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Roundtable Meetings & Workshops (2004)

6 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Personal and Community Transformation in the Aftermath of Violence: From Boston to the Balkans

Speaker(s): John Woodall, MD, Director of the Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Interfaculty Working Group at Harvard University’s Mind Brain Behavior Initiative.

Participant(s): Maha Abu Samra, Field Training Officer, UNRWA; Pamella Mills, Program Development Officer, US Consulate; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Michele Auga, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Jerusalem; Raymond Connelly, Retired; Khalil Assali, Voice of America (Radio Sawa); Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Makassed Society, Jerusalem; Elias Zananiri, Journalist, RF1, Jerusalem; Subhi Al-Aref, Medical Student; Suzan Nammari, Program Specialist, American Consulate, Jerusalem; Nick Kardahji, Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA, Jerusalem.

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10 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The Geneva Accords – Just Another Peace Plan?

Speaker(s): Dr. Nazmi Al-J'ubeh, RIWAQ, Center For Architectural Conservation, Ramallah

Participant(s): Fatima Abdo, Student; Ibrahim Sha’aban, Lecturer; Mohammed Nuseibeh, Addar Hotel; Hanlie Booysen, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Khalil Assali, Voice of America; Elisabeth Petersen, Project Coordinator, FES; Sarah Albrecut, FES Intern; Peter Schäfer, FES; Jamal Al-‘Aref, Deputy, Middle East Representative, ANERA; Hatem Abdul Qader, PLC Member; Elias Zananiri, RFI; Ishaq Budeiri, Arab Studies Society; Andrew Whittaker, British Consulate General, Jerusalem; Maha Abu Samra, Field Training Officer, UNRWA; Rafiq Husseini, Welfare Association; Saman Khoury, Media Advisor; Christian Sterzing, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation; Sari Hanafi, Shaml; Catherine Nichols, Sabeel; Nick Kardahji, PASSIA, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA

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26 February 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: The Question of Palestinian Citizenship in the Light of the Current Development in the Region

Speaker(s): Ali Safarini, Lawyer; Mahmoud Hammad, Lawyer

Participant(s): Lubna Hammad, Lawyer; Gabi Baramki, Consultant; Taleb Awad, Muwatin; Khalil Nakhleh, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Baha' Bakri, Electoral Affairs, PR Department, Central Election Committee.

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24 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Alternative Voices in Late Ottoman Palestine - Jews and Arabs on the Evolving National Conflict

Speaker(s): Abigail Jacobson, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

Participant(s): Subhi El-Aref, Medical Student; Jamal El-Aref, ANERA; Albert Aghazerian, Lecturer and Consultant, Jerusalem; Khalil Tufakji, Orient House; Dimitri Diliani, Al-Quds University; Walid Assali, Lawyer; Maha Abu Samra, Job Creation Manager, UNRWA; Dan Jacobson, Organizational and Political Psychologist; Terry Bullata, New Generation School; Tally Gur, Activist; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Khalil Assali, Voice of America (VOA); Lily Feidy, Deputy Secretary General, MIFTAH; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, PASSIA.

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31 July 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: Israel’s Unilateral Withdrawal and its Economic impacts

Speaker: Hazem Kawasmi, Consultant – Ministry of National Economy, Ramallah

Participant(s): Ziad Karablieh, Economist, Ministry of Economy; Jihad Abdul Hadi, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Raed Abu Ghazaleh, Minister’s Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Walid Badawi, Refugees Department; Khalil Nakhleh, Qattan Center; Hassan Fayyad, Head of Research and Translation Department, NSU; Sam Bahour, ICT Consultant; Adnan Ghosheh, Project Advisor, Municipal Development, GTZ; Mouwya Al Qawasmi, IRD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Pol U Gradaigh, Solidarity Activist.

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09 August 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: Reforming the Palestinian Security Sector – Problems & Prospects

Speaker: Georg Roland Friedrich, Middle East Politics (MSc), School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Participant(s): Arij Abdeen, Economic Policy Advice Project, GTZ; Franziska Schaft, GTZ; Jose F. da Fonseca, Portugal Representative Office; Abdul Jawad Saleh, PLC Member; Orayb Najjar, Associate Professor, NIV; Ruba Abu Roqtti, Program Manager, Austrian Representative Office; Daoud Barakat, Shamel; Khalil Nakhleh, Qattan Center; Sam Bahour, Consultant; Mahmoud Takruri, General Manager, Palestine Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Mamdouh Nofal, Writer; Lily Habash, Advisor; Daniel Gonzalez, Computer Programmer; Rami Mehdawi, Panorama; Nadia Hajal, Miftah; Ines Mazarrasa, UNDP; Rohini Kohli, UNDP; Sonia Gongalez, Economist, Radwan Abu Ayyash, PBC Chairman; Lea Valaulta, Peace Building, Advisor, Representative Office of Switzerland, Ramallah; Manuel Schubert, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Ramallah; Henrich Schulz, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation , Ramallah, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.

