Towards Transparency in Jordan II
 

 

Amman March 31- April 2, 2002 - Hyatt Hotel 
The conference was organised by AAI with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Heinrich Boell foundations. The conference hosted representative of Arab Chapters of Transparency International. It was held under the patronage of HM King Abdullah II and opened by HE Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. The prime minister expressed the government’s support for the Institute’s activities to fight wasta and pledged to introduce a legislation in that regard ( a Legislation is currently under discussion at the Lower House of Parliament for endorsement). The conference, which also presented a study on monitoring elections in Jordan, tackled transparency in the judiciary, in the media sector and in the executive.

 
Day 1: March 31, 2002

10:00- 10:30
Opening- Under the royal patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II- Speech by Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb
Sa’eda Kilani- Director Arab Archives Institute
Miguel Schloss: MENA Director-  Transparency International

10:30- 11:00
coffee break

11:00- 11:30
Presentation by Basem Sakijha – TI representative

11:30- 12:30
Media and transparency
Dr. Nabil Sharif- chief editor of Ad-Dostour daily
Laila Sharaf - Senator
Ahmad Salameh- chief editor-Al Hilal

13:00- 14:00
Judiciary
Farouq Kilani- Fr. Head of the Judiciary Council
Abdul Razzaq Abul Ithem- Lawyer
Mohammad Halaiqah-  Minister

14:00- 15:00
 Lunch

15:00- 16:30
Economy – e-government
Minister of telecommunication: Fawwaz Zoubi
Prominent Economist Munir Hamarneh

4:30- 5:00
Coffee Break

Final Session
5-8  Moderator: Round Table HE : Taher Masri

8:00- Reception

Day 2: April 1, 2002

9:30- 11:30
Launching of the TI Source Book in Arabic
Taher Masri
Basem Sakijha- Arab Archives Institute- Transparency Jordan
Charles Humphreys Macroeconomic Director-World Bank

Remarks
Dr. Paul Pasch – Friedrich Ebert Foundation
N.N.  – Heinrich Böll Foundation

11:30- 12:00
Coffee Break

12:00- 13:30
Launching of monitoring elections study
Sa’eda Kilani

Afternoon & Evening
Sessions for Arab Chapters on TI Source Book Adaptation

Day 3: April 2

Morning
10:00
Continuing discussions and Conclusion
Free/ Departure

 
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