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Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic StudiesUniversity of Malta

Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic StudiesUniversity of MaltaMsida MSD 2080, MALTA

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MEDAC Alumni Association ~ MAA

Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies(MEDAC)

MEDAC Alumni Association (MAA)

MEDAC Alumni1990/91 to 2015/16

Malta, September 2016

2 3 Prof. Stephen Calleya: MEDAC PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT – OUR ALUMNI 4 Ms. Suzanne Garcia Imbernon: MEDAC Alumni Association

MEDAC Classes 5-16 Generations 2004/05 till 2015/1617-23 Generations 1990/91 till 2003/04

24-25 Dr. Omar Grech: MEDAC Human Rights, Summer School Alumni

26 Dr. Monika Wohlfeld: Alumni – German Chair in Conflict Prevention and Peace Studies27-28 Photos of Berlin-Bonn study visits

29 Dr. Derek Lutterbeck: MEDAC Alumni Reunions in Cooperation with Swiss Embassies30-31 Photos of Switzerland study visit

32 Contacts

CONTENTS

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MEDAC PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT – OUR ALUMNIProf. Stephen CalleyaMEDAC Director & Lecturer in International Relations

Over the past twenty five years the Mediterranean Academy of

Diplomatic Studies has been honoured to host more than 700 graduates from more than sixty different countries from all over the Mediterranean region and beyond.

MEDAC opened its doors in 1990 as a joint undertaking between Malta and Switzerland. From that first intake of students following a Masters in Diplomacy and students following the part-time Diploma in Diplomatic Studies the Academy has evolved into a prestigious academic institution with a regional outlook focusing on issues pertaining to the Mediterranean.

The launching of the Masters of Arts in Diplomatic Studies in 1992 and the Joint M.A. in Conflict Resolution and Mediterranean Security with the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in 2010 has resulted in the further evolution of a global MEDAC Alumni network. Today, MEDAC is honoured to host numerous students participating in different MEDAC programmes coming from all over the world on an annual basis.

MEDAC’s mainstay has been that of providing theoretical and empirical academic postgraduate instruction to hundreds of students pursuing a career in diplomacy and international affairs. MEDAC’s unique services have centred upon providing intellectual insight in the fields of international relations, international history, international law, international economics and diplomacy in a Mediterranean context.

MEDAC is honoured and proud to have had the privilege to share its academic services and Mediterranean oriented practical experiences with such a large number of students over

the years. MEDAC’s evolution is very much driven by the distinguished reputation that it has achieved through its network of Alumni.

The diplomatic network of MEDAC alumni provides a precious opportunity for MEDAC’s students, academics and patrons to foster connections in all parts of the world. MEDAC alumni now serve in key diplomatic posts throughout the globe. Over the years everyone connected with MEDAC has benefited greatly from this unique diplomatic network.

The advances that have taken place in the world of technology have allowed for the development of a more dynamic MEDAC Alumni network that is also connected on Facebook. Moreover, the leadership of the MEDAC Alumni Association and its regular programme of activities including the annual MEDAC Alumni Cultural Evening and the annual MEDAC Ambassadorial Lecture have resulted in the emergence of an ever increasing interactive alumni family of friends.

Since the end of the Cold War MEDAC’s network of Alumni have been contributing to contemporary Euro-Mediterranean relations through their respective professional careers and the personal contacts they established during their studies at MEDAC.

MEDAC looks forward to continue welcoming a new generation of students who will benefit from the wisdom and guidance of their predecessors. In fact, MEDAC’s Alumni are by far the Academy’s proudest achievement!

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The MEDAC Alumni Association was set up in 2006 and has

brought together over 700 graduates from almost 60 different countries worldwide. The Association was set up with the aim of maintaining a network of past, present and future students. The immense wealth of knowledge and experience that all these Alumni share is phenomenal.

All the members of this Network are given the opportunity to get together with fellow members of the MEDAC family as well as to keep abreast of issues pertaining to the Mediterranean. The Alumni Association holds two annual events for the benefit of its Alumni. The first event is the International Cultural Night which is held towards the beginning of the scholastic year and enables present and past students to get to know one another in an informal setting. It also gives the students an opportunity to showcase various traditions as well as dishes typical of their countries. Furthermore, an ambassadorial lecture is held in spring, in which an Ambassador is invited to address the participants. Alumni are also given the opportunity to engage in discussions with the distinguished guest about pertinent issues. The aim of this lecture is to promote dialogue and cooperation amongst countries in order to ensure security and stability in the Mediterranean Region. This session is then followed by a reception which allows participants to continue their discussions in an informal

manner as well as to get to know one another and to share experiences.

Even though M E D A C A l u m n i come from many different countries, they are able to remain in contact throughout the years thanks to social media. The MEDAC Alumni Association promotes its work and initiatives through its facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/19374582384/ which also has a photo gallery in order to display photos of its events. The Alumni are very active on this page and engage in discussions continuously.

In this second publication about our MEDAC Alumni Association (MAA) we provide an overview of all the students who have attended Medac’s postgraduate programmes since the Academy’s establishment. We have sought to include all available class photos. However, given that Medac was established in the pre-digital age some of the earlier class photos are not available.

In the end I would like to thank the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies for the constant support given to all the initiatives taken by this Association. I would also like to take the opportunity to encourage all MEDAC Alumni to continue to form part of this ever growing network no matter where their career paths may take them.