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24 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: On Jerusalem Issues: Open Discussion

Speaker: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman, PASSIA

Participant(s): Dr. Rafiq Husseini, Welfare Association; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Dr. Nazmi Al-J'ubeh, RIWAQ, Center For Architectural Conservation, Ramallah; Adnan Al-Husseini, Director, Islamic Waqf ; Terry Bullata, New Generation School

 

8 September 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Refugees in Jerusalem: Case Study: Shu’fat

Speakers:
Rana Abu Ghazaleh, Programme Manager, International Peace & Cooperation Centre (IPCC), Jerusalem.

Khader Al-Dibs, General Secretary of the Popular Committee in Shu’fat Camp;
 
Discussants:
Dr. Rami Nasrallah, Director General, International Peace & Cooperation Centre (IPCC), Jerusalem;

Dr. Sari Hanafi, Director, Shaml – Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center, Ramallah.
 

Participant(s): Hanlie Booysen, Diplomat, South African Representative, Ramallah; Daniel Seidman, Attorney; Walid Salem, Director, Panorama Jerusalem; Judeh Majaj, General Secretary, YMCA, Jerusalem; Mohammed Abu Ghazaleh, Jerusalem Electric Company; Hasan Al - Qiq, Engineer; Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Physician, Chairman, Makassed Society; Fadia Daibes, Water Consultant; Jumana Jaouni, Political and Press Officer, British Consulate, Jerusalem; Adel Muheissen, Public Committee, Shu’fat Camp; Emmanuelle de Foy, Belgian Consulate; Ross Allen, British Consulate; Peter Schafer, FES; Rami Goldstein, Attorney, Law; Renata Capello, Coordinator.

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7 October 2004. PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: City-to-City Cooperation (C2C) as a Strategy for Development: How Palestinian Cities Can Benefit

Speaker: Dr. Bruce Stanley, Consultant, EU

Participant(s): Dani Ceuninck, Head, Belgian Consulate; Nadia Hajal, Miftah; Fransisca Schaft, GTZ, Municipal Development Project; Muzna Shihabi, Palestinian Medical Relief; Sam Bahour, ICT, Consultant; Faisal Awartani, Lecturer; Ahmad Harb, BirZeit University; Iyad Masrouji, Economist; Dr.Ibrahim Murad, Physician

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27 October 2004. PASSIA, Ramallah

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Participant(s): Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Rana Mousa, Ministry of Interior; Hadeel Qazzaz, Henrich Boll Foundation; Eiman Nimer, Al Huda Women Association; Arabya Mohammad, Al Huda Women Association; Nihaya Rabih, Al Huda Women Association; Khadijeh Abu Ali, Researcher; Rima Saba, Planning Consultant; Sana Shannak, PASSIA
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14 December 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah

Topic: Fateh Movement and the Internal and National Elections

Speaker: Adnan Samara Deputy of Gen. Sec. of the Revolutionary Council

Participant(s): Dr. Ahmad Suboh, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Information; Salwa Abu Khadra, Palestinian Women General Union, Ramallah; Rabiha Diab, Assistant Deputy, Ministry of Youth and Sports; Obaida Kazimi, General Manager, Orient House, Jerusalem; Nidal Omar, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Alexis Le Cour Grandmaison, Deputy Consul, French Consulate; Jerusalem; Ross Allen, Political Consul, UK Consulate; Walid Salem, Director, Panorama Center, Jerusalem; Khawla Kurd, Arab Women Union Society; Kefah Abu Odeh, Police; Ramadan Sharqawi, Public Relations, Police; Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Elham Najjar, PSI; Mahmoud Najjar, Palestinian Planning Center; Sam Bahour, Consultant; Wafa Amr, Journalist, Reuters; Faisal Awartani, Director, Alpha International; Khalil Nakhleh, Director, Qattan center; Jannie Kuih, Sociologist; Marc Mellinger, US Consulate, Jerusalem; Ibrahim Eid, Consultant; Dr. Sa’adeh Al-Khatib Al-Kaswani, General Director, Ministry of Information; Engineer Adnan Abu Ayyash, Deputy Assistant, Ministry of Local Government.

