In recent years, various initiatives have been launched to strengthen local production and consumption in order to foster a resistance economy, reclaiming resources mostly monopolized by the Israeli occupation system. Driven by intellectuals and producers, these citizens’ engagements reconsider the foundations of the Palestinian economy in the context of on-going occupation and settler colonialism. While neoliberalism is associated with the colonization of the West Bank, the economic assumptions of the Oslo period and neoliberal orthodoxy have to be challenged in order to think a resistance economy that would bring back forms of sovereignty: food sovereignty is then considered as the first one to be restored, important as the ultimate frontier of territorial, political and economic dispossession. These new practices are both rooted in Palestinian history and self-ruled experiences of the first Intifada and inspired by global networks and knowledge, i.e. those of the social economy and the sharing economy that blossom worldwide, in Europe, North and South America, Africa... These initiatives are not only about agriculture (organic production, Agroecology, consumers groups, farmers’ unions engagements) that plays a key role in Palestinian economy, but also about tourism (alternative tourism), Community funding systems, renewable energy, heritage oriented projects, social entrepreneurship…etc.

This workshop will bring together Palestinian and European scholars with producers, civil society groups and networks, entrepreneurs from various sectors, committed citizens to reevaluate the local economy in Palestine and get inspired by global experiences. How can citizens endorse their role as main actors in local economic development? How to connect the various initiatives? How to come up with new ideas and projects to strengthen a sharing and resistance economy in a context of non-sovereignty? Given the incapacity of macro-actors, what new dimensions and opportunities can be opened up for local and citizen initiatives?

Venue: An-Najah national University, Nablus, Palestinian Korean Institute, New Campus

Scientific coordinators: Joni Aasi(An-Najah University) and Stéphanie Latte Abdallah (CNRS-Ifpo)

Organization Committee: Stéphanie Latte Abdallah (CNRS-Ifpo), Joni Aasi (An-Najah University), Lina Ismaïl (environmental activist), Anne-Cécile Ragot (TAOA), Delphine Vincent (Diwan), Majed Abdi (An-Najah University)

Program

9h15: Coffee and Registration

9h30-9h45: Introduction Stéphanie Latte Abdallah (CNRS-Ifpo), Joni Aasi (An-Najah University)

9h45-11h15 From the Neoliberal Doxa to an Economy of Resistance: Reclaiming Resources and Sovereignty in Occupied Palestine

Discussant: Nithya Nagarajan (Independent Researcher) - Samia al-Butmeh (Bir Zeit University) The Role of Production in Decolonizing Palestinian Economy

- Nur Arafeh (Al-shabaka) Building a “Resistance Economy”

- Stephen Gasteyer (Bir Zeit University/Michigan State University) Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Food Justice: Counter-Hegemonic Strategies through Consumption and Production within and beyond Palestine

- Imad Breik (An-Najah University) The Prospects and the Future of Renewable Energy in Palestine

11h15-11h30: Coffee break

11h30-13h Collaborative and Circular Economy: Why Local and Citizen Initiatives matter?

Discussant: Lina Ismaïl (environmental activist)

- Benedicte Martin & Arnaud Lemarchand (Le Havre University) Collaborative Economy, an Alternative Economic Model of Shared Resources: French examples

- Saad Dagher (Arab Agronomist Association) Agroecology and Farkha Ecovillage Project

- Doa’a Zayed (UAWC) Local Seeds as an Option for Climate Change Adaptation and a Way to Reach Food Sovereignty

- Barbara Portailler (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University) Circular Economy & Local Connections, Producing more from less

13h-14h Lunch

14h-15h15 Investing for the Community: Rethinking Needs, Resources and Monetary Flows

Discussant: Mahmoud Nawajaa (BDS)

- Mohanad Berekdar (Aid Watch Palestine) Aid to Palestinians: Who is REALLY benefiting from it?

- Aisha Mansour (Dalia, Sharaka) Using our resources for our priorities: Dalia’s experience

- Anne-Cécile Ragot (TAOA) Alternative Currencies Powered by People: What Monetary Design to Strengthen Local Economy

- Maher Arafat (An-Najah University) Najah-Coin, an alternative digital currency, an educational project for NNU community

15h15-16h Heritage beyond Stones: Society Resilience and Alternative Tourism Discussant: Delphine Vincent (Diwan Voyage)

- Renad Shqerat (RIWAQ) Cultural Heritage for Socio-economic Development

- Osama Hamdan (Mosaïc Center) & Carla Benelli (Association pro Terra Sancta) Local Products make Culture

- Raed Saadeh (Rozana) Cultural heritage preservation - a strategy for resistance and social cohesion

16h-16h15: Coffee break

16h15-17h30 7 Round Tables World Café type

Participants: Producers, active citizens, civil society networks and organizations, entrepreneurs, scholars, cooperatives, unions, students…etc.

Around 7 active participants will share in the discussions of each round table

7 themes to be discussed:

1.What Local/Resistance Economy in Palestine? Moderators (to be confirmed) Wael Al-Saad (Activist) Stéphanie Latte Abdallah (CNRS-Ifpo)

2.How to Connect Local Economy Actors to Build a Committed and Active Community? Moderators (to be confirmed) Lina Isma’il (environmental activist) Arnaud Lemarchand (Le Havre University)

3.How Tourism Can Better Support a Resistance Economy? Moderators (to be confirmed) Delphine Vincent (Diwan voyage) Raed Saadeh (Rozana)

4.How to Rethink Local Agriculture in a Food Sovereignty Perspective? Moderators (to be confirmed) Saad Dagher (Arab Agronomist Association) Omar Tesdell (Bir Zeit University)

5.What Alternative Currency Could be Designed to Support Palestinian Local Economy? Moderators (to be confirmed) Aisha Mansour (Dalia, Sharaka) Anne-Cécile Ragot (TAOA)

6.What Connections to Build a Resilient and Nature based Local Economy? Moderators (to be confirmed) Barbara Portailler (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University) Abd Ruhman Tamimi (Al-Quds University)

7.How to Motivate People to Buy Local? Moderators (to be confirmed) Ayman Shakaa (Multipurpose Community Resource Center, Nablus) Mazen Jerbawi (organic farmer, Jenine)

17h30-18h30 Plenary Session: Restitution of the Round Tables and General Debate

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