The Palestinian National Population Conference: Palestinian Demography - Resilience and Development

09:00 - 09:30

Reception and Registration

09:30 - 10:30

Opening Remarks

speakers:

Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh

Palestinian Prime Minister

Lynn Hastings

United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordination in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Laila Baker

Regional Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Arab States

Maher Masri

Vice - Chairman - Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)

10:30- 12:00

Current and Future Demographic Trends and Changes in Palestine

This session discusses the Current and Future Demographic Trends and Changes in Palestine. This session highlights the most important demographic trends and changes in Palestine un...

speakers:

Prof. Youssef Courbage

Sorbonne and Dauphine Universities - France

Fares Awad

Research Assistant - MAS

Raja Khalidi

Director General - MAS

H.E. Dr. Ola Awad

President , Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Dominic Allen

UNFPA Representative for the State of Palestine

12:00 - 12:15

Coffee Break

12:15 - 13:45

Second Session : Forced Demographic Change in Palestine

This session discusses Forced Demographic Transformation in Palestine. The session presents the current spatial demographic challenge in the occupied Palestinian territories, parti...

speakers:

Raja Khalidi

Director General - MAS

Dr. Shaker Khalil

Prime Minister Advisor on Economic Affairs (Session Moderator)

H.E. Dr. Ahmed Majdalani

Member of the Executive Committee if the PLO and Minister of Social Development

Dr. Hunaida Ghanem

Director General , The Palestinian Forum of Israeli Studies - MADAR

Prof. Rassem Khamaisi

Palestinian Geographer

H.E. Ajith Sunghay

Head of Office , The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

13:45 - 14:00

Coffee Break

14:00 - 15:30

Third Session : Imminent Demographic Risks : Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Area "C", and Migration

The session discusses Imminent Demographic Risks: Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, "Area C," and Migration. This session highlights the most pressing demographic risks facing our P...

speakers:

Dr. Nahed Habiballah

Assistant Professor - Arab American University

Dr. Rabeh Morrar

Director of Research - Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)

Dr. Jad Isaac

Director General , the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem ARIJ

Dr. Khalil Toufakji

Head of the Technical Department, Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem CCPRJ

H.E. Fadi Al-Hidmi

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs

Dr. Omar Shaaban

Founder and Director - PalThink Institute for Strategic Studies

Andrea De Domenico

Deputy Head of Office - the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

15:30

Lunch

12:40 - 13:10

Commentary

09:15 - 09:30

Recap of Day One Discussions

speakers:

Dr. Shaker Khalil

Prime Minister Advisor on Economic Affairs (Session Moderator)

09:30 - 10:45

Fourth Session - Demographic Trends in Palestine: Promoting Health and Reproductive Health

The session discusses Demographic Trends in Palestine- Promoting Health and Reproductive Health. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in the field of sexual a...

speakers:

Sexual and Reproductive Health Program Analyst and Team Leader - UNFPA

Rihab Sandouka

Program Manager, Juzoor for Health and Social Development

Dr. Weam Hammoudeh

Institute of Community and Public Health , Birzeit University

H.E. Dr. Mai Al-Kaileh

Minister of Health

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Fifth Session - Demographic Trends in Palestine: Toward Achieving Social Justice

The session focuses on Demographic Trends in Palestine- Achieving Social Justice. This theme identifies the current reality and its shortcomings in terms of social protection syste...

speakers:

Misyef Jamil

Researcher - Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)

Dr. Samia Al-Botmeh

Assistant professor of Economics - Bir Zeit University

Daoud Al-Deek

Prime Minister Advisor on Strategic Affairs

Riyad El Attari

Minister of Agriculture

Muna Al-Khalili

Secretary-General - General Union of Palestinian Women

H.E. Lucia Elmi

Special Representative to the State of Palestine - UNICEF

Firas Jaber

Co-founder and Researcher - The Social and Economic Policies Monitor (Al Marsad)

12:30 - 14:00

Sixth Session : Investing in Latent Potentials of the Youth

The session discusses Investing in Youth Potential. As known, the youth category, which constitutes 22.2% of the total Palestinian population, is the most influential on society as...

speakers:

Sima Alami

Youth Programme Officer - UNFPA (Session Moderator)

Marwan Wishahi

Assistant Undersecretary - The Supreme Council for youth and Sports

Siwar Odeh

Youth Advisory Council

Islam Masoud

Youth Advisory Council

Qutaibah Odeh

Director - Al Bustan Association (Silwan)

14:00 - 14:15

Coffee Break

14:15 - 15:30

Seventh Session - Palestinians Aboard : Demographic Dividends

The session discusses the Success Stories of Palestinians Abroad. Palestinians in the diaspora constitute an important and vital part of the Palestinian demographics, and there is...

speakers: