CSID-Tunisia's Third INTERNATIONAL Conference
Friday & Saturday, March 28-29, 2014
Tunis, Tunisia
EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 25th, 2014
Friday and Saturday, March 28-29, 2014
Carthage Thalasso Gammarth
Tunis, Tunisia
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Friday March 28, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, CSID President
Dr. Mounir Tabet, Resident Representative of the United Nations
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
How to Achieve A Successful Democratic Transition in Tunisia
Mehdi Jomaa
Prime Minister of Tunisia
(invited)
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Keynote Speeches
National Dialogue and Reconciliation to Strengthen the Democratic Transition in Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi
President of Nahdha Party
Beji Caïed Sebsi
President of Nidaa Tounes
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Coffee and Tea Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel 1
Coalition-Building: Before and After the Elections
Ahmed Nejib Chebbi
President of the Joumhouri Party
Mouldi Riahi
V.P. of the Ettakatol Party
Imed Daimi
Congress for the Republic
Kamel Morjane
Al-Moubadara Party
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break & Friday prayers
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel 2
Ambassador's Forum
The Role of the International Community in Supporting Tunisia
INVITED SPEAKERS:
- Andreas Reinicke
Ambassador of Germany
- Hamish Cowell
Ambassador of the UK
- Jacob Walles
Ambassador of the United States
- François Gouyette
Ambassador of France
- Ömer Gücück
Ambassador of Turkey
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Coffee and Tea Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel 3
VISIONS FOR A NEW TUNISIA
Challenges and Opportunities for Successful Elections and Transition
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Taieb Baccouche
Nidaa Tounes
Rafik Abdessalem
Nahda Party
Abdelaziz Massoudi
Al Massar
Mohamed Abbou
President of the Democratic Current
Mohamed Goumani
Reform and Development Party
5:30 - 7:30 Break
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Banquet Dinner
Islamists and Secularists:
Pitfalls, Challenges & Opportunities in Democracy Building
Keynote Speakers
William Lawrence - George Washington University
Azmi Bishara - Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Nader Hashemi - University of Colorado
Saturday, March 29, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 4
Building a Culture of Democracy through Civic and Democracy Education
Chair: Sami Brahem
Democracy and Human Rights in Religious Discourses in Tunisia
Mounir Tlili
Minister of Religious Affairs
"International Best Practices in Democracy Education" - Robert LaGamma - USA - bob@ccd21.org
"The Role of Civil Society in Promoting the Values of Citizenship and Guaranteeing Human Rights" - Sihem Brahimi - Algeria - brahimi.sihem@yahoo.fr
"Building a Culture of Democracy through Civic and Democracy Education" - Pietro Longo- Italy - p.longo@cisip.it
"The Resposability of Arab Eductational Institutions in the Support of Civic and Democratic Transitions" - Moujib Alhomedi - Yemen - alhomedi@gmail.com
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 5
Dialogue between Islamists and Secularists, and how to build a common ground between them.
Chair: Slaheddine Jourchi
"The Role of Ḥizb al-Nahḍah in the Changing Political Landscape of Tunisia: A Brief Analysis" - Mohammad Dawood Sofi - India - sofidawood@gmail.com
"'State' in Maududi and Ghannauchi's Writings: Shift from Islamic State to Civil State" - Omair Anas - India - omairanas@hotmail.com
"The Inconsistency of the Religious Cleavage Within the Political Elite" - Valeria Resta - Italy - et.resta@gmail.com
"Bridging the Islamist-Secular Divide: the Role of the Intellectual" - Maryame Alami - Morocco - maryamealami@yahoo.co.uk
"Dialogue between Islamists and Secularists in Tunisia after the Revolution" - Monia Hammami Cheikh- Tunisia - monia2012@hotmail.com
"Islamists and Secularists: Coexistence in Theory and Practice" - Fathi Mohammed Fathi Alhayati- Irak - fathi.hchr@gmail.com
"A Systematic Approach to the Search for Common Ground: between Islamic and Secular views" - Mokhles Sebti- Morocco - sindibad96@yahoo.fr
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee and Tea Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 6
The Experience of Democratic Transitions in other Countries of the Arab Spring
Chair: Lotfi Hajji
"The Role of the Egyptian Judiciary in Democratic Transition" - Karim Elchazli- Egypt - kelchazli@gmail.com
"Who is the Secular? Issues and Problems in the Classification of Seculars in Egypt" - Rajab Sayed Eddousaki - Egypt - Abo_ragab31@yahoo.com
