Reviewing three years of monitoring the implementation of the Or Commission's institutional recommendations
Eliminating Disparities - Benchmarks for Implementation
An encounter between the central government, local government and civil society
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
09:30 - 15:00
Golden Crown Hotel, Nazareth
The conference will be conducted in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation to English.
Conference Program
09:30-9:45 - Arrival and registration
9:45-10:0 0 - Greetings
Attorney Ali Haider, Co-Executive Director, Sikkuy
Dr. Ramez Jaraisy, Mayor of Nazareth
Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Israel
10:00-11:00 - First Session - Government actions to eliminate disparities and plans for the future
Chair - Dr. Alon Liel, former Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of Sikkuy's Board of Directors
Introductory remarks, MK Isaac Herzog - Minister of Social Welfare
Allocation of resources to Arab communities for the years 2007-2008, Raanan Dinur, Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office
Respondents
Shawki Khatib - Chairman, The Committee of the Heads of the Arab Local Councils
Representative of the Vice Premier's Office for Development of the Negev and Galilee
Summary remarks
Shuli Dichter - Co-Executive Director, Sikkuy
Discussion and questions
11:00-11:15 - Coffee break
11:15-13:00 - Second Session - Sikkuy's Equality Index: Tools for eliminating disparities in the socio-economic sphere
Chair - Aida Touma-Sliman, Director, Women Against Violence; member of Sikkuy's Board of Directors
Presentation of the Equality Index - Uri Gopher, Equality Index Coordinator, Sikkuy
Discussion with the participation of:
Prof. Manuel Trachtenberg - Head of the National Council for Economy and Society in the Prime Minister's Office
Amin Fares - Director of the Socio-Economic Unit at the Mossawa Center
Ronit Heyd - Coordinator of the Social and Economic Justice Initiative, Shatil
13:00- 13:30 - Lunch
Third Session - Equality in allocating regional resources: Cooperation between neighboring Jewish and Arab municipalities
Chair - Dr. Rassem Khamaisi
Introductory remarks, Herzl Gedz - Director of Northern District, Ministry of Interior
Presentation of Sikkuy's model for municipal cooperation - Naief Abu Sharkeia
Hussam Abu Baker - Representative of The Abraham Fund Initiatives "Mirkam in the Galilee" initiative
Discussion with participation of:
Ilan Sade - Head of the Menashe Regional Council
Sheikh Hashem Abd al Rahman - Mayor of Um al-Fahm
The conference will be conducted in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation to English.
Transportation to the conference:
Jerusalem: ICC (Binyanei Haooma) - 07:30
Tel Aviv: Arlozorov Train Station (El Al Terminal) - 07:30
Haifa: 1 Khouri St. (Haneviim Tower) - 08:00
or by calling Sikkuy : 04 852-3188 (Haifa bus)
or 02-654-1225 (for Jerusalem or Tel Aviv bus)
(minimum participation required)
Sikkuy's offices:
Jerusalem: 17 Hameshoreret Rachel St., Jerusalem 96348
Haifa: P.O.B. 99650, 57 Ben-Gurion Blvd., Haifa 31996
