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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