MEDAC Alumni AssociationSuzanne Garcia ImbernonPresident, MEDAC Alumni Association

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MEDAC Class of 2015/2016

Mr. Hicham Zaidi: Algeria (M.Dip)Mr. Asgar Asgarov: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Ms. Shengnan Ning: China (M.Dip)Mr. Ahmed Raafat Hanafy: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Khuta Salia: Georgia (M.Dip)Ms. Eman Albakoush: Libya (M.Dip)Mr. Matthew Grima: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Vilen Murzac: Moldova (M.Dip)Mr. Dirar Samih Hassan: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Ahmed Amin al-Alrob: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Issak Ibrahim: Somalia (M.Dip)

Ms. Upendo Penial Mwasha: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Abou Cole: The Gambia (M.Dip)Ms. Hayfa Limem: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Serafyma Bugakova: Ukraine (M.Dip)

Ms. Snaefridur Grimsdottir: Iceland (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Christine Said: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Andrew Rizzo Naudi: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Alfred Tabone: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Adam Vella: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Vincent Martin Mifsud: Malta (M. A. Dip

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Mr. Layachi Aidouni: Algeria (M.Dip)Mr. Elchin Mammadov: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Ms. Samaa Ali: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Elabrak: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Dareen Sakr: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Sheikh Abdallah Jah: The Gambia (M.Dip)Mr. Vazha Gvaramia: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Marewan Nassraddin Abid: Iraq (M.Dip)Mr. Ra’ad Fawwal el Fawair: Jordan (M.Dip)Mr. Tareq Eideh: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Mahdi Jabr: Palestine (M.Dip)

Mr. Ahmed Bakal: Somalia (M.Dip)Mr. Benedict Msuya: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Imed Methnani: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Hedi Labidi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Daphine Teddy Nyanduri:Uganda (M.Dip)Ms. Alla Volska: Ukraine (M.Dip)

Mr. Michael Thake: Austria (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Maria Buttigieg: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Francesca Cassar: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Andra Pipernea: Romania (M. A. Dip.)

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Mr. Ayyub Hajiyev: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Weiwei Jiang: China (M.Dip)Mr. Ahmad Hamdy Alshourbagy: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Mohsen Amin: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Yasmine Akef: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Ousman Sowe: Gambia (M.Dip)Ms. Tamar Chokoraia: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Mohammed Abujaber: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Nuha Kotob: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Lamis Suliman: Sudan (M.Dip)Mr. Mgaka Hangi: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Mehrez Othman: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Ahmed Chamsseddine Boughedir: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Numan Dalkiran: Turkey (M.Dip)Ms. Georgina Nakawombe: Uganda (M.Dip)

Ms. Caroline Steiner: Denmark (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Marco Leomker: Germany (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Hazel Mhairi Rafferty: Malta/UK (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Mark Vincent Abdilla: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Antoine Agius Bonnici: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Antonella Bajada: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Maria Carmen Farrugia: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Caroline Muscat: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Mauro Sammut: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Ronald Anthony Sultana: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Christain Tanti: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Simon Dalli: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Edgar Robert Szewczyk: Poland (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Barbora Golanova: Slovakia (M. A. Dip.)

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Mr. Ramiz Salayev: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Xingyu Zhu: China (M.Dip)Mr. Al Hassan Soliman: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Eman Samy Fathallah Yakout: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Jouman Nigmldeen: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Ekaterine Megrelishvili: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Odai al Qaralleh: Jordan (M.Dip)Ms. Katerina Kosturanova: Macedonia (M.Dip)Ms. Maria Gatt: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Ameed Amer: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Razan al Ftawi: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Maulidah Hassan: Tanzania (M.Dip)Ms Hasna Tizaoui: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Soumaya Bourhil: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Hammadi Louati: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Tayebwa Philip Katureebe: Uganda (M.Dip)Ms. Nataliya Marikutsa: Ukraine (M.Dip)

Mr. Tsvetalin Radev: Bulgaria (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Georgi Dimchev Yanchev: Bulgaria (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Lucy Mary Paterson: Englnd (M. A. Dip.)

Ms. Hedda Riedel: Germany (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Karolina Vaitonyte: Lithuania (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Audrey Abela Shandler: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Darren Chetcuti: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Matteo Privitelli: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Justine Micallef: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Nicole Marie Scerri: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Abigail Grech: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Lynn Marie Spiteri: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Janelle Camilleri: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Annabelle Muscat: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Andrew Vassallo: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Liliana Borg: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Francesca D’Amato: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Roberta Gatt: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Eman Hayman: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Jean Paul Gatt: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Stephanie Portelli: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Marie Claire Vella: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Monika Jungova: Slovakia (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Seren Ozcan: Turkey/Malta (M. A. Dip.)

