Under the Patronage of H.E. Mr. Fouad Saniora, Prime Minister of Lebanon

REGIONAL WORKING GROUP ON

Citizens, Civil Society, and Public Sector Reform in the Arab Region

First Meeting 29 - 30 September 2005 Beirut, Lebanon

List of Participants

Participants from Outside Lebanon Mr. Nabil Samuel ABADIR General Director Coptic Evangelic Organization for Social Services Panaroma, Cairo-Egypt Mrs. Adila ABDEL AZIZ General Director (communication and coordination department) Ministry of State for Administrative Reform Egypt Mr. Ezzat ABDELHADI Member of the Coordination Committee Director of BISAN Center for Research and Development, the Palestinian nonGovernmental Organizations’ Network Palestinian National Authority Mrs. Zeina ABDELHADI Director of Coordination and Technical Support Ministry of Planning Palestine Mr. Shoukri ABDULMULA General Director of Civil Service Fund Ministry of Civil Service and Insurance Yemen Dr. Ali ABU LIELA Professor of Sociology Social Department, Faculty of Literature University of Ain Chams Mr. Jassem Al AJAMI Associate Professor Economic& Finance Department University of Bahrain Bahrain Dr. Khleef AL KHAWALDEH Executive Director, Public Sector Reform Administration Ministry of Public Sector Development Jordan

Mrs. Sabika AL-NAJJAR Secretary General Bahrain Human Right Society Bahrain Mr. Ali Mohammed ALABDULQADER National Coordinator Civil Service Bureau Bahrain Dr. Fethia Bent Ali SAIIDI Assistant Professor of Sociology Higher Institute for Human Sciences Tunisia

Mrs. Badriya Yousif AL-JEEB Director of Local Community Development Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Bahrain Mr. Nasser B. AL-KAHTANI Executive Director Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organisations Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Ali ALMEKHLAFI Member of the board of Directors Human Rights Information and Training Center Yemen Mr. Rolf ALTER Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate OECD Mr. Mohamed Ezzine AMARA Director General, Ministry of Communication and Documentation Tunisia

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Mr. Abderrahmane ARAAR President Reseau Algerien pour la Defense des Droits de L’Enfant (NADA)

Mr. Baker EL NAJJAR Professor University of Bahrain Bahrain

Mr. Mazen ASAD Project Manager Palestinian National Authority

Mrs. Amira EL RASS EU Delegation Jordan

Mrs. Amal BASHA Chairwoman Sister’s Arabic Forum for Human Rights Yemen

Dr. Nader ELMOUMNI Professor of Political Sciences Faculty of Law, Economy and Social Morocco

Mr. Robert BONWITT Head of Program SIGMA Programme Joint Initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Delegation

Mr. Fethi ESSID General Director at the Prime Ministry Prime Ministry Tunis

Ms. Hafiza CHOUKEIR Professor Tunisian Organization for Democratic Women Cite Diar Ibn Sina, El nenzah9-TunisTunisia Mr. Edward DAVEY Assistant to Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP AMAR International Charitable Foundation Dr Abdel Nasser DJABI Professor of Sociology University of Algeria Algeria Dr. Michael DUGGETT General Director International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Brussels- Belgium Dr. Abdullah EL KHATIB President General Union of Voluntary Societies Jordan

Mr. Choucri Abdel Mawla Executive Director The Civic Service Fund Yemen Dr. Muhannad Saheb FARHAN Manager of the Foundation’s Baghdad Office/ Physician AMAR International Charitable Foundation Iraq-Baghdad Mr. Martin FORST Principal Administrator GFD coordinator OECD Mrs. Mouna GHALI General Director Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Egypt Mr. Marc GRAMBERGER Managing Director Prospex (Consultant with GBN Europe) Belgium

