Albert Shanker Institute
THE CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE
February 6-7, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Tuesday, February 6th
Capital B Room
6:00 pm Reception
6:30 pm Dinner

Welcome: Edward J. McElroy
President, American Federation of Teachers and Albert Shanker Institute

THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Moderator: Eugenia Kemble
Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute

Presenter:
Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy

Discussion

Wednesday, February 7th
Ticonderoga Room
8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Moderator: Herb Magidson
Board of Directors, Albert Shanker Institute

Presenters:
Laith Kubba
Senior Director, Middle East & North Africa, National Endowment for Democracy
Tamara Wittes
Research Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Foreign Policy Studies
Brookings Institution

Discussion
 

10:45 am I. STRATEGIES FOR DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Moderator:
Randall Garton
Director of Research & Operations, Albert Shanker Institute

Presenters:
Heba El Shazli
Director, Middle East and North Africa programs, AFL-CIO Solidarity Center
David Dorn
Director, International Affairs Department, American Federation of Teachers

Discussion

CAPITAL A ROOM
12:15 pm Lunch
Presenter: Ambassador Dennis Ross
Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former Special Middle East envoy, Clinton Administration

TICONDEROGA ROOM
1:30 pm II. STRATEGIES FOR DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: BASIC AND CIVIC EDUCATION

Moderator: Toni Cortese
Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers

Presenters:
Azza Karam
Senior Research Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Program, Education
Radwan Masmoudi
President, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

Discussion

3:00 pm CONCLUDING DISCUSSION:
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Discussion Leaders:
Eugenia Kemble
Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
David Dorn
Director, International Affairs Department, American Federation of Teachers



 

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