paris,
France, Former Minister of Culture, Lebanon
International Political Developments and regional implications(A
Geo-Political Dimension).
Dr. Abdul Khalik Abdullah, Professor of Political Science, UAE
University, Al Ain, UAE
An Outlook at the future of the Region (The Regional Dimension).
Dr. Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Global South
American University, Washington, DC
H.E. Dr. Azmi Bechara, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset
Discussion Topics
Crisis and Demand for Reform and Danger of Deviation from
Democracy. |
20:30 22:30
Al-Wasail Hall
Open Dinner
At Lagoon Restaurant
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Dinner and Discussion
Session-IDEA.
Challenges to Democracy Building in a Global and Regional
Perspective
Moderator:
-Mrs. Lena Hjelm-Wallen, Chair, International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance(IDEA)- Sweden
Speakers
Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Director, IDEA Africa and Middle East,
South Africa
An overview of the Global and Regional Challenges to Democracy
building.
Ms. Ingrid Wetterquist, Head of Planning and External
Relations- IDEA, Sweden
IDEA's response and contributions to current challenges to
Democracy Building.
Mr. Imad Youssef, Project Manager for the Arab World IDEA,
Sweden
Dr. Abdul Karim-Al-Iryani, President, Cultures Bridge Forum,
and Chairman of National Bureau For Human Rights, Yemen
H.E. Eng Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, President, House of
Representatives , Jordan |
| WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 25TH , 2007 |
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Time / Hall |
Development |
09:00 11:00
Al-Wasail Hall |
"Future Parameters for Administrative Reform and Development"
Moderator:
- H.E. Dr. Yousef H Al-Ebraheem, Minister of Finance and
Planning, Former Minister of State for Administrative
Development Affairs, Kuwait
Speakers
Mrs. Claire Curtis- Thomas MP, Member of the House of Commons,
UK.
Edward J.Spar, Executive Director, Council of Professional
Association of Federal Statistics, Washington, USA.
Balancing and Strategic Planning: Requirements and benefits for
a governmental statistical system.
Bechara Merhej, Former Minister of Administrative Reform,
Lebanon.
Overcoming Barriers to Administrative Reform
Dr. Ahmed Al-Kuwari, Project Manager, Service Improvement
Initiative, Planning Council, Qatar
Role of Service Improvement in modernization of Public Sector.
Dr. Eulian J. Roberts, Chief Executive, Qatar Science &
Technology Park, Qatar.
Enabling Environment for Science & Technology.
Prof. Roziah Omar, Executive Director, Woman and Family
Development Institute, Ministry of Women, Family, and Community,
Malaysia.
Cultural and Social dimension
Discussion Topics
How to apply change in the Arab region and future challenges.
Building Arab Capacity through Education. |
| 11:00 11:30 |
Coffee Break. |
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Time / Hall |
Human Rights |
11:30 13:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
"The Impact of the Super Powers Policies"
Moderator:
- Cyril Ritchie, (CSFD 2006),USA
Speakers
H.E. Fredrick De Klerk, Former President of South Africa and
Chairman of the Global Leadership Foundation.
Dr. Khalid Al-Attiya, Human Rights National Committee, Qatar
Role of Civil Societies Organizations.
H.E Amb. Dr. Mohamed Eziddin Abdulmonem, Professor of
International Law, Member of UN Committee for Human Rights,
Egypt
Assurance of Fundamental Rights
Mrs. Mariam AL-Malki, National Coordinator, National Bureau
for Lodging & Human Care, Qatar
Human Trafficking Phenomenon and its negative Impact on Human
Societies.
H.E. Senator. Pana Merchant, The Senate of Canada.
Discussion Topics
Individual Rights |
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13:30 15:30
Al Mukhtasar Hall and Lagoon Resturant
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Open Lunch. |
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16:00 18:00
Al-Wasail Hall
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Discussion Session:
"Arab Reform Initiative"
Building Democracy in the Arab Region:
Is International Intervention needed?
Moderator:
- Dr. Basma Qadmani, Director of Arab Reform Initiative, France
Speakers
H.E. Dr. Saleem Al Hoss, Former Prime Minister, Lebanon.
H.E. Mawloud Hamrouch, Former Prime Minister, Algeria
Mr. Pascal Boniface, Director, International & Strategic
Studies Institute, France
Dr. Sayyar Al-Jameel, Iraqi Professor and Writer, Canada
Mr. Ahmed Baha Eddin Shaban, Activist & Writer, Egypt
Prof. Michael Brown, Dean Eliot School for International
Affairs, George Washington University, USA
Prof. Anoush Ehteshami, Institute of Oriental and Islamic
Studies, Durham University, U.K |
| 18:00 18:15 |
Coffee Break. |
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Democracy |
18:15 20:15
Al-Wasail Hall
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Closing Session
The Arabs, The West, and Democracy
Moderator:
- The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Symons of Verham Dean, Member of the
House of Lords and Chair of the Qatar All Party Group, UK.
Speakers
Zsolt Nemeth, Chair, Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee,
Hungary.
Is the West really supportive of Democracy in the Arab World?
H.E. Mawloud Hamrouch, Former Prime Minister, Algeria
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon QC , Member of the
House of Lords and Formerly British Foreign Secretary and
Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK.
Mrs. Kristi Westphalen, Counselor, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Finland
H.E. Dr. Haris SILAJDZIC, Member of the Presidency, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Mr. Scott Bates, Senior Representative ,National Democratic
Institute, USA
Discussion Topics
Western view on democratization in the Arab World.
Democracy Support Funds.
Various Views on imposition from outside. |
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20:15
AL Mukhtasar Hall & Lagoon Resturant |
Open Dinner |
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