Region in transition - WANA Forum 2011 Report

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REGIONINTRANSITION


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Copyright2011bytheWANAForum

Authored&Designedby:EdmundMorris

Editedby:LouraHaddad

NourQabbaah

WANAForumSecretariat

MajlisElHassan

RoyalPalaces

Tel:+96264649185Fax:+96264634755


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WANA Forum 2011:Region in Transition

9 - 10 May 2011Amman, Jordan


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Foreword v

Executive Summary vi

Annual Forum 2011Opening Remarks by Prince El Hassan bin Talal 2Region in Transition 6Political Identities 10Lessons in Transition 13Economic Responsibiltiies 15Towards Social Cohesion 18Closing Remarks by Prince El Hassan bin Talal 22

AnnexesWANA Vision 24Concept Paper 26

WANA Forum 2011 Agenda 28Participants 31Acknowledgements 36

Table of Contents


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isnextfortheWANAregion?

ThisreportrepresentstheoverviewofthediscussionsduringtheForum,andadvancestheshared

OmarRifai

WANAForumSecretariat

Foreword


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vi

theUniversityofOxfordintheUnitedKingdomsaid,WhileNadiaAlSakkaf

the guard?

TheWANAForums

Executive Summary


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vii

weneed

The

aimoftheproposedfundistoengagegovernments,privatesectorandcivilsocietyacrosstheregion

pluralism,stewardshipsustainability,amongothers,whichhesaidfeeddirectlyintoavisionrooted

Jerusalemadded,

resourcemanagementsystem,isanotherexampleofanindigenousconceptthatpromotessocial


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dialogueand

toexpress,inform,organiseandmobilise,PrinceElHassansaiditisnolongerpossibletoexclude


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WANA Forum 2011

Region in Transition


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2

Thesurgicaldepartureof theWaronTerrorschiefantagonisthasbroughtintosharpreliefthe

referencestotheMiddleEastoverthelasttenyears,termssuchasTerrorism,Fundamentalism,

amemorableplacardindowntownAmmanputit,

Opening Remarks by PrinceEl Hassan bin Talal


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talkaboutsecurityriskassessmentsandAmericandeterrenceorareweheretorecognisethatour

shouldnotbethelitmustestforjudgingtheacceptability,orotherwise,ofgovernmentsintheArab

availabilityandthecheapnessofmobilephonestodaymeansthatitisnolongerpossibletoexclude

boundariesandethnictensionsinawaythatencouragesprosperityandlargelypeace,andpossibly


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The


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Region in Transition

ElHassanbinTalal,WANAForumChairman,Jordan

RehmanSobhan,ChairmanoftheCentreforPolicyDialogue,Bangladesh ,gavethekeynotespeech


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thepublicsphere?

thereshouldbearegionalsovereignwealthfundfortheregionalso,inwhichapercentageofall

OctaviaNasr,Lebanon

Octavia Nasr also referred to the rise of social media as a tool of empowerment, enhancing

becomeadriverofchange,withatoolofempowermentthathashelpedpromotetheconceptof

,spokeoftheindignityof


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NadiaAlSakkaf,EditorofTheYemenTimes,Yemen,discussedtheprocessesofhumanitysstruggle

mansstruggleagainst


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NadineToukan, ,statedthatweshoulddomoreforand

Moreshouldbedonetopromotethevoicesnotheard,thevariousmovementsthatoccurthat

peoplewhoshouldbetakingpartinregionalconferencesliketheWANAForumaretheactorsand


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Khalilal-Anani,

thatfacestheregion,andtheremustbesomekindofconsensusoverwhatthisshouldbe,andhow

RamaMani,CouncillorfortheWorldFutureCouncil,UK,

shouldnotbecomeembroiledindiscussionsover typesofdemocracy,andshould insteadgo to

Political Identities


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11

, discussed

toaddresstheseissuesarecrucialfortheregion,andthepeopleofWANAmustworktogether


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12

KhalidAziz,,drewonthework

comparisontootherregions,WANAsuseofviolenceishigh,andaskedwhythisappearstobethe


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KeiichiTsunekawa

hestated,showsthatitispossibletoborrowmodelsfromabroad,butonlywhentheyareadopted

LiuBaolai,expressed

Lessons in Transition


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KrzysztofStrachota,

forEasternStudies,Poland,drewontheexperienceofPolandindiscussinghowtheWANAregion

unitepeopleacrosstheregion,whiletakingintoaccountthediversityofreligiousbeliefsandvaluing


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,FounderofTrans4m,Switzerland,statedthatthereisaneedforahomegrown

