NAME: Ziad Majed

NATIONALITY: Lebanese

MAILING ADDRESS: LADE 174, Yamout bldg, Spears St, Zarif 2040 – 3005 Beirut

TELEPHONE: 961 3 378 893

FAX: 961 1 362 321

E-MAIL: zmajed@hotmail.com and ziadm@cyberia.net.lb

EDUCATION

Ph.D. candidate in Political Sciences (Subject : The political transitions in the Arabian Peninsula)

    L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

2001  Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies, Ecole Doctorale, Troisième Cycle

   L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris

1998  Masters of Arts in Arabic Literature

   American University of Beirut, Lebanon

1992  Bachelor's Degree in Economics

   American University of Beirut, Lebanon

1991  Deug in Sociology

   Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

1988  French Baccalaureat

   Lettres et Mathematiques

1988  Lebanese Baccalaureat

   Philosophy

WORK EXPERIENCE

Currently, Free lance researcher on social and political issues, and Consultant for the “International Institute for Sustained Dialogue” on multicultural dialogue between Arab, European and American scholars and politicians.

March – November 2004      Project Director

Internews, Beirut, Lebanon

In charge of Internews programs in Lebanon, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The programs consisted in training journalists on the best usage of internet, the development of writing skills, the respect of the international codes of ethics, and the development of good practices in terms of managing newspapers and respecting journalists’ rights.

January 2003 – March 2004   Senior Consultant for the Arab world Programme

            International IDEA, Stockholm, Sweden

In charge of supervising and coordinating three research and dialogue projects in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen on political parties, electoral systems and women’s participation.

Authored under the programme concept papers, synthesis reports, and edited 5 publications in Arabic and English on political reforms in Jordan, Yemen and Egypt.

September 2002 – April 2003     Political consultant

             Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon

October 2001 – June 2002     Editor of the opinion pages

Coordinator of the annual supplement in December 2001 on “Political Islam”

             Assafir Newspaper, Beirut, Lebanon

January – September 2001    Programme Coordinator

            Fondation pour le Progrès de l’Homme, Paris, France

            In charge of coordinating programmes and publications related to the Arab

            World.

Februray 1999 – September 2000     Programme Officer

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Stockholm, Sweden.

In charge of designing and managing the Arab World programme within the Capacity Building Division.

- Organised a roundtable on the challenges facing Democratisation in the Arab World in Stockholm, Sweden (March 1999).

- Organised a workshop on Electoral systems in Beirut, Lebanon (May 1999).

- Represented IDEA in the conference on Emerging Democracies in Sana’a, Yemen (June 1999).

- Represented IDEA and prepared a case study on Civil Society in Lebanon during the conference on Civil Society in the Middle East in Amman, Jordan (November 1999).

- Co-organised a workshop on poverty in the Arab world with the Arab NGO network for Development in Broumana, Lebanon (December 1999).

- Represented IDEA in the Mediterranean Development Forum organised by the World Bank and UNDP in Cairo, Egypt (March 2000).

-  Coordinated two studies on “Economics and politics in post war Lebanon”

 and “Poverty and Democracy in the Arab region”.

-  Elaborated IDEA’s regional framework for the Arab region and wrote it.

-  Represented IDEA in the conference on Civil Society in Burkina Faso, and

 presented a paper on the role of Civil Society in democratic development (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 2000).

1998    Consultant

            “Fora for Peace and Conflict Resolution” (FORA), UNDP - Lebanon.

FORA aims at encouraging NGO projects and activities dealing with democracy education, conflict resolution training, civil society building in Lebanon.

1998    Consultative Committee member for TV

            “Sustainable Human Development Media Prize”, UNDP - Lebanon.

1998    National Selection Committee member

“Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment” (LIFE), UNDP - Lebanon.

LIFE aims at strengthening the institutional capacity and collaboration through local-local dialogue among different actors to find solutions to environmental problems.