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Mr. Mazen HUSSEIN Responsible of the Administrative Rehabilitation Program Ministry of Planning Palestine Mr. Abdellah INRHAOUN Director of Studies and Administrative Research Department Ministry of the Modernization of Public Sectors Morocco Mr. Mohammad JALJOULI Manager of Public Sector Reform Program Management unit Ministry of Public Sector Development Jordan

Dr. Nader SAIID Director Development Studies Program, Birzeit University Ram Allah. West Bank Palestine Dr. Musa SHTEIWI General Director Jordan Center for Social Research Jordan Mrs. Natasha Adeeb SHAWARIB Government Performance Directorate at the Prime Ministry Jordan

Dr. Amani KANDIL Executive Director Arab Network for NGO’s Egypt Dr. Ali Nasir MATHANY Manager AMAR International Charitable Foundation Mr. Lasaad MESSAADI Federation Tunisienne de Soutien Sociale (FTSS) Tunis Dr. Mohamed Abdo MOGHRAM Senior Legal Consultant and Assistant Professor of Public Law Faculty of Law and Sharia’a Sana’a University, Faculties of law Yemen Dr. Ali NASIR Manager of AMAR I.C.F. AMAR International Charitable Foundation in Iraq Iraq

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Participants Residing in Lebanon H.E. Minister Jean OGHASSABIAN Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Hisham ABI ALI Project Coordinator Arab NGO Network for Development Lebanon Mrs. Nadia AL-ALMAR JABBOUR Head of Administrative Division Ministry of Environment Lebanon Mr. Rabi AL CHAEER Consultant in Public Politics Office of Deputy Mohammed El Safadi Jaddat Fouad Chhab, Bourj Al Ghazal, Lebanon H.E. Mr. Patrick RENAULD Head of the EU delegation Lebanon Mr. Andre J. AMIOUNI Policy Analyst, Institutional Development Unit Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Dr. Randa ANTOUN Professor of Public Administration Political Sciences & Public Administration Department American University of Beirut Lebanon Mrs. Randa ARACTINGI Independent Consultant

Judge Georges AWWAD President Central Inspection Bureau, Office of the Prime Minister Lebanon H. E. Mr. Ahmed Hussein BASSADIG Ambassador The Embassy of Yemen Lebanon Mr. Abdel Ghani CHAHINE General Director National Office for Employment Lebanon Mr. Ibrahim CHARARA Journalist Al Safir Newspaper Lebanon Mr. Othman BERRWIN C.P.S.P.S. Coordinator Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mrs. Emmanuelle BLATMANN First Secretary Embassy of France Lebanon Mrs. Nada BSAT Logistics Officer Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Ahmad Mohammad CHARHAN Minister The Embassy of Yemen, Lebanon

Mrs. Sybille BIKAR EU Delegation Lebanon 5

Mr. Elie CHEDID President-General Manager Elyssar Public Agency for the Planning and Development of Beirut South-Western Suburbs Lebanon Mr. Louis DE LORIMIER Canadian Ambassador Canadian Embassy Lebanon Mr. Jacques-Bertrand DE REBOUL Embassy of France Lebanon Mr. Houssam DIAB Counselor Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Lebanon Mrs. Jinane Ghanem DOUAIHY Training Coordinator Institute of Finance- Ministry of Finance Lebanon Mrs. Roula DOUGHAN Assistant Policy Analyst Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Basel EID Journalist Ministry of Information Lebanon Mr. Elie EL WSII Coordinator Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Dr. Yasser ELWY First Secretary Egyptian Embassy Lebanon

Mr. Selim FAYAD Managing Director Hydrowaste S.A.L. Lebanon Dr. Riad GHANNAM Director, Committees Department, Lebanese Parliament Lebanon Mrs. Mirvat HAMMOUD Procurement Officer Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mrs. Youmna Chacar GHORAYEB AFKAR Project Coordinator Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Yahia HAKIM Advisor to the Minister Research and Management Consultants Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Ali HAMMOUD Journalist Gulf Newspaper Lebanon Mr. Samer HANKIR Policy Analyst Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mrs. Zouhour HARACHE Director of the Moroccan Information Agency in Beirut Moroccan information agency Lebanon

