In 2007-2008 the Middle East/North Africa Region’s
Coordinator had to be gone. The Region established this
structure in his absence.
MENA Regional Coordination Meeting
Amman 3-5 Sept. 2007
The meeting purpose:
Building a team for MENA Regional Coordination to work under the guidance of the
Regional Coordinator.
Attendees:
Name Country Affiliation
1. Ms Atefeh Sadeghi Iran URI GCT
Iran Youths for Peace and Inter-Religious
Dialogue CC
2. Ms.Reem Mehanny Egypt Egyptian Interfaith Association (member)
Egypt Women Empowerment Boosters
3. Ms. Suzan Debabneh Jordan Jordan Seeds of Peace CC
4. Ms. Safaa Abu Tarha Jordan IrisWoMen CC
Quested Peace CC
5. Mr. Ashraf Sameer Jordan URI Legal Representative in Jordan
6. Mr. Ma’moun Khreisat Jordan URI MENA Regional Coordinator
Notes:
Mr. Mr. Shlomo Alon (MENA GCT), couldn’t join the meeting for health reasons.
Mr. Mr.Tareq Altamimi (Volunteering for Peace CC, Palestine), couldn’t join for
previous engagement.
Ms. Elana Rozenman (WIN MENA CC, Regional, GCT), joined in the last session of the
meeting on 5 Sept. 07.
Meeting highlights
At the first session of the meeting, Mamoun (R.C.) distributed a questionnaire to all
participants consisted of the following questions:
- What are the coordination team priorities and duties for the next 12 months?
- How should I work under RC guidance and directions (my accountability)?
- How should I cooperate with MENA GCT’s ?
- Fill in my action plan for the next 12 months based on coordination team
priorities.
The questionnaire gave each participant a chance to submit his/her ideas and opinion
individually before the group work.
After discussing the ideas and brain storming together, we agreed upon the following:
1. Appointing MENA Coordination Team:
The team comprises of five members of MENA CCs. The below table indicates the
MENA coordination team members and the sub- regions that they will look after:
Name affiliation Sub-region Existing CC’s in the sub-region
1. Egyptian Interfaith Association
Ms.Reem Mehanny - Egyptian Interfaith North
2. Planet-E
Association CC Africa
3. The Association of Sohag Community
- Egypt Women
Development and Caring of the children of
Empowerment
special Needs.
Boosters CC
4. Egypt Women Empowerment Boosters (E-
WEB)
MENA GCT 1. Eilat Interfaith Encounter
Mr. Shlomo Alon
2. IEA Galilee Women's Interfaith Encounter
3. IEA Jerusalem Interfaith Encounter
IEA CCs/
4. IEA Jerusalem Women's Interfaith Encounter
Israel
5. IEA Jerusalem Youth Interfaith Encounter
6. IEA Karmiel-Majd el-Krum Interfaith
Encounter
7. IEA Tel Aviv Youth Interfaith Encounter
8. Northern Israel Women's Interfaith Encounter
Ms. Elana - GCT Regional 1. The Abrahamic Reunion
Rozenman - Women's Interfaith & 2. Music of the Soul
Network of MENA Israel 3. Women's Interfaith Network of
CC
MENA.
4. Jerusalem Peacemakers
Mr.Tareq -Volunteering for Peace 1. Palestinian and Peace Society
Palestine
Altamimi CC 2. The Hope Flowers School
3. Nablus Youth Federation
4. Abo- Assukar Centre for Peace and Dialogue
5. Volunteering for Peace
Ms Atefeh Sadeghi MENA GCT Iran &
Iran Youths for Peace and Inter-Religious
UAE Dialogue
1. Iris Women
Ms. Suzan Jordan Seeds of Peace
Jordan & 2. Jadara Interfaith Action
Debabneh CC
3. Jordan Interfaith Action
other
4. Jordan Seeds of Peace
MENA 5. Masar
6. Quested Peace
countries
7. Jordanian Association for Orphans &
Widows Care
8. Humanity Group
9. Mercy
Mr.Ashraf Samir URI Legal Rep. Support for
URI relationship with governmental authorities.
Iris WoMen CC all MENA URI Regional gatherings
Ms. Safaa Abu
Quested Peace CC URI MENA Office
Tarha region
URI bank account
2.Deciding MENA Coordination Team key responsibilities according to
priorities:
Key Responsibilities Major Activities
1. Ensure that all CCs fully understand URI Charter and bylaws.
Fostering and
implementing URI 2. Support CCs to comply with URI Charter and bylaws and fulfill their mission
Charter and bylaws as a URI CC. This includes encouraging inactive CCs to revive and reporting
the no longer existing CCs.
This may require calling on CCs and opening channels of communication with CCs.
1. Ensure that all CC aware of the selection process and received all the needed
Facilitate the information and materials.
forthcoming URI GCTs 2. Encourage every eligible CC to take part in the selection process as well as
encouraging the ineligible CCs to fulfill the requirements of their eligibility
Selection Process
and participate in this process. (or an ineligble CC may choose not to
participate in elections, or it may choose to dissolve if it no longer meets
requirements and there is no interest in reviving)
1. Report your activities to R.C. on a quarterly basis.
Reporting
2. Report any urgent matter/ problem immediately to R.C.
3. Update R.C. with any changes related to CCs status and information.
4. Report CC news and activities.
1. Arrange for Coordination team and R.C. meeting (expected on 25 June 2008).
Organizing regional
This meeting will help in evaluating the Coordination team performance,
gatherings
meeting MENA new elected GCTs, and preparing for URI MENA annual
conference (expected in early July 2008).
2. Arrange URI MENA annual conference (expected in July 2008).
You may want to specify who will be responsible, or the process for sharing h the
work for these two meetings # 1 and 2.
3. Arrange for URI assembly in India (Nov. 2008)
Promote URI 1. Introduce URI to interested groups.
2. Receive and review new CC applications and conduct the interviews then
send your recommendation to R.C.
3. Represent URI in activities/conferences that comply with URI PPPs after
obtaining the approval from R.C. and GCTs.
4. Enhance the interaction between CCs locally and globally.
(If team members want to be added to the uri-contacts list OR uri-discussion list –
please have them send their email to Deepak or me.)
( in terms of information sent to all GC and staff – shall I continue to send it to
you and have your send this info on to the team?
5. Update CCs with URI news.
6. Help CCs in any possible way to fulfill their aspiration and play their role
with URI PPPs.
Notes:
All Coordination Team members are accountable directly to R.C.
R.C. will supervise and guide the coordination team.
Coordination Team will cooperate with GCTs and Legal Rep.
Serious issues are to be handled by R.C. and GCTs.
R.C. will do his best to attend URI MENA regional gathering in June and July.
Each coordination team member is requested to submit an action plan to R.C., in
which he/she indicates the activities he/she will pursue according to time table.
The coordination expenses shall be reimbursed from MENA budget, but it is
better to have the Legal Rep. approval before committing any expenses.
R.C. will officially advise all MENA region CCs with the appointment of the
Coordination team.