Saturday, 2 September 2006
Conference participants arrive in Finland
Sunday, 3 September 2006
Conference participants arrive in Finland
Information and registration points at main accommodation venues
19.00-22.00 Informal dinner at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Brewery Restaurant (www.suomenlinna.fi) Co-organized by a Finnish NGO WaterFinns (www.waterfinns.fi)
Monday, 4 September 2006
08.00-08.50 Registration in Paasitorni, the conference venue (Paasivuorenkatu 5 A, www.paasitorni.fi)
08.50-09.30 Opening Ceremony (Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
08.50-09.00 Yoik Performance (Traditional Sámi singing): Ms. Anna Näkkäläjärvi, Finland
09.00-09.10 Speech: Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen, Chairperson of the National Organising
Committee of AEPF, Finland
09.10-09.20 Speech: Ms. Junya Yimprasert, Thai Labour Campaign, Thailand
09.20-09.30 Speech: Mr. Leopoldo Tartaglia, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL Trade Union), Italy
09.30-11.30 Plenary session - Peace and Security (Cluster 1) (Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Ramón Fernández Durán, Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
Ms. Heidi Hautala, Chairperson of KEPA (Service Centre for Development Cooperation), Finland
Mr. Achin Vanaik, Professor of International Relations and Global Politics, Political Science
Department of Delhi University, India
11.30-12.30 Lunch for participants of ’Environmental Security’ and ’Humanitarian Weapons: The
Militarization of Aid and its Implications for Global Peace and Justice’ -workshops
at Paasisali restaurant (2nd Floor) (lunch for participants of other workshops 12.30-13.30)
11.30-12.30 ’Illegitimate Debt’ and ’EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements’ -workshops commence
Monday’s Workshops:
1. Environmental Security (from Cluster 1)
(Commences 12.30 in Room Juho Rissanen, 1 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Wen Bo, Consultant for the Pacific Environment’s China Project
Mr. Peer de Rijk, Director, World Information Service on Energy (WISE), The Netherlands
Ms. Erja Heino, Researcher, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Ms. Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros, Energy Campaigner for Greenpeace International, Philippines
Ms. Kaisa Kosonen, Energy campaigner, Greenpeace, Finland
2. Humanitarian Weapons: The Militarization of Aid and its Implications for Global Peace and
Justice (from Cluster 1)
(Commences 12.30 in Room 303-304, 3rd floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Herbert Docena, Focus on the Global South, Philippines
Mr. Howard Mollet, Reality of Aid / BOND, United Kingdom
3. Illegitimate Debt (from Cluster 2)
(Commences 11.30 in Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Ms. Lidy Nacpil, International Coordinator, Jubilee South, Philippines
Mr. Wiert Wiertsema, Senior Policy Adviser, Both ENDS, The Netherlands
Mr. Don Marut, INFID, Indonesia
Mr. Sven Giegold, Attac Germany
Ms. Yoko Akimoto, Attac Japan
Mr. Matti Kohonen, Tax Justice Network (London), Finland
Mr. Mikael Böök, CTT Campaigns, Finland
4. EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements (from Cluster 2)
(Commences 11.30 in Room Viktor Julius von Wright, 3 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Charles Santiago, Monitoring Sustainability Globalisation, Malaysia
Mr. Su Zuhui, China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS), China
Mr. Marc Maes, 11.11.11, Belgium
Ms. Jenina Joy Chavez, Senior Associate, Focus on the Global South, Philippines
Ms. Elizabeth Peredo, Fundacion Solón, Bolivia
11.30-12.30 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): Vietnam Peace and Development Fund:
Consequences of U.S Agent Orange / Dioxin in Vietnam
11.30-13.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): World Comics Finland:
Democracy with comics - giving a medium to the voiceless
Speaker: Mr. Sharad Sharma - World Comics India
12.30-13.30 Lunch for participants of ’Illegitimate Debt’ and ’EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements’
– workshops at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
12.30-15.30 ’Environmental Security’ and ’Humanitarian Weapons: The Militarization of Aid and
its Implications for Global Peace and Justice’ -workshops commence
13.00-14.30 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Ananda Marga:
Meditation as promoter of more just world, equality and peace
Speaker: Ms. Ananda Krpa, Philippines / Finland
13.00-14.30 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): Friends of the Earth Finland:
“The Bitter Fruit of the Oil Palm” (28 minutes, about the problems with palm oil) and
“The Venus Theory” (52 minutes, about climate change)
13.30-15.30 Workshops ’Illegitimate Debt’ and ’EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements’ continue
14.30-16.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Vietnam Peace and Development Fund:
Consequences of U.S Agent Orange / Dioxin in Vietnam
Speaker: Mr. Tran Dac Loi, Vietnam
14.30-16.00 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): Films organised by Finnish Indonesia Association:
short films representing a new documentary and short film “genre” in Indonesia after the long
dictatorship. Some of the films screened are by director/producer Andibachtiar Yusuf e.g.
