Conferences

 
15
Dec
2001

Civil Society and Good Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EuroMeSCo working group and Directors' meetings)

  • Organizer: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Germany.
  • Location: Berlin, Germany.
  • From: Dec. 15, 2001 - To: Dec. 17, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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9
Nov
2001

Ditchley Park Conference on: "The United States and the Islamic World"

  • Organizer: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford, UK..
  • Location: Oxford, UK..
  • From: Nov. 9, 2001 - To: Nov. 11, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
8
Nov
2001

The 19th International Lisbon conference on: "Europe, the US and the Mediterranean in the Aftermath of 11 September: Identity, Fundemental Values, and Security"

  • Organizer: Institute of Strategic and International Studies (IEEI), Lisbon, Portugal..
  • Location: Lisbon, Portugal.
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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26
Oct
2001

The 10th International Conference of KAMES (Korean Association of the Middle East Studies)

  • Organizer: Korean Association of the Middle East Studies, Seoul, Korea..
  • Location: Seoul, South Korea.
  • From: Oct. 26, 2001 - To: Oct. 28, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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15
Oct
2001

The 5th Annual Forum 2000 Conference: "Human Rights and Search for Global Responsibility"

  • Organizer: The Forum 2000 Foundation under the auspices of the Czech President Vaclav Havel.
  • Location: Prague Castle, Czech Republic.
  • From: Oct. 15, 2001 - To: Oct. 18, 2001
Participants: Rabbi Albert Friedlander:

Dean of the London Rabbinical Seminary Leo Baeck College, Vice President of the World Union of Progressive Judaism, Associate President of the Conference of Christians and Jews, and Emeritus Rabbi of the Westminster Synagogue in London.


HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal:
Chairman of the Arab Thought Forum, President of the Club of Rome and Moderator of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, Amman.


Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi:
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem.


Dr. Manuel Hassassian:
Executive Vice President, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem.


Dr. Rosemary Hollis:
Head of Middle East Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).


Frederik W. de Klerk:
Former President of South Africa.


Prof. Ludger Kiihnhardt:
Director of the Center for European Integration Studies, Bonn.


Ondrej Liska:
Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Republic.


Shimon Peres:
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Israel.

Gilead Sher:
former Prime Minister's Bureau Chief and Policy Coordinator; Chief Negotiator, delegate and PM Barak's special envoy (1999-2001) in Camp-David, Taba, and the back-track negotiations, Jerusalem.


Prince Karel Schwarzenberg:
special representative of the Czech President, Czech Republic.


Ivo Silhavy:
Office of the President, Czech Republic


Matti Wuori:
Rapporteur for Human Rights in the World of the European Parliament, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the EP.


Special Guests:


Vaclav Havel:
President of Czech Republic


Yohei Sasakawa:
President of the Nippon Foundation
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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17
Jul
2001

The Road to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

  • Organizer: The United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, Madrid.
  • Location: Madrid, Spain.
  • From: July 17, 2001 - To: July 18, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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8
Jul
2001

Palestinian and Israeli Academics, Writers and Public Figures Discuss the Current Situation

  • Organizer: Yasser Abed Rabbo, Hanan Ashrawi, Yossi Beilin.
  • Location: Al-Ram, Jerusalem.
Participants: Palestinian Side: Yasser Abed Rabbo, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Hanan Ashrawi, Hafez Barghouti, Samir Huleileh, Samir Abdullah, Islah Jad, Salim Tamari, Albert Aghazarian, Samieh Shbeib, Mohammed Shtayyeh, Gabi Baramki, Sulaiman Mansour, Tayseer Arouri, Ahmad Magdalani, Nazmi Al-Jubeh, Saman Khoury, Isam Bader.
Participants: Israeli Side: Yossi Beilin, Ron Pundak, Emmanuel Sivan, David Grossman, Menachem Klein, Akiva Eldar, Tzally Reshef, Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, Yair Tzaban, Chaim Oron, Nissim Kalderon, Galia Golan, Moshe Kleinberg, Aviad Kleinberg, Dan Jacobson, Arie Arnon, Yuli Tamir, Ephraim Kleiman.
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
19
Jun
2001

