Meetings & Workshops

Participants: Hosts: Dr. John Jenkins, HM Consul General; Ms. Victoria Billing, Deputy Consul General
CFI: David Amess MP (Hon Sec CFI); Stephen Crabb MP; David Davies MP; Nadine Dorries MP; Mark Harper MP; Tim Montgomerie (Founder of Conservative Christian Fellowship); Robert Halfon (Political Director CFI); Victoria Kluk (Research Manager CFI)
Guests: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi; Dr. Ziad Abu Zayyad

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Heikki Hannikaine, Head Finish Representative Office, Ramallah. Rito Veltheim, Ambassador Euro- Mediterranean Coordinatior Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Jorg Ranan, Head. Federal Republic of Germany Representative Office, Ramallah. John Kjaer, Head. European Commission Technical Assistance Office, Jerusalem.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Sigmar Gabriel, Deputy Chairman of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), and Minister of Environment & Nuclear Safety, Germany.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Student Delegation from the Institute of Political Science at the University of Mainz, Germany.
Alfred Wittstock, Lecturer/ Research Associate; Sarah Levy; David Waldeder; Muller Krishua; Christian Schulze; Nico Schneider; Stephanie Plata; Matthias Lorch; Jens Hoffmann; Lisa-Marie Hailfinger; Silvia Keiser; Junes Arfaoui; Silke Schmidt; Gerrit Bohlaeuder; Hannah Blum; Jens Jungblut; Elena Sebastian; Anke Welznheimer; Nele Moeblman; Katharina Benz; Katrin Kraentes; Stephane Dereaux; Lora Tersteegen.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Delegation from the Youth Development Department of the Arab Studies Society (Orient House):
Shane O’Connor, Youth Worker; Marta Bodjora, Volunteer Student in International Relations; Carmen Dege, FES Intern; Laura Sicart, Volunteer in S.C.I- Catalonia; Najwan Berekdar, Activist in Baladna (Haifa) Association for Arab Youth; Soad Ibrahim, EVS in SCI Hellas (Greece); Anna Valldeperas, Technician in Cooperation in Ballcaus; Gemma Cots, Volunteer in SCI (International Civil Service in Catalonia); Estella Carpi, Member of YAP- ITALY; Lucia Ballesteros, Member in WASLALA youth Organization; Liam Morgan, Engineer/ Volunteer; Rabi Fahoum, Volunteer; Maria Arenas, Coordinator of Solidarity Network with Palestine in Barcelona; Nai’ma Gherdaoui, Volunteer (EVS); Cherrier Florence, Youth and Social Worker; Gasquet Julie; Meere Marie-Amge, Communicator; Roel Forceville, Project Manager; Haytham TouFakji; John Hayhurst.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Dr. Colin Irwin, Professor, Institute of Governance, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Greg Shapland, Head of the Middle East & North Africa Research Group, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, UK.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Ross Allen, Political Consul, British Consulate General, Jerusalem; Fadi Ali, Press & Public Diplomacy Officer, British Consulate General, Jerusalem; Jason Benham, Spokesman for the British Foreign Ministry; Barry Marston, Spokesman for the British Foreign Ministry; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Professor, Al-Quds University; Adnan Al-Huessini, Engineer, General Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: David G. Hirsch, Librarian for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Visiting delegation of Social-Democratic Party members of the German Bundestag (parliament)
Christian Lange, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Social Democratic Party (SPD); Kerstin Griese, MdB, SPD; Andreas Weigel, MdB, SPD; Thomas Oppermann, MdB, SPD; Issam Akel, Director of Planning & Democratic Governance, Community Habitat Finance International (CHF); Ali Saifi, General Consulting & Training; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Rep., ANERA; Hussein Al-Araj, Al-Najah National University, Nablus; Khaled Nabris, Independent Consultant; Rose Shomali, WATC General Director; Jamal Al-Shobaki, former Minister, Ministry of Local Government; Muzna Shihabi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ramallah; Frank Samol, GTZ, Ramallah; Marouf Zahran, Ministry of Civil Affairs; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Samir Abdullah, Director of MAS; Mahmoud Abdullah, Deputy Mayor, Beitunia; Salem Balatieh, City Engineer; Samah Abuoun Hamad, Capacity Building Department, Municipal Development & Lending Fund; Ohood Enaia, Ministry of Local Government; Wesam Ahmad, Legal Advisor, Al-Mustakbal; Ghazaleh Arar, Member, GUPT; Faisal Awartani, Professor, Birzeit University; Nadia Hajal, Independent Trainer-Researcher; Bassam Qatanani, General Manager, PAFA; Inas Abu Shilbayeh, Consultant; Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Katja Franke, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation; Elisabeth Schumann-Braune, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation; Jennifer Mansey, Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Kainat Dweik, Director, Palestinian Student Center; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA; Francesca Gilli, Mahdis Azarmandi, Sophie Shiber, PASSIA.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Sus Van Elzen, Writer, Foreign Affairs.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Speakers: Jan de Jong, Geographer, on: The Geographic & Demographic Aspects of Kadima’s “Convergence Plan”, Dr. George Giacaman, Professor at Birzeit University, Director, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, MUWATIN, on:
The Future of Palestinian Politics: How to save Hamas from its “Victory” and Fateh from its “Defeat”

Participants: Feras Milhem, Lecturer in Law, Birzeit University; Wafe Masoud, Coordinator, Cultural Activities, Franco-German Institute; Mirvat Hasan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ghazaleh Arar, Member, General Union of Palestinian Teachers; Mansour Gharabeh, Director, PARC; Luay Shabaneh, Director, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Dr. Khalil Nakleh, Team Leader, Mu’assasat (Civil Societies Institutions); Dr.Mustafa Abu Sway, Professor, Al-Quds University; Ohood Anaya, Ministry of Local Government; Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Mohammad Ishtayyeh, Director, PECDAR; Bassam Qatanani, Palestinian Agency for Food and Agriculture; Sam Bahour, Applied Information Management; Wesam Ahmad, Al-Mustakbal; Maha Jaber, Event Management Al-Arabi Multimedia; Dr. Mohammad Altherf, Lawyer; Neda’ Hnaiti, Project Coordinator, Aman-Palestine; Kainat Dweik, Director, Palestinian Student Center; Muzna Shihabi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Washington,DC; Gabi Baramki, Head of Palestinian Council for Peace & Justice; Walter Reich, Professor of Psychiatry, Elliott School of International Affairs; Tova Reich, Writer; Maher Awawdeh Ministry of Culture; Francesca Gilli, Mahdis Azarmandi, Sophie Shiber, PASSIA.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Irris Makler, Journalist, Freelance Middle East Correspondent-Jerusalem.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

Participants: Fredrich Buttler, Head of mission- Assistant Director General, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, ILO Geneva; Steven Oates, Senior Legal Advisor, ILO Geneva; Philippe Egger, Senior Economist, ILO Geneva; Rania Bikhazi, Small Enterprise Development Specialist, Regional Office in Beirut; Tariq Haq, Employment Development and Strategies Officer, Regional Office in Beirut.

All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA