The Third Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy
Building Democracy for Peace, Development, and Human Rights
Durban, South Africa
February 1-4, 2004
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Agenda
click here for the Agenda with workshop descriptions
Saturday – January 31
18:30 – 21:30 Steering Committee Meeting
Sunday – February 1
9:00 – 15:00 Participant Registration
9:00 – 16:00 Democracy Fair
10:00 – 11:00 Breakfast Meeting of Workshop Moderators and Rapporteurs
17:00 – 19:00 Opening Plenary Session
Welcome:
Chris Landsberg – South Africa
Director, Centre for Policy Studies
Member, World Movement Steering Committee
Remarks:
The Honorable Premier L.P.H.M.Mtshali
Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Keynote Presentations:
Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Tibet
Zainab Bangura, National Accountability Group – Sierra Leone
Ivan Krastev, Center for Liberal Strategies – Bulgaria
19:15 – 21:00 Dinner
Monday – February 2
9:00 – 12:00
Panel/Discussion A
- The Role of Nongovernmental Communities in Promoting Democracy across Borders
| Organizers: | Centre for Policy Studies – South Africa
(www.cps.org.za)
People in Need Foundation – Czech Republic
(www.pinf.cz) |
| Moderator: | Tomas Pojar - Czech Republic |
| Rapporteur: | Betty Murungi - Kenya |
| Presenters: | Orlando Gutierrez - Cuba
Slobodan Djinovic - Serbia
Chris Landsberg - South Africa |
Topical Workshops: Session A
- Teaching Civic Education: What are the Best Approaches In School and Out?
Organizers: Electoral Institute of Southern Africa – South Africa (www.eisa.org.za)
Foundation for Education for Democracy – Poland (www.edudemo.org.pl)
- Confronting the Challenges to Press Freedom: What Works?
- Democracy, Governance, and Markets: Ensuring the Inclusion of the Private Sector and Political Parties in Policy Making
| Organizers: | Center for International Private Enterprise – USA
(www.cipe.org)
International Republican Institute – USA
(www.iri.org) |
| Moderator: | George Folsom - USA |
| Rapporteur: | John Sullivan - USA |
| Presenters: | Charles Oman - USA
Paul Holden - USA |
- How to Strengthen Internal Party Democracy?
| Organizers: | Electoral Institute of Southern Africa – South Africa
(www.eisa.org.za)
Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy – The Netherlands
(www.nimd.org |
| Moderator: | Claude Kabemba - South Africa
Etweda Cooper - Liberia |
| Rapporteur: | Shumbana Karume - Tanzania |
| Presenters: | Khabele Matlosa - Lesothos
Alvaro Pinto Scholtbach - The Netherlands
Kayode Fayeni - Ghana |
- Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Resolution
| Organizers: |
Foundation for Citizenship and Governance Training – South Africa
Center for the Research of Societal Problems – Turkey
(www.tosam.org)
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| Moderator: |
Craig Arendse - South Africa |
| Rapporteur: |
Brian Redelinghuys - South Africa |
| Presenters: |
Craig Arendse - South Africa
Dogu Ergil - Turkey |
- Ensuring Vital and Open Legislatures: The Nongovernmental Role
| Organizers: |
Center for Democratic Performance – USA
(cdp.binghamton.edu)
Congreso Visible – Colombia
(cvisible.uniandes.edu.co)
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| Moderator: |
Edward McMahon and Elizabeth Spiro Clark - USA |
| Presenters: |
Slobodan Homen - Serbia
Olisa Agbakoba - Nigeria
Somchai Homloar - Thailand |
- Political Finance Reporting and Monitoring: Tools and Techniques for Transparency
| Organizers: |
International Foundation for Election Systems – USA
(www.ifes.org) |
| Moderator: |
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky - UK |
| Presenters: |
Gene Ward, US Agency for International Development - USA
John Makumbe, Transparency International - Zimbabwe
Marcin Walecki, St. Anthony College - Poland
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- How Can the Legitimacy and Accountability of NGOs be Ensured Without Increasing their Vulnerability?