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15 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Palestinian Elections and the Question of Jerusalem “Open Discussion”

Participant(s): Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al Quds University; Hasan Al Qiq, Engineer; Mohammed Nusseibeh, Engineer; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer; Khalil Assali, VOA; Mohammed Abu Ghazaleh, Service Director, Electric Company, Jerusalem; Ishaq Budeiri, Director, Arab Studies Society, Jerusalem; Rami Alami, Lawyer; Mahira Dajani, Director, Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi Society, Jerusalem; Nora Karmi, Sabeel; Walid Salem, Lawyer, Panorama Center; Albert Aghazerian, Al-Madi Translation and Interpreting; Salah Zuheika, Fateh; Dima Hamdan, PARK; Jumana Jaouni, Political Officer, British Consulate; Elise Aghazerian, Hayat Alami, PASSIA

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PASSIA FORUMS (2004)
 
   

 

(PASSIA FORUM)
15 April 2004, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem

Topic: The Question of Jerusalem in the Geneva Accord

Speaker(s): Nazmi Ju'beh & Menachem Klein , Geneva Accord Negotiators.

Participant(s): Kathrina Friederich, Student; Saman Khoury, Media Advisor; Emmanuelle de Froy, Belgium Consulate; Mohammed Jadallah, Physician; Rami Nasrallah, Head, International Peace and Cooperation Center; Samir Abdullah, Mas; Costa Dabit, Accountant; Fadia Abdul Latif, Urban Planner; Jumana Jauni, Political Officer, British Consulate; Alban Biaussat, European Commission; Fatima Abdo, Student; Rateb Rabi, Student; Azzam Abu Soud, Director, Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce; Shami Munzer, Engineer; Bandaly Il-Issa, Researcher; Sari Hanafi, Director, Shaml; Abed Abu Diab, Member of Labor Union; Judeh Majaj, General Secretary, YMCA; Khalil Toufakji, Map and Survey Department, Arab Studies Society; Karim Zamamiri, Social Works; Holger Tillmann, German Representative Office; Basma Khatib, German Representative Office; Andrew Whittaker; British Consulate General; Nisreen El-Aref, Administrator, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES); Ibrahim Daibes, Journalist; Emad Awad; José Maria Ferré de la Pena, Consul General, Spain Consulate; Marietta Hadzipetrou, Medicins du Monde, Greece; Elisabeth Peterson, Project Coordinator, FES; Amer Hidmi, Project Coordinator, IPCC; Jamal El-Aref, ANERA; Peter Schäfer, FES; Michèle Auga, FES; Albert Aghazerian, Lecturer and Consultant, Jerusalem; Pierre Bessuges, UN OCHA; Layal Abdeen, Student, Rainer Schmidt, Journalist; Niall Holohan, Irish Representative; Sophie Shiber, ; Terry Bullata, New Generation School; René Troccaz, Deputy Consul General, France, Jerusalem; Sophie Roupern Baille, Delegate, ICRC; Tariq Kayal, ARD German TV Crew; Rima Saba, Consultant in Planning; Richard Colvin, Canadian Representative Office; Nils Ragnar Kamsvaag, Head, Norwegian Representative Office; PASSIA Team.

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(PASSIA FORUM)
15 June 2004, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem

Topic: Negotiating Political Transitition - Experiences from Africa

Speaker(s): Mr. Vasu Gounden and Mr. Senzo Ngubaners (The African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Participant(s): Amneh Badran, Director, Jerusalem Center for Women; Hanna Hasan; Benjamin Pogrund, Director, Yakar’s Center for Social Concern; Abed Abu Diab, Member of Labor Union; Hanlie Booysen, Deputy, South African Representative Office; Maher Daoudi, Program Manager, Swedish Consulate General; Khuloud Dajani, Executive Vice President, Dean of Public Health, Al-Quds University; Tom Neu, Economist; Ian Lustick, Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Fadia Daibes, Water Law and Policy Consultant; Lilian Peters, Consultant; Elizabeth Jadon, Student; Abdul Aziz Bukhari, Sheikh; Muhammed Desai; Ishaq Budeiri, Director, Arab Studies Center; Anne M?ve, Councilor, Political Affairs, Swedish Consulate General; Khader Shihabi, Islamic Waqf; Michèle Auga, Director, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES); Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Sana’ Shannak, Mahmoud Abu Rmeileh, Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, PASSIA.

