Conference
Exporting Democracy
External Promotion of Democracy in Fragile States
International conference in co-operation with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and in partnership with the Deutschlandfunk
Date: 8-10 March 2006 in Berlin
Venue: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (map of the area)
- For the issues to be debated view the conference draft (pdf).
Programme of the Conference
- The complete programme as pdf file (4 pages, 110 KB)
Wednesday, 8 March 2006
17.00 Registration
17.30 Welcome
- Barbara Unmüßig
Executive Board, Heinrich Böll Foundation (hbf), Berlin - Volker Perthes
Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
18.00 Stability Vs. Democracy? Fragile States in the Context of Military Intervention, Nation Builduing and Democratisation
- Elda Stifani
Ambassador, Head, Liaison Office of the General Secretariat, Council of the European Union in New York - Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai
Security Adviser to President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan - Andrew Rathmell
RAND Corporation USA, International Security and Defense Policy Center, Cambridge Office - Winrich Kühne
Director, Center for International Peace Operations, Berlin - Ralf Fücks
Executive Board, Heinrich Böll Foundation (hbf), Berlin
Chair: Sabine Adler, DeutschlandRadio
20.00 Reception
Thursday, 9 March 2006
9.30 Registration
10.00 External Promotion of Democracy in Foreign and Development Policy: Realistic Goal or Utopia?
- Peter Anyang´ Nyong´o
Former Minister of National Development and Planning, Kenya - Nassif Hitti
Head of Mission, League of the Arab States, Paris - Marina Ottaway
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. - Jörg Volker Ketelsen
DG External Relations, Unit for Human Rights and Democratisation, European Commission, Brussels
Chair: Klaus Linsenmeier, Head of International Division, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin
12.30 Lunch Break
14.00 Democratisation in Ethnically or Religiously Fragmented Societies: Challenges for External Actors
- Peter Burnell
Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick - Azra Dzajic
Former Head of the Regional Office in Sarajevo, Heinrich Böll Foundation - Christian Wagner
Senior Researcher, Research Unit Asia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin - Jihad el-Zein
Columnist, editor of the op-ed page of An-Nahar newspaper, Beirut
Chair: Kirsten Maas, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation Middle East Office, Beirut
16.30 Coffee Break
17.00 Recipients and Target Groups. Where are the Limits of External Promotion of Democracy?
- Hania Bitar
Director of Pyalara, Member of the International Women’s Commission for Peace, Palestine - Ghia Nodia
Director, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Tbilisi - Volker Riehl
Misereor, Berlin - Ivelin Sardamov
Professor of Political Science, American University Bulgaria
Chair: Antonie Nord, Department Head Africa, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin
Friday, 10 March 2006
10.00 Final panel discussion:
"Wrap-up" and "Lessons Learned": Conclusions Regarding Options for Political Action
- Fatoumata Siré Diakite
Ambassador of the Republic of Mali in Berlin - Robert Rotberg
Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; President, World Peace Foundation, USA - Jürgen Trittin
Member of the Bundestag, Spokesperson for Foreign Policy and Deputy Chairperson of the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group, Berlin - Sarah Lister
Senior Researcher, Political Economy and Governance, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Kabul - Andrew Stroehlein
Media Director, International Crisis Group, Brussels
Chair: Ute Schaeffer, Deutsche Welle
12.30 Concluding Remarks
- Barbara Unmüßig
Executive Board, Heinrich Böll Foundation (hbf), Berlin - Stefan Mair
Deputy Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
13.00 End of Conference