“Hardline” (5 min.) and “Live Under the Same Sun” (14 min.)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break for all at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
16.00-17.00 Workshops continue
16.00-17.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Forum Asia, Thailand; Institute for Popular
Democracy, Philippines and TAPOL, Indonesia:
Southeast Asia: a Human Rights Hotspot Today (Human Rights Trends in Cambodia,
Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and West Papua/Indonesia)
Speakers:
Mr. Liem Soei Liong, TAPOL (United Kingdom), The Netherlands
Mr. Thun Saray, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association
Ms. Millet Morante, Movement for National Democracy, Philippines
Mr. Joaquim Fonseca, Association HAK, Timor-Leste, East Timor
Mr. Ajan Surat Horachaikul, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
16.30-17.00 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): World Comics India:
“Swear by the River” (about a girl-child campaign with comics in Rajasthan, India)
17.00-19.00 Free time / Transfer to the Helsinki Town Hall (guides available)
19.00-21.00 Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki at the Helsinki Town Hall
(Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13)
Tuesday, 5 September 2006
9.00-11.00 Plenary session - Economic Security and Social Rights (Cluster 2)
(Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Surin Pitsuwan, Member of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation,
Thailand
Ms. Susan George, Chair of the Planning Board, Transnational Institute, France
Mr. Thomas Wallgren, Philosopher and Democracy Activist, Network Institute for Global
Democratisation (NIGD) / Vasudhaiva Kutumbakan, Finland
10.30-10.40 Speech: Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
10.40-10-50 Question and Answer -session with Mr. Erkki Tuomioja
11.00 All Workshops commence:
Tuesday’s Workshops:
1. Defending Essential Services and Building Alternatives to Privatisation in Asia and
Europe (from Cluster 2) (Room 304, 3rd floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Sven Giegold, Attac, Germany
Mr. Marc Maes, 11.11.11, Belgium
Ms. Lidy Nacpil, International Coordinator, Jubilee South, Philippines
Mr. Au Loong-yu, Globalization Monitor (Hong Kong), China
Ms. Nila Ardhianie, AMRTA Institute, Indonesia
Ms. Mary-Ann Manahan, Focus on Global South, Philippines
Mr. Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), The Netherlands
Mr. Nicola Delussu from the ESF Health Network, Italy
Ms. Eeva Ollila, Globalism and Social Policy (GASPP), Finland
Mr. Charles Santiago, Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation (MSN), Malaysia (to be confirmed)
Ms. Vicky Cann, World Development Movement, United Kingdom
Mr. Jørgen E. Magdahl, FIVAS, Norway
Mr. Longgena Ginting, Friends of the Earth International, Indonesia
Mr. Jorma Peussa, The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors (JHL), Finland
Ms. Fanny Petit, AITEC France and member of the European Network for Public Services
Ms. Anita Kelles-Viitanen, ATTAC, Finland
2. Social Movements and Political Parties (from Cluster 3) (Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Ms. Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper, United Kingdom
Mr. Pierre Rousset, Europe of Solidarity Without Borders, France
Mr. Thomas Wallgren, Network Institute for Global Democratisation (NIGD), Finland
3. Community Rights to Land, Forest and Food Security (from Cluster 2)
(Room Juho Rissanen, 1 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Ms. Dominggas Nari, Foundation for Rural Development (YPMD), West Papua / Indonesia
Mr. Guy Fisher, GAIA Foundation, United Kingdom
Mr. Fransisco Pascual, Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty (APNFS), Philippines
Mr. Pekka Aikio, Chairperson of the indigenous Saami parliament in Finland
Mr. Henry Sarangi, Federation of Indonesia Peasant Union
Mr. Raimotin Markam from indigenous Adivasi forest communities of India
Mr. Juluanus Septer Manufandu, Forum Kerjasama LSM West Papua / Indonesia
