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| Full Name: |
Ziad Abdel Samad |
| Position: |
- Executive Director, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), Beirut, Lebanon
- Member of The International Council of the World Social Forum and the Coordination Committee of Social Watch
- Member of the Board of directors of CIVICUS ( the Administrative Council of the Euro Mediterranean Civil Platform )
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Center of the Non-Profit Law and the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Democracy Fund
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| Nationality: |
Lebanon |
| Address: |
شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية
المزرعة، 1105 - 2070,ص.ب. 5792/14
بيروت,لبنان |
| Work Tel: |
961 1 319366 |
| Work Fax: |
961 1 815636 |
| E-mail: |
Abdel.samad@annd.org
annd@annd.org
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| Geographical Coverage |
Arab Countries
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| Areas of Specialization |
Civil Society
Human Development/Empowerment
Political Reform/Democracy/Good Governance
Information Networks/
Information Policies
Non Governmental Organizations
Sustainable Development/Productivity
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| Area of Expertise |
Advocacy
Partnership
International Cooperation
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| Publications |
- The Role of civil society in social protection, presented at the Arab Forum on Social Policy, Beirut, Lebanon, 28-29 October 2009 [ Session on Social Protection ], organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- The Arab NGO Network for Development : a case study on interaction between emerging regional networking and global civil society, with Kinda Mohamadieh, In: James W. St.G. Walker and Andrew S. Thompson (eds.), Critical mass : the emergence of global civil society, Wilfrid Laurier University Press with the Centre for International Governance Innovation - Studies in International Governance -, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2008
- Civil society in the Arab region : its necessary role and the obstacles to fulfillment, In: International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, Vol. 9, Issue 2, The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, April 2007
- Social security in the Arab region : the challenging concept and the hard reality, with Diana Zeidan, In: Social Watch annual report 2007 : " In dignity and rights : making the universal right to social security a reality " - see link
- Ethical criteria for eligible and responsible civil society involvement in response to the needs and challenges of human security in the Arab region, presented at the International Conference on Human Security in the Arab States, Amman, Jordan, 14–15 March 2005, jointly organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) and the Regional Human Security Center, Jordan Institute of Diplomacy, and In: Selected papers of The International Conference on Human Security in the Arab States, Amman, Jordan, 14–15 March 2005, UNESCO, 2007, pp.102-114 - see link
- The Arab region : at the crossroad of development security and human rights, with Kinda Mohamadieh, In: Social Watch annual report 2006 " Impossible Architecture " - see link
- Arab civil society : between the legal framework and other constraints and obstacles, presented at The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law ( ICNL ) ’s Conference on " Strengthening Civil Society in the Arab Region : Models for Legal Reform ", Beirut, Lebanon, 3-5 July, 2006
- Civil society in the Arab region : the needed role and the obstacles to fulfillment, presented at the ICNL Conference on " Strengthening Civil Society in the Arab Region : Models for Legal Reform ", Beirut, Lebanon, 3-5 July 2006
- MDGs in the Arab region : a tool and a challenge, with Kinda Mohamadieh, In: Social Watch annual report 2005 " Roars and whispers; Gender and poverty : promises vs. action - see link
- Sudan in the Arab strategy, paper presented at a workshop in Khartoum, Sudan 2005
- The Linkages between international, national and human security, In: Social Watch annual report 2004 " Fear and Want : Obstacles to Human Security " - see link
- The Impact of regional and international blocks on the role of civil society organizations, presented at the Seminar 2 on " Civil Society in Iraq : NGO Legal Framework and Freedom of Association ", Beirut, Lebanon, 13-14 December, 2004
- Globalization and trade : challenges for the Arab World, In: Social Watch annual report 2003 " The Poor and the Market " - see link
- The War on Iraq : goals and implications, [2003].- see link
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