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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Monday, 12 March 2007     Arrival and Registration of the Participants at the Hotel     Wednesday, 14 March 2007                                                 09:00-13 :00                                                         Module 3: Civic Engagement Practices and Innovations                                                                             09:00-10 :30                                                         Third Plenary Session (1)              Moderator: Adil Khan (DESA)              Reporter: Ali Merza (UNDP/DESA Libya) (tbc)              ♦ Ms Bayan Tabbara (ESCWA): “The role of CSOs in the formulation of social policy at the grass root level in the              ESCWA Region”              Presentation by the participants (government and/or CSO) of their experiences and lessons learnt              ♦ MoPIC/Jordan              ♦ Yemen              ♦ Iraq              ♦ Discussions: Q & A              ♦ Lebanon              ♦ Jordan/NCFA              ♦ Algeria              ♦ Discussions: Q & A                                                                             10:30-11:00                                                         Networking/Coffee Break                                                                             11:00-13:00                                                         Third Plenary Session (2)              Moderator: Lebanon or Kuwait (tbc)              Reporter: Iraq (tbc)              ♦ Mauritania              ♦ Libya or Tunisia              ♦ Morocco              ♦ Egypt              ♦ Discussions: Q/A              ♦ Djibouti              ♦ CAWTAR Experience: ANGED (Arab Network Gender              and Development) Project              ♦ Other volunteer speakers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, etc)              ♦ Discussions: Q/A                                                                             13:00-14:30                                                         Lunch Break                                                                             14:30-18:00                             14:30-16:00                                                         Module 4: Stakeholder Perspectives on Civic Engagement              Parallel Sessions              ♦ Session for Government Representatives: Opportunities,              Risks and Options of Incorporating Civil Societies in Socio-              Economic Policy Making              Facilitator: Adil Khan              ♦ Session for CSO Representatives on How to Actively              Participate in Socio-Economic Policies              Facilitator: Najet Karaborni .              One Rapporteur and one Moderator for each session will be              selected by the group of participants                                                                             16:00-16:30                                                         Networking/Coffee Break                                                                             16:30-17:00                                                                                                                                      17:00-18:00                                                         Fourth Plenary Session              Moderator: Iraq              Rapporteur: CAWTAR (tbc)              ♦ Report on the Government Brainstorming Session              ♦ Report on the CSO Brainstorming Session              ♦ General Discussions                             Fifth Plenary Session              Round Table Open Discussions and consensus building on              issues, strategies and processes                                                                             19:30                                                         Social Gathering (Haret Jdoudna) hosted by SARAYA                                                  
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Arab Regional Workshop
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