8h30-9h00
Registration
9h00-9h30 Introduction
Session: The Need for Institutional Reforms in the MENA Region
Dr. Salim Nasr
General Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon
9h30-11h00 Session
1 Judiciary Reforms and the Rule of Law
Chairperson:
Dr. Yahia El-Gamal Former Minister - Professor of Constitutional
Law, Cairo University
Presentations:
Improving the Administration of Justice in the Arab Countries:
Some Recent Experiences
Dr. Wassim Harb Bureau d'Etudes et de Recherches en Informatique
et Droit, Lebanon
Rule of
Law and Reestablishment of the Judiciary in Palestine
Dr. Camille Mansour Director of the Law Institute, Bir Zeit University,
Palestine
11h00-11h30 Coffee
Break
11h30-1h00
Chairperson:
Counselor Tareq Ziadeh President - First Chamber - Cour de Cassation,
Lebanon
Presentations:
Judiciary
Reforms and Post-war Reconstruction in LebanonLawyer
George Assaf Director, Human Rights Institute, Beirut Bar Association,
Lebanon
The Constitutional
Court & Expansion of Individual Freedoms in Egypt
Dr. Enid Hill Professor of Political Science, American University
of Cairo, Egypt
1h00 - 2h30 Lunch
Break
2h30-4h00
Session 2: Municipal Innovation and Good Governance
Chairperson:
Professor Carlos Alba Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Presentations:
Political Reforms and Municipal Initiatives: The Moroccan Experience
Dr. Ali Sedjari University of Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
Municipal
Governance and Expanded NGO's role: A Comparative Study
Ms. Roula Majdalani Human Settlement Officer, UNESCWA
4h00 - 4h30 Coffee
Break
4h30 - 6h00
Chairperson:
Dr. Ali Oumlil Professor, University of Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
Presentations:
Newly
Elected Municipalities and Ability to Mobilize Resources: Cases from
Lebanon
Mr. Sami Atallah Economic Researcher, Lebanese Center for Policy
Studies, Lebanon
Municipal
Innovation and Good Governance
Mr. Ahmed Taha Human Settlements Expert, Arab Urban Development
Institute, Saudi Arabia
Day Two: 6th of March
9h30 - 11h30 Session
3: National Campaigns for Accountability
Chairperson:
Dr. Paul Salem Political Researcher Presentations
Presentations:
The 1999 Official Campaign against Corruption in Lebanon
Mr. Oussama Safa President, No Corruption - Lebanese Transparency
Association, Lebanon
The Egyptian
Media and the Uncovering of Corruption
Mr. Farid Zahrane Al Mahroussa Center for Publication and Information,
Egypt
Discussants:
Dr. Haitham Hourani Executive Director, Jordanian Forum for Economic
Development
Mr. Jihad El-Zein Senior Editor, Al-Nahar Daily, Lebanon
11h30 - 12h00
Coffee Break
12h00 - 1h00 Closing
Session: General Debate and Wrap-up
1h00 - 3h00 Lunch