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PASSIA Briefings (2004)

15 January 2004 , PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Elections in Palestine
Participant(s): Reinhard Uhrig, Head of Cultural Affairs, German Representative Office, Ramallah.

15 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Apartheid Separation Wall.
Participant(s): Hernan Tassara, Head, Chile Representative Office, Ramallah.

21 January 2004, The British Consul General Residence.
(Working Dinner)
Participant(s): Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister, State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom; Nick Allan, Private Secretary of Baroness Symons, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom; John Jenkins, British Consul General, Jerusalem; Nazmi Al-Ju'beh, Riwaq Center, Ramallah; Z ahira Kamal, Minister, Women's Affairs, Ramallah; Lucy Nusseibeh, Middle East Non-Violence & Democracy, MEND, Jerusalem; Marwan Abu Az- Z ulof, Al-Quds Newspaper, Jerusalem; Huda Al-Imam, Center for Jerusalem Studies, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head, PASSIA, Jerusalem.

22 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Elections
Participant(s): László Fehérvári, Head, Hungarian Representative Office, Ramallah.

22 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Palestinian - Israeli Conflict 2004 - Where to?
Participant(s): (Canadian-Israeli Committee) Elizabeth Whiting, Political Organizer for the Richard Mahoney Campaign, Municipal Affairs, City of Ottawa; Nick Masciantonio, Canadian Cable Television Association; David Cooper, Assistant Director, Government Relations, Canadian-Israeli Committee; David Pretlove, Financial Administrator, Ontario Liberal Party; Andre Albinati, Consultant, Earnscliffe Strategy Group; Jonathan Schneiderman, Consultant; Mike Klander, Political Consultant; Andrea Jordan, Consultant.

23 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Palestinian - Israeli Conflict 2004 - Where to?
Participant(s): (Finish Delegation) Liisa Jaakonsaari, Member of the Parliament (MP), Social Democratic Party; Sinikka Hurskainen, MP, Social Democratic Party; Eija Rotinen, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Anneli Jäätteenmäki, MP, Finish Center Party; Esko Juhani Tennilä, MP, Left Alliance; Raili Lahnalampi, Counsel, Foreign Affairs Committee; Keijo Ruokoranta, Head, Finnish Representative Office; Eero Lankia, MP, Finish Center Party; Jari Vilen, MP, National Coalition Party.

24 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian-Israeli Bi-National Conditions
Participant(s): Steven M. Riskin, Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace, Washington.

26 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Local Election in Palestine.
Participant(s):Christian F. Jouret, Conseil De L'Union Européenne, Conseiller Politique Du Représentant Spécial de L'Union Européenne Pour le Processus de Paix au Moyen Orient.

26 January 2004 , PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Future of the Judiciary System in Palestine
Participant(s):Reem Bahdi, Assistant Professor, University of Windsor , Canada .

27 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Intifada 2000 and the Palestinian Civil Society (A Book Project).
Participant(s): Avi Isakarof, West Bank & Gaza Strip Correspondent, Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem.

29 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: European Union Technical Assistance to the Palestinians.
Participant(s): Alban Biaussat, Task Manager, Institutional Development and Reform, European Union, European Commission Technical Assistance Office, West Bank, Gaza Strip; Anne Le More, Program Officer, Coordination and Socioeconomic Affairs Unit, UNSCO, Jerusalem.

31 January 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Japan’s Foreign Policy and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Participant(s): Tokuro Furuya, Principal Deputy Director, First Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

4 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:PASSIA Projects.
Participant(s): Steve Hibbard, Head of the Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah.

5 February 2004, American Colony, Jerusalem
Topic: Italian-Palestinian Relations.
Participant(s): Nicola Manduzio, Consul General, Italian Consulate, Jerusalem.

6 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: PASSIA Seminar on Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Participant(s): Niall Holohan, Head, Irish Representative Office, Ramallah.