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Mr. Eno Jegeni: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Aslan Jafarli: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Bialy Ibrahim Alolaimy: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Hisham Sallam: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Irakli Abesadze: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Bilal Nsour: Jordan (M.Dip)Mr. Srgjan Hadji-Nikolov: Macedonia (M.Dip)Mr. Etienne Micallef: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Sandro Curmi: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Ihab Ibrahim Khalil: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Baker M.B. Hijazi: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Naseem al Zaneen: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Jubilata Shao: Tanzania (M.Dip)Ms. Najla Amdouni: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Maher Ferchichi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Walid Chakroun: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Yuriy Tyrkus: Ukraine (M.Dip)

Mr. Nick Meysman: Belgium (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Viktor Tamm: Estonia (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Chrysanthi Maria Lamprou: Greece (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Timothy Paul Falzon: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Keith Spiteri: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Kathryn Zahra: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Thomas Anthony Muscat: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Leeanne Galea: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Alexander Zammit: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Emma Zammit: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Joseph Cutajar: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Daniel Sammut: Malta (M. A. Dip.)Mr. Samuel Bezzina: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Damian Iriele Ozoemena: Nigeria (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Charity Ofame Ovbiagele: Nigeria (M. A. Dip.)Ms. Barbora Ondejcikova: Slovakia (M. A. Dip.)

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Mr. Ayaz Mustafayev: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Xinggong Chen: China (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Maamoun: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Khaled el Menshawy: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Giorgi Goletiani: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Stephen Staines: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Mayssa Aburezeq: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Haqi Alhussaini: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Iman Njalikai: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Houssem Ghodhbane: Tunisia (M.Dip)

Mr. Nazar Sasyn: Ukraine (M.Dip)Mr. Mekni Hosni: Tunisia (M.Dip)

Mr. Philipp Boudny: Germany (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Zinaida Epp: Germany (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Alaa` Ben Mahmud: Libya (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Annabell Khalil: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Glorianne Mizzi: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Maria Psaila: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Nighat John Urpani: Malta (M.A. Dip.)

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Ms. Fabiola Duro: Albania (M.Dip)Ms. Viola Kaloshi: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Rustam Rustamov: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Guo Taojie: China (M.Dip)Ms. Heba el Tahan: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Osama Hamdy: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Sofiko Balanchivadze: Georgia (M.Dip)Ms. Mira Dasic: Montenegro (M.Dip)Ms. Suad Soboh: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Yaffa Malik: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Elibahati Ngoyai Lowassa: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Akram el Aatar: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Amine Boussabat: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Celil Erdogan: Turkey (M.Dip)

Mr. Sammy Bishtawi: England (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Daisy Kirk: England (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Petra Dolezelova: Czech Republic (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Johannes Vollertsen: Iceland (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Francesca Abela: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Deborah Maria Borg: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Elizabeth Bugeja: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Claire Bugeja Desain: Malta (M.A. Dip.)

Ms. Daniela Ellul nee Callus: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Francine Caruana: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Alan Cordina: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Roseanne Cortis: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Amber Maria Darmanin: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Charlene Debrincat: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Albert Delia: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Kristina Farrugia: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Christabel Grech: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Charlene Grima: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Ryan Mercieca: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Joseph Pisani: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Kevin Pulis: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Laura Sammut: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Maya Schembri: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Katya Scicluna Bartoli: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Maria Spiteri: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Damiela Sultana: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Chantelle Tabone: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Marilyn Tanti: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Claudui Alexandru Hurban: Romania (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Ekaterina Gorbunova: Russia (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Urska Cehner: Slovenia (M.A. Dip.)

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Mr. Sokol Beja: Albania (M.Dip)Ms. Lorena Gjana: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Mahmoud Omar: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Sami Youssef Osman: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Natia Sekhniashvili: Georgia (M.Dip)Ms. Rama Halaseh: Jordan (M.Dip)Mr. Gerald Farrugia: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Salima Lyoussoufi: Morocco (M.Dip)Ms. Mona Mahecha: Tanzania (M.Dip)Mr. Rjeb Mondher: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Sihem el Hamdi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Tutku Inam: Turkey (M.Dip)Ms. Ivana Sterbova: Czech Republic (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Georgi Engelbrecht: Germany (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Anthony Attard: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Federica Aquilina: Malta (M.A. Dip.)

Ms. Lorna Buttigieg: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Jean Claude Cachia: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Gabriel Camenzuli: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Andrew Caruana Galizia: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Abraham Cassar: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Peter Paul Muscat: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Lourdes Pullicino: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Nikol Sammut: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Andrew Valenzia: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Christine Vella Wallbank: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Ruth Vella: Malta (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Chinwe Onyes: Nigeria (M.A. Dip.)Ms. Nadine Abu Swai: Palestine (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Milos Radakovic: Serbia (M.A. Dip.)Mr. Romuald Bolliger: Switzerland (M.A. Dip.)

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Mr. Adil Suleymanov: Azerbaijan (M.Dip)Mr. Li Zhimin: China (M.Dip)Ms. Yousra Ebada: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Rania Hemaid: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Ivane Shamugia: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Michael Sinan A.Yono: Iraq (M.Dip)Mr. Christian Sgandurra: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Hidaya Labiioui: Morocco (M.Dip)Mr. Zuhair Mohammad: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Yusuph Mndolwa: Tanzania (M.Dip)Ms. Faten Bahri: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Mouna Daldoul Boutara: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Nassim Khammassi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Efe Ceylan: Turkey (M.Dip)

Mr. Paul Alan Spiteri: England (M.A.)Ms. Dagmar Pallmar: Germany (M.A.)Mr. Aleksander Dimitrovski: Macedo-nia (M.A.)Ms. Annalise Aquilina: Malta (M.A.)Mr. Clint Mario Borg: Malta (M.A.)Mr. John Buttigieg: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Lavinia Cassar: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Marsim Cassar: Malta (M.A.)Mr. Mark Ciscaldi: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Francesca Dayal: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Alexandra Ellul: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Lara Anne Fenech: Malta (M.A.)Mr. Kurt Formosa: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Suzanne Gili: Malta (M.A.)Mr. David Herrera: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Christabelle Lewis: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Stefania Mangion: Malta (M.A.)Ms. Mariella Scicluna: Malta (M.A.)

