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
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
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, 20148:00 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
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The Role of Ḥizb al-Nahḍah in the Changing Political Landscape of Tunisia: A Brief Analysis" - Mohammad Dawood Sofi - India -
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State' in Maududi and Ghannouchi's Writings: Shift from Islamic State to Civil State" - Omair Anas - India -
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Bridging the Islamist-Secular Divide: the Role of the Intellectual" - Maryame Alami - Morocco -
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Dialogue between Islamists and Secularists in Tunisia after the Revolution" - Monia Hammami Cheikh- Tunisia -
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Islamists and Secularists: Coexistence in Theory and Practice" - Fathi Mohammed Fathi Alhayati- Irak -
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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
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The Role of the Egyptian Judiciary in Democratic Transition" - Karim Elchazli- Egypt -
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"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 -
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The Role of Civil Society in Supporting the Democratic Transition in Bahrain" - Baqer Darwish - Bahrain -
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee and Tea Break11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSION - Panel 6 (Carthage 1)Risks and Threats - From Violence to Economic Development
Chair: Hammouda Ben Slama
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Dealing with the Salafist Surge: Competing Visions" - Anouar Boukhars - USA -
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Using Mediation to Reduce Risks of Violence and Develop Economic Viability in a Diverse Islamic and Secular Tunisian Civil Society" - Lynn Cole - USA -
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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 -
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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 -
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From Transitional to Transformative Justice: Prospects for Tunisia" - Paul Gready and Simon Robins - US -
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The Weakening of the Arab-Islamic Identity and the Problem of Democratization in Arab Societies" - Mahmoud Dhaouadi - Tunisia -
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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 Break2:00 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
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A Reading on the Draft Electoral Law in Tunisia" - Saad Alrawi - Jordan -
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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 -
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Transitional Justice: Holding the Previous Regimes Accountable" - Fatma Sellami - Germany -
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Transitional Justice and Reform of the Judiciary: Accountability, Determining Responsibilities and Jurisdiction" - Jalel Saafi - Tunisia -
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The Transformative Role of Victims in the Transitional Justice Process" - Leyla Slama - UK -
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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 Break4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel 10 (Carthage 1)Building a Culture of Democracy through Civic and Democracy Education
Chair: Emna EnnaiferDemocracy and Human Rights in Religious Discourses in Tunisia
Mounir Tlili
Minister of Religious Affairs
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International Best Practices in Democracy Education" - Robert LaGamma - USA -
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Rooting Democratic Values in Arab-Islamic Culture" - Sami Brahem - Tunisia -
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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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