9 February 2004, Resident of the Hungarian Representative, Jerusalem.
(Working Dinner)
Topic: The Palestinian–Israeli Conflict and Hungarian Foreign Policy.
Participant(s): Z solt Németh, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Hungarian National Assembly, Hungary; Csaba Lõrincz, Ambassador, Counselor, Foreign Affairs Committee, HNA, Hungary; András Klein, Staff Director, Foreign Affairs Committee, HNA; Janos Hovari, Ambassador, Hungarian Embassy, Tel Aviv; Csaba Czibere, First Secretary, Hungarian Embassy, Tel Aviv; Károly Peimli, Counselor, Hungarian Embassy, Tel Aviv; Nigel Roberts, Country Director, West Bank and Gaza Department, The World Bank, Jerusalem; Hatem Abdul Qader, PLC Member, Jerusalem; Marwan Jilani, Executive Director, Geneva Initiative Office, Ramallah; Lily Hilal, Negotiation Support Unit, Ramallah; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head, PASSIA, Jerusalem.

13 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Current Situation of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Participant(s): South African Ministerial Delegation: Aziz Pahad, Deputy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ronnie Kasrils, Minister, Ministry for Water and Forestry; Schoeman Du Plessis, Private Click for more photosSecretary, Ministry for Water and Forestry; Yousef Saloojee, Acting Chief Director, Middle East; Nina Marais, MEPP, Israel-Palestine Issues; Phadime Choshane, Third Secretary, South African Representative Office; Eman Karar, Director, Water Management Institutional Governance; Boniface Aleobue, Deputy Director, Groundwater; Myolisi Dlamini, Assistant, Minister of Water Support; Hanlie Booysen, Deputy, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Nick Kardahji, PASSIA; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA. More Photos

17 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Introduction to PASSIA’S Work.
Participant(s): Izuru Shimmura, Head, Japan Representative Office, Gaza.

24 February 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah.
Topic: Fateh Revolutionary Council meeting: Agenda and Strategy.
Participant(s): Hanlie Booyson and Phadime Choshani, South African Reresentative Office.

24 February 2004, Residence of the US Consul General, Jerusalem.
(Working Dinner)
Topic: US-Palestinian Relations.
Participant(s): Mr. and Mrs. David Pearce, Consul General, US Consulate, Jerusalem; Molly Williamson, Former Consul General, US Consulate, Jerusalem; Ziad Abu Zayyad, PLC Member, Jerusalem; Lucy Nusseibeh, Middle East Non-Violence and Democracy (MEND); Samir Huleileh, Sales and Marketing Manager, Nassar Investment Company, Bethlehem; Sawsan Huleileh; Yousef Khoury, Businessman; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.

25 February 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Introduction to PASSIA.
Participant(s): Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, Head, Norwegian Representative Office.

25 February 2004, American Colony, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Wall and the Future of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Working Dinner with the Delegation of Mr. Christian Lange, Member of the German Parliament.
Participant(s): Christian Lange, Member, German Parliament, Germany; Wolfgang Leidig, Mayor, Schwäbisch-Gmund; Andreas Reinicke, Head, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Michèle Auga, Director, FES, Jerusalem; Terry Bullata, Head, Board of Trustees Women’s Studies Center & New Generation School; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA

16 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Sharon’s Disengagement Plan.
Participant(s): Glenn Miles, Australian Representative Office, Ramallah.

20 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: An Assessment of the PLC
Participant(s): Professor Robert Springborg, Director, London Middle East Institute and MBI Al-Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies, London; Guilain P. Denoeux, Senior Associate, Management Systems International, USA.

27 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and Hamas.
Participant(s): Magnus Cedergren, Country Strategist, Division for Middle East and North Africa, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Sweden; Göran Berg, Consul General, Swedish Consulate General, Jerusalem; Anne Mowe, Councilor, Political Affairs, Swedish Consulate General, Jerusalem.


29 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Current Political Situation.
Participant(s): Delegation from the International Labor Organization (ILO), Nourjahan Ansari, Program Assistant; Khaled Doudine, ILO Representative; Simel Esim, ILO RO – Regional Gender Advisor; Tareq A. Haq, ILO Employment Development and Strategies Officer; Friedrich Buttler, ILO; Steven Dates, ILO Standards and Rights Sector; Philippe Egger, ILO.

30 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Introducing “Alternatives” (a New United Kingdom Based NGO Promoting Peace in the Middle East).
Participant(s): William Sieghart, Chairman; Oliver McTernan, Consultant in conflict Resolution and Prevention.

31 March 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza.
Participant(s): Matthias Finken, Counselor, Political Affairs, German Embassy, Tel Aviv.

17 April 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: PLO - PA Relations.
Participant(s): Christian F. Jouret, European Union Advisor for Political Affairs, Jerusalem.