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Mr. Yoshikazu HASUNUMA Second Secretary Embassy of Japan Lebanon Mr. Hasan HIJAZI Economist and CEO Lebanon

Mr. Darwish HOUBAIKA General Director of the Social Security Service Ministry of Interior Lebanon Dr. Adnan ISKANDAR Lebanon Dr. Najib ISSA Professor of Development Economics Social Sciences Institute Lebanese University Lebanon Mrs. Hind JOUBRANE Audit Office Director Ministry of Environment Lebanon Dr. Karam KARAM Researcher Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Lebanon Mr. Borhan Eddin Hassan KHATIB Center for Public Sector Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Fawaz D. KHOURY Senior Training Officer, Institutional Development Unit Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon

Mrs. Irene LORFING Chief of Technical Assistant Project at the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, AFKAR project Lebanon Mr. Ahmad MAHMOUD Director Ministry of Displaced Lebanon Mr. Ghassan MِAKAREM Media & Communication Officer Arab NGO network for development Lebanon Mr. Adham Georges MANSOUR Media Coordinator of MP Ibrahim Kanaan Lebanon Mr. Nicolas MARTIN Project Coordination Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Spanish Embassy Lebanon Mr. Atef MERHI Director of the Institutional Development Unit at the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Dr. Kamel MOHANNA President, General Coordinator Arab NGO’s Forum Amel Association Lebanon Mr. Ghassan MOUKHAIBER Lawyer/ Deputy Member of the Lebanese Parliament Lebanon

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Mrs. Hend El-Khatib OUEIDAT Policy Analyst Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Joseph PIAZZA D’OLMO Programm Coordinator European Delegation Lebanon

Mr. Bronislava TOMASOVA Conseiller Economique et Commercial Ambassade de la république Tchèque Lebanon Mrs. Mona ZIADE Communications Officer World Bank Lebanon

Dr. Mohamed QUBATY Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Lebanon & Cyprus The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen Lebanon Mr. Youssef SAAD Procurement Officer Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform Lebanon Mr. Ousama SAFA General Director Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Lebanon Maitre Nizar SAGHIEH Lawyer & Law Researcher Kassir & Saghieh law firm Lebanon Mr. George E. SAYEGH Consultant Human Resources and Organization Vice president’s Office in the American University of Beirut Lebanon Mr. Stauros SMRIDAULIS Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Hellenic republic Beirut-Lebanon

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UN Participants Dr. Mona HAMMAM Resident Representative United Nations Development Program Lebanon

Mr. Hassan KRAYEM Policy Specialist United Nations Development Program Lebanon

Ms. Maya ABI-ZEID Researcher United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Lebanon

Mr. Elie KHOURY Project Manager United Nations Development program Project, Parliament Lebanese Parliament Lebanon

Ms. Maya BEYDOUN Finance Assistant United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Lebanon Ms. Lina GHOUSSOUB Operations Manager United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Lebanon Ms. Nour BEJJANI Research Assistant United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Lebanon Mr. Mazen CHAKOURA Human Rights Officer Office of the High commissioner for Human Rights Lebanon Dr. Rima HABASCH Expert/ Programme Associate United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Lebanon

Dr. Salim NASR Senior Advisor United Nations development programProgram on governance in the Arab region Lebanon Mrs. Ramla KHALIDI Deputy Chief Surf-AS, UNDP Lebanon Dr. Ragaa MAKHARITA Senior Advisor United Nations Development ProgramProgram on Governance in the Arab Region Team Leader (GfD) New York Mr. Nabil RAWDAH Regional Programme Officer Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations House Lebanon

Mrs. Lina HABRE Research Officer United Nations Development Program/ Surf- As Lebanon

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