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Assessing the Arab Legal Environment: A Map for Development
Civil Society Dialogue Preparatory Meeting to the 2006 Forum for the Future
The Forum for the Future was created at the June 2004 G8-BMENA Summit as a method by which the members of the G8 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia) could provide technical and financial support to governments and NGOs in the Middle East who were working to achieve political, economic, and social reforms.
30 - 31 October, 2006 | Amman, Jordan
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the Civil Society Dialogue Preparatory Meeting to the 2006 Forum for the Future.
The Preparatory Meeting was a unique opportunity for more than 40 Arab civil society leaders from 13 different countries to discuss priorities, strategies, and goals designed to create an enabling legal environment for civil society in the Arab world, one of the four civil society themes of this year’s Forum for the Future. Participants designed a presentation to the G8 and Arab governments, and six representatives selected by the group will deliver the presentation to G8 and BMENA government representatives at the 2006 Forum for the Future at the Dead Sea in Jordan.
The two-day program was augmented by presentations from international and regional experts on topics including International Law Protecting the Freedom of Association and CSO Activity, The Value and Purpose of the CSO Sector, Organizational Governance, and Current Initiatives in CSO Law Reform in the Arab Region. Many of these presentations are available below.
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Conference Participants can access extra materials not available to the public by using the password emailed to them.
Delegates
The following six delegates were selected by conference participants to attend the 2006 Forum for the Future as represenatives of civil society:
- Mr. Hassan Al-Ukaily
Executive Director, Iraqi Organization for Human Rights Coordination, Iraq - Mr. Mostefa Bouchachi
Vice President, Ligue Algerienne pour la Defense des Droits de L Homme, Algeria - Ms. Jamila Mohamed Dalimi
Professor, Faculty of Law, Hassan II University, Morocco - Ms. Hoda El-Khatib
General Coordinator, Forum of Arab Civil Society Strategies, Lebanon - Dr. Ali Khashan
Director, Palestinian Center for Constitutional Rights and Strategic Policies, Palestine - Dr. Soroor Qarooni
Vice President, Bahrain Women's Society, Bahrain
Participants also selected two alternates:
- Ms. Dina Dukhqan
Director, Partners - Jordan, Jordan - Mr. Hussain Albakshi
Human Rights Attorney, Saudi Arabia
Conference Materials
Unless otherwise specified, all files are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
- Final Declaration (English) (Arabic)
- Conference Agenda (English) (Arabic)
- Conference Materials (English) (Arabic)
Includes materials distributed to all conference participants, including ICNL's 1) Checklist for CSO Laws; 2) Comparative Report on Turkish Association Law Provisions; 3) Comparative Report on Turkish Foundation Law Provisions; 4) Comparative Report on Public Benefit Laws; 5) Analysis of Law #18-FZ on Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation; 6) Recent Laws and Legislative Proposals to Restrict Civil Society and Civil Society Organizations; 7) Economic Activities and Income Taxation; 8) David Moore's paper on Laws and Other Mechanisms for Promoting NGO Financial Sustainability; and 8) Excerpts from Mark Sidel's paper The Third Sector, Human Security, and Anti-Terrorism. - Presentation: International Law Protecting the Freedom of Association and CSO Activity [Cathy Shea] (English)
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) format - Presentation: Organizational Governance [Cathy Shea] (English)
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) format - Presentation: Organizational Governance [Nilda Bullain] (English)
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) format - Presentation: The Value and Purpose of the CSO Sector [Soroor Qarooni] (English)
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) format - Presentation: The Legal Environment of Civil Society Organizations in Saudi Arabia [Jafar Al-Shayeb] (Arabic)
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) format - Application & Information Sheet (English) (Arabic)
Please note that we are no longer taking applications as the Preparatory Meeting has already been held.