Participants at the workshop organised by Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
Dpoha: The School of Public Administration and Development Economics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) has concluded, an international workshop entitled ‘Governance during crises and after conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa’.
A total of 24 speakers participated in the workshop, which was held on November 7 and 8, in six sessions that discussed various topics such as: Governmental and non-governmental entities, the unheard voices in public policy during and after crises in the Middle East, crises and governance after the crises in the Middle East, Post-America: How has the world changed in the midst of the failure of the war on terrorism, Recovering from conflicts and the role of regional and international actors, identifying potential cooperation opportunities and various resources, and defining the topic of the next international conference.
The former Finnish Foreign Minister, Par Olaf Steinback, gave a special lecture on the first day under the title: ‘The Global Order after the Pandemic: Some Observations about the Middle East’, in which he referred to the changes that are likely to occur in the world order after the end of COVID-19 pandemic, especially those that will affect the international coordination system, such as the work of the United Nations, which he called for its modernisation in line with the nature of the requirements imposed by the pandemic and the political developments of the past two decades, especially in light of the rise of some global powers such as China, and the fact of its competition with the United States of America.
The workshop concluded on its second day with a discussion session, that shed light on aspects of potential cooperation between regional and international bodies in investing their various resources to confront the post-pandemic stage.
The session was moderated by Dean of the School of Public Administration and Development Economics, and the workshop coordinator, Dr. Hamid Ali; Assistant Professor at the School of Public Administration and Development Economics, Dr. Moosa Elayah; and Associate Professor in the Institute’s Master of Public Policy programme, Laurent Lambert.