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Ms. Albana Prifti: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Xufeng Chen: China (M.Dip)Mr. Anas Salah Shadi: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Marwa Abdelaal Mahmoud: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Ana Siashvili: Georgia (M.Dip)Ms. Rezan Salih: Iraq (M.Dip)Mr. Ian Paul Bajada: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Marija Pavicevic: Montenegro (M.Dip)

Mr. Omar Mohamed Khaled Fanous: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Ferdaous Bejaoui: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Mehdi Gharbi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Huseyin Dogan: Turkey (M.Dip)

Ms. Dana Kotasova: Czech Republic (M.A)Ms. Spyridoula- -Ioanna Zochiou: Greece (M.A)Ms. Josette Bajada: Malta (M.A)Ms. Roberta Buhagiar: Malta (M.A)Ms. Marissa Angela Busuttil: Malta (M.A)

Mr. Stephen Camilleri: Malta (M.A)Mr. Fabian Galea: Malta (M.A)Mr. Jurgen Galea: Malta (M.A)Ms. Mathea Karla Gauci: Malta (M.A)Ms. Rachel Mamo: Malta (M.A)Ms. Nadia Petroni: Malta (M.A)Mr. Emanuel Pulis: Malta (M.A)Ms. Marie Claire Testa: Malta (M.A)Mr. Kurt Vella Fonde: Malta (M.A)Mr. Edward Vernon: Malta (M.A)Ms. Victoria Vella: Russia (M.A)

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Mr. Bangfu Wang: China (M.Dip)Mr. Dmytro Senik: Ukraine (M.Dip)Ms. Ebru Ekeman: Turkey (M.Dip)Ms. Hanan El Khatib: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Hanno Parksepp: Estonia (M.Dip)Mr. Karim Fekry Mohamed Moukhtar: Egypt (M.Dip)Ms. Lana Lulu: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Nabil Kasraoui: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Mourad Youssry: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Muhannad Alwan: Iraq (M.Dip)Mr. Raed Mohamed Hergli: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Raimonds Vingris: Latvia (M.Dip)

Mr. Adam Kuymizakis: Malta (M.A)Mr. Alan Keith Zerafa: Malta (M.A)Ms. Christianne Caruana: Malta (M.A)Mr. Darren Vella: Malta (M.A)Mr. David Ian Mansfield: Malta (M.A)Mr. Edward Spiteri: Malta (M.A)Mr. Keith Zammit Marmara: Malta (M.A)Ms. Kinga Offenbacher: Hungary (M.A)Ms. Lysanne Milja Celine Bakker: The Netherlands (M.A)Ms. Maria Konstantinidou: Greece (M.A)Ms. Maria Micallef: Malta (M.A)Mr. Matthew Buttigieg: Malta (M.A)Ms. Michela-Maria Debattista: Malta (M.A)Mr. Neil Kerr: Malta (M.A)Mr. Philip Vella: Malta (M.A)Mr. Roberto Pace: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ryan Borg: Malta (M.A)Mr. Savior Aquilina: Malta (M.A)Ms. Tanya Stefanova Varbanova: Bulgaria (M.A)Ms. Valeri Croin: Belgium (M.A)

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Ms. Agustela Nini: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Dawsar Drissi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Gang Luo: China (M.Dip)Mr. Ian Miller: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Inga Pavlina: Latvia (M.Dip)Ms. Lela Garsevanishvili: Georgia (M.Dip)Ms. Maysoun Al Mozayyen: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Rabii Zenati: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Reem Jabr: Syria (M.Dip)Ms. Rowaida Tawfiq Ebrish: Libya (M.Dip)Mr. Walid Al Qazaz: Jordan (M.Dip)

Mr. Alessandro Giuliano: Malta (M.A)Ms. Alexandra Galea: Malta (M.A)Mr. Anselmo Bugeja: Malta (M.A)Mr. Bertrand Borg: Malta (M.A)Ms. Clare Azzopardi: Malta (M.A)Mr. Darren Camilleri: Malta (M.A)Mr. David Ellul: Malta (M.A)Mr. Demetrius Klitou: U.S.A. (M.A)Ms. Denise Long: Malta (M.A)Mr. Duncan Psaila: Malta (M.A)Mr. Emanuel Bianco: Malta (M.A)Ms. Fleur Ann Houlton: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ian Gauci Borda: Malta (M.A)Ms. Ivana Tasic: Serbia (M.A)Ms. Karen Pace: Malta (M.A)Ms. Kate Bauer: U.S.A. (M.A)Ms. Loredana D’Arrigo: Malta (M.A)Ms. Maria-Luisa Spiteri: Malta (M.A)Mr. Neville Galea Roberts: Malta (M.A)Mr. Vuk Trajkovic: Serbia (M.A)Ms. Zhiqin Zhou: China (M.A)

