Saturday, 28 April to Monday, 1 May 2007 Lebanon

1st Encounter of Euro-Mediterranean Youth, Beirut – Lebanon “Conflict Prevention & Peace building”
The Encounter was organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Platform – Lebanon (info: www.euromedplatform.org) in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – Lebanon (info: http://www.feslb.org/).

- - - Saturday, 28 April 2007
Mr. Georges Abi Saleh, Representative of Euro-Med Platform – Lebanon
Mr. Samir Farah, Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – Lebanon
Ms. Rana Fatfat, Representative of Lebanese Minister of Youth
Ms. Irene Plank, Representative of the German Embassy – Lebanon

Keynote Presentations
Ms. Annette Lohmann, Transforming Conflicts – Building Peace. The International Work of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung FES – Germany-Department for Development Policy
Dr. Sari Hanafi, Civil Society between Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Neighbourhood Policies: A view from the South. American University – Lebanon


1st Workshop: The Culture of War and the Culture of Peace. Case Studies:
Transitional Justice
Ms. Marieke Wierda - International Centre for Transitional Justice
Dr. Ziad Baroud, Lawyer, Saint Joseph University – Lebanon

- - - Sunday, 29 April 2007
Open Discussion: “Responsibility to Protect”, Ms. Annette Lohman, FES – Germany – Department for Development Policy

- - - Monday, 30 April 2007
2nd Workshop: The Structural Aspect of Conflict Prevention
Mr. Fadi Abou Allam, Permanent Peace Movement – Lebanon
3rd Workshop: Interpersonal Skills for Conflict Resolution
Dr. Ossama Safa, Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies – Lebanon

47 youth from 10 Mediterranean countries and 27 organizations, NGO’s etc. participated,
1. Lebanese Association for Human Rights, Lebanon (info: http://www.aldhom.org/)
2. Lebanese Family Planning Association, Lebanon (info: http://www.lfpa.org.lb/)
3. Lebyouth, Lebanon (info: http://www.lebyouth.net/)
4. Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, Lebanon
5. Amel Association, Lebanon (info: http://www.amel.org.lb/)
6. Association de justice et misericorde, Lebanon
7. OffreJoie, Lebanon (info: http://www.offrejoie.com/)
8. Civic Responsibility Association, Lebanon
9. Cultural Movement Antelias, Lebanon (info: http://www.mcaleb.org/)
10. Coordination Committee for Palestinian NGOs working in Lebanon, Lebanon
11. Lebanese Committee for Environment and Development, Lebanon
12. Al-Hares Center for Studies and Media, Palestine (info: http://www.alhares.org/)
13. International Peace and cooperation center, Palestine (info: http://www.ipcc-jerusalem.org/)
14. Nahdet El-Mahrousa Association, Egypt (info: http://www.nahdetmasr.org/)
15. Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement, Egypt (info: (info: http://www.mosharka.org/)
16. Groupe des jeunes chercheurs en sciences sociales et development, Maroc
17. Forum des jeunes Marocains du 3eme milloinaine, Maroc
18. National Forum for Youth and Culture, Jordan (info: http://www.jordanyouth.org/)
19. Jordaninan Women's Union, Jordan
20. Coupole d'une centaine d'associations et mouvements de la Société civile impliqués dans la solidarité Nord Sud en Belgique francophone (CNCD), Belgium (info: www.cncd.be)
21. Eurostep, France (info: www.eurostep.org)
22. Centre Regional d'Actions Socialesinterculturelles et de Communication, France
23. Reseau euromediterreaneen universitaires, France
24. Babelmed Journalist, Italy (info: http://www.babelmed.net/)
25. Young Socialists, Germany (Young Socialists in the SPD, info: http://www.jusos.de/)
26. Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and sustainable Development, Greece (info: http://www.mio-ecsde.org/)

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Read also Sustainable Mediterranean - issue no 47 - 2/2007 - Quar­ter­ly newsletter produced by the Me­di­ter­ra­ne­an Infor­mation Offi­ce for the Envi­ronment, Culture and Sustai­na­ble Develop­ment, in collaboration with the Europe­an Envi­ronme­ntal Bure­au and the Arab NGO Network for Envi­ronmentand Deve­lop­ment @ www.mio-ecsde.org/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=297