Monday, 12 March 2007
 
Arrival and Registration of the Participants at the Hotel
 
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
 
09:00-13 :00
 
Module 3: Civic Engagement Practices and Innovations
 
09:00-10 :30
 
Third Plenary Session (1)
Moderator: Adil Khan (DESA)
Reporter: Ali Merza (UNDP/DESA Libya) (tbc)
♦ Ms Bayan Tabbara (ESCWA): “The role of CSOs in the formulation of social policy at the grass root level in the
ESCWA Region”
Presentation by the participants (government and/or CSO) of their experiences and lessons learnt
♦ MoPIC/Jordan
♦ Yemen
♦ Iraq
♦ Discussions: Q & A
♦ Lebanon
♦ Jordan/NCFA
♦ Algeria
♦ Discussions: Q & A
 
10:30-11:00
 
Networking/Coffee Break
 
11:00-13:00
 
Third Plenary Session (2)
Moderator: Lebanon or Kuwait (tbc)
Reporter: Iraq (tbc)
♦ Mauritania
♦ Libya or Tunisia
♦ Morocco
♦ Egypt
♦ Discussions: Q/A
♦ Djibouti
♦ CAWTAR Experience: ANGED (Arab Network Gender
and Development) Project
♦ Other volunteer speakers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, etc)
♦ Discussions: Q/A
 
13:00-14:30
 
Lunch Break
 
14:30-18:00
 
14:30-16:00
 
Module 4: Stakeholder Perspectives on Civic Engagement
Parallel Sessions
♦ Session for Government Representatives: Opportunities,
Risks and Options of Incorporating Civil Societies in Socio-
Economic Policy Making
Facilitator: Adil Khan
♦ Session for CSO Representatives on How to Actively
Participate in Socio-Economic Policies
Facilitator: Najet Karaborni .
One Rapporteur and one Moderator for each session will be
selected by the group of participants
 
16:00-16:30
 
Networking/Coffee Break
 
16:30-17:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17:00-18:00
 
Fourth Plenary Session
Moderator: Iraq
Rapporteur: CAWTAR (tbc)
♦ Report on the Government Brainstorming Session
♦ Report on the CSO Brainstorming Session
♦ General Discussions
 
Fifth Plenary Session
Round Table Open Discussions and consensus building on
issues, strategies and processes
 
19:30
 
Social Gathering (Haret Jdoudna) hosted by SARAYA
 
 

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