The CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY - Tunisia

 

  

The Democratic Transition in Tunisia:
Achievements & Challenges  
 
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Friday & Saturday, March 28-29, 2014

Carthage Thalasso Gammarth  

Tunis, Tunisia

 

 

 

FINAL PROGRAM



Friday March 28, 2014

 


8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.            Registration  

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.         Opening Ceremony

 

 

How to Achieve A Successful
Democratic Transition in Tunisia

     

 
Dr. Radwan Masmoudi
CSID President

Mounir Tabet
Resident Representative of the United Nations

El Habib Choubani
Minister in Charge of Relations with Parliament and
Civil Society, Kingdom of Morocco

Rached Ghannouchi

President of Nahdha Party

 

 

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.        Coffee and Tea Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                 Panel 1                (Carthage 1) 

 


Economic and Financial Challenges in
Post-Revolution Tunisia
Chair: Skander Rekik


Elyes Fakhfakh
Former Minister of Finance

Moncef Cheikh Rouhou
Economist and Member of the National Constituent Assembly

Mohamed Ridha Mabrouk
Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies

Abdeljelil Bedoui

Economist and University Professor 

 

 


12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.        Lunch Break & Friday prayers 

 

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.        Panel 2                (Carthage 1) 


Ambassador's Forum

 

The Role of the International Community in
Supporting Tunisia

 

   

Fran�ois Gouyette 
Ambassador of France

  

Andreas Reinicke 
Ambassador of Germany   

 

Nagma M. Mallick 
Ambassador of India

Hamish Cowell 
Ambassador of the UK


Mounir Tabet  

Resident Representative of the United Nations

 

 


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

 

 

 Rafiq Abdessalem

Nahdha Party

Mouldi Riahi
Head of the Bloc of Ettakatol Party

Imed Daimi
Congress for the Republic

Abdelaziz Massoudi
Al Massar Party

Mohamed Abbou
President of the Democratic Current

Mohamed Goumani
Reform and Development Party

Mahmoud Baroudi
Democratic Alliance

Faycal Jadlaoui
Independent Member of NCA

Riadh Cha�bi
Al-Binaa al-Watani 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


Vincent Geisser

Sociologist and Political Scientist

El Habib Choubani

Minister in Charge of Relations with Parliament and
Civil Society, Kingdom of Morocco

William Lawrence  

Professor International Affairs, George Washington University

Nader Hashemi

University of Denver



Saturday, March 29, 2014

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.        Registration         

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.        PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 4    (Carthage 1)

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 - [email protected]

"'State' in Maududi and Ghannouchi's Writings: Shift from Islamic State to Civil State" - Omair Anas - India - [email protected]

"Bridging the Islamist-Secular Divide: the Role of the Intellectual" - Maryame Alami - Morocco - [email protected]

"Dialogue between Islamists and Secularists in Tunisia after the Revolution" - Monia Hammami Cheikh- Tunisia - [email protected]

"Islamists and Secularists:  Coexistence in Theory and Practice" -  Fathi Mohammed Fathi Alhayati- Irak - [email protected]

"A Systematic Approach to the Search for Common Ground: between Islamic and Secular views" -  Mokhles Sebti- Morocco - [email protected]


9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.        PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 5    (Carthage 2)

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 - [email protected]


"Who is the Secular? Issues and Problems in the Classification of Seculars in Egypt" - Rajab Sayed Eddousaki - Egypt - [email protected]

"Arab Spring Countries and the Role of the Civil Society in Instilling a Participatory Democracy" - Boutayeb Bennaceur and Bouhneya Qawi - Algeria - [email protected]

"The Role of Civil Society in Supporting the  Democratic Transition in Bahrain" - Baqer Darwish - Bahrain - [email protected]


10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.       Coffee and Tea Break



11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.       PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 6             (Carthage 1)

Risks and Threats - From Violence to Economic Development
            Chair:  Hammouda Ben Slama


"Dealing with the Salafist Surge: Competing Visions" - Anouar Boukhars - USA - [email protected]

"Using Mediation to Reduce Risks of Violence and Develop Economic Viability in a Diverse Islamic and Secular Tunisian Civil Society" - Lynn Cole - USA - [email protected]  

"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 - [email protected]

"Security Sector Reform and the Democratic Transition in Tunisia" - Felix Tusa - UK - [email protected]


     11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.       PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 7             (Carthage 2)

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 - [email protected]

"From Transitional to Transformative Justice: Prospects for Tunisia" - Paul Gready and Simon Robins - US - [email protected]

"The Weakening of the Arab-Islamic Identity and the Problem of Democratization in Arab Societies" - Mahmoud Dhaouadi - Tunisia -  [email protected]

"Media and its Role in Supporting Democracy: Social Media and Alternative Media" - Kacem Kassir - Lebanon - [email protected]


12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            Luncheon Break

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.        PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 8    (Carthage 1)

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 - [email protected]
   
"Guaranteeing the Integrity of the Elections during a Democratic Transition: Basis, Standards, and Results" - Waleed Zidi - Iraq - [email protected]


2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.        PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 9    (Carthage 2)
        
Transitional Justice and Reforming the Judicial System.
            Chair: Kamel Gharbi

"Transitional Justice and the Reform of the Judicial System" - Leila Bahria- Tunisia - [email protected]

"Transitional Justice: Holding the Previous Regimes Accountable" - Fatma Sellami - Germany - [email protected]

"Transitional Justice and Reform of the Judiciary: Accountability, Determining Responsibilities and Jurisdiction" - Jalel Saafi - Tunisia - [email protected]

"The Transformative Role of Victims in the Transitional Justice Process" - Leyla Slama - UK - [email protected]  

"The Law of Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Between the Revolutionary Character of the Text and the Limits of its Applicability" - Amor Raoueni - Tunisia - [email protected]


3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.         Coffee and Tea Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.                              Panel 10                                         (Carthage 1)

Building a Culture of Democracy through Civic and Democracy Education
            Chair:   Emna Ennaifer


Democracy and Human Rights in Religious Discourses in Tunisia

Mounir Tlili
Minister of Religious Affairs


"International Best Practices in Democracy Education" - Robert LaGamma - USA - [email protected]

"Rooting Democratic Values in Arab-Islamic Culture" - Sami Brahem - Tunisia - [email protected] 

"The Role of Civil Society in Promoting the Values of Citizenship and Guaranteeing Human Rights" - Sihem Brahimi - Algeria - [email protected]


5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.                              (Carthage 1)
  

Concluding Ceremony


Meherzia Labidi
Vice President, The National Constituent Assembly

John Esposito
Professor at Georgetown University

President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki

President of the Republic of Tunisia

 

 

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This conference will be bilingual (English and Arabic) and  simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

 

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