Meetings / Activities
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6 January 2004, Best Eastern
Hotel, Ramallah
Topic: Decentralization and the Future of the Next Municipal and
Legislative Elections.
Participant(s): Ekhlas
Bader, Lawyer; Samih Shahib, Writer; Abdul Karim Nijem, Public
Relation, Political & National
Guidance; Said Zaid, Palestinian Legislative Council; Tayseer
Arouri, Birzeit University; Jamal Shobaki, Minister of Local
Government; Ahmed Ghneim, Ministry of Local Government; Dr. Said
Zeedani, Director of the Palestinian Independent Commission for
Citizens' Rights, Ramallah; Iyad Masrouji, Masrouji Company;
Wafa’ Abdul Rahman,
MIFTAH; Ayman Yousef, Birzeit University; Lubna Hammad, UNICEF;
Taleb Awad, Muwatin; Rafiq Natsheh, Speaker, Palestinian Legislative
Council; Dr. Hassan Abu Libdeh, Bureau Chief, Prime Minister Office;
Lily Habash, Cabinet Secretariat; Bassam Al-Salhi, Writer; Izzat
Abdul Hadi, Director, Bisan Center; Mamdouh Nofal, Writer; Hijazi
Natsheh, Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.
11 February 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: e-Government: A Shortcut to Decentralization in Palestine.
Speaker(s): Dr. Mashhour Abu Daka, Director of the
Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA), Ramallah.
Participant(s): Samer
Salameh, Director, Information Technology; Fadi Salsa, Operation
Manager, IT; Yazan Abdul Rahman, Manager, IT; Imad Abu Hijlah,
Paltel; Hani Boullata, IT; Hazem Kawasmi, Project Manager,
GTZ; Arij Abdeen, GTZ; Feras Nasr, Central Election Commission;
Taleb El-Haj, Ministry of Education; Faisal Awartani, Birzeit
University; Azmi Shu’aibi, PLC; Hani Al-Hroub, Ministry
of Local Government; Muna Jasser, Care; Hijazi Natsheh, PASSIA;
Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.
18 February 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: Decentralization
and Corruption
Speaker(s): Dr.
'Azmi Shou’aibi, PLC Member, Ramallah
Participant(s): Ala’a
Lahlouh, Researcher, PSR; Dr. Taleb Awad, Muwatin; Ahmed Juma’a,
Researcher, UNSCO; Ahmed Ghneim, Ministry of Local Government;
Hani Bullata, IT/IMG; Dr. Ishaq Al-Qutub, Al-Quds University;
Hijazi Al-Natsheh, PASSIA; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.
25 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Decentralization:
Donors' Perspectives
Speaker(s): Dr.
Khalil Nakhleh, General Director, Accreditations and Quality Assurance
Commission, Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Participant(s): Maha
Abu Samra, Field Training Officer, UNRWA; Caroline Abu Sada,
PhD Student; Benoît Challand, PhD Student; Safa' Abu Assab,
Program Manager, Diakonia; Lois Nakhleh, Artist; Valker Bach,
Assistant Director, Star Mountain; Michael Neuwrith, Miftah;
Raya Al-Abbasi, Project Director, IRFAN Canada; Nick Kardahji,
Hijazi An-Natsheh, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.
19 May 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: State-Civil Society Relations in Palestine: A Civil Society View
Speaker(s): Izzat Abdul Hadi, Director, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Ramallah
Participant(s): Sam Bahour, Director, Plaza Shopping Center; Salim Tamari, Institute of Jerusalem Studies; Khalil Nakhleh, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Majdi Daqiqi, Ministry of Woman Affairs; Luay Shabaneh, ACSP-Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS); Nahla Abdo, Ministry of Women Affairs; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana' Shannak, PASSIA
| Experts Conferences - Decentralization |
08 June 2004, Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah
Topic: Decentralization and Local Government Reform: Learning from the Lessons of Others
Speaker(s):
- Jamal Shobaki, Minister of Local Government, Palestine
- Dr Reinhard Bodemeyer, GTZ, Morocco
- Mr. Mohammad Zaidan, Former Head of the Follow Up Committee, Arab Mayors and Heads of Local Councils Committee
- Dr As’ad Ghanem, Head of Ibn Khaldun - Arab Association for Research and Development, Haifa.
