Between Monday 25th April and Friday 1st May 2017, Forward Thinking held bilateral meetings in Gaza and Ramallah with senior political figures from across the spectrum of Palestinian politics. Discussions focussed on internal Palestinian...
Between 20th – 25th April, Forward Thinking facilitated a series of meetings in Dublin, Belfast and London for a delegation of young activists and political advisors from the Israeli Labor party. This visit was...
On the 20th of April Forward Thinking helped organise a small roundtable in the British parliament with Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi with parliamentarians and representatives of the diplomatic community. Participants at the event, hosted by the...
Oliver McTernan was invited by Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation to give a talk on the work of Forward Thinking. The event, titled “Peace in the Middle? Problems and Possibilities” explored recent developments...
Oliver McTernan was invited to speak at the National Dialogue Conference held in Helsinki, on a panel entitled, ‘Regional dynamics of National Dialogues in the Middle East.’ In his speech Oliver shared experiences and reflections from...
On the 6th April 2017, Forward Thinking attended an Open Society Foundation roundtable discussion to share information, updates and strategies on the Prevent Duty. Conversations explored the political and socio-economic context in which the...
In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on the 3rd of April Forward Thinking held its second conference on employment and education in Palestine. The event took place in Ramallah with H.E. Dr Sabri Saidam,...
Members of Forward Thinking were invited to Jericho to visit the Jericho Agro-Industrial Park (JAIP) and hold meetings with the Park’s management to discuss how the JAIP can contribute to developing the Palestinian economy....
On the 30th of March Forward Thinking held a conference in the Gaza Strip exploring issues relating to of Education and Employment. The conference, organised under the EUPD programme, was the first of a two-part series of meetings (the...
Between the 27th – 29th of March, Forward Thinking held meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah with a number of Israel and Palestinian figures. Meetings were with a diverse range of individuals, including political figures, academics,...