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Ms. Amina Selmane: Morocco (M.Dip)Mr. Andrzej Mojkowski: Poland (M.Dip)Ms. Eka Manjgaladze: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Haytham Hmeidan: Syria (M.Dip)Mr. Haitham Salah Kamel: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Hossam El Din El Shenawy: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. John Buttigieg: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Marsela Xhangolli: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Ming Yao: China (M.Dip)Ms. Nahed S. Hejazi: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Saida Fatnassi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Sihem Mazouz: Algeria (M.Dip)Ms. Stella Ankrava: Latvia (M.Dip)Mr. Tomislav Vlahutin: Croatia (M.Dip)

Mr. Alexander Bonich: U.S.A. (M.A)Ms. Alison Dato Mallia: Malta (M.A)Mr. Anthony Bezzina: Malta (M.A)Rev. Carmel Busuttil: Malta (M.A)Mr. David Cassar: Malta (M.A)Ms. Denise Caruana: Malta (M.A)Mr. Hermann Micallef: Malta (M.A)Mr. Jean Paul Micallef: Malta (M.A)Ms. Monika Fröhler: Austria (M.A)Ms. Noella Dayal: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ryan John Meilak: Malta (M.A)

Mr. Mamoon Swidan: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Zakia Ighil: Algeria (M.Dip)Ms. Rana Abu Seiba: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Mohammed Ghiath Ibrahim: Syria (M.Dip)Mr. Ali Harrabi: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Jana Vrhunc: Slovenia (M.Dip)Mr. Mohamed Moez Garali: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Francesca Amodeo: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Tamar Medulashvili: Georgia (M.Dip)Mr. Nash’at al- Hadid: Jordan (M.Dip)Ms. Hala abu Hassiera: Palestine (M.Dip)

Mr. Mutasem Hayatla: Palestine (M.A)Mr. Jonathan Hadaway: Canada (M.A)Ms. Michelle Hettinga: U.S.A. (M.A)Mr. Andrew Sammut: Malta (M.A)Ms. Tracy Porter: Malta (M.A)Mr. Kristian Bonnici: Malta (M.A)Ms. Maria Depasqale: Malta (M.A)Mr. Emanuel Borg: Malta (M.A)Mr. Silvano Cristauro: Malta (M.A)Ms. Josianne Giusti: Malta (M.A)Mr. George Vital Zammit: Malta (M.A)Mr. Claude Bonello: Malta (M.A)Ms. Anna Maria Gilson: Malta (M.A)Ms. Karen Vella: Malta (M.A)Ms. Francesca Gatt: Malta (M.A)

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Ms. Antonela Dhimolea: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Denion Meidani: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Kareem Essam El-Din Amin: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Rany Abdel Latif: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Vakhtang Makharoblishvili: Geor-gia (M.Dip)Mr. Mustafa Masaud Sharef: Libya (M.Dip)Ms. Annabel Vassallo: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Neville Aquilina: Malta (M.Dip)Ms. Bozidarka Boskovic: Montenegro (M.Dip)Ms. Ilham Idrissi Bichr: Morocco (M.Dip)Mr. Ayman Mohamed Al Hila: Pales-tine (M.Dip)Mr. Ali Massalha: Palestine (M.Dip)

Ms. Daniela Herberova: Slovakia (M.Dip)Mr. Marwen Kalbouti: Tunisia (M.Dip)Mr. Lassaad Boutara: Tunisia (M.Dip)

Mr. Hamza Awad: Malta (MA)Mr. Keith Azzopardi: Malta (MA)Mr. Joseph Debono: Malta (MA)Ms. Ruth Mary Farrugia: Malta (MA)Ms. Charmaine Micallef: Malta (MA)Mr. Daniel Spiteri: Malta (MA)Ms. Sharon Zarb: Malta (MA)Ms. Nnenne Kalagbor: Nigeria (MA)Mr. Mu’Ayad Yahya: Palestine (MA)Ms. Svetlana Mubarakshina: Russia (MA)Mr. Christopher Melle: USA (MA)

Ms. Mejda M’Rah: Algeria (M.Dip)Ms. Riham Hussein Ammar: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Hazem Zaki: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Joseb Nanobashvili: Georgia (M Dip)Mr. Ma’en Al-Khreasat: Jordan (M Dip)Ms. Elham Ibrahim El-Khatib: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Anton Fric: Slovakia (M Dip)Mr. Mohammed Nejib Gorgi: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Neila Akrimi: Tunisia (M Dip)

Mr. Jeffrey Picknicki Morski: Canada (M.A)Ms. Ritienne Bonavia: Malta (M.A)Mr. Laner Cassar: Malta (M.A)Mr. Omar Grech: Malta (M.A)Mr. Rennie Mercieca: Malta (M.A)Mr. James Aquilina: Malta (M.A)Mr. Lawrence John Michael Galea: Malta (M.A)Mr. Henry Emeka Uguchuknu Ihemefur: Nigeria (M.A)Mr. Knut Elvatun: Norway (M.A)Mr. Andrew James Widdowson: United Kingdom (M.A)

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Mr. Renis Hackaj: Albania (M Dip)Ms. Nadjeh Baaziz: Algeria (M Dip)Mr. Mohamed Seghir Benghanem: Algeria (M Dip)Ms. Jenny Ostaric: Croatia (M Dip)Ms. Dalia Fayez Farag Ghubrial: Egypt (M Dip)Ms. Reeham Alaa El-Din Khalil: Egypt (M Dip)Ms. Nino Sikharulidze: Georgia (M Dip)Mr. Amin al-Tarawneh: Jordan (M Dip)Mr. Arman Narbayev: Kazakhstan (M Dip)Mr. Murad Hamaima: Libya (M Dip)Ms. Valentina Velimirovic: Montenegro (M Dip)Mr. Abderrahim Ait Slimane: Morocco (M Dip)Mr. Mounir Belayachi: Morocco (M Dip)Mr. Mohammed J. Abu Zayed: Pales-tine (M Dip)