Participant(s): Imad Saed, General Director, Ministry of Local Government; Fouz Khalifah, Ministry of Local Government; Isam Aqel, Executive Director, Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA); Lawahez Abdul Hadi, President, General Union of Palestinian Women, Nablus; Da’ad Alami, Palestinian Women Club, Nablus; Fathi Bozeiah, Mayor, Kefel Haris Municipality; Atef Alawneh, Ministry of Finance, Ramallah; Khaled Abu Alia, Director, Civic Forum; Yaser ‘Aleis, Investor; Ahmad Al-Qasem, Writer & Researcher; Jamil Hamami, Al-Quds University; Angele Khasho, Program Assistant, Danish Representative Office; Nazmi Harb, General Director, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Rasem Kamal, Lawyer; Jihad Abdul Hadi, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Raed Abu Ghazaleh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; As’ad Sunokrot, Sunokrot Company, Jerusalem; Ibrahim Julani, Businessman, Jerusalem; Hassan Fayyad, Negotiation Affairs Department, Ramallah; Ismail Talahmeh, Engineer; Khalid Naseef, Civic Forum; Ma’rouf Zahran, Mayor of Qalqilia; Saber Arif, Qalqilia Municipality; Walid Badawi, PLO Refugees Department; Nahed Awwad, Goethe Institute, Ramallah; Abdullah Abu Shaweesh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Khalil Nakhleh, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Peter Schäfer, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES); Adnan Ghosheh, Advisor, Municipal Development, GTZ; Hazem Qawasmi, GTZ; David Bother, GTZ; Abdul Jawad Saleh, PLC Member, Ramallah; Mustafa Habash, Dar Al-Fatwa and Islamic Research Studies, Ramallah ; Ahmad Amer, Birzeit University; Sameer Shihadeh, General Director, National Institution Office, Ramallah; ‘Ouhoud Qanadeel, Arab Women’s Union Society, Nablus; Ghada Abdul Hadi, Hawwa Center, Nablus; Iyad Masrouji, General Manager, Masrouji Company; Shifa’ Jayousi, Institutional Strengthening Specialist, Ramallah; Mohammed Kamal Jaber, Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, Ramallah; Nawal Shaheen, Arab Women’s Union Society, Ramallah; Hamdallah Hawamdeh, Ministry of Culture, Nablus; Faisal Awartani, General Manager of Alpha International for Polling, Research & Informatics, Ramallah; Sa’ed Abdul Hadi, An-Nasher, Ramallah; Taleb Awad, Muwatin, Ramallah; Azzam Abu So’ud, Chamber of Commerce, Jerusalem; Muna Matta, Belgian Technology Cooperation; Majed Souman, The Commission of NGO’s Affairs, PA Commission; Sandy Jasser, The Commission of NGO’s Affairs, PA Commission; Volker Buenning, Advisor, GTZ; Rima Ghandour, USAID, Tel Aviv; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana’ Shannak, Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, PASSIA.
17 June 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: State-Civil Society Relations – A State Perspective
Speaker(s): Ghassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Labor, Ramallah
Participant(s): Abdullah Abu Shawesh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Sam Bahour, Consultant; Mahmoud Takruri, General Manager, Palestine Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Mahmoud Hammad, Lawyer; Ismail Talahma, Engineer; Walid Badawi, Researcher; Saed Abu Farha, Reporter; Ziad Karablieh, Ministry of Economy; Jihad Abdul Hadi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Sa’ed Abdul Hadi, An-Nasher, Ramallah; Abdul Jawad Saleh, PLC Member, Ramallah; Taleb Awad, Muwatin, Ramallah; Ayman Yousef, Arab-American University, Jenin; Areej Al-Yousef, Delegate of German Industry and Trade, Ramallah; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA
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