Details

9.15 hOpening and Welcoming Session

Oraib Al RantawiDirector General, Al Quds Center for Political Studies

Michael DäumerDirector, KAS Amman

9.30 hSession 2:

Democratic Challenges of Ruling Political Parties in the Arab World

Basem ZubaidiProfessor of Political Science at Bir Zeit University/

Palestinian Autonomous Territories

Can Democracy Exist in Sectarian Parties

Basel Husein Director of the Iraqi Center for Strategic Studies/ Iraq

Democracy in Islamic Parties: Aspects of Progression and Regression

Nizam Barakat Professor of Political Science at Yarmouk University/ Jordan

Discussion

12.00 hSession 3:

Do “Existing” Arab Liberal Parties Represent Real Democracy?

Hoda Rizk Professor of Political Science at Lebanese University/ Lebanon

Democratic Challenges facing Nationalist and Leftist Party

Mohammad Jamal BaroutResearcher at French Institute for Near-East/ Syria

The Democracy Predicament Within the Democratic Centrist Parties - Jordan as a Case

Study

Mohammad Al ZoyoodResearcher at Al Quds Center for Political Studies/ Jordan

Discussion

15.30 hSession 4: Minimum Requirements for Democratic Parties Bylaws

The German Experience

Hans Martin SiegForeign Policy Adviser to MP Manfred Grund, CDU/CSU

Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag /Germany

Presentation Arab Experience

Raghid El Solh Expert in Political Parties Affairs/ Lebanon

16.30 hDiscussion

17.00 hClosing Session

Oraib Al RantawiDirector General, Al Quds Center for Political Studies

Michael DäumerDirector, KAS Amman

The conference will be held in Arabic and English with translation available