1998    Consultant and author of the “Strategic Assessment Report” on “Youth in

            Lebanon”

“International Youth Foundation” and “The Arab Council for Childhood and Development”.

October 1996 – December 1998       Secretary General

The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE), Beirut, Lebanon.

            - Authored “the Monitor’s Guide” published By LADE;

            - Authored LADE’s report on the Lebanese parliamentary elections of 1996;

            - Coordinated LADE’s seminars, training sessions and lectures;

- Represented LADE in the seminar on Lebanese elections in Amman, Jordan (June 1996)            

- Represented LADE in the “Arab Democracy Network” meeting in Cairo, Egypt (September 1997)

- Coordinated LADE’s campaign for municipal elections in Lebanon (1998).

April 1995 – July 2000           Executive Committee member

            The Cultural Council of South Lebanon (CCSL), Beirut, Lebanon.

CCSL is an independent, non-profit, landmark cultural organisation whose aims have been since its founding the promotion of critical culture, free creative expression. This cultural realm has been organising debate panels, lecture series, conferences, seminars, workshops, poetry recitals, film screening, exhibitions, musical concerts, as well as publishing books and studies on various cultural topics.

May 1994 – September 1998            Researcher and Projects Co-ordinator

            The Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies (LCPS), Beirut, Lebanon.

LCPS is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan think tank, research centre, and publishing house.

- Member of the editorial committee of the LCPS English quarterly review “The Lebanon Report” and author of many articles in the review.

- Represented LCPS in the “International Civil Society Workshop” organised by the “Kettering Foundation” in Dayton, USA (July 1994).

- Represented LCPS in the “US Elections Study Tour” in Washington DC, Des Moines, and New York city, USA (November 1994).

- Coordinated two international conferences on “Civic Education in the Arab World” and “The Arab-Israeli conflict”, Beirut (September 1994, January 1995).

- Coordinated researches on “Municipalities in Lebanon” and “New Electoral Laws for Lebanon”, Beirut (1995).

- Represented LCPS in the “Bulgarian Elections Study Tour” organised by “The National Democratic Institute”, Pleven and Sophia, Bulgaria, (November 1995).

            - Co-Authored the study on “Civil Society in Beirut” (1997).

- Coordinated the “National Issues Forums” programme aiming at involving citizens in the process of deliberation on public policy choices and

Authored three studies used by the programme: “The health care crisis in Lebanon” and “The principles and goals of National Issues Forums” (1997) and “The confessional system in Lebanon” (1998).

            - Co-Authored the “Crisis of Democracy in Lebanon” (1998).

            - Co-Authored the “Local Elections in Lebanon” (1998).

November 1991 – May 1994             Director of the Dissemination Department

            The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC).

In charge of disseminating the “Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the International Humanitarian Law” through media, seminars and lectures.

            - Advisor to the Youth Department working on social development projects.

- Trainer and Lecturer in the fields of planning and programming, co-ordination, group dynamics, leadership skills and communication skills.

- Represented LRC in the seminar on the International Humanitarian Law organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the University of Dijon, France (October, 1992).

- Represented LRC in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent meeting in Amman, Jordan (August 1993).

October 1988 – November 1991       Coordinator

            The Lebanese Red Cross, Youth section (LRC).

In charge of co-ordinating relief activities in Beirut during the civil war, and training new LRC volunteers.

PUBLICATIONS

- Authored articles and papers and book reviews published in Arabic (at “Assafir”, “Annahar”, “Al-Hayat” and “Nida’a Al-Watan” newspapers and “Bahithat”, “Attariq” and “Dirasat Filastiniyyah” cultural reviews), in French (at “L’Orient-Express” – Beirut, and “Courrier de la Planète” - Paris) and in English (at the “Lebanon Report”, “The Daily Star” - Beirut, and the “Kettering Review” - New York), dealing with cultural issues, as well as with International, Arab and Lebanese political themes.

2004    Co-authored the book on the rights and responsibilities of NGOs in Lebanon

            The ministry of social affairs and Frederich Eibert, Beirut, Lebanon

2003    Authored a guide on good governance in NGOs

            UNDP, IMTI  and Bounian network, Beirut, Lebanon.

2001    Authored “A la recherche du temps perdu: la Syrie un an après Assad”, l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France.

1998    Authored the “Non-Governmental-Organisations and Public Policies in

Lebanon”, the Lebanese NGO Forum, Beirut, Lebanon.

1997 - 1998     Authored a series of 14 reports on “Human Rights in Lebanon” in

“Annahar”, Beirut, Lebanon.

1997    Co- Authored “Social Policies in Lebanon”

            Dar Attanmiyah, Beirut, Lebanon.

1996    Co-Authored the “Sustainable Human Development Report”

Wrote the chapters on foreign labours in Lebanon and the marginalised groups   UNDP, Beirut, Lebanon.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

- Participant and speaker in the conference on Islamists and reforms in the Arab World, Marrakech, Morocco (April 2005).

- Lecturer in the roundtable on Political developments in Lebanon, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin, Germany (April 2005).

- Lecturer in the roundtable on Lebanon after the assassination of PM Hariri, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (April 2005).

- Participant and lecturer in the fifth World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 2005).

- Participant and lecturer in the meeting on “The Charter of human responsibilities”, Santiago, Chile (January 2005).

- Participant and speaker in the Eurogulf first conference, Abou Dabi, UAE (April 2004).

- Participant and speaker in the Hague conference on Democratisation in the Arab World, The Netherlands (March 2004).

- Participant and lecturer in the fourth World Social Forum, Mumbai, India (January 2004).

- Participant in the dialogue on Islam and democracy, Kuwait city (December 2003).

- Participant in the Wilton Park conference on “the Arab World at a cross-road”, Wilton Park, Great Britain (March 2003).

- Participant in the third World Social Forum and member of the communication group of the forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 2003).

- Lecturer in the seminar “Press and elections in Algeria” organised by the National Democratic Institute in Algiers, Algeria (September 2002).

- Participant in the dialogue between German and Muslim world scholars and journalists organised by the Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany (June 2002).

- Participant in the second World Social Forum and member of the communication group of the forum , Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 2002).

- Participant in the World Citizen Assembly organised by the Fondation pour le Progres de l’Homme, Lille, France (December 2001).

- Participant in the “Séminaire doctorale” on Moroccan history and political life organised by l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Ifran, Fes, and Meknes, Morocco (February 2001).

- Participant in the World Social Forum and moderator of 3 sessions on Governance and Citizenship during the forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 2001).

- Participant in the African Caravan for Peace and Solidarity organised by Martin Luther King Center, Cape Town, South Africa (June 2000).

- Leading Faculty member at the “International Civil Society Workshop” hosted by the Kettering Foundation and AED, Washington D.C, USA (July 1999 and 2000).

- Lecturer and Trainer at the workshop on “Women’s Participation in Politics” hosted by “The Egyptian Women’s Association” in Cairo, Egypt (May 1998).

- Collaborator with “Greenpeace”, and contributor to its Newsletter in Arabic (1997).

- Participant in the Experts meeting on “Capacity Building for Democracy” organised by International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden (December 1997).

- Participant in the International seminar on “Popular Education” organised by the “French Federation of Culture and Youth Houses” during the “Avignon Cultural Festival”, Avignon, France (July 1997).

-   International visitor at the “Kettering Foundation”, Dayton, USA (January 1997).

- Member of the “Asia-Pacific Human Rights Congress”, and participant in the conference organised by the congress in collaboration with the “International Service for Human Rights”, New Delhi, India (December 1996).

- Participant in the International Human Rights Festival in Trondheim, Norway (September 1994).

LANGUAGES

- Arabic (fluent)

- French (fluent)

- English (fluent)

- Spanish (passive)

+ Computer and Internet research skills