Details

Workshop on

Parliamentary Reforms:

The Importance of Parliamentary Research and Information Services

Program as of 30/04/06

Day 1 – Friday, May 12, 2006

09:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30 Introduction and Welcome

Oussama Safa

Director of LCPS

Hardy Ostry

Regional Representative of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

HE Marius Haas

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Lebanon

Session I - Reforming Parliament Structures

09:30 - 11:00

Presentations:

• The framework of introducing new structures in Parliament and Improving Legislation Efficiency

  Ali Sawi

  Center for Parliamentary Studies, Egypt

• Between Sciences and Politics: Functions, Structures and Methodologies of parliamentary consulting in Germany

  Thomas Schiller

  CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag, Germany

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

Session II - New Developments in Parliamentary Research Services

11:30 – 13:00

Presentations:

• Egyptian Experience in Parliamentary Research

  Wafaa Ali Abdel Elah

  Research Service, People’s Assembly of Egypt, Egypt

• Lebanese Experience in Introducing Research Services

  Elie Khoury

  UNDP Office in the Lebanese Parliament, Lebanon

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

Session III - Establishing a Parliamentary Research Service: Required Reforms

14:30 – 16:00

Presentations:

• The Parliamentary Research Unit of the Palestinian Legislative Council

  Ahmad Khalidi

  Center for Palestine Research and Studies, Parliamentary Research Unit (PRU), Palestine

• Various Forms of Parliamentary Research Services and Required Legislations

  Mahmoud Batlouni

  Center for Legislation Development, Lebanon

Day 2 – Saturday, May 13, 2006

Session I - Experience of International Organizations in setting up Parliament Research Units

09:30 - 11:00

Presentations:

• Selected UNDP experiences from around the World

  Ramla Khalidi

  UNDP – POGAR/SURF, Lebanon

• The European Center for Parliamentary Research and Documentation

  Dick Toornstra

  Co-Director ECPRD, European Parliament

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

Session II - Parliamentary Research and Civil Society Interface

11:30 – 13:00

Presentations

• The Forum for Parliamentary Development in Lebanon

  Jean Hajj

  International Management & Training Institute (IMTI), Lebanon

• Morocco Experience: Civil Society and Parliamentary Studies and Information

  Nadir El Moumni

  Center for Legislative Development, Morocco

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

Roundtable:

14:30 – 16:30

Parliamentary Research Experience in Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Egypt

• Hani Hourani

  Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center, Jordan

• Khaldoun el Naqib

  Sociology and Social Work, Kuwait University Kuwait

• Elie Khoury

  UNDP Office in the Lebanese Parliament, Lebanon

• Nadir El Moumni

  Center for Legislative Development, Morocco

• Ahmad Khalidi

  Center for Palestine Research and Studies, Parliamentary Research Unit (PRU), Palestine

• Wafaa Ali Abdel Elah

  Research Service, People’s Assembly of Egypt, Egypt