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DAY ONE: Wednesday, 24 May 2000

9:00 Registration

9:30-10.00 Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem

10.00-11.00 Civil Society - Conceptual Framework
Dr. Jamil Hilal, Sociologist and Researcher, Ramallah

11.00-11.15 Break

11.15-13.00 Concepts and Methods of Conflict Resolution
Dr. Chip Hauss, Professor of Political Science, George Mason University, Washington, DC

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Problem Solving Skills
Dr. Chip Hauss

15.30-15.45 Break

15:15-16.45 Participants

DAY TWO: Thursday, 25 May 2000

9:15-10:45 Strategies for Building Consensus
Dr. Chip Hauss

10.45-11.00 Break

11.00-12.30 Interpersonal Skills
Dr. Chip Hauss

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 Cultural Barriers
Dr. Chip Hauss

15.00-15.15 Break

15.15-16.45 Participants (contd.)

DAY THREE: Friday, 26 May 2000

9:15-10:45 Introduction into Psychology
Dr. Ahmed Baker, Professor of Psychology, Birzeit University

10.45-11:00 Break

11.00-12.30 Profile of Personalities
Dr. Ahmed Baker

12.30-.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 Mediation Skills and Techniques
Dr. Andrew Rigby, Center for Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Coventry University, UK

15.00-15.15 Break

15.15-17.00 Conflict and Conflict Resolution at Work – Case Studies
Mazen Qubti, Lawyer, Jerusalem

DAY FOUR: Saturday, 27 May 2000

9:15-10:45 Non-Violent Means of Social Change
Dr. Andrew Rigby

10.45-11:00 Break

11.00-12.30 How to Reconcile
Dr. Andrew Rigby

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 Working Relations - Legal Aspects
Maha Abu Dayyeh, Director, Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling, Jerusalem

15.00-15.15 Break

15.15-17.00 Assignment (Workshop with the Participants)

DAY Five: Sunday, 28 May 2000

9:15-10:45 Where do we go from here?
Discussion with Dr. Chip Hauss

10.45-11:00 Break

11.00-12.30 Conflicts and the Concept of Sulha
Issam Anani, Lawyer, Jerusalem

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.30 Conflict Resolution in the Islamic Shari’a Court
Sheikh Fathi Mansour, Qadi, Islamic Shari’a Court, Jerusalem

14.30-15.00 Break

15.00-16.00 Wrap Up and Evaluation
with Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi