Meetings & Workshops

 
6
Dec
2006

Military Judiciary System

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Participants: Hanna Quflu, CPA, CFE; Ahmad Soboh, Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs; Waleed Al Hilou, Lawyer; Ahmad Damanhouri, Lawyer; Ahmad Mobayed, Judge of the Military High Court; Mahmoud Al-Ftaftah, researcher; Hajj Ismael Jaber, Assistant of the PA Military Chairman; Roland Friedrich, Fellow, DCAF; Fawzi Daoud Oddeh, Assistant of the Military Justice; Fadi Tawil, Escort.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
5
Dec
2006

Religious Dialogue in Palestine

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office.
Participants: Robin Marsh, UPF; Manuel Gallent, former MP; Enrique Sanchez Moros, Civil Administration, Ministry of Finances; Canon George Ansah, Church of England Parish Priest; Brenda Hodgson, Freigh Forwarding Clerk; Richard Donk, Journalist; Dick Leurdyk, Netherlands Institute of International Relations; Margaret Ali, UPF; H.K. Nearskov, Minister, Author; Genevieve Ray, Teacher.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
4
Dec
2006

Human Right Monitor in the Palestinian Territories- Meeting The Challenge

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Speakers: Iain Guest
Participants: Khalil Nakhleh, team leader, Muassassat; Wesam Ewiss, Program Asst., Al-Haq; Tawfiq Herzallah, Hurreyat; Dr. Kamal Zeineh, Director, P.H.C; Roland Friedrich, fellow, DCAF; Lamis Alami, General Director, PICCR; Randa Siniora , HR specialist, Muassassat; Mirvat Hasan, Director for Human Rights Dept.; Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Fadwa El-Shair, General Director, Ministry of Interior ; Knut Dethlefsen , Resident Representative, FES ; Mette Visti, consultant ; Dr. Mohamad Atharf , Lawyer ; Majdi Hardan, Musawa.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
12
Nov
2006

Palestinian Foreign Relations – Strategic Imperatives (Strategy & Security Workshop)

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Participants: Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation (FES, Jerusalem); Sabri Saidam, Academic; Jorg Ranau, Representative of Germany, Ramallah; Nassir Al Kidwa, Former Foreign Minister; Jamil Rabah, Near East Consulting; Ghassan Khatib, Director of the Jerusalem Media & Communication Center (JMCC); Dr. Mohammed Al Tharf; Katja France, FES; Usama Antar, FES; Roland Friedrich, Fellow DCAF; Rima Tarazi, GUPW; Asem Khalil, Head of research (IOL); Fadwa El Sh’ar, Ministery Of Interior ; Rahmeh Mansour, Bisan Center Community Development; Dr. Fasial Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Samir Hulileh, Former General Secretary for the PA Government; Samira Fahham, FES.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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20
Sep
2006

Society-Security Relations

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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16
Sep
2006

Denied Entry: Defacto Deportation Background, Consequences and Options

  • Organizer: The Campaign for the Right of Entry / Re-Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territory & The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA).
  • Location: Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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5
Jul
2006

Fateh Movement and the Palestinian National Agenda

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Participants: Dr. Ahmad Soboh, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ramallah; Baker Abu Baker, Political Guidance, Ramallah; Dr. Sabri Saidam, Group Leader, Birzeit Innovation Group Leader (BIG), Center for Continuing Education, Birzeit University, Ramallah; Luay Shabaneh, Director, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Ramallah; Qaddoura Faris, Head, Palestinian Prisoners Club (Nadi Al-Asir), Rmallah; Mohammad Al-Horani, Member of Fateh Revolutionary Council; Dr. Nasser Al-Qudweh; Dr. Saleem Tamari, Birzeit University; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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27
May
2006

Palestinian Security Governance

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Participants: Dr. Feras Melhem, Lecturer in Law, Birzeit University; Fadwa Shaer, Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Asem Khalil, Acting Director of Research, Institute of Law, Birzeit University; Ahmed Soboh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rab’e Hantuli, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mirvat Hasan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Muzna Shihabi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Ali Jirbawi Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University; Dr. Fasial Awartani, Professor of Statistics, Birzeit University/ CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Majed Arouri, The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen’s Rights; Ghazaleh Arar, Member of GUPT (General Union of Palestinian Teachers); Dr. Khalil Nakleh, Team Leader, Mu’assasat (Civil Societies Institutions); Raji Al-Najami, Brigadier-General, Palestinian Security Forces; Dr. Mohammad Altherf, Lawyer; Roland Friedrich, Advisor, MENA Program, DCAF, Geneva; Jamil Rabah, Near East Consulting, Ramallah; Mohammad Hussein Abdullah, Lawyer; Ammr Khalefa, Massar Company; Dr. Mansur Gharabe, Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees; Kammal Al-Sheikh, Ministry of Interior; Ismail Abu-Jabber, retired Major General, Ramallah; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem; Sophie Shiber, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
27
Apr
2006

Local and Community Politics -Challenges, Practices, Lessons From Germany and Palestine

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
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
18
Apr
2006

The Palestinian Impasse

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
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
12
Apr
2006

Security and Citizens’ Rights - Politics and Practices

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Speakers: Dr. Ralf Stegner, Minister of Interior, Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Haj Ismail Jabr, Former National Security Chief, West Bank, PNC Member; Dr. Azmi Al-Shuai’bi, General Coordinator for Transparency Palestine
Participants: Abbas Zaki, Member of the Fateh Central Committee; Mohammad Nuseibeh, Member, Higher Islamic Council; Edward Hoffman, Team Leader, EC-Prosject; Zakaria Al-Qaq, Vice President, Al-Quds University; Robert Davies, Chief of Party, Security Sector Reform; Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Fadwa Shaer, Ministry of Interior; Nahed Jaber, WATC General Coordinator; Jibril Rajoub, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Security Council; Raji Al-Najami, Brigadier-General, Palestinian Security Forces; Ghazaleh Arar, Member, GUPT; Asem Khalil, Acting Director of Research, Institute of Law; Elisabeth Petersen, Program Coordinator, Fredrich-Ebert Foundation; Zakaria Serhed, Clerk, Refugee Committee, PLC; Maher Awawdeh, Director, Ministry of Information; Mohammad Al Tharf, Lawyer; Musa Abu-Dheim, Lawyer; Nidal Omar, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Majed Arouri, The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen’s Rights; Claudia Fenz, Judge, EUCopps; Ziad Abu Ein, Deputy Minister, Prisoners’ Affairs; Roland Friedrich, Advisor, MENA Program, DCAF, Geneva; Ghassan Abdullah, IT Expert EC-EPJ; Hussein Deek, Shams Center; Faisal Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Ohood Enaia, Ministry of Local Government
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
11
Feb
2006

A Tale of Two Walled Cities: Johannesburg & Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office, Ramallah.
Speakers: Andy Clarno, PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Michigan, US
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
4
Jan
2006

قضايا الاستيطان في حي الشيخ جراح - القدس

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA Office.
Speakers: Adnan Al-Huessini, Engineer, General Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf
Participants: Ishaq al-Buderi, Arab Studies Society; Alfred Habash; Hani Abdeen; Ibrahim al-Jolani; Mua'z Din-Nashashibi; Darwish Higazi; Meejoeng Hong, Professor, South Korea; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy middle East Representative, ANERA; Mohamad Jieddah, Nidal Center, Jerusalem; Khaled Abu Arafeh, Engineer; Ibrahim Shaban, Lecturer, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA