Qatar hosts three conferences for reforms in the region
Qatar hosts as from tomorrow Saturday three conferences that will study means of political and economic openness in the Gulf region.
The first of these activities will be launched tomorrow evening with works of the special workshops on running and spreading awareness on regional elections campaigns for the Gulf women leaderships. This workshop will last for five days.
This conference which is organized by two institutes in Washington will be attended by some 80 women for the Gulf cooperation council and other women participants from Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Lebanon.
Member of the elections permanent committee in Qatar and coordinator of the training workshop, Sheikh Khaled Bin Jaber al-Thani, said that the sectors included in the program of the workshop deals with planning for the elections campaign, the relations with the mass media and making the information accessible to the voters and strategic planning and developing skills relating to raising donations and formulation of work teams.
Worthy mentioning that the permanent committee for elections in the higher council for Qatar's family affairs was established five years ago. It is presided over by the sister of the Amir of Qatar, Sheikha Aesha Bint Khaleifa al-Thani. Worthy mentioning that certain Qatari women announced their determination to nominate themselves for the elections of Shoura council, the first of its kind in the country, expected during this year.
Meantime, the regional workshop of human rights in educational curricula in the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC member states will be held on February 15 through 19. It aims at developing a joint understanding and encouraging linking human rights culture to national plans for education in the Gulf states.
This workshop is organized by the Qatari national committee for education, culture and sciences, the UNHCR, UNESCO and UNICEF.
Moreover, the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani will open on February 16 Doha forum for development 2004. The two day forum is organized by the Qatari foreign ministry and the planning council in order to discuss trends and issues relating to development and for strengthening economic growth and stability as well as peace in the region and the world.
Among the guests of the forum which will be attended by 800 political and academic figures at the regional and international levels are the former US vice President Al Gore, former President of South Africa F W De Clerk, chairman of " Rand" establishment James Thompson, and John Sampson of the BBC. The forum will be held within four session dealing with world political developments and regional challenges and adaptation with a changing world economy and education for 21st century and getting citizens involved in government.