Mr. Narendra, representing indigenous Adivasi forest communities of India & NA A network
Mr. Tapio Reinikainen, representative of the Finnish movement against Uranium mining
4. Re-thinking Migration & (Alternative) Development (from Cluster 2) (Room 302-303, 3rd floor)
Speakers:
Ms. Reiko Harima, Asian Migrants Centre (Hong Kong SAR, China), Japan
Ms. Bridget Anderson, COMPAS - Centre for Migration Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK
Mr. Asad Rehman, Justice for Jean Charles Menezes Campaign, United Kingdom
Mr. Norberto Hacbang, Platform of Filipino Migrant Organisations in Europe, Netherlands
Mr. Joey Dimaandal, Migrant Forum Asia, Philippines
Mr. Leopoldo Tartaglia, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL Trade Union), Italy
Ms. Malu Padilla, Babaylan (Philippine Women’s Network In Europe), The Netherlands
5. Conflict Resolution from Below (from Cluster 1)
(Room Viktor Julius von Wright, 3 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Augusto Miclat, Executive Director, Initiatives for International Dialogue, Philippines
Mr. Philipp Bück, Asia House, Germany
Ms. Arabiyani Abubakar , Unifem, Indonesia
Mr. Liem Soei Liong, TAPOL (United Kingdom), The Netherlands
Mr. Joaquim Fonseca, Association HAK, Timor-Leste, East Timor
Ms. Fatmawati Salapuddin, Lead Convenor, Mindanao Peaceweavers, Philippines
Mr. Paul Rios, Lokarri, Basque Country / Spain
Ms. Laurel Randall, Mediation Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen, Chair of the Finnish Conflict Prevention Network
6. Gender Equality and Children’s Rights: Focus on Human Trafficking (from Cluster 3)
(Room 307-308, 3rd floor)
Speakers:
Ms. Helena Hiila, Executive Director, The Family Federation of Finland
Ms. Mari Simonen (Finland), Deputy Executive Director, External Relations, United Nations Affairs and
Management of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ms. Venla Roth, Researcher in International Law, University of Helsinki
Ms. Marjatta Hautala, Press Officer, European Commission Representation in Finland
Ms. Cecilia Jimenez, Independent Legal Consultant on Human Rights, Switzerland/Philippines
Ms. Josefa S.Francisco, Senior Program Coordinator, Miriam College WAGI / DAWN - Southeast Asia,
Philippines
Ms. Jurgita Bruzaite-Jordan , Social worker, Missing Persons’ Families Support Centre, Lithuania
Ms. Kek Galabru, President, Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights
Ms. Nevena Vuckovic-Sahovic (Serbia), UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Ms. Venus Ilagan, President, Disabled Peoples’ International, Philippines
Mr. Jukka Kumpuvuori, Chairperson of The Threshold Association Kynnys, Finland
11.00-12.30 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Forum Asia, Thailand:
Workshop on Burma: Asian - European People Partnership for Burma
Resource persons:
Mr. Thaung Htun, Permanent UN Ambassador of National Coalition Government of the Union of
Burma (NCGUB)
Mr. Surapong Jayanama, retired Ambassador of Thailand
Mr. Mark Farmaner, Media & Campaigns Manager, Burma Campaign, United Kingdom
Mr. Lian Sakhong, The Ethnic Nationalities Council, Union of Burma
12.00-13.00 Lunch for participants of ’Defending Essential Services and Building Alternatives to
Privatisation in Asia and Europe’, ’Social Movements and Political Parties’ and
’Community Rights to Land, Forest and Food Security’ -workshops at Paasisali
restaurant (2nd floor) (lunch for participants of other workshops 12.45-13.30)
12.30-14.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Operation Mobilisation:
Dalits - Cast Discrimination and Poverty Alleviation
12.45-13.30 Lunch for participants of ’Re-thinking Migration & (Alternative) Development’,
’Conflict Resolution from Below’ and ’Gender Equality and Children’s Rights: Focus
on Human Trafficking’ -workshops at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
13.00-15.30 Workshops ’Defending Essential Services and Building Alternatives to Privatisation
in Asia and Europe’, ’Social Movements and Political Parties’ and ’Community
Rights to Land, Forest and Food Security’ continue
13.30-15.30 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): Films co-organized by Etnia Association, Finland:
13.30-14.10 Tibet House Trust & Etnia: Film Documentary on Sustainable Aid Programs
among Tibetan Refugees in India and Nepal (sponsored by Tibet House Trust) (20 min)
Introduction, commentaries and answers by Ms. Kesang Y. Takla, Tibet House Trust, UK
14.10-15.30 Film Director Hannu Hyvönen & Etnia: Première of the Film Documentary
“The Last Yoik in Sámi Forests “ (about a current land rights dispute affecting Sámis in
Finnish Lapland) (ca. 60 minutes)
Brief Introduction, commentaries and answers by film director
13.30-15.30 Workshops ’Re-thinking Migration & (Alternative) Development’, ’Conflict
Resolution from Below’ and ’Gender Equality and Children’s Rights: Focus on
Human Trafficking’ continue
14.00-15.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Institute for Popular Democracy, Philippines:
Media and human rights
15.00-16.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Friends of the Earth Finland:
Palm Oil Campaign Meeting
Speaker:
Mr. Longgena Ginting, Friends of the Earth International, Indonesia
15.30-16.00 Coffee break for all at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
15.30-16.30 FILM ROOM (Room 306, 3rd floor): Operation Mobilisation:
Documentaries about the Dalit issue
16.00-17.00 Workshops continue
16.00-17.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Forum Asia, Thailand; Institute for Popular
Democracy, Philippines and TAPOL, Indonesia:
Southeast Asia: a Human Rights Hotspot Today (Human Rights Trends in Cambodia,
Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and West Papua/Indonesia)
Speakers:
Mr. Liem Soei Liong, TAPOL (United Kingdom), The Netherlands
Mr. Thun Saray, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association
Ms. Millet Morante, Movement for National Democracy, Philippines
Mr. Joaquim Fonseca, Association HAK, Timor-Leste, East Timor
Mr. Ajan Surat Horachaikul, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Wednesday, 6 September 2006
9.00-11.00 Plenary session - Democracy and Human Rights (Cluster 3)
(Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Francisco Nemenzo, Chair, Laban ng Masa (Struggle of the Masses), Philippines
Ms. Mirja Ryynänen, Democracy Forum Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Finland
Mr. Willem Bos, Ander Europa, The Netherlands
11.00 All Workshops commence:
Wednesday’s Workshops:
1. Participatory Democracy: Decentralisation and Local Power? (from Cluster 3)
(Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Andy Rutherford, One World Action, United Kingdom
Ms. Hilkka Pietilä, Independent Writer and Researcher, Finland
Mr. Youngjong Jin, SungKongHoe University, Korea
Mr. Ronald Llamas, Akbayan! Citizens’ Action Party, Philippines
Mr. Djuni Thamrin, Indonesian Popular Governance Institute, Indonesia
Ms. You Xueyun, China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS)
2. Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Minorities (from Cluster 3)
(Room Juho Rissanen, 1 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Lian Sakhong, General Secretary, Ethnic Nationalities Council - Union of Burma
Mr. Pasang Wangdu, Director of the Ethnic Institute at Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences (TASS), China
Ms. Kesang Y. Takla, Chairperson, Tibet House Trust, United Kingdom
Ms. Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Member of the Saami Parliament (Sámediggi) in Finland
Ms. Rauni Äärelä, Rovaniemi Saami Association, Finland
Ms. Rauna Rahko, Rovaniemi Saami Association, Finland
Mr. Christian Erni, Asia Programme Co-ordinator, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Denmark
Mr. Surat Horachaikul, Prof. at the Department of International Relations, Deputy Director of the Europe
Programme at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), Thailand
Mr. Alpo Ratia, Etnia Association’s AEPF responsible, Indo-Tibetanist and translator, Finland
3. Peace activists discuss strategies and campaigns (from Cluster 1)