Mr. Mazen Jameel Shaqoura: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Abdullah Hallak: Syria ( MDip)Mr. Peter Durajka: Slovakia ( M Dip)Mr. Mounir Ben Rjiba: Tunisia (M Dip)Mr. Ali Ezzeddini: Tunisia ( M Dip)

Mr. Flamur Dyrmishi: Albania (M.A)Mr. Gerald Ngonjue Yankam: Cameroon ( M.A)Ms. Beatrice Maaloufova: Czech Republic (M.A)Ms. Therese Brincat: Malta (M.A)Ms. Carmen Buttigieg: Malta (M.A)Ms. Maria Calleja: Malta (M.A)Ms. Therese Camilleri: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ian Paul Galea: Malta (M.A)Mr. John Maistre: Malta (M.A)Ms. Helga Mizzi: Malta (M.A)Mr. Aldo Farrugia: Malta (M.A)Mr. Mahakwe Hyginus Obe: Nigeria (M.A)

Ms. Mitro Ilva: Albania (M Dip)Ms. Barbara Ratiba: Algeria (M Dip)Ms. Gadimova Ilaha: Azerbaijan (M Dip)Mr. Marojevic Borivoj: Bosnia-Herzegovina (M Dip)Mr. Matijevic Dragan: Croatia ( M Dip)Mr. Mohamed Shawky Zaazoue: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Khaled Fadi El Shazly: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Mohammed Mounir Benhammou: Morocco (M Dip)Mr. Ljubomir Misurovic: Montenegro (M Dip)Ms. Cilia Fiona-Jayne: Malta (M Dip)

Mr. Azmi Ghassan Hekmat Abu Ghaz-aleh: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Marwan A. Shehada: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Mazen Muhammed Ali Obeid: Syria ( M Dip)Mr. Kais Kabtani: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Hayet Talbi: Tunisia (M Dip)

Ms. Anna Maria Abela: Malta (M.A)Mr. Walid Alchoucairy: Palestine (M.A)Mr. Daniel Bonello: Malta (M.A)Mr. Charles Buttigieg: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ivan Cauchi: Malta (M.A)Ms. Deanna Clark: USA (M.A)Mr. Albert Ghigo: Malta (M.A)Mr. Anthony Sammut: Malta (M.A)

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Mr. Sokol Dakli: Albania (M Dip)Ms. Admira Shehu: Albania (M Dip)Mr. Mustapha Kerrouche: Algeria (M Dip)Mr. Bashirov Elchin: Azerbaijan (M Dip)Ms. Jasmina Handzic: Bosnia-Herzegovina (M Dip)Mr. Sabit Subasic: Bosnia-Herzegovina (M Dip)Mr. Hassan Ahmed Shawky: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Mohammed Mostafa Kamal Orfy: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Bashar Abu Taleb: Jordan (M Dip)Mr. Johnny Ibrahim: Lebanon (M Dip)Mr. Chouaibi Jamal: Morocco (M Dip)Ms. Sanja Elezovic: Montenegro (M Dip)Mr. Nabeel Abu Hashem: Palestine (M Dip)

Ms. Rana Warrad: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Rachid Saidani: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Hanan Zoghbia: Libya (M Dip)

Ms. Lawrence Vincent: France (M.A)Mr. Joseph Agius: Malta (M.A)Ms. Elisabeth Bartolo: Malta (M.A)Mr. Anthony Vassallo: Malta (M.A)Ms. Annabelle Mifsud: Malta (M.A)Mr. Lawrence Ancilleri: Malta (M.A)Ms. Elaine Cordina: Malta (M.A)Mr. Raymond J.P. Debono: Malta (M.A)Mr. Fabio Pirotta: Malta (M.A)Mr. Charles Sultana: Malta (M.A)Ms. Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta (M.A)Mr. Eleftherios Apostolidis: Greece (M.A)Mr. Babatunde A. Taiwo: United Kingdom (M.A)

Ms Rudina Mullahi: Albania (M Dip)Mr Drazen Pehar: Bosnia-Herzegovina (M Dip)Ms Renata Bursic: Croatia (M Dip)Mr Ahmed Hatem Megahed: Egypt (M Dip)Mr Al Desouky Mahmoud Youssef: Egypt (M Dip)Ms Sabah N.R. Al-Rafie: Jordan (M Dip)Ms Dima Toukan: Jordan (M Dip)Mr Bernard Cachia: Malta (MDip)Mr Said Benmbarek: Morocco (M Dip)Mr El Mostafa Aitamor: Morocco (M Dip)Mr Hisham I. Al-Daghma: Palestine (M Dip)

Ms Safaa Khaldi: Palestine (M Dip)Mr Khaled Sehili: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms Beya Ben Abdelbaki: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms Tulay Ozkaya: Turkey (M Dip)Ms Desna M. Solofa: Western Samoa (M Dip)

