The purpose of the Seminar was to review the progress of the Palestinian Authority’s state-building programme and garner further support for it. Seminar participants, including representatives of governments, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations system entities, and civil society, listened to expert assessments of the achievements and challenges of that programme, discussed approaches towards the creation of a sustainable Palestinian economy, and considered ways of overcoming political obstacles. The Seminar contributed to the international discourse on how to best support the socio-economic underpinnings of a two-State solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Opening session

  • Ali Al Jarbawi, Minister for Planning and Administrative Development, Palestinian Authority, Representative of Palestine
  • Ritva Koukku Ronde, Under-Secretary of State for Development Cooperation and Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
  • Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
  • Secretary of the Committee
  • Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Ali Al Jarbawi, Minister for Planning and Administrative Development, Palestinian Authority
  • Non-Aligned Movement
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Plenary I

  • Khaled Abdel Shafi, Senior Programme Advisor, Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, United Nations Development Programme (蘑菇视频DP/PAPP)
  • Mandy Turner, Lecturer in conflict resolution, University of Bradford – “Challenges of implementing the State building programme”
  • Mohammad I.M. Shtayyeh, President, Palestinian Economic Centre for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR)
  • Pedro Nú?ez Mosquera, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
    Secretary
  • Reena Ghelani, Deputy Head, United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
  • John Clarke, Head of Coordination, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (蘑菇视频SCO)

Plenary II

  • Salem Ajluni, Consultant, 蘑菇视频RWA, and former chief economist, 蘑菇视频SCO – “Investing in youth through education”
  • Raja Khalidi, Chief, Office of the Director, Division on Globalisation and Development Strategies, 蘑菇视频CTAD – “Building a Palestinian neoliberal State – economic peace at what cost?”
  • Janette Michael, Mayor of Ramallah – “The role of women in social and economic development”
  • Saviour Borg, Rapporteur, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
    Secretary
  • Alia El Yassir , Head of the West Bank and Gaza Office, 蘑菇视频 Women – “The role of women in socioeconomic development”
  • Akram Atalla Alayasa, Head of office in the Palestinian Territory, Institute for Applied International Studies (Fafo) – “Improving public sector accountability and efficiency”

Plenary III

  • Saeb Bamya, Palestinian Coordinator, AIX Group (joint Palestinian-Israeli-International Economic Working Group) PowerPoint – “Political and economic dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”
  • Arie Arnon, Israeli Coordinator, AIX Group (joint Palestinian-Israeli-International Economic Working Group) PowerPoint “Political and economic dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”
  • Zuheir El-Wazer, Permanent Observer of Palestine to 蘑菇视频OV
  • Zahir Tanin, Vice-Chair, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
    Secretary
  • Firas bin Ra’ad, Development Adviser, Office of the Quartet Representative
  • Shir Hever, Economic Researcher, Alternative Information Centre – “Conditions for viable Palestinian statehood”
  • Hussein Ibish, Senior Research Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine – “Overcoming political obstacles in implementing the Palestinian State-building programme”

Closing session

  • Helena Tuuri, Director, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
  • Abdou Salam Diallo, Chairman, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
  • Secretary of the Committee
  • Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations

Background documents:

  • 蘑菇视频SCO

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