Senior Officials Meeting Purpose: Presentation of the EuroMeSCo Working Program

  • Organizer: the EuroMeSCo secretariat.
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium.
Speakers: Introductory speech: European Union Presidency
General Presentation of EuroMeSCo's first year priorities: Alvaro Vasconcelos, Secretariat
-European defense and security policy, Alvaro Vasconcelos, IEEI
-Definitions for Euro-Mediterranean security in light of the Charter, Roberto Aliboni, IAI
- Sub-regional cooperation, c/o Alvaro Vasconcelos, IEEI
- Civil society, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA
- The Barcelona third basket and the EMP, Abdel Monem Said Ali, ACPSS
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
18
Jun
2001

Joint meeting of EuroMeSCo Senior Officials Discussion: The role of civil society within the Barcelona Process

  • Organizer: The Swedish Presidency of the European Union and organized in collaboration with the EuroMeSCo secretariat at the IEEI, Lisbon and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm.
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium.
Speakers: Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Ambassador Dionysios, Lelos Greece
Ambassador Alfred Zarb, Malta
Ghalib Al Shawabkeh, Jordan
Bichara Khader, CERMAC, Louvain
bdel Monem Said Ali, ACPSS in Cairo and Francesco Cerulli, senior official, Italy : EuroMeSCo standing recommendations on governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law and investment and development
Participants: Representatives from the Swedish Presidency, the general secretariat, the European Commission and officials from partners countries including Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Purpose of the conference: To investigate how the objectives of the political dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership can be fostered to promote the concept of civil society between the two sides of the Mediterranean
Two sessions chaired by: Lars Bjarme, Senior Official, Sweden, EU Presidency and Alvaro de Vasconcelos, IEEI, EuroMeSCo Secretariat
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
13
Jun
2001

Palestinian Return Migration: Socio-Economic and Cultural Approaches

  • Organizer: The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center (Shaml), Ramallah and Meawards (Population Council, Cairo).
  • Location: Ramallah.
  • From: June 13, 2001 - To: June 14, 2001
Speakers: Barbara Ibrahim, Regional Director, Population Council
Dr. As'ad Abdel Rahman, Shaml
Benoit Challand, European University Institute
Rania Urabi, Montreal University
Rabab Abdel Hadi, sociologist, American University in Cairo
Rina Isotalo, Anthropologist, Helsinki University, Finland
Tamara Tamimi, Anthropologist, Binghamton University, USA
Daoud Barakat, Refugee Affairs Department, PLO
Salim Tamari, Center for Jerusalem Studies
Terry Rempel, researcher, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Mohammad Al Mbaid, Tamkeen Project
Sharif Kana'nah, Anthropologist, Birzeit University
Walid Salem, researcher, Panorama Center, Jerusalem
Najeh Jarar, Sociologist, Najah University, Nablus
Participants: Iyad Qadi
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
12
Jun
2001

Reconciliation and the Current conflict

  • Organizer: The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
  • Location: Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
  • From: June 12, 2001 - To: June 13, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
17
May
2001

Workshop - Coordination and Cooperation between NGOs in Palestine and their Relations with the Palestinian Authority and Donor Countries

  • Organizer: Palestinian Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, in cooperation with the Welfare Association Consortium (PNGO World Bank-funded project).
  • Location: Ramallah.
Participants: Representatives from the PNGO network, Union of Charitable Societies, PA Ministries and Ma'an Institute in Ramallah, Iyad Qadi.
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
6
May
2001

Lecture Tour of Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Germany

  • Organizer: the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
  • Location: Berlin, Germany.
  • From: May 6, 2001 - To: May 9, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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27
Mar
2001

Promoting Regional Security in the Middle East

  • Organizer: The UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, University of California, Los Angeles, USA..
  • Location: Cairo, Egypt.
  • From: March 27, 2001 - To: March 29, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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25
Feb
2001

The European Union and the Middle East: How to Revive the Peace Process

  • Organizer: Western European Union: Institute for Security Studies, Paris (Attended).
  • Location: Paris, France.
  • From: Feb. 25, 2001 - To: Feb. 26, 2001
All Conferences were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA