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InWEnt Regional Alumni Conference Program



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Draft AGENDA

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, October 29, 2008

Time

Session and halls

Item

 

Meeting of Facilitators

 

10:00

Registration

Ongoing

10:30

 

 

 

“CSR Online Course- Alumni Launch”

 

 Small Theater

Hall

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Experiences and Opportunities for Arab Region

·         Dr. Klaus Bader-LaBarre, Senior Program Manager, InWEnt

·         Dr. Djordjija Petkoski, Head of the Business, Competitiveness & Development Team - World Bank Institute WBI- Washington D.C.

·         Prof. Dr. Ulrich Erhardt, Denkmodell, Germany (Facilitator)

12:30

 

Lunch break

14:30 – 17:45

BA Tour

 

Special Tour

Bibilotica Alexandrina (BA) Tours (3 Groups: Arabic, English, French )

15:00

 

GROUP PHOTO

18:00

 

 

 

Official Opening & Keynote

 

Small Theater

Hall

Opening Address

 

·         Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina; former Vice President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, World Bank

·         Mr. Bernd Schleich, Managing Director, InWEnt

 

19:00

 

Welcome Presentation

Small Theater Hall

Welcome & InWEnt Presentation

·         Mr. Magued Youssef, Director, InWEnt Regional Office - Cairo

·         Ms. Annette Rathjen, Director, Planning and Monitoring Department, InWEnt

19:30

 

Alumni Program

 

Small Theater

Hall

Alumni Arbeit / Alumni Program

Alumni Networking: Possibilities and Instruments

·         Ms. Raphaela Kühn, Project Manager Content Manager, Alumni Coordination, InWEnt

·         Ms. Konstanze Lang, Project Coordinator, Alumni Coordination, InWEnt

          DAAD Alumni Programs.

 Dr. Christian Hülshörster, Director of the DAAD Cairo Office .  

20:30

Welcome Dinner

Buses transport participants to Helnan Palestine Hotel

 

DAY 2: THURSDAY, October, 30, 2008

09:30

(including Coffee Break)

 

Thematic

Parallel Sessions

 

Lectures Hall

 

 

 

 

 

Small Theater

       Hall

Panel Discussion

1.     Woman Leadership Networking: Building Generations of Women Leaders

·         Ms Ute Lange, Head of Corporate Communication, InWEnt

·         Dr. Doha Abdel Hamid, Resident Representative, IDEAS.

·         Ms. Zahra Salem, Local Expert for Women Qualifications Sector, Sanaa’, Yemen

·         Mr. Yousif Toma (Facilitator)

 

2.     Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC): Capacity Building is Key.

·         Mr. Michael Schwartzkopff, Senior Program Manager, InWEnt

·         Dr. Magued Osman, Chairman, IDSC

·         Mr. Mohamed Maher Elmujtahed, General Secretary – Syrian Cabinet of Ministries

·         Prof. Dr. Ulrich Erhardt, Denkmodell, Germany (Facilitator)

11:00

 

 

 

Parallel Sessions

 

 

 

Multipurpose Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd Floating

Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIP meeting Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lectures Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Theater

      Hall

 

Sector Workshops Part 1

 

1.     IDSC - “Capacity Building, Networking and Innovation”

 

·         Ambassador Hussein El-Kamel, International Cooperation Department, IDSC

·         Presentations from IDSC-Staff Projects On “Organizational Development, Competences and Innovation” towards networking locally, nationally and regionally.

·         Prof. Dr. Ulrich Erhardt, denkmodell, Germany (Facilitator)

·         Dr. Edgar Goell, Integrated Expert, Center for Future Studies (CFS-IDSC)

 

2.     Environment: “REACh – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances”

 

·         Mr. Sherif El Gabaly, Chairman, Chemical Chamber, FEI.

·         Mr. Adel El Shafei, General Director, General Directorate for Hazardous Chemicals and Waste, Ministry of Environment, Egypt (Facilitator/Speaker)

·         Mr. Ahmed Kamal, Manager, Environment Compliance Office (ECO), Egypt

·         Mr. Anis Gharbi, Environmental Director, Union Tunisienne de l’industrie du Commerce et de l’Artisanat (UTICA),Tunis

 

3.     Urban Development in Cities/Local Agenda 21: “Integrated Solid waste Management and Resources Efficiency towards Sustainable Development”

 

·         Ms. Susanna Grossman, Senior Project Manager, InWEnt

·         Mr. Wolfgang Mayer, Director Hans Seidel Foundation Cairo Office (HSS)

·         Eng. Mounir Boushra, Solid Waste Expert

·         Mr. Amera  Sahilu  Tadesse, Resource Person, Ethiopia

·         Ms. Martina Sabra (Facilitator)

 

4.     Water: “Managing Knowledge and Building Networks: Water Networking in the MENA Region”

 

·         Dr. Detlef Virchow, Senior Program Manager, InWEnt

·         Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Program Manager, InWEnt

·         Mr. Yousif Toma (Facilitator)

 

5.     TVET: “Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Vocational Training”

 

·         Mrs Sabine Hartig / Dr. Klaus Bader-Labarre (InWEnt)

·         Dr. Klaus-Dieter Martinet, Institute for Environmental Protection in Vocational Training e.V.(Facilitator)

·         Mr. Uwe Wichenberg (Facilitator)

·         Mr. M'hamed CHERIFI, Algeria (Speaker)

·         Ms Passant Sobhy, Egypt (Speaker)

·         Mr. Mohamed El-Husseiny, IMC, Egypt (Speaker)

 

13:00

 

Lunch break

14:00

(including Coffee Break)

Continue Parallel Sessions

Sector Workshops Part 2

IDSC

 

 

REACH

 

 

Urban Development

 

 

Water

 

 

TVET

 

 

16:30

Thematic Plenary

 

Lectures Hall

 

The Deserts of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as Everlasting Power Houses for Sustainable Energy and Water

  • Dr.-Ing. Hani El Nokraschi, Managing Director, Nokraschi Eingineering GmbH, Germany
  • Key Note Speaker: Dr. Abdel Kawi Khalifa, Chairman, Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) Egypt

18:00

 

Dinner @ BA

20:00

Concert

Small Theater

 Iraqi Musician Naseer Shamma ‘Al Hayat…Eiqaa-Life is Rythem’ @BA Conference Center

 

DAY 3: FRIDAY, October 31, 2008

09:00

(Coffee Break)

 

Plenary Session

 

Small Theater

Hall

“Come Together”  Perspectives on Sectoral Alumni Work

Presentation of Alumni-Work in several Countries.

  • Our main activities in the last two years
  • Highlights of our  work
  • Challenges and obstacles
  • Perspectives and future programs
  • Our contributions and the support required by InWEnt

12:00

 

Lunch and Prayers time

13:00

 

Founding sessions

 

Various Halls

Founding Sessions of National/Regional Alumni Networks

  • The added value for creating a national/regional network
  • Committed actors and stakeholders involved 
  • Steps for setting up a national network
  • Identification of a first pilot program 
  • Selection of a preliminary national network coordinator

15:00

(including Coffee Break)

Podium

 

Lectures Hall

 

Impact of Alumni on Reforms & German-Arab Development Cooperation

  • Ms Annette Rathjen, Director, Planning and Monitoring Department, InWEnt
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiter, Humboldt University in Berlin
  • Ms. Aneesha Vale, Alumni Coordinator, InWEnt Regional Office SADAC-Pretoria

 

17:00

Special EVENT

Small Theater

Performance: Story Telling - Women & Memory Forum “Kalet El Rawiya”

19:00

 

Dinner @ BA

 

DAY 4: SATURDAY, November 1, 2008          

09:00

Meeting of Facilitators

 

 

10:00

(including Coffee Break)

 

Panel & Key Note Speeches

 

Small Theater

Hall

Development Cooperation & Alumni

 

  • Ms Annette Rathjen, Director, Planning and Monitoring Department, InWEnt
  • Dr. Wolfard Behrens, Development Cooperation Section, German Embassy in Cairo
  • Dr. Nader Fergany, Director of Almishkat Research Center, Founding Lead Author Arab Human Development Report (AHD) 2002-2005
  • Dr. Nabil Ali, Computational Linguistics Researcher “Knowledge Divide from an Arab Perspective”

 

12:30

 

Lunch

14:00

Recap and Goal Setting

Small Theater

Hall

Results of the Conference & Goal Setting Alumni

·         Moderators/Facilitators & Alumni

15:00

(including Coffee Break)

Plenary

 

Small Theater

Hall

Feedback & Farewell

17:00

Farewell Dinner

Buses transport participants to Four Seasons Hotel

         

 

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