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WANA Forum 2010; 16-18 May 2010: Pursuing Supranational Solutions to the Challenges of Carrying Capacity
The 3-day West Asia North Africa forum came to an end last May 18, 2010 in Amman (Jordan), with conclusions on how best to sustain the region's carrying capacity, ranging from creating a citizen's social charter and cohesion fund, establishing a hima revolving fund for the legal empowerment of the poor to achieving a WANA Forum regional presence at international meetings and forums.
WANA Forum participants agreed that the region needs to look at itself in full panoramic view to help shift focus from the glass half-empty reality on a national scale to the glass half-full possibility on a regional scale. Over 130 participants, representing different backgrounds, expertise and nationalities agreed that developing supranational and regional cooperation is essential if the area wants to find solutions to its challenges.
We don't need to go to Prague or Paris or London or Washington to discuss the future of WANA, said His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan. "God helps those who help themselves. It is time we consider changing ourselves, our perceptions; shouldering our responsibilities, not consider ourselves at anytime as positional elite. I don't count, possibly. You don't count, possibly. The people who count are our children and their children. Let us try to make their world a little more comfortable on the basis of our experience and suffering."
In his closing statement Prince El Hassan reaffirmed that WANA countries must work side by side to preserve the dignity of the peoples of this region and achieve real and true empowerment that meets international standards.
Prince El Hassan emphasized the power of knowledge and education and called for creating networks of cooperation across all educational institutions in WANA.
Proposals that emerged from the West Asia North Africa forum highlighted the significance of regional networking and partnership in several areas, especially education. In order to move from brain drain to brain gain, enable social cohesion and sustainable development, social equity and empowerment and a strong knowledge-based economy, participants agreed that education is indispensible.
Participants stressed that without education, there is social exclusion and indicated that social exclusion and poverty go hand in hand. They added that without education, activating consultation within the third sphere; governments, the private sector and civil society would be extremely difficult.
His Royal Highness expressed his gratitude to His Majesty King Abdullah II for launching last week the "Drivers of change" campaign saying the national awareness campaign shares many of the concepts and ideas discussed at the Forum.
Prince El Hassan stressed the need for a "law of peace" and an active regional role in shaping phase two of the Millennium development goals in addition to an advanced thought process to face wars and their results.
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1 Forum Agenda
WANA Forum 2010 report (Coming Soon)
| Contact information |
Laura Haddad, Programme Coordinator, WANA Forum Secretariat, Majlis El Hassan, Royal Palaces, Amman, Jordan
(email: lhaddad@majliselhassan.org ; laura.haddad@wanaforum.org ; lshaddad@gmail.com) |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.wanaforum.org/wana_2010_event_page/index.php |
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| Source of information | WANA Forum & Majlis El Hassan (www.elhassan.org) |
| Keyword(s) | MDGs, peace, education, social exclusion, social equity, knowledge based economy |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND |
| Relation | http://www.wanaforum.org/wana_2010_event_page/presentations.php |
| Geographical coverage | Jordan |
| News date | 25/05/2010 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