This

Leinaal-Olaimy,Co-founderof3BLAssociates,Bahrain,statedthattheWANAregionneedsan

shouldnotprovidecharityforcharityssake,butforthesakeofempowermentandtheprovisionof

Economic Responsibilties


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NadimShehadi,AssociateFellowatChathamHouse,UnitedKingdom,statedthatwemustthink

becausetheythinkthatoilandaidalonewillsolvetheirproblems,andmaintainthestabilitythat

Theregionmustthereforego tothe root causesof instabilityand insecurity,addressingrather

SanaBardawil,

SimonaMarinescu,SeniorEconomist,UNDPIraq


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,

Iraq


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Talat Halman, Former Minister of Culture, Turkey, observed that in 2010, theMuslim world

Thebreadyoustore

MahaYahya,

forWesternAsia(UNESCWA),Lebanon,

such as a lack of accountability and rising unemployment were present, the larger and more

Towards Social Cohesion


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Thisciviccontractisnotjustabouttypesofgovernmenttherefore,butaboutplacingthepeopleand

inpublicspaceshasdemonstratedthatfreedomofexpressionisparamount,asshownbytherecent

,Founderof Arabnet, Lebanon

of access and opportunity in the private sector alsomeans that nearly everyone wants public


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AzyumardiAzra,ProfessorofHistoryandDirectoroftheGraduateSchool,SyarifIdayatullahState

IslamicUniversity,Indonesia,statedthattheregionhasarrivedatthepointofnoreturn,where

MukhtarHashemi,AssociateResearcher, Centre forLandUseandWaterResourcesResearch,

SchoolofCivilEngineeringandGeosciences,NewcastleUniversity,UnitedKingdom,discussed


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21

,,

ask,do

Nayim Khemaies, , presented hiswork on a Social

of fosteringsocial cohesionand strengtheningsolidaritywithinandacrossWestAsiaandNorth


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22

ThebackgroundtotherecentuprisingsinthisregionandthisForumderive,inaway,fromashared

As Professor Sobhanobserved

WearenotUtopians,butmanyofusdobelieve

when the dust

Howdoesonecastoftheaccumulatedweightofdecades,whileretainingwhatisgood?

observed

upontoourowntwofeet,whenourregionhasboththemoneyandtheresources?Whycantwe

Closing Remarks by PrinceEl Hassan bin Talal


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Annexes


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WEASINDIVIDUALSFROMTHEWEST-ASIANORTHAFRICA(WANA)REGION,INAFFIRMINGOURRESPECTFORHUMANDIGNITYANDEMBRACINGSOCIALCOHESIONFORTHECOLLECTIVE

GOOD,ASPIRETO:

ACHIEVEEQUALOPPORTUNITYASAMEANSTOHELPPEOPLEREALISETHEIRBASICHUMAN

NEEDS;

Peopleshouldbeabletorealisetheirmostbasichumanneeds,livefreefromhunger,povertyand

FOSTERCITIZENSHIPANDGOODGOVERNANCE;

forgovernanceintheworkofgovernments,securityagencies,parliaments,thejudiciaryand

CREATEOPPORTUNITIESFORPROSPERITYANDSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT;

COMMITTOTHEPURSUITOFKNOWLEDGEANDWISDOMINTHEEDUCATIONOFFUTURE

GENERATIONSANDINVESTMENTINTHEREGIONSHUMANCAPITAL;

PROMOTEPROCESSESOFINCLUSIONTHATHARNESSOURDIVERSITYMOREEFFECTIVELY;

enrichesthesocialfabricoftheregion,andcanbeasourceofsecurity,stabilityandprosperity

WANA VisionDiverse Humanity, United in Dignity


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SECUREPEACEANDBUILDCOMMUNITYRESILIENCE;

physicalinfrastructuredevelopmentandwiththevisiontorestorethehopesandbroadenthe

PROVIDEREFUGEANDRELIEFTOTHEUPROOTED,STRIVETOSAFEGUARDTHEIRRIGHTSAND

UNDERTAKEMEASURESTORESOLVETHEROOTCAUSESOFDISPLACEMENT;

RESPECTOURHUMANANDNATURALENVIRONMENTSASSTEWARDSOFTHEEARTH;

safe,balancedandstableenvironment,wemustdrawonourancestorswisdom,experienceand

ANDTOTHISEND,

WEWILLENDEAVOURTOOVERCOMECOMMONCHALLENGESTHROUGHCOOPERATIONAND

MUTUALINTERDEPENDENCE,WORKINGTOWARDREGIONALSOLUTIONSTHATTRANSCEND

ETHNIC,POLITICAL,SOCIALANDCULTURALBOUNDARIES;

RECOGNISINGTHESUFFERINGOFOTHERSASOUROWN,WESUBSCRIBETOAVISIONFOR

COOPERATIONBASEDONHUMANDIGNITYANDWITHTHEAIMOFSECURINGADECENTLIVING

ANDAPEACEFULANDPROSPEROUSFUTUREFORUSANDFORGENERATIONSTOCOME;

INCONSEQUENCEWHEREOF,WECOMMITTOUPHOLDINGANDRESPECTINGTHE

AFOREMENTIONEDVISIONOFTHEWESTASIA-NORTHAFRICAFORUM.


