CIPE’s Egyptian partners make recommendations for Egypt’s transition

Posted on February 25th, 2011 at 9:37 am by Administrator
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The independent Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm and the Federation of Economic Development Associations (FEDA) held a three-day policy roundtable from February 22-24. CIPE agreed to help organize the event at the hosts’ request. More than 200 representatives of business associations, political parties and youth and other opposition movements, think tanks, media outlets, academia, and government officials, as well as representatives of the military council itself and its constitutional committee, convened and have presented recommendations in the following areas…

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