Agenda

Du 6 au 7 décembre 2012

PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY : PROSPECTS FOR THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA + -

The conference on "Pluralism and Democracy : Prospects for the Arab Middle East and North Africa" is organized by ECFR and CCD, in association with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, the Arab Reform Initiative, FIDH, and the Institute for Research and Debate on Governance.

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Paris, France

Du 3 au 4 décembre 2012

WORKSHOP REFLECTION : FOR A FRENCH APPROACH TO LEGAL PLURALISM + -

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a workshop devoted to the French concept of legal pluralism. Organized in the form of interactive roundtables, the workshop was held Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4^th of December 2012.

Paris, France

Du 28 au 29 novembre 2012

COLLOQUIUM – INTERNATIONAL MEETING PROCESS FOR DEBATE AND PROPOSALS ON GOVERNANCE + -

Following the Bamako (2007), Polokwane (2009), Lima (2009), Arusha (2009), Yaoundé (2010), Saarbrucken (2011), and Tunis (2012) meetings, the Addis Ababa Meeting will be dedicated to the common challenge of diversity management by public action, though the prism of Constitutions and Human Rights. As in the previous International Meeting Process stages, the meeting is to be characterized by a crossing of views, cultures, disciplines, and actors. Approximately thirty participants will gather in Addis Ababa, city which hosts the seat of the African Union and which is highly symbolic in terms of governance in Africa.

• See also : http://www.institut-gouvernance.org...
• Read the colloquium note : Diversity Management through Public Action : the case of Constitutions and Human Rights (PDF)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Du 19 au 23 mars 2012

CERDHAP INTERNATIONAL WEEK + -

The IRG will take part in the international week held by the Cerdhap, the Centre d’etudes et de recherche sur le droit, l’histoire et l’administration publique (Centre for the Research and Study of Law, History and Public Administration) of the University Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble.
Séverine Bellina, Director of the IRG, will attend, notably speaking to the motion “Is the State still needed” in a public debate on Thursday 22 March.

Grenoble, France

Du 12 au 14 mars 2012

COLLOQUIUM – INTERNATIONAL MEETING PROCESS FOR DEBATES AND PROPOSALS ON GOVERNANCE + -

Perspectives from North Africa

Following the colloquiums of Bamako (2007), Polokwane (2008), Arusha (2009) and Yaoundé (2010), the Tunis Colloquium is the last stage of the “International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance” for Africa. It will focus on the five North-African countries represented in our colloquium (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia).
As for our previous colloquiums, we searched out a crossing of views, cultures, fields and actors. About fifty civil society, private sector, religious, political and institutional representatives and leading figures etc. will come from the North African region, Turkey, Europe, Southern and Northern America, Sub Saharan Africa to share their experiences. The current climate in the region confirms the emergency of identifying the process and vectors of a legitimate democratic governance.

=> See program in French (PDF - 1Mo)

=> See program in English (PDF- 1Mo)

في أعقاب ندوات من باماكو (2007)، بولوكواني (2008)، أروشا (2009) وياوندي (2010)، ندوة تونس هو المرحلة الأخيرة من "عملية الاجتماع الدولي لمناقشة وعرض مقترحات بشأن الحكم" لأفريقيا وسوف يركز على بلدان شمال أفريقيا الخمسة الممثلة في الندوة ) الجزائر، مصر، ليبيا، المغرب وتونس)

أما بالنسبة للندوات السابقة لدينا، فقد بحثنا في وجهات النظر والثقافات ومجالات العمل والفاعلين فيها.

حوالي خمسين ممثل عن المجتمع المدني، والقطاع الخاص، وممثلين السياسيين والدينيين والمؤسسات والشخصيات وما إلى ذلك سيأتون من مناطق شمال أفريقيا وتركيا وأوروبا، وجنوب وشمال أمريكا لتبادل خبراتهم، المناخ الحالي في المنطقة يؤكد خطورة وضرورة تحديد العملية، والاتجاهات لحكم ديمقراطي شرعي. وسوف يتم اطلاقالبرنامج على الموقع الالكتروني خلال الايام المقبلة.

Tunis, Tunisia

Du 12 au 14 décembre 2011

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR - JURIDICAL PLURALISM IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES : THE STAKES IN TERMS OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
Latin American experiences + -

The IRG is a partner in this international encounter co-organised by the Andean Commission of Jurists, Andean Regional Co-operation, and the French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs..

In the course of three days some thirty participants will discuss the issues at stake in juridical pluralism. The seminar will bring together a range of actors mostly from the Andean region but also from Europe, Africa and the Arab world : academics, specialists, leaders of indigenous communities, members of national or international institutions (e.g. the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights) and high ranking national politicians. At all levels, whether regional (inter-American human rights system) or national (new constitutions, juridical policies), Latin America is noted for going to great lengths in taking juridical pluralism into account in its institutions, policies and standards. It is the ambition of this encounter to find out about the implementation of juridical and normative pluralism on the Latin-American continent in parallel with European and African experiences and current processes in the Arab world.

• Presentation in Spanish (PDF - 49,7 Ko)
• Presentation in French (PDF - 49,7 Ko)
• FILE Juridical pluralism (SPANISH - PDF - 487 Ko)
• FILE Juridical pluralism (FRENCH - PDF - 487 Ko)

Lima - Peru

Du 22 au 24 novembre 2010

SYMPOSIUM : INTERNATIONAL MEETING PROCESS FOR DEBATE AND PROPOSALS ON GOVERNANCE + -

Prospects in Central Africa

This symposium is the fifth meeting of the "International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance" whose objective is to try to understand, for each sub-region of the world (Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia) , the sources of legitimacy and the process of legitimation of political power.

Yaounde, Cameroon

Du 28 au 29 octobre 2010

PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM : CONSTITUTIONS AND RULE OF LAW IN AFRICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : AN AFRICAN DIALOGUE + -

Program :

• Review of the History of the development of African constitutions and their transformations
• Recent news on Constitutions in Africa : Legitimacy and Ownership
• Screening / discussion, "Cuba, an African adventure" in the presence of the author Jihan El Tahri
• Looking to the future : What role for old and new powers in the affirmation of the rule of law in Africa ?

Symposium co-hosted by IFAS (French Institute of South Africa), the Embassy of France, ConstitutionHill, IRG, the ARGA (Alliance for Rebuilding Governance in Africa) and CultureFrance.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Du 10 au 12 mars 2010

SEMINAR : “CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA” + -

This seminar was organised as part of the AGI, the Africa Governance Institute’s activities towards political dialogue and advocacy for developmental governance in Africa. It follows on the AGI’s inaugural workshop that took place in November 2009.

Proceedings PDF (fr)

Proceedings PDF (en)

Dakar, Senegal