Wilton Park Conference
779th Wilton Park Conference: 7th - 9th March 2005
In March 2005, the MBI Al Jaber Foundation sponsored a conference at Wilton Park, England on building participatory governance and representative institutions in the broader Middle East and North Africa.
The conference addressed such questions as:
- What are the options for promoting participatory governance in the Middle East?
- How can transparency and accountability be best protected?
- What constitutional reform is necessary?
- How can legislatures be strengthened?
- To what extent have political parties developed?
- What should be the role of business?
- What measures are needed to ensure the inclusion of minorities?
- How will US policy to promote reform develop under the next administration?
The final report of the conference can be downloaded (pdf) from the Wilton Park website.