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forchangeingovernancethathasunitedpeopleacrossWANAinthepursuitofhumandignityand

ContextualisingRegionalEvents

subsidiesandbelietruemarketvalueofgoodsandenergy,leavetheregionseconomydistortedand

Concept Paper:Region in Transition


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Under rising demographic and economic strain, combined with an inability of governments to


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AbdallaAbabneh,

HusseinAbaza,

SoubhiAbdulkarim,

KamelAbuJaber,

MansourAbuRashid,

HalaAbuTaleb,

Jordan

RogaiaMustafaAbusharaf,

BahaAfaneh

ShabeebAmmari

Khalilal-Anani

VinyaAriyaratne

LaraAyoub

KhalidAzizAzyumardiAzra

AdnanBadran

PrimeMinister,Jordan

LiuBaolai

SultanBarakat

SanaBardawil

ElHassanbinTalal,WANAForumChairman

RaghdaButros

RosyCave,HeadofAsiaProgramme,Saferworld,UK

Diego-PerezClaramunt

JanuszDanecki

YousefAlEbraheem

Participants


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KhaledElshuraydeh,

MargotEllis

CarolineFaraj

HaiderFraihat,

Giumael-Gamaty

Council

SalahGhazali,ChairmanofKuwaitTransparencySociety

AleksanderGudzowaty

Polandckground

SaraGustafsson

LilyHabash

TalatHalman,

Culture,Turkey

MukhtarHashemi,

GeorgeHawatmeh,President,AWAN,ArabMediaConsultants,Jordan

Bakeral-Hiyari,

HanHongcai,

OdehAl-Jayyousi,MusaKeilani,

MongiKhammassi,

JauadEl-Kharraz

FayezKhasawneh

NayimKhemaie

SamarKildani

MichaelKingsley-Nyinah

Agency(UNRWA)

AhmadMango

RamaMani,Councilor,WorldFutureCouncilandSeniorResearchAssociate,Centrefor

SimonaMarinescu

SaidMasri,FormerMinisterofAgriculture,Jordan

MunqethMehyar,Chairperson,FriendsoftheEarthMiddleEast,Jordan

SallyMoore,


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AkiraMatsunaga

OctaviaNasr

MutsuyoshiNishimura ,SpecialAdvisortotheCabinetofthegovernmentofJapanandformer

Ambassadorinchargeofglobalenvironmentissues,Japan

KhairaldinAl-Nsour

AbdulAzizAlNuaimi

LeenaAlOlaimy

MohammadAl-Oun

AnnaPaolini

YasarQatarneh

IlariRantakari

OmarRifai

NadiaAl-Sakkaf

WalidSaleh

EnvironmentandHealth,UAE

WalidSalem

J.S.SamraYoheiSasakawa

AssadSerhal

MohammadShahbaz

HamzaShareef

NadimShehadi,AssociateFellow,MiddleEastandNorthAfricaProgramme,ChathamHouse,UK

MohammadSiddiqi,RehmanSobhan

KrzysztofStrachota

Studies(OSW),Poland

YujiTakagi

TatsuyaTanami,


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HissaAlThani,

NadineToukan

MohammadSaidAl-Touraihi,

KeiichiTsunekawa

CemalUsak,

MahaYahya

BasharZeitoon

AdnanZoubi,

StevenZyck,


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akijian


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WewouldliketothanktheWANAForumSecretariat,andtheForumvolunteersfortheirworkand

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Acknowledgements


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SECRETARIAT

Director

LauraHaddad,SeniorCoordinator

NourQabbaah,Researcher

EdmundMorris,Researcher

ASSISTINGSTAFF

DimaHamarneh,Media

HadeelAlZoubi,Media

VOLUNTEERS

ThomasCrooke

MunaBilleh

WendyMerdian

SehamMasad

KamalKakish

NourKaradsheh

FaisalHaddadin

YousefHaddadin

RubaFakhoury

LubnaBqaeen

DanaAlAmad


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With transition and revolution, you think you are going to changethe world. The reality is that we have a long way to go beforewe can talk of democratisation - it does not end with the fall of aregime; it merely begins.

Sally Moore,

Member of the Youth Coalition of

Egyptian Revolution, Egypt

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