Activities proposed for 2006 and 2007

 Conference in Lebanon – meeting of the International committee of charter (this decision being to confirm according to the context in Lebanon).
Organizing bodies: the forum for dialogue and development and the Lebanese committee for the charter: Tannous Bassil, Ziad Majed and Talal Khoury.

 Papers on Democratisation processes in Arab countries and roles of different social, economical and political actors in these processes and the responsibility of citizens (5 papers on 5 countries).

 Seminar on political and cultural initiatives in the region related to democratisation, the state construction and the notion of responsibility.

Different experiences would be examined such as:

a. “Kefaya” (’enough’ in English) in Egypt – first citizen’s national campaign in the country calling for the end of President Mubarak mandates.
b. Association to monitor elections in Morocco – they organize civil society monitoring of legislative and municipal elections in the kingdom.
c. Women in Kuwait – they will have the right to vote for the first time in the Emirate’s history next year.
d. Youth in Lebanon – they were extremely mobilized to fight peacefully for the independence of the country.
e. Human rights groups in Bahrain – they struggle to protect human rights from political abuses.

 World Social Forum in 2006: participation of two persons partners of the Lebanon Committee

 Other important regional events: visibility and presentation of the Charter at different levels.