(Room Viktor Julius von Wright, 3 ½ floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Herbert Docena, Research Associate, Focus on the Global South, Philippines
Mr. Wilbert van der Zeijden, Transnational Institute, The Netherlands
Mr. Ramón Fernández Durán, Ecologistas en Accion, Spain
Mr. Ben Hayes, Researcher, Statewatch, United Kingdom
Mr. Olivier Hoedeman, NO Campaign / Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), The Netherlands
Mr. Martin Broek, of the Campaign against the Arms Trade, The Netherlands
4. Labour and Social Justice in Asia and Europe (from Cluster 2)
(Room 303-304, 3rd floor)
Speakers:
Mr. Charles Santiago, Director, Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation, MSN, Malaysia
Mr. Klaus Fritsche, Director, Asienhaus, Germany
Mr. Cai Fang, Director, Institute of Population and Labour Economics, China
Mr. Christoph Gran, Economist, Werkstatt Ökonomie, Germany
Ms. Marjaana Valkonen, Director of International Department, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade
Unions, SAK
Ms. Kristina Bjurling, Researcher, SwedWatch, Sweden
11.00-12.30 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): International Peace Bureau:
Disarmament for Development
12.00-13.00 Lunch for participants of ’Participatory Democracy: Decentralisation and Local
Power?’ and ’Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Minorities’ -workshops at
Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor) (lunch for participants of other workshops 12.45-13.30)
12.30-14.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Finnish Asiatic Society:
Strategy meeting on Mekong Power Grid Initiative of the Asian Development Bank
12.45-13.30 Lunch for participants of ’Peace activists discuss strategies and campaigns’ and
’Labour and Social Justice in Asia and Europe’ -workshops at Paasisali restaurant
(2nd floor)
13.00-13.30 FILM ROOM (room 306, 3rd floor): Finnish Family Federation:
Video presentation on sexual and reproductive health and rights study tour to Sri
Lanka after the Tsunami with EU Parliamentarians
13.00-15.00 Workshops ’Participatory Democracy: Decentralisation and Local Power?’ and
’Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Minorities’ continue
13.30-14.00 FILM ROOM (room 306, 3rd floor): World Comics India:
“Swear by the River” (about a girl-child campaign with comics in Rajasthan, India)
13.30-15.00 Workshops ’Peace activists discuss strategies and campaigns’ and ’Labour and
Social Justice in Asia and Europe’ continue
14.00-15.00 FILM ROOM (room 306, 3rd floor): Films arranged by Chinese Association for
International Understanding (CAFIU)
Speaker:
Mr. Nyima Tsering, a Living Buddha and Deputy Director of the Democratic Management
Committee of the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, China
14.00-15.30 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Chinese Association for International
Understanding (CAFIU): Millennium Development Goals
Speakers:
Ms. Zhang Yunfei, Deputy Secretary General,United Nations Association of China
Prof. Tanzen Lhundup, Deputy Director of Research Center of Tibetan Studies, China
15.00-15.30 Coffee break for all at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
15.30-17.00 Workshops continue
15.30-17.00 OPEN SPACE (Congress hall lobby): Inter-regionalism, focus on ASEM-AEPF
– thematics (details to be confirmed)
17.00-18.30 Discussion on Final Declaration of AEPF 6 (Congress hall, 2 ½ floor)
18.30-21.00 Farewell Dinner at Paasisali restaurant (2nd floor)
Speeches:
Ms. Marjatta Rasi, Under-Secretary of State (Development Policy), Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Finland
Mr. Timo Lappalainen, Executive Director, KEPA (Service Centre for Development Cooperation),
Finland
Kaipuun Kukkatarha -band playing Finnish 50’s and 60’s music
Thursday, 7 September 2006
11.00-14.00 Street Carnival & Soup Kitchens in Esplanade Park, in the centre of Helsinki (between
Eteläesplanadi and Pohjoisesplanadi streets)
Speeches
Buto Dance: Ms. Aki Suzuki & Mr. Otzir Godot (Kassandra ry.)
Reipas Irma -theatre group
Meetings with ASEM Delegates, presenting the Final Declaration
Departure of Participants