On October 11, 2009, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, held an intimate round table meeting dealing with essential questions never before dealt with in an academic forum: How will the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel affect the two central majority and minority national groups – Jews and Arabs – in Israel?
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Broummana, Lebanon, 24-25 October 2009
[Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Bahrain, Tunis, Morocco, Syria, Algeria, Yemen, 24 October 2009]
On 24 – 25 October, more than 30 representatives of Arab civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Middle East and North Africa will gather in Broummana, Lebanon, to deliberate the creation of a regional coalition with a dual purpose.
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NAL’s youth wing “Union of Arab Liberal Youth (UALY)” is meeting in Cairo from October 27-31 to discuss the internal structures and procedures of the youth wing, plus to discuss various topics on internal and external communication skills, decision making plus future vision of the UALY.
In cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, the EU and The Coalition for Accountability and Integrity- AMAN , a national conference will take place on the protection of the “Right of Assembly and Association in Palestine” on Thursday October 8, 2009 at the Best Eastern Hotel in Ramallah from 10:00 am-1:00 p.m.
The event will revolve around the signing of the code of principles for NGOs, Political parties and movements, and Labor Unions, in addition to stressing the need for protection of this right in Palestine.
For more information please visit www.aman-palestine.org and www.arab-laws-reform.net
The text is only available in German, since it is relevant only for German speakers:
Die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit (FNF) und das Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien (MMZ) vergeben im neu gegründeten und nach Walther Rathenau benannten Graduiertenkolleg Promotionsstipendien zum Thema „Liberalismus und Demokratie. Zur Genealogie und Rezeption politischer Bewegungen von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart“.
Zum Thema „Liberalismus und Demokratie“ werden insgesamt 15 Promotionsstipendien ausgeschrieben. Für die ersten fünf Stipendien hat nun die Ausschreibungsphase bis zum 15. Oktober 2009 begonnen.
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The full report is available in Arabic only
In cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, the Freedom Forum Palestine (FFP) conducted a weekend seminar from 30 July until 1 August, 2009 in Ramallah on Liberal principles. This seminar gathered new members of this forum and discussed issues related to politics, liberalism, civil and political liberties, democracy and human rights.
Please click here to view the report .
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Short report on a seminar conducted by the Young Entrepreneurs Palestine (YEP) in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty.
Click on YEP’s website www.yep.ps
Event: “Business Start up Lecture”
2 July 2009 – Nablus / Palestine
The report is only in Arabic.
This workshop was conducted by The Coalition for Accountability & Integrity (AMAN) and in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty within the framework of the EU funded project “Laws Reform”. The workshop was conducted in Ramallah on 9 July 2009 and in Gaza on 15 July 2009.
For more information please visit www.aman-palestine.org and www.arab-laws-reform.net
During the workshop
This news item is cited from the newsletter issue 143 of Liberal International
Michael Ignatieff MP
Addressing an audience of more than 200 guests, Michael Ignatieff MP, the leader of LI Full Member the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Canadian opposition, delivered the 2009 Liberal International Isaiah Berlin Lecture in London’s historical National Liberal Club yesterday. In his lecture “Liberal Values in Tough Times”, Ignatieff reminded liberals that “[l]iberalism should never lose its founding association with generosity of heart and openness of mind. These are the habits of heart that we need to keep to save our beliefs from curdling into political correctness or ideological dogmatism.” Guests at the dinner gala event included liberal politicians from all continents, as well as Canadian, British and international business leaders and members of society. The event, described by former LI President and LI Patron Lord Steel as “the most successful episode yet in LI’s Isaiah Berlin lecture series”, was co-organised by the Liberal International secretariat and the Canada Club of London, and drew widespread attention from national and international news media.The full text of Michael Ignatieff’s Isaiah Berlin lecture is already available online here.
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Short report on eight worshops conducted by the Palestinian Center for Research and Cultural Dialogue (PCRD) in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty.
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