"Arab Spring Countries and the Role of the Civil Society in Instilling a Participatory Democracy" - Boutayeb Bennaceur and Bouhneya Qawi - Algeria - bennaceur2002@gmail.com
"The Role of Civil Society in Supporting the Democratic Transition in Bahrain" - Baqer Darwish - Bahrain - baqer86@gmail.com
"The Role of the West in Crippling the Experiences of Democratization in the Arab World: The Egyptian Experience as a Model" - Ahmed Chawki Ibrahim Badawi- Egypt - ahmed_shawky1988@yahoo.com
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION Panel 7
Risks and Threats - From Violence to Economic Development
Chair: Hammouda Ben Slama
"Building a Democratic Tunisia Managing the Transitional Phase in a Rough Regional Environment" - Radwan Ziadeh - Syria - radwan.ziadeh@gmail.com
"Dealing with the Salafist Surge: Competing Visions" - Anouar Boukhars - USA - aboukhars@mcdaniel.edu
"Using Mediation to Reduce Risks of Violence and Develop Economic Viability in a Diverse Islamic and Secular Tunisian Civil Society" - Lynn Cole - USA - adr@lynncole.com
"Positive Discrimination in the Interior Areas of Tunisia in the New Constitution and its applicability: The Governorate of Gabes as a Case Study" - Taieb Hamdi - Tunisia - taiebhamd@yahoo.fr
"Security Sector Reform and the Democratic Transition in Tunisia" - Felix Tusa - UK - felix.tusa@gmail.com
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 8
Economic Development and Current Challenges
Chair: Skander Rekik
Economic and Financial Challenges in Post-Revolution Tunisia
Hakim Ben Hamouda
Minister of Economy and Finance
Jaloul Ayed - Former Minister of Finance
Elyes Fakhfakh - Former Minister of Finance
Moncef Cheikh Rouhou - Economist and Member of the National Constitutent Assembly
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 9
Guarantees and Guidelines for Successful & Democratic Elections
Chair: Nabil Labassi
"The current Draft Electoral Law in Tunisia" - Kalthoum Badreddine - Tunisia, Member of the NCA, and head of the General Legislative Committee
"A Reading on the Draft Electoral Law in Tunisia" - Saad Alrawi - Jordan - saadalrawi_2005@yahoo.com
"Guaranteeing the Integrity of the Elections during a Democratic Transition: Basis, Standards, and Results" - Walid Zaidi - Iraq - waleedkyasser2000@yahoo.com
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Coffee and Tea Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 10
The Role of Civil Society and Organizations & the Media in a Successful Transition to Democracy
Chair: Jamila Ksiksi
"Errors in Tunisian Printed Press after the Revolution: A Comparison between the Report of the Tunisian Union Association of Journalists and the Report of the Citizen Media" - Mohammed Ben Jemaa - Canada - mbenjemaa@gmail.com
"The Weakening of the Arab-Islamic Identity and the Problem of Democratization in Arab Societies" - Mohammed Dhaouadi - Tunisia - m.thawad@yahoo.ca
"Media and its Role in Supporting Democracy: Social Media and Alternative Media" - Kacem Kassir - Lebanon - kassem_1960@hotmail.com
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 11
Transitional Justice and Reforming the Judicial System
Chair: Kamel Gharbi
"Transitional Justice and the Reform of the Judicial System" - Leila Bahria- Tunisia - leilabahria@hotmail.com
"From Transitional to Transformative Justice: Prospects for Tunisia" - Paul Gready and Simon Robins - US - paul.gready@york.ac.uk
"Transitional Justice and Reform of the Judiciary: Accountability, Determining Responsibilities and Jurisdiction" - Jalal Saafi - Tunisia - saafi_jalel@yahoo.fr
"The Transformative Role of Victims in the Transitional Justice Process" - Leyla Slama - UK - leylaslama87@gmail.com
"The Law of Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Between the Revolutionary Character of the Text and the Limits of its Applicability" - Omar Rawani- Tunisia - amor.raoueni@laposte.net
"Transitional Justice: Holding the Previous Regimes Accountable" - Fatma Sellami- Germany - fatsel@web.de
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks
Meherzia Labidi
Vice President, The National Constituent Assembly
John Esposito
Professor at Georgetown University
Mustapha Ben Jaafar
President, The National Constituent Assembly
(invited)
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This conference will be bilingual (English and Arabic) and simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Early Registration ENDS BY MARCH 25, and is recommended as seats are limited.
Registration Fees:
EARLY Registration (Before March 25)
With meal tickets -------- 100 TD
Without meal tickets ---------- FREE
Onsite Registration (After March 25)
With meal tickets ------ $150
Without meal tickets ----- $100.
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