Agenda

Shuttle to Reception Venue

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Reception
Opening by Candid Foundation: Mr Daniel Gerlach, Middle East Expert and Director of the Candid Foundation, Germany
Welcome: Sabine Sparwasser, Political Director, Federal Foreign Office, Germany (tbc)
Welcome Speech Civil Society: Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, Lawyer, Egypt

End of Reception

Registration

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Introduction

Moderators: Ms Sumi Somaskanda and Ms Laila Harrak

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Opening Statement

Mr. Michael Roth, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

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Keynote: Economic Governance – Social Justice. Questioning Governance Processes

Mr. Rafat Ali Al-Akhali, Fellow of Practice for Strategic Projects at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxord, UK. Co-Founder and Chairman of NGO »Resonate! Yemen«

Coffee Break

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General Assembly I: What role for civil society, state institutions, entrepreneurs, non-state actors after the Arab Spring?

Moderators: Ms Sumi Somaskanda and Ms Laila Harrak
Speakers: Michael A. Köhler, director for Neighborhood South at the European Commission Directorate General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations
                  Prof. Dr. Dr. Ayad Al-Ani, Professor for Change Management and Consulting

Possible guiding questions: What is the role of state institutions versus the role of non-state actors/ civil society? What is left of the Arab Spring? Lessons drawn since 2011? Can we speak of an “NGO-cracy”? Who actually makes up “the” civil society? What are the interests of civil society actors?

Lunch

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General Assembly II: Assessing the impact of the Deauville Partnership 2011 – 2015 and beyond

Speakers: Mr. Luiz de Mello, Deputy Director of the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
                  Thomas Djurhuus, Lead Partnership Specialist MENA, World Bank
                  Björn Rother, economic advisor and Chief of the »Strategy and Partnership Unit« of the Middle East and Central Asia    Department, IMF

Possible guiding questions: What are tangible outcomes of the Deauville Partnership/ initiatives by G7 or Arab donors? Have there been significant changes or improvements on a regional, global level? Who profits/suffers from these ideas/changes, in which way? Are sustainability and long-lasting impact ensured? If yes, how?

Break

For Participants: Time for informal networking

Dinner

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4 Parallel Draft Committee Sessions

Committee I: Finance, Donors and Policy

Chairs: Christian Hanelt
Experts: Moncef Cheikh-Rouhou, Mounir Beltaifa,
Rapporteur: Belabbes Benkredda
Location: Willy-Brandt-Saal

Committee II: Entrepreneurs and civil society
 
Chair: Zeidan Ali Zeidan
Expert: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ayad Al-Ani
Rapporteur: Inna Veleva
Location: Adenauer-Saal

Committee III: NGOs and the law
Chair: Dr. Jan Claudius Völkel
Expert: Dr. Naseef Naeem
Rapporteur: Hussam Mujally
Location: Stresemann-Saal

Committee VI: State and non-state cooperation
Chair: Dr. Asiem El Difraoui
Expert: Dr. Martin Pabst
Rapporteurs: Dr. Sophia Hoffmann
Location: Rathenau-Saal

End. Shuttle back to Hotel.

Minute takers, Rapporteurs, Experts, Chairs

Completion of the preliminary version of the results by minute takers, rapporteurs, experts, chairs of the Draft Committees

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Registration

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Welcome

Short explanation on how the vote will be conducted

Vote

Lunch

Press and Representatives of Governments (Observers)

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Results

Moderators: Ms Sumi Somaskanda and Ms Laila Harrak
Presentation of the results to Mr. Miguel Berger, Middle East Director, Federal Foreign Office
Press Photos + Closing

End of Conference

Leisure time for Participants

Optional for participants of the Conference: zenithTalk »Start-Ups in the MENA region«
Location: LaLuz, Osramhöfe, Oudenarder Straße 16-20, 13347 Berlin

Buffet, Get-Together in the location of zenithTalk

Check-out of the Hotel

Official departure of the participants