- How Can Civil Society Actors Use Public Opinion Research to Improve and Strengthen Democracy?
| Organizers: |
Network of Democracy Research Institutes
(www.wmd.org/ndri/ndri.html)
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) – South Africa
(www.idasa.org.za) |
| Moderator: |
Robert Mattes, IDASA - South Africa
Larry Diamond, Stanford University - USA
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| Presenters: |
E. Gyimah-Boadi, Center for Democratic Development - Ghana
Marta Lagos, Latinobarometer - Chile
Yun-han Chu, East Asia Barometer - Taiwan
Olga Gyarfasova, Institute for Public Affairs - Slovakia |
| Rapporteur: |
Nakatiwa Mulikita, IDASA - South Africa |
- Promoting Democracy Multilaterally: What Can Civil Society Do through the UN, the International Financial Institutions, and the Community of Democracies?
| Organizers: |
Democracy Coalition Project – USA
(www.demcoalition.org)
Transnational Radical Party
(www.radicalparty.org/) |
| Moderator: |
Theodore Piccone - USA |
| Rapporteur: |
Claudia Caldeirinha - Portugal |
| Presenters: |
Theodore Piccone - USA
Matteo Mecacci - Italy
Percy Medina - Peru
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- NGO Coalitions: Strategies to Defend the Independence of NGOs
| Organizers: |
SANGOCO-KZN – South Africa
(www.sangoco.org.za)
Arab Program for Human Rights Activists – Egypt
(www.aphra.org) |
| Moderator: |
Rea Simmigiannis - South Africa
Hussein Sinjari - Iraq
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| Rapporteur: |
Bassem Hafez - Egypt |
| Presenters: |
Ravi Nair - India
Hannah Forster - The Gambia
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- Strengthening Democracy through Decentralization and Local Empowerment
| Organizers: |
Institute for Social Sciences – India
(www.issin.org)
Democracy Development Program Local Government Consortium – South Africa |
| Moderator: |
Rama Naidu - South Africa |
| Rapporteur: |
Janine Hicks - South Africa |
| Presenters: |
Sthembiso Madlala - South Africa |
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch / Democracy Fair
13:45 – 18:00 Regional Workshops
Africa
13:45 – 18:00
Africa Democracy Forum
(www.wmd.org/africa/africa_democracy_forum.html)
Latin America and the Caribbean
13:45 – 18:00
13:45 – 18:00
Congreso Visible – Colombia
(www.cvisible.uniandes.edu.co)
Middle East and North Africa
13:45 – 18:00
East Asia
13:45 – 15:45
South Asia
13:45 – 15:45
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre – India
(www.hri.ca/partners/sahrdc)
Southeast Asia
13:45 – 15:45
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia)
(www.forumasia.org)
Asia Region-wide
16:00 – 18:00
Forum Democracy Asia
Central and Eastern Europe/Newly Independent States
13:45 – 15:45
Workshop 1: Media (Media Monitoring, Alternative Media)
Workshop 2: Opportunities for Think Tank Networking in the Black Sea Region
16:00 – 18:00
Workshop 3: Legislative Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency
Workshop 4: Increasing Youth Participation in the Political Process
20:00 – 22:00 Cultural Evening and Dinner
Tuesday – February 3
8:30 – 9:45
Plenary Session:
- Promoting Democracy in Closed Societies
Chair: Krzysztof Stanowski - Poland
Presenters: Annabelle Rodriguez - Cuba
Bo Kyi - Burma
Young Howard - North Korea
10:00 – 13:00
Panel/Discussion B
- Challenges to Political Participation: Linking Human Rights and Democracy
| Organizers: |
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) – South Africa
(www.idasa.org.za)
Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights – Russia |
| Moderator: |
Lyndlyn Chiwandamira - South Africa
Yuri Dzhibladze - Russia
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Topical Workshops: Session B
- Combating Political Extremism through Civic Education: What should be Taught and How to Teach It?
