Made in Peace” conference: economic cooperation as a key element in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
At a time when the winds of democratic revolutions are blowing across the Arab world, the International Forum for Peace is organizing a conference on April 13, 2011 from 7 to 9 pm at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, 27 rue Saint Guillaume (amphithéâtre Chapsal), on the theme :
“Made in Peace: economic cooperation, a key element of the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process “
The conference will bring together :
– Anis el Qaq, former Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Palestinian Authority, co-founder of the International Peace Forum
– Hasan Abdel Rahman, Senior Advisor to the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE), former Ambassador of the Palestinian Authority to Morocco and the United States
– Pierre Duquesne, Ambassador in charge of economic, reconstruction and development issues at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
– Gilbert Benhayoun, Professor of Economics, Director of CEREFI and Chairman of the Aix Group
– Ofer Bronchtein, President of the International Peace Forum
Registration on : http://www.moxity.com/events/made-in-peace
Contact: Camille Lorette 06 14 57 11 98
Promoting economic cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian companies is a fundamental and inescapable dimension of lasting peace: beyond a political process that is by its very nature doomed to the vagaries of negotiations and current events, it is in the tangible construction of a common future that the greatest hope for peace lies. Economic cooperation is the key to mutually beneficial coexistence. This involves developing joint business opportunities, facilitating access to international markets, providing technical assistance to Palestinian companies, creating Palestinian jobs, and pooling know-how.
The Forum is committed to economic cooperation initiatives between Israelis and Palestinians, such as the Jenin-Gilboa tourism initiative and the joint creation of an industrial zone, or the Bethlehem Palestinian industrial park and projects to support the Palestinian economy.
This conference is part of a series entitled “Israël-Palestine, la paix autrement”. The aim of the Peace Forum is not to take stock of the conflict in the Middle East once again, but to shed a different light by analyzing the points of convergence between Israelis and Palestinians, as factors conducive to the establishment of a peace agreement and the creation of a Palestinian state in 2011.
