The Regional Conference is organized with the generous support of:
Towards the Madrid Civil Society Summit
Regional conference: the Arab Peace Initiative the way ahead
28-29 May 2010, Antalya-Turkey
PROGRAM
The Seminar Objectives are:
1. To discuss concretely the positive impacts that the implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative would have on the Middle-East;
2. To achieve a joint resolution to encourage the understanding and the development of the API;
3. To consolidate stable platforms of civil society and political actors in the region to promote the API;
4. To discuss how the Arab Peace Initiative can be promoted more decisively.
Seminar’s format / Methodology:
The sessions will be structured as round-table discussions.
In each session, the moderators will facilitate the intervention of the participants.
The panelists can participate in each session, but they are encouraged to give their presentation especially in the one where their intervention appears, according to the program below. Each presentation should not exceed 10 minutes in order to leave some time for a brief discussion among all the participants.
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Friday 28 May, 2010
8:00 – 9:00
Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 10:30
Opening Session
Opening speech by Adnan Gerger (Turkish journalist, writer and researcher, 2010 Yunus Nadi Novel Award winner).
Opening speech by Sedat Onal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey)
Welcoming remarks and presenting the agenda by:
- Walid Salem (Center for Democracy and Community Development),
- José Ruibérriz (Madrid Coalition European Representative; ACPP)
10:00 – 1:00
Session 1: What are the beneficial impacts of the API on the people of Middle East from a political perspective?
Moderator:
Walid Salem (Center for Democracy and Community Development).
Rapporteur:
Amal Al-Basha (Sisters' Arabic Forum, Yemen).
Interventions:
Hesham Youssef (Assistant of the General Secretary of the Arab League), Meir Sheetrit (Kadima Knesset Member), Marwan Abdelhamid (PLO Central Council member, Advisor to the President of the Palestinian National Authority), Samir Mutawi (Jordanian Former Ambassador and former Minister of Information), Avi Gil (Advisor to Shimon Peres), Ziad Abu Zayyad (editor of the Palestine–Israel Journal and former Minister), Ali Al Ruwaili (Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Shaker (Former Egyptian Ambassador), Yuval Seri
The Regional Conference is organized with the generous support of:
(Green Movement Party, Israel)
Points of discussion:
Why the API is good for Israel, for Palestine, for the Middle East, for Europe.
Studying the current political regional context to understand how the API can be promoted.
Israeli response to the Arab Peace Initiative.
1:00 – 2:30
Lunch Break
2:30 – 5:30
Session 2: What are the beneficial impacts of the API on the people of Middle East from the civil society’s perspective?
Moderator:
Yehudah Paz (NISPED).
Rapporteur:
Maati Monjib (Mohammed V University, Rabat).
Interventions:
Ibrahim Matar (Economic consultant - Italian Development Cooperation), Amal Al-Basha (Sisters' Arabic Forum, Yemen), Mansour Abu Rashed (Ex-Jordanian General), Tayseer Al-Khunaizi (Lecturer Department of Finance and Economics, King Fahd University, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Eli Podeh (Lecturer at the Hebrew University).
Points of discussion:
Why the API is good for Israel, for Palestine, for the Middle East, for Europe.
Why the API is good for civil society.
Evaluating civil society organizations’ initiatives that have been supporting the API (failures and successes).
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Saturday 29 May 2010
8:00 – 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 – 12:00
Session 3: How to increase the impact of the API more decisively? How to work together to promote the API?
How to consolidate stable platforms to promote the API?
How to mobilize civil society in the Middle-East around the API?
Moderators:
José Ruibérriz (Madrid Coalition European Representative; ACPP).
Rapporteur:
Jannie Kuik (IKVPAXCHRISTI Netherlands).
Interventions:
Taher Shash (Former Egyptian Ambassador), Shimon Shamir (Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan), Abdullah Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia), Saman Khoury (Madrid Coalition Palestinian Representative; PDF), Mossi Raz (Former Knesset Member; All for Peace radio), Jerome Michael Segal (Maryland University), Janiki Cingoli (CIPMO), Zahid Movlazadeh (ECCP - GPPAC Network ).
Point of discussion:
Reviewing the current opportunities/threats regarding the API.
Practical planning session on what to do, how to do it concretely, and who will do it (regional and international levels).
How each one can promote it.
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch Break
1:30 – 4:30
Session 4: Conclusions.
Final declarations.
Moderators:
Saman Khoury (Madrid Coalition Palestinian Representative; PDF).
The Regional Conference is organized with the generous support of:
Interventions:
Lucy Nusseibeh (Al-Quds University and Director of MEND), Sedat Onal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey), Marwan Abdelhamid (PLO Central Council member, Advisor to the President of the Palestinian National Authority).
Point of discussion:
Conclusions and next steps.
Planning of the Madrid Conference.
Statement and publication.
