Center’s participation in the discussion seminar “Role of civil society in national merits (social contract model)”
With the participation of about 70 Syrian characters of activists in civil society a seminar was held on 21st of Sha’ban 1442, 3 April 2021 in co-operation between Local Development Organization, Syrian Dialogue Center, Omran Center for Strategic Studies, and Ain Alsharq Center for Political Studies and Local Councils Unit with the title: “Role of civil society in national merits (social contract model)”
Dr. Loay Safy, teacher of political sciences in Hamad bin Khalifa University, provided an introduction in the beginning of the seminar about social contract and the role of civil society in its building. Then Dr. Ahmed Karby, director of conformity and common identity unit in Syrian Dialogue Center, talked about the Syrian national values of the new social contract (contents of the social contract), while Dr. Moan Tala’a, director of researches in Omran’s Center for Strategic Studies, talked about the context of building social contract between chances and challenges.
After being divided into 5 focus discussion groups, the participants discussed three main points:
- Are the general values and principles that are common between Syrian components? What is the status of their existence?
- What are the challenges that stand in front of achieving cooperation in common national cases and issues?
- What are the best ways to enhance cooperative relationships between social components?
The five groups that participated in the discussion provided distinctive and varied experiences and important key answers on these questions.
The participants agreed on the necessity of building upon these outputs within an accumulated track in order to participate in activating positive participation of Syrian civil society in building a social contract for the future Syria.
مؤسسة بحثية سورية تسعى إلى الإسهام في بناء الرؤى والمعارف بما يساعد السوريين على إنضاج حلول عملية لمواجهة التحديات الوطنية المشتركة وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة
