CONFERENCES

1994

Other Conferences which PASSIA was invited to attend but was unable to do so:

• 17th - 19th January 1994. International Symposium on Transmediterranean Interdependence and partnership. "Auletta dei Grupppi Parliamentari" at the Italian Parliament, Rome. North-South Centre, European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity, Council of Europe.
  The main aim of this conference was to focus on economic, social, cultural and even psychological patterns of the interdependent relationship of the transmediterranean region. Among the things addressed were intercultural understanding and religious tolerance, migration and exchange and the new forms of co-operation, development and partnership.
• 15th April 1994 The Impact of Israeli occupation and political change on the sociological and psychological wellbeing of Palestinian people and society. Bethlehem University. The league of Arab workers in Mental Health in Israel and Bethlehem University.
• 29th April 1994. Democratic Elections and the Current Palestinian Status. Rashad El Shawa Cultural Centre, Gaza. Gaza Cultural Group.
• May 3rd 1994 Collective Identities and Israeli Palestinian Peacemaking: past present and future. Notre Dame Centre, Jerusalem. Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (I.P.C.R.I.)
  This was the first in a series of ongoing roundtable meetings between Israelis and Palestinians, the focus of which was to "brainstorm" on the various elements of collective identities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• 3rd - 7th of May 1994. 413th Wilton Park Conference: Prospects for an Arab Israeli Peace. Wiston House Conference Centre, Steyning, UK. Wilton Park - An executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth office.
• 17th May 1994. Economic Directions for a Palestinian future. Birzeit University. Palestinian Bureau of Statistics and the faculty of economics and commerce at Birzeit University.
  This workshop was a series of lectures from the world bank group headed by Ms. Jill Mahandar, Assistant Director for balance of payment and external debt division, statistics department.
• 26th - 29th May. Facing the Challenges of Democracy: A U.S.- Arab Dialogue. Doubletree Terrace Hotel, Washington DC. The Foundation on Democratization and Political Change in the Middle East.
• 3rd - 4th June. Preservation of Architectural Heritage in Palestine. BirZeit University. RIWAQ and the Technical Committees. FOR INFO tel: 958187
• 3rd June. Palestinian Police and Palestinian Security. Rashad El Shawa Cultural Centre, Gaza. Gaza Cultural Group.
• 7th -9th June. Security Group of the Initiative for Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East. Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm. Initiative for Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East, Search for Common ground.
• 24th -25th June. Jerusalem - Best Second Choices. Tantur Ecumenical Centre, Bethlehem Israel-Palestine Centre for Reserach and Information, IPCRI, Jerusalem.
• 29th - 30th June. The Middle Eastern Economy and the Prospect of Peace European Parliament, Strasbourg. The French Research Centre in Social Sciences, CEDEJ, Cairo.
• 17th - 18th August. Elections during the Period of Palestinian Autonomy. Forte Grand hotel, Amman. Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Amman.
• 16th - 19th September Women, Justice and Law - Towards the Empowerment of Palestinian Women National Palace Hotel, Jerusalem. Al-Haq, Ramallah.
• 23rd - 26th September The Second Palestinian Conference on Democracy Rashed Shawa Cutural Centre, Gaza and Birzeit University. Panorama, The Centre for the Dissemination of Alternative Information, Jerusalem.
• 5th - 7th November The Awakening Middle Eastern Market and Israel's Role in it. Binyanei Ha'ooma, Jerusalem.