Exporting Democracy

Programme of the Conference

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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