Oct. 20, 2007

9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks

Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem

10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Palestinian Security Sector: Overview – Structures, agencies, actors, legal framework, control, oversight & accountability

Firas Milhem, Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Birzeit University

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Break

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. – Palestinian Security Sector: Needs, principles, challenges and mechanisms for effective reform

Firas Milhem

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Lunch

2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. – The Rule of Law: Exploring the Concept (various aspects of rule of law promotion: constitutional development, code reform, legal drafting, judicial reform)

Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Member of the German Parliament (SPD) and Head of its Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.

Oct. 21, 2007

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Transitional Justice: Interaction between Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (accountability for past abuses, fighting corruption, democratic policing, use of local customary practice)

Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin and Eduard Hoffmann

10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Leadership Styles (leadership types, various personalities, convincing others, leaving an impression, understanding what makes a leader. Motivating others, leadership in cultural and situational contexts, leadership ethics)

Dr. Mahmoud Baidoun, Senior Trainer and Clinical Supervisor, Birzeit University

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Leadership Styles, contd.

Dr. Mahmoud Baidoun

Oct. 22, 2007

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Palestinian Security Sector: Specific and generic threats (incl. internal, transnational, social and economic threats)

Ziad Hab Ar-Rieh, Head of Preventive Security in West Bank and Gaza

10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Methodologies in the Promotion of the Rule of Law: Lessons from Reform Projects in New or Restored Democracies (Case Studies)

Claudia Fenz, EUPOL COPPS

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Problem Areas and Needs Relating to the Rule of Law in Palestine and Reform Efforts to Date (Accountability/Fighting Impunity and Corruption)

Ghassan Faramand, Institute of Law, Birzeit University

Oct. 23, 2007

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Rule of Law and Local Informal Practices in Palestine (alternative methods of crisis management / conflict resolution)

Jihad Harb, Researcher, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), Ramallah

10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Break

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Formulation and elements of a security policy and strategy (institutions, roles and responsibilities; role of the security sector in politics; White Paper in progress)

Firas Milhem

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Establishment and institutionalization of transparent and accountable security organizations

Jihad Harb

Oct. 24, 2007

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Principles and Practice of Democratic Civil Governance of the Security Sector

Dr. George Giacaman, Director of Muwatin, Ramallah

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – noon – Society-Security Relations

Dr. Ali Jirbawi, Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University

noon – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. – Evaluation

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Wrap up and final discussion