We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for papers on the theme of ‘Spaces for Change? Decentralization, participation, and local governance innovations in the MENA Region’.

We are directing a workshop on this theme at the Tenth Mediterranean Research Meeting which will take place near Florence (Italy) on 25 –28 March 2009.

The detailed workshop description is available at:
http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2009/desc_pdf/MRM2009_Ds10.pdf

The deadline for abstract submission is 1 September 2009, and the full final paper is due by 15 January 2009.

Abstracts must be submitted via the on-line submission form at: http://www.rscas.org/medform.asp

Please forward this call to other interested colleagues and to your networks.

With many thanks and kind regards,
Sylvia I. Bergh and Mostafa Jari

Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, NL, and Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

In case of questions, please contact us at:
bergh@iss.nl and/or mostafajari@voila.fr

General information about the conference can be found at:
http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2009/Index.shtml