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Dear Friends and Partners...
We regret to inform you that the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung closes its office in Abu Dhabi. All activities in the United Arab Emirates have been stopped. Since the opening of the KAS-Representative Office in June 2009, the foundation had been working closely and intensely with local government and non-government partners. KAS deeply regrets this unexpected development and thanks all its friends and partners in the UAE for the trust and confidence vested in its work and for the good cooperation.
First Journalism Training Course in Oman a raving success
The KAS Regional-Program Gulf-States, the Sultan-Qaboos-University (SQU) Oman and the Oman Journalist Association successfully completed their first jointly organized journalism training course. The week-long introductory course which was led by JONA-alumni Anne Allmeling and Abdullah Al-Maani from the SQU offered 16 Omani journalism students (14 women) the opportunity to gain first experience in the work of a journalist.
Al Boom - Future of the Emirates
Online Portal of the 6th Annual German-Arab Journalists' Academy gone live
KAS Regional-Program Gulf-States conducted the 6th Annual German-Arab Journalists' Academy in Abu Dhabi in October 2011. Eight scholars from the KAS journalism program in Germany worked together with eight young journalists from the United Arab Emirates(UAE). Together they explored new reporting and narrative styles and created a multi-media online portal titled: "Al Boom - Future of the Emirates"! The website is now live and can be found at:www.alboom-magazine.com
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Since June 2009 the KAS is represented in the Gulf-States (including Yemen). Priority is given to the political dialogue within the region and with Europe as well as to questions pertaining to the framework of the economic system and social market economy on the national and international level.
Previous events
| Mar. 3 - 7 |
Seminar
Media Training for Journalists: Basic Principles – Research, News writing, Journalistic formats |
| Feb. 27 |
Discussion
"The Economic and Financial Prospects of the Arab Awakening - A Year On"With H.E. Raed Charafeddine, First Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon |
| Feb. 13 |
Lecture
"Responsibility in Islamic Finance" |
| Dec. 18 |
Discussion
Dubai Debates on "Females in the Arab Spring"Women, Civil Society and Leadership in a New Arab World |
Publications
First Journalism training Course in Oman a raving success
KAS Regional-Program Gulf-States exports Journalism Training to additional GCC countries
The KAS Regional-Program Gulf-States, the Sultan-Qaboos-University (SQU) Oman and the Oman Journalist Association successfully completed their first joint journalism training course. The week-long introductory course which was [...]
Al Boom - Future of the Emirates
Onlineportal of the 6th German-Arab Journalists' Academy
KAS Regional-Program Gulf-States conducted the 6th Annual German-Arab Journalists' Academy in Abu Dhabi in October 2011. Eight scholars from the KAS journalism program in Germany worked together with eight young journalists from [...]
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARAB SPRING
KAS AND INSEAD ORGANIZE POLICY-BREAKFAST WITH RAED H. CHARAFEDINNE, BANQUE DU LIBAN
The political impact of the “Arab Spring”, which began a little over a year ago in Tunisia, has been at the centre of academic and political reviews. KAS-Regional Program Gulf-States took the analysis to another level and invited [...]
