LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Bucharest Workshop on democratic transformations
North Africa and Eastern Europe: viewpoints and shared experiences of transition – a bridge over 20 years
13-15 JULY 2011
A. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA
TEODOR BACONSCHI, Minister of Foreign Affairs
DORU COSTEA, State Secretary
MIHNEA CONSTANTINESCU, Director General
VASILE SOFINETI, Director General
FILON MORAR, Director, Directorate for Middle East, Africa and Latin America (DOMAAL)
MIRELA GRECU, Minister’s cabinet
ALEXANDRA IONESCU, DOMAAL
ROXANA ALBIŞTEANU, DOMAAL
ALEXANDRA RADU, DOMAAL
MIHAI STEFAN DINU, DOMAAL
ROXANA SIMA, International Law and Treaties Department
MONICA ALEXANDRU, Development Assistance Unit
Aurelia Grosu, Directorate for Communication and Public Diplomacy
ALBERT ROBU, Directorate for Communication and Public Diplomacy
LAURA SITARU, Diplomatic Institute of Romania
B. UNDP
YESIM ORUC, UNDP Permanent Resident to Romania
ANCA STOICA, Program Manager, Democratic Governance Cluster, UNDP Romania
ANNIE DEMIRJIAN, UNDP Democratic Governance Practice Leader, RBEC Region
CARLOS VALENZUELA, UNDP Cairo
KATE SULLIVAN, Chief Technical Advisor to the Central Electoral Commission, UNDP Electoral Support to Moldova
KOH MIYAOI, Gender Practice Leader, UNDP Bratislava Regional Center
C. PERMANENT ELECTORAL AUTHORITY - ROMANIA
OCTAVIAN OPRIŞ, President
ANA MARIA PĂTRU, Vicepresident
BOGDAN POPESCU, Head of External Relations Department
CRISTIAN LEAHU, Director, Legislation and contact with the Parliament Department
DANA PLEŞA, Counselor
ROXANA TOROSIAN, Counselor
IULIAN IVAN, Director, Guidance, control and coordination of subsidiaries Department
DAN DUŢĂ, Director, Election logistics Department
MIHAI MILCA, Director, Studies, Documentation and Monitoring of the electoral process Department
VANESSA CHIRA, Head of service
IRINA ASIMIONESEI, Communication expert
D. ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES
CARLOS NAVARRO, Federal Electoral Institute, Mexico
DOINA BORDEIANU, Central Electoral Commission, Republic of Moldova
E. ROMANIAN AND INTERNATIONAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Constantin Mârza, Pro Democraţia
LAURA BRETEA, Pro Democraţia
Daniela Crăciun, Intercultural Institute Timişoara
Călin Rus, Intercultural Institute Timişoara
ALEXANDRA MARTIN, former UN Youth Delegate of Romania
F. PARTICIPANTS FROM THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
MinistRY OF JustiCE
1. ABDEL MUEZZ AHMAD IBRAHIM, Counselor, President of the Appeal Court in Cairo, President of the Commission for Parliamentary Elections
2. ALI EL-SADEK OTHMAN, Counselor, First deputy of the Minister of Justice
3. Dr. OMAR EL SHERIF ALI EL SHERIF, Deputy of the Minister of Justice for legal issues
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
4. ABDUL GHAFFAR SULAIMAN, prosecutor
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
5. Gen. MOHAMED REFAAT MOHAMED AHMED KOMSAN, Deputy of the Minister of Interior for Electoral and Administrative issues
6. Lt.col. AHMED ABDELNABY MAHMOUD ELARABY, member of the Directorate General for Public Relations and Press
7. Brigadier General MOHAMED ABOUEL EYOUN MOHAMED SHAWKY ABOUELNABY, Member of the Tehnical Cabinet, Ministry of Interior
MinistRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
8. Dr. GEORGE AZER SALEEB TADROS, Ist secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cabinet
9. SHERINE MOHAMED EISSA AHMED ELSAEED EISSA, IIIrd secretary, European Affairs Department
10. AHMAD SHARIEF, Ist secretary, Human Rights Department
11. AMR ESSAM ELDIN SADEK, IIIrd secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cabinet
academia
12. Dr. ALIA MOHAMED ABDELMONEM MOHAMED ELMAHDI, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, University of Cairo
13. Dr. KARIM ELSAYED AHMED ABDELRAZIK, expert on parliamentary problems,
University of Cairo
14. ZEINAB MOHAMED MAHMOUD MOHAMED, researcher, Egyptian Parliament
nongovernmental organizations
15. SHERIF ALAAELDIN ABDELAZIM ATTIA, Egyptian Association for Citizen Participation and Enhancement (in Arab Network for Monitoring Elections)
16. Dr. FATMA ALY MOSTAFA KHAFAGY, Arab Alliance for Women
mixt bodies
17. HAZEM MOUNIR, Head of Electoral Department, National Human Rights Council; President of Egyptian Association for Training (NGO)
PRESS
18. SAMY TAWFIK ABDELMAKSOUD ELKAMHAWY, Journalist, Diplomatic section of Al Ahram Al Masai
19. MONA ABDEL HALIM SEWILAM, International Senior Correspondent, Egyptian TV
20. TAREK RAMADAN MOHAMED HUSSEIN, Head of Diplomatic section of Al Ahram Al Masai
21. Dr. SHAWKI SAID MOHAMED ALY, 25th of January Revolutionary Youth Association, Association for the protection of Human Rights and the Environment in Mahall
G. PARTICIPANTS FROM THE TUNISIAN REPUBLIC
THE HIGHER COURT FOR INDEPENDENT ELECTIONS (ISIE)
1. MONIA ABED, Member of the legal Commision of ISIE, President of Association of women lawyers in Tunisia
2. NABIL BAFFOUN, Member of the ISIE Commision for tunisians abroad
3. Larbi Chouikha, Member of the High Independent Court for Elections
HIGH COURT FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REVOLUTION, POLITICAL REFORM AND TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY
4. CHEFIK SARSAR, Scholar, Member of the Commision of experts for the development of electoral law
5. FERHAT HORCHANI, Scholar, Member of the Commision of experts for the development of electoral law
6. Mustapha Belletaief, member
COURTS
7. MOUNA GUIZANI, Counselor, Appeals Chamber
8. SIHEM BOUAAJILA, Counselor, Appeals Chamber
Chedhli Rahmani, Magistrate, Court of First Instance in Tunis, member of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates
nongovernmental organizations
9. AFEF MBAREK, Lam Echami Network
10. Basma Soudani Belhadj,President of The League of Tunisian Women Voters
11. MariemSamoud,member of The League of Tunisian Women Voters
12. SALOUA GHAZOUANI, CAWTAR representative
13. LILIA REBAI, The Tunisian association for democratic and fair elections (ATIDE)
14. Ali Zedini, Member of the Tunisian Human Rights protection League
15. Faouzi Jaballah, Lawyer, member of the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers
PRESS
14. HaneneZbiss,journalist, specialized in electoral issues, Realites
15. Abdellaziz Hali, Journalist, “La Presse”, member of The Tunisian Journalists Syndicate
16. Siwar Amaidia, Journalist, radio Gafsa, member of The Tunisian Journalists Syndicate
UNDP
17. Donia Ben Romdhane, Gender and Elections Counselor, UNDP Tunis
18. ALI ALBAYATI, Counselor, Support for the electoral process Project
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