Call for Papers: Islamic Finance Conference in Tunisia June 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS

Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, The Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax  Organizes in partnership with  Group of the Islamic Development Bank and the Islamic Institute of Research and Training

and with the assistance of the Tunisian Association of Zakat and the Tunisian Association of Islamic Economics

The Second International Forum of Sfax
on Islamic Finance

Theme:

ISLAMIC VISION ON
THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT:
Zakat, Waqf and Islamic Microfinance

27, 28 and 29 June 2013
Sfax (Tunisia)

RATIONALE:

The volume and intensity of poverty and unemployment in most Muslim countries raise the need to seek alternative development strategies to those already adopted. Today, the awareness of the availability of solutions to the problems of poverty and unemployment enhances the hope for a better future in light of Islamic institutions, such as those of the Zakat and those of Waqf that once contributed to the alleviation of poverty and the realization of human welfare and social justice.

Nowadays, Islamic institutions have advocated new ideas which have played a basic role in the redistribution of opportunities and efforts enabling the poor to become productive and generate income. The Malaysian experience of Zakat collection companies, the experience of Diwan Al Zakat in Sudan, the development experience of Waqf through securitization (the example of Sukuk al waqfia), the Takaful insurance regime based on the institution of Waqf in Pakistan, and the microfinance model based on Zakat and Waqf are all examples illustrating innovative instruments for the development of Zakat and Waqf institutions in their roles of alleviating poverty and unemployment.

The objective of the second Sfax International Forum on Islamic Finance fits into this innovative approach of the Zakat and Waqf institutions which basically show how these Islamic institutions can strengthen efforts to reduce poverty and the realization of human well-being while complying with Islamic principles and values.

By bringing together academics, experts and professionals in the field of economics and Islamic finance, the 2nd Sfax International Forum on Islamic Finance comes to deepen the reflection on the opportunities offered by the Zakat and Waqf institutions in alleviating poverty and unemployment in the current economic and social context of Muslim countries.

The forum is also intended to be an opportunity for young researchers and  Ph. D. students to present their work in this area and discuss different issues related to the theme of the Forum which will focus on various theoretical, institutional, legal and methodological aspects.

Suggested topics:

1)Islamic Economics: Islamic Vision of poverty and unemployment

2) Innovation as regards of Zakat and Waqf: Impact of their potentiel in  the struggle against poverty and unemployment

3) Other countries experiences: Roles of Zakat and Waqf institutions in the alleviation of poverty and unemployment

4) Islamic Microfinance: Institutions models of Microfinance based on Zakat and Waqf

Practical arrangements

Young reserachers and a Ph.D. students wishing to participate in the forum  are requested to submit their proposals for papers, written in arabic,english or french (summary of two pages in PDF form) to the following address:

pcifi2013@gmail.com

Detailed information on the organization of the meeting and

how to participate are available  on the site of the forum:

http://www.cfi.aer-fsegs.org/

For further information, please contact:

mahmoud.neji@fsegs.rnu.tn

the best selected communications will be published in a collective proceedings. The two best communications will be preselected  to be published in IRTI journal.

Calendar

• Deadline for submission of abstract of the paper: March 15, 2013
• Decision of the Scientific Committee: April 15, 2013
• Deadline for submission of selected texts: Mai 15, 2013

Technical Committee:

Borhen TRIGUI (Prof. Dean FSEG-Sfax), Ridha SAADALLAH (Prof., President of ASTECIS), Salman Syed Ali (Senior Researcher Economist and Director of the Islamic Economics and Finance Research Division of IRTI), Mahmoud Sami Nabi (Senior Researcher Economist).

Scientific Committee:

Borhen TRIGUI (Prof. Dean FSEG-Sfax), Ridha SAADALLAH (Prof. President of ASTECIS) Mohamed EL-TAHIR EL MESSAWI (Prof. International Islamic University, Malaysia), Dhafer SAIDANE (Prof., University of LILLE, France), Mohamed BOUDJELLAL (Prof. M’sila University, Algeria), Abderrahmane LAHLOU (Expert, Abwab), Jamel Gharbi (Prof., University of Lille, France), Fathi ABID (Prof., FSEG-Sfax), Hichem GRISSA (Prof., Vice-President, Zitouna University) Borhen NEFFATI (Prof., Zitouna University), Mounir TLILI (Prof., Zitouna University) Kaouther JOUABER (Prof., Dauphine University, France), Najib HACHICHA (Prof., FSEG-Sfax), Mahmoud Sami Nabi (Researcher, IٌRIT, Jeddah), Rami Abdelkafi (IDB, Jeddah), Habib KALLEL (Prof., member ATZ), Mohamed GOWIDER (Prof. Member ATZ), Mohamed MEGDICH (Accountant, President of ATZ), Mohamed TRIKI (Prof., FSEG-Sfax), Habib CHABCHOUB (Prof., Director of IHEC-Sfax), Anis JARBOUI (Prof., Director of ISAA-Sfax) Yacin JERBI (Prof., FSEG-Mahdia), Jamel AJROUD (Pof. FD-Sfax), Mohamed Najib OUERTANI (Lecturer, FSEG-Sfax) Nejmeddine GHORBEL (Expert and Researcher in Islamic Economics and Regional Development).