Ms. Carmen Borg: Malta (M.A)Ms. Karyn Crockford: Malta (M.A)Ms. Mariacarmen Colitti: Italy (M.A)Mr. Wael Dokhan: Palestine (M.A)Ms. Marie Papillon: Canada (M.A)Mr. Albert Spiteri: Malta (M.A)Mr. Ismael Umar Musah: Ghana (M.A)Ms. Rebecca Vella: Malta (M.A)

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Mr. Haitham Saleh Abu AlFoul: Jordan (M Dip)Mr. Ihab Moustafa Awad Moustafa: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. James Farrugia: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Mohamed Salim Hafsi: Tunisia (M Dip)Mr. Nebiha Hajjiji: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Andreja Horvat: Slovenia (M Dip)Mr. Mohammed Issam: Palestine (M Dip)Ms. Shpresa Jusufi: Macedonia (M Dip)Mr. Halis Kaya: Turkey (M Dip)Mr. Mohamed Moutaoukel: Morocco (M Dip)Mr. Muhib Nimrat: Jordan (M Dip)Mr. Viktor Skovrlj: Croatia (M Dip)

Mr. Mohamed Yehia: Egypt (M Dip)Ms. Saheir Saliba Zeidan: Palestine (M Dip)

Mr. Kevin James Fenech: Malta (M.A)Mr. Confidence Worlu Kalagbor: Nigeria (M.A)Ms. Cynthia Sammut: Malta (M.A)Ms. Ruth Vella: Malta (M.A)Ms. Ella Strickland: Malta (M.A)

Mr. Mohammed Abu-Dagga: Palestine (M Dip)Ms. Klejda Aquilina-Mulaj: Albania (M Dip)Mr. Pierre Clive Agius: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Abdolaziz Ali: Syria (M Dip)Mr. Adel Ben Lagha: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Maria Theresa Camilleri: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Ahmed Bahaa El Din Ibrahim: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Demiye Haddad: Jordan (M Dip)Mr. Joseph Izzo-Clarke: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Basil Mahmoud Jabir: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Josko Klisovic: Croatia (M Dip)Ms. Maja Ortakova: Macedonia (M Dip)

Mr. Mohammed Saidi: Morocco (M Dip)Ms. Irena Jager: Slovenia (M Dip)

Ms. Claire Portelli: Malta (M.A)Mr. Roderick Sant: Malta (M.A)

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Mr. Mohamed Abderaouf Bdioui: Tunisia (M Dip)Ms. Arna Cukor: Croatia (M Dip)Mr. Ahmed El-Ghandour: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Myftar Gjana: Albania (M Dip)Mr. Mounir Koudmani: Syria (M Dip)Mr. Arben Lufi: Albania (M Dip)Mr. Albert Rakipi: Albania (M Dip)Mr. Rami Tahboub: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Hossan Eldeen Mohammed Ahmed Aly: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Tomaz Mencin: Slovenia (M Dip)Mr. Tarek Ben Youssef: Tunisia (M Dip)

Ms. Ann Marie Coleiro: Malta (M.A)Mr. Leslie Cuschieri: Malta (M.A)Mrs. Ruth Farrugia: Malta (M.A)Mrs. Sylvana Zammit Pulo: Malta (M.A)Mr. Joseph Bugeja: Malta (M.A)Mr. Gervais Marcel Cishahayo: Burundi (Resident Research Fellow) (M.A)

Ms. Ahlam Abbasi: Palestine (M.Dip)Ms. Dusa Adamic: Slovenia (M.Dip)Mr. Milad Atieh: Syria (M.Dip)Mr. Riadh Ben Sliman: Tunisia (M.Dip)Ms. Therese Cutajar: Malta (M.Dip)Mr. Khaled El-Yazji: Palestine (M.Dip)Mr. Fatmir Fejzo: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Mohammed Ghonem: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Harilla Goga: Albania (M.Dip)Mr. Sameh Gomma: Egypt (M.Dip)Mr. Patrick Mifsud: Malta (M. Dip.)

Mr. Bernard Hamilton: Malta (M.A)Mr. Adrian Neritani: Albania (M.A)Ms. Puja Shashank: India (M.A)Mr. Raymond Scerri: Malta (M.A)Mrs. Claudia Zammit: Malta (M.A)Mr. Arsalan A. H. Al-Shinawi: Malta (M.A)Mr. John Andrew Busuttil: Malta (M.A)Ms. Vanessa Grima Baldacchino: Malta (M.A)

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Mr. Kais Ben Aissa: Tunisia (M Dip)Mr. Savo Djurica: Yugoslavia (M Dip)Mr. Maher Dokhan: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Petru Dumitriu: Romania (M Dip)Mr. Alaa El Scheikh: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Ilir Gjoni: Albania (M Dip)Mr. John Paul Grech: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Goran Gvozdenovic: Yugoslavia (M Dip)Mr. Marwan Jilani: Palestine (M Dip)Mr. Usama Khalil: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Jovan Kurbalija: Yugoslavia (M Dip)Mr. Jesmond Schembri: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Petar Vico: Yugoslavia (M Dip)

Ms. Cecilia Attard-Pirotta: Malta (M Dip)Mr. Abd El Meguid Hisham: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Ayman El-Gammal: Egypt (M Dip)Mr. Robert Krmelj: Slovenia (M Dip)Ms. Sanja Petrovic: Yugoslavia (M Dip)Mr. Zdravko Pavicevic: Yugoslavia (M Dip)Mr. Tarcisio Zammit: Malta (M Dip)

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MEDAC Human Rights Summer School AlumniDr. Omar GrechCo-ordinator of the Human Dimension Programme & Lecturer in International Law

The MEDAC Human Rights Summer School brings

together diplomats, civil society representatives and postgraduate students to examine and reflect upon diverse human rights issues of specific relevance to the Euro-Mediterranean region. Over two hundred alumni have participated in the annual MEDAC Human Rights Summer School since the year 2001. The summer school alumni have come from a wide variety of countries including Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Germany, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Ireland, Tunisia, Spain and Palestine amongst others. In fact, since its inception more than 20 countries have been represented at the summer school.