27 April 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Current Political Situation in Palestine
Participant(s): Hans Jochen Vogel, Verein Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie (Society Against Forgetting – for Democracy), Bonn; Andreas Eberhardt, Society Against Forgetting – for Democracy; Elisabeth Schumann, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES), Berlin; Michèle Auga, FES, Jerusalem; Kathrin Ziemens, FES, Jerusalem.

29 April 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: General
Participant(s): Brig.Gen. Ilan Paz, Head, Israeli Civil Administration, Judea & Samaria; Ofir Yehezkili, Assistant of Head of Israeli Civil Administration; Baruch Yedid, Assistant of Head of Israeli Civil Administration; Colin Hames, Assistant of Head of Israeli Civil Administration; Noa Meridor, Researcher.

30 April 2004, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Current Political Situation in Palestine
(Working Dinner)
Participant(s)
: Mr. V. Peter Harder, Deputy Minister, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Steve Hibbard, Head, Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah.


11 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Civil Society.
Participant(s): Everett Mandelson, Harvard University, MA, USA.

12 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The USA and the Arab World.
Participant(s): Kate Seelye, Fulbright Scholar.

17 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Culture and Narrative History.
Participant(s): Nora Ingdal and Anne Hege Simonsen, authors of a book on Palestinian Culture, Oslo, Norway.

20 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestine, Israel and the Nation of a Bi-National State.
Participant(s): Pamela Scholey, Peace Building and Reconstruction Program Initiative, International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada; Nick Kardahji, Fadi Kiblawi, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA.

21 May 2004, Working Lunch, Tel Aviv.
(Working Lunch )
Topic: Local Government Elections in Palestine.
Participant(s): Larry Garber, Head, US Agency for International Development (USAID), West Bank and Gaza Mission, Tel Aviv.

25 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Elections in Palestine
Participant(s): John Jenkins, Consul General, British Consulate, Jerusalem; Andrew Whittaker, Political Consul, British Consulate, Jerusalem

26 May 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Elections in Palestine
Participant(s): Steve Hibbard, Head, Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah


05 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Higher Education in Jerusalem
Participant(s): Professor Mujed Kazmi, MIT University, Boston

07 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society in Morocco
Participant(s): Dr. Reinhard Bodemeyer, GTZ, Morocco

14 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Leadership
Participant(s): Jumana Abu Zayyad Jauni, Political Officer, British Consulate, Jerusalem

19 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society in Palestine, where to?
Participant(s): Anthony Richter, Associate Director, Open Society Institute, New York; Timothy Rothermel, Director, UNDP, Jerusalem; Munir Qleibo, UNDP, Jerusalem.

21 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Human Bomb
Participant(s): Tami Amanda Jacoby, Center for Defense and Security Studies, University College, University of Manitoba, Canada

21 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society and Israel’s Unilateral Separation Plan from Gaza!
Participant(s): Chris Mohale, Counselor, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah

23 June 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Egyptian Initiative
Participant(s): Hanlie Booysen, Deputy, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Chris Mohale, Counselor, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah; Ronnett Ravhura, Analyst, Department of Foreign Affairs, Arcadia; Phadime Choshane, Third Secretary, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah

10 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Hague Court’s Ruling on The Separation Barrier
Participant(s): Mr. Marc Otte, EU Special Envoy

10 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Hague Court's Ruling on The Separation Barrier
Participant(s): Mr. Latif Dori, Member of Meretz

12 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Hague Court's Ruling on The Separation Barrier
Participant(s): Matias Finken, Conselor, Political Affairs, German Embassy, Tel Aviv

15 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian – Israeli Issues and the ICJ
Participant(s): Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter, Chicago, US; Linda Epstein, LL.B., Director Israel Office, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, US, Rabbi Yehiel E. Poupko, Judaic Scholar, Jewish United Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.

22 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Passia Seminar on Ireland and Northern Ireland
Participant(s): Dr. Niall Holohan, Irish Representative, Ramallah

23 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Wall and the International Solidarity Movement
Participant(s): Sarah Irving, Liason Manager, Olive Co-Operative LTD. Tourism Trade and Education in the Middle East.

26 July 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Crisis in Gaza, June-July 2004
Participant(s): Geoffrey Bills, US Consulate, Jerusalem

2 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Economy-Where To?
Participant(s): Karl O’Connor, Economist, London, UK.

2 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Crisis in Gaza -Where To?
Participant(s): Keigo Ruokoranta, Finish Representative, Ramallah; Leena Sharma, Toimittaja, Journalist; Suomen Kuvalehti

3 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: British - Palestinian Relations
Participant(s): Hanlie Booyson, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah.

3 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: British Council Agenda in the Region
Participant(s): Sultan Barakat, Department of Politics, Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York; Maria Holt, Consultant, British Council.

 
 

3 August 2004, American Colony Hotel-Jerusalem
Topic: Meeting With Canadian Delegation
Participant(s): Pat Martin, Member of Parliament, Winnipeg Center; Marc Gold, Chair, Canada Israeli Committee; Benoit Sauvageau, M.P, Bloc Quebecois Depute de Repentigny, House of Commons; Pierre Poilievre, M.P, Conservative; Steven Friedman, Professor, Physician; Judy Wasylycia-Leis, M.P, NDP; Michael Dayan, Doctoral Candidate; Jeremy Harrison, M.P, Conservative; Scott Reid, M.P, Conservative, Lanaric-Frontenac- Lennox and Addington; Judy Kremer, Law Student, University of Montreal; Dan Troller, Information Technology Specialist; Robert Astroff, United Israel Appeal Federations, Canada; N.Golden, Lawyer ; Adam Giamborne, NDP, National President; Jenni Byrne.

11 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Europe and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Participant(s): Mikko Zenger, Lecturer, Journalist, Helsinki, Finland.

18 August þ2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: An Assessment of the European Programs in the OPT
Participant(s): Dr. Bruce Stanly, Consultant.

18 August þ2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Mapping of Human Rights, Good Governance and Public Participation Sector NGO’s Relating to the OPT
Participant(s): Chris Sidoti, Team Leader; Fadia Daibes, Consultant.

19 August þ2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Reforms and the Role of Civil Society
Participant(s): S.Staffan, Foreign Ministry, Stockholm, Sweden; Anne Mauve, Political Officer, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem.

25 August 2004, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participant(s): Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba, director General, Department of Foreign Affairs; Isaac Mogotsi, Director, Middle east, Levant; Nina Marais, Assistant Director, Middle East, Levant; Hanlie Booysen, South African Representatove Office; Rev. Dr. Naim Atiq, Director, Sabeel; Diana Botto, Negotiations Support Unit, Ramallah.

30 August 2004, The Offices of the Palestinian Central Bureau, Ramallah
Topic: The Current International Political Order and Its Impact on the Palestinian Question
Speaker: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman, PASSIA.
Participant(s): Fifty Staff Members, Palestinian Central Bureau at Statistics.

31 August 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Palestinian Prisoner Issues
Participant(s): Vidar Birkeland, Oslo Labor Party, Lawyer, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions; Geir Waage, General Secretary, Norwegian Labor Youth, AUF; Dr. Rannfrid Thelle, Labor Party Women, Lecturer and Researcher, University of Oslo in Biblical Studies.

13 September 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: A Proposal for Community, Peace-Building
Participant(s): Bernard Zamaron, Delegue General, Robert Schuman Center for Europe.

20 September 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Canadian - Palestinian Relations
Participant(s): Ron Willson, Representative, Representative Office of Canada, Ramalla

6 October 2004. American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: The Disengagement Plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Participant(s): Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Houston.

7 October 2004.Passia, Jerusalem
Topic: Education-Civil Society
Participant(s): Joe Glicksberg, Program Manager, Network Scholarship Programs, OSI, New York.

11 October 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza Strip and its Impact on t he Palestinians
Participant(s): Ewen MacAskill, Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian; Jane Kinninmont, Country Risk Analyst, Middle East and Africa, Business Monitor International; Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor, The Daily Telegraph; Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor, Financial Times; Jessica Sallabank, Jane’s Terrorism and Lusurgency Center; William Morris, Secretary General, The Next Century Foundation, London, UK; Peter David, Foreign Editor, The Economist.

12 October 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: Negotiation Support Unit
Participant(s): Professor Robert Springborg, Director, London Middle East Institute & MBI Al Jaber Chair Middle East Studies; Dr. Glenn E. Robinson, Associate Professor, NPS Research Associate, UC Berkeley.

15 October 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Political Affiliations of Islamic Welfare Organizations
Participant(s): Renata Capella Soler, Humanitarian Coordinator, European Union, European Commission Technical Assistance Office, Gaza.

18 October2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: European Initiative
Participant(s): Mathias Finken, German Embassy, Tel Aviv.

18 October 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Impact of Sharon Separation Plan
Participant(s): David Cairns, MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary, Malcom Wicks, Minister, State for Work and Pensions, South London; Tony Cunningham, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Eliot Morley, Minister of State for Environment and Agri-Environment; John MacDougall, MP, Central Fife, Chair, All Party Netherlands Group, Netherlands; Dan Fox, Political Director, Labour Friends of Israel.

19 October 2004.PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Elections and Hamas
Participant(s): Ross Allen, Consul Political, British Consulate, Jerusalem.

26 October 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza
Participant(s): Sisa Ncwana, South Africa Representative, Ramallah; Hanlie Booysen, Deputy, South Africa Representative, Ramallah.

1 November 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Leadership
Participant(s): Ross Allen, Consul Political, British Consulate, Jerusalem; Jumana Jaouni, Political and Press Officer, British Consulate, Jerusalem.

1 November 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society and International Affairs
Participant(s): Oded Ben-Haim, Director, Palestinian Affairs Division; Shalom Cohen, Director of Middle East Department, Jerusalem

9 November 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Crisis in Palestine – Israel
Participant(s): Geoffrey Whitfield, Executive Director, World Sports Peace Project, UK

10 November 2004. PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Jerusalem and the Holy Places
Participant(s): Alberto Ucelay, Spanish Consul, Jerusalem

30 November 2004,PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Future Palestinian Elections in Jerusalem
Participant(s): Nader Al-A'asser, Egyptian Council, Egyptian Embassy, Tel Aviv

01 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Future Palestinian Elections in Jerusalem
Participant(s): Rene Aquarone, Director, UNRWA Executive Office, HQ, Gaza

03 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinians and the Post Arafat Era
Participant(s): Dr. Peter Gubser, President, Anera; Dr. Thomas Neu, Middle East Representative, Anera, Jerusalem

06 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinians and the Post Arafat Era
Participant(s): Young Sam Ma, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Korean Embassy, Tel Aviv.

17 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinians and the Election for the PA and PLC
Participant(s): Alexis Le Cour Grandmaison, Deputy Consul, French Consulate, Jerusalem.

18 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society Issues
Participant(s): Dr. Pamela Scholey, Peace Building and Reconstruction Program Initiative International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada; Roula El-Rifai, Senior Program Specialist, Middle East Unit, Program and Partnership Branch, IDRC, Canada.

19 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Peace Process
Participant(s): International Students having MA degree at Ben Gurion University – A Course on the Peace Process.
Lauren Libruk; Gemma Laser; Aaron Estabrook; Margaret Weiss; Benjamin Acosta; Tamar Krieger; Adi Helfer; Danielle Saranja; Melanie Bray; Eyal Haim; Jared Olson; Chad Martin; Jennifer Szapiro; Tamar Spieler; Stephanie Schwartz; Ari Miller; Dror Amster; Timen Spitlea.

22 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Identity, Culture and the Economic Agenda
Participant(s): Mathias Finken, German Embassy, Tel Aviv.

22 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Non-Violent and Religion and the Arab Israeli Conflict
Participant(s): Aaron Tapper, Co-Executive Director, Abraham’s Vision, New York

28 December 2004, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: The Elections
Participant(s): Jean-Paul Mari, Journalist, Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris.

28 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Elections
Participant(s): Egyptian Observers Delegation:
Nader El A’asser, Egyptian Council, Egyptian Embassy, Tel Aviv; Rakha Hassan, Ambassador, RTD; Farouk Ghoneim, Ambassador, RTD; Ahmed Shama; Medhat Tawfik; Essam Gaber; Ahmed Hafez, 3rd Secretary, Political Section, Embassy of Egypt in Tel Aviv; Medhat Hanafi, Ambassador; Hisham Wagdy.

29 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestine and the PA Elections
Participant(s): Ron-Helmut Herrmann, Election Expert, European Union, Election Observation Mission – West Bank & Gaza 2005

29 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestine and the PA Elections
Participant(s): Hidenori Sato, Bureau Chief, The Yomiuri Shimbun, West Jerusalem

30 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Elections
Participant(s): Padime Chris-Choshane, 3rd Secretary, South African Representative, Ramallah

30 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Elections
Participant(s): Vibeke Klitgaard, Long Term Observer, Election Observer Mission-West Bank and Gaza 2005, European Union; Gunnar Eicholz, Long Term Observer, Election Observation Mission-West Bank and Gaza 2005, European Union

30 December 2004, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Elections
Participant(s): Ross Allen, Consul Political, British Consulate, Jerusalem; Jumana Jaouni, Political and Press Officer, British Consulate, Jerusalem

 

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