These alumni all shared the objectives of the Summer School that include:

• Learning from each other’s experiences and perspectives

• Exploring the history of human rights and human rights values

• Understanding human rights instruments and frameworks and the historical, social and cultural contexts in which they have emerged

• Discussing current debates and challenges in human rights and identifying the core issues involved

• Participating in individual and group-work learning

• Developing methodologies and approaches in human rights education.

The informal and interactive approach adopted in the summer school thus allows for a strong bond of friendship to develop amongst summer school participants, lecturers and facilitators. This is witnessed in the comments made by the alumni:

Rim (Morocco): I enjoyed the creative way of learning. I had some knowledge but this has enhanced my knowledge a lot. I liked the connections and communication with everyone. The painting was something I enjoyed too much. By combining the two ways of learning we achieved more.

Amr (Egypt): The biggest portion of the vale added for me was the outside dynamics which you made a special effort to allow this to happen. The balance between academia & activity was optimum.

Lara (Bosnia-Herzegovina): I particularly enjoyed the mixed nature of the group and the diversity that they all represented. The blend of theory and practice was also especially welcome.

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Human Rights Summer School participants

Informal session of the Human Rights Summer School with Dr Colm Regan

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Alumni – German Chair in Conflict Prevention & Peace StudiesDr. Monika WohlfeldHolder of the German Chair & Lecturer in Security Studies

In 2009, MEDAC has concluded an agreement with the Federal

Republic of Germany, represented by the Foreign Office and established a German Chair in Peace Studies and Conflict Prevention. This strengthened the Academy’s teaching and research capacities, and allowed it to provide specialized training in conflict prevention and conflict resolution theory and practise to its students. The agreement also aimed at strengthening the engagement of German authorities in cooperative efforts in the Mediterranean region and underline their commitment to provide educational opportunities to youth at the regional level and beyond. Furthermore, the agreement allowed for strengthened links between the Academy and German research, educational and governmental institutions. Numerous German experts contribute to the work of the Academy every academic year. MEDAC’s MDip students, who are also junior diplomats in their country in the Mediterranean region and elsewhere, participate in a weeklong study visit to Germany, during which they visit Berlin, Bonn and Frankfurt. During their stay, the students benefit inter alia from a program of discussion and encounters at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, thus also becoming alumni of its International Diplomat Training. During the study visit to Germany,

MEDAC students have the opportunity to encounter MEDAC alumni working and living in Germany, and benefit from their experience.

Many of MEDAC students participate in the extensive offer of diplomatic training for international diplomats at the German Foreign Office before or after taking the degree program at MEDAC. Some have also taken up the educational opportunities provided by the German Academic Exchange service, which offers scholarship programs for foreign students wishing to pursue higher education in Germany.

The German Foreign Office and MEDAC recently renewed the Agreement which makes Germany a stakeholder in MEDAC, and underlined their commitment to its mission of regional, cooperative and academically founded diplomatic training for the Mediterranean region. For the German authorities, maintaining and strengthening links with MEDAC students and alumni takes a vital place in this effort.

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MEDAC Alumni visit at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

Medac Alumni in front of a European landmark - Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

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MEDAC Alumni Reunions in Cooperation with Swiss EmbassiesDr. Derek LutterbeckDeputy Director, Holder of the Swiss Chair & Lecturer in International History

In recent years, the MEDAC alumni network has been strengthened

not only through events held in Malta but also by a growing number of alumni reunions that have been carried out in other countries. Many of these events have been organised by Swiss Embassies, often in collaboration with Maltese diplomatic representations, either in countries where MEDAC alumni are posted or in their countries of origin. Whenever possible, current MEDAC students have also been included in these gatherings, example, during MEDAC study visits to Switzerland or Germany. While some of these events have been small scale and informal, others have been larger and taken place within a more formal setting. In all cases, however, the basic aim has been to enhance the MEDAC alumni network by allowing former participants, who might have never met before, to meet or reunite. Moreover, these events also allow Swiss and Maltese diplomatic representations to benefit from the ever growing community of MEDAC alumni.

Examples of MEDAC alumni reunions carried out abroad have included the following: Regular (annual) reunions of both MEDAC alumni and current MEDAC students organised by the Swiss Embassy in Berlin; an event carried out by the Swiss Embassy in Cairo which was destined for MEDAC alumni from Egypt, as well as other Egyptian participants on Swiss-sponsored programs; regular (annual) gatherings of MEDAC alumni and current MEDAC students organised by either the Swiss or Maltese Mission to the UN in Geneva; or a reunion for MEDAC alumni from and posted to China, organised by the Swiss Embassy in Beijing.

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