| Organizers: |
Civitas International
(www.civnet.org/civitas/civitas.htm)
American Federation of Teachers – USA
(www.aft.org) |
| Moderator: |
Joseph Davis - USA |
| Rapporteur: |
Christina Houlihan - USA |
| Presenters: |
Krzysztof Stanowski - Poland
David McQuoid-Mason - South Africa
Radwan Masmoudi - Tunisia/USA
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- Using Traditional, Alternative, and New Technology Media to Promote Democracy: Radio, “Samizdat,” Internet, and other Means
Organizers: Malaysiakini – Malaysia
(www.malaysiakini.com)
Herbert Boh – Cameroon
- Transitional Justice and the Matter of the “Disappeared”: A Democratic Response
| Organizers: |
Organizers: John Daniel, Human Sciences Research Council – South Africa
(www.hsrc.ac.za)
Committee of the Families of the Disappeared in Algeria – Algeria |
| Moderator: |
John Daniel - South Africa
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| Rapporteur: |
Ollie Mahopo - South Africa
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| Presenters: |
Nassera Dutour - Algeria
Polly Dewhirst - South Africa
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- The Role of Business Associations in Democratic Development
| Organizers: |
Durban Chamber of Commerce – South Africa
(www.durbanchamber.co.za)
TESEV – Turkey
(www.tesev.org.tr)
Center for International Private Enterprise – USA
(www.cipe.org) |
| Moderator: |
John Sullivan, Center for International Private Enterprise - USA
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| Rapporteur: |
Steve Rogers, Center for International Private Enterprise - USA
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| Speakers: |
Can Parker, TESEV - Turkey
Jeya Wilson, Durban Chamber of Commerce - South Africa
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- Exploring Innovative Use of Cultural Resources to Advance Democracy
| Organizers: |
Kwoto Theater – Sudan |
| Moderator: |
Jan Hodann - Sweeden
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| Rapporteur: |
Betty Murungi - Kenya
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| Presenters: |
Maher Issa - Palestine
Haydar Ibrahim - Sudan
Ioana-Adriana Avadani - Romania
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- Making Effective Transitions to Democratic Representative Parties
Organizers: Centre for Policy Studies – South Africa
(www.cps.org.za)
- Addressing the Threats to Democracy and Human Rights Activists in Authoritarian Countries
Organizers: Civil Society Against Corruption – Kyrgyzstan
(www.anticorruption.kg)
Suaram – Malaysia
(www.suaram.org/home.htm)
- Strategies for Democrats in Situations of Armed Conflict
| Organizers: |
Congreso Visible – Colombia
(www.cvisible.uniandes.edu.co)
Corporación Región – Colombia
(www.region.org.co)
Panorama – Palestine |
| Moderator: |
Elisabeth Ungar - Colombia
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| Rapporteur: |
Rubén Fernandez - Colombia
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| Presenters: |
Riad Malki - Palestine
Carlos Gaviria - Colombia
Leon Valencia - Colombia
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- Political Parties and Money: Lessons Learned in Compliance
| Organizers: |
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs – USA
(www.ndi.org)
Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy – Netherlands
(www.nimd.org) |
| Moderator: |
Alvaro Pinto Scholtbach - The Netherlands
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| Rapporteur: |
Victoria Canavor - USA
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| Presenters: |
Bi-Khim Hsiao - Taiwan
Nii Noi Dowouna - Ghana
Maurits Hassankhan - Suriname
Buranaj Smutharaks - Thailand
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- After the Breakthrough: Avoiding Democratic Backsliding and Stagnation
| Organizers: |
Zainab Bangura – Sierra Leone |
| Moderator: |
Zainab Bangura - Sierra Leone
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| Rapporteur: |
Alexandra Luminita Petrescu - Romania
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| Presenters: |
Kayode Fayemi - Nigeria
Ivliance Khaindrava - Georgia
Slobodan Djinovic - Serbia
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- Accessing Public Information: Civil Society Strategies for Ensuring Transparency
| Organizers: |
Fundacion Informacion y Democracia – Mexico
(www.funglode.org/cid/welcome.html)
Libertad de Informacion – Mexico
Open Democracy Advice Centre – South Africa
(www.opendemocracy.org.za) |
| Moderator: |
Jonathan Dunn - UK
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| Rapporteur: |
Silvia Alonso - Mexico
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| Presenters: |
Ernesto Villanueva - Mexico
Chee Soon Juan - Singapore
Peter Eigen - Germany
Mukelani Dimba - South Africa
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13:15 – 14:30 Lunch / Democracy Fair
14:45 – 16:15 Meeting of Lusophones for Democracy (more info)
16:30 – 18:00 Meeting of Transatlantic Democracy Network
14:45 – 18:00 Optional Skills-Sharing and Capacity-Building Workshops:
- Citizens’ Fora: How Women’s Organizations Work with the Community and Across Borders
| Organizers: |
South Caucasian Network of Women "Working Together in Caucasus"
(www.womenaid.org/caucasusnow/English/ccav.html) |
| Moderator: |
Julia Kharashvili, IDP Women Association "Consent" - Georgia
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| Presenters: |
Irena Lasota, IDEE - Poland
Anahit Bayandour, Helsinki Citizens Assembly - Armania
Novella Jafarova, Society for Defense of Women's Rights - Azerbaijan
Muborak Tashpoulatova, Public Education Center - Uzbekistan
Dilara Seitveli, Crimean Council of Teachers - Ukraine
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- Conflict Resolution Work: The Democratic Capacity-Building Dividend
Organizer: Network of Young Democracy Activists
- Technology Training Sessions
Organizer: Democracy Resource Center, National Endowment for Democracy – USA
(www.ned.org/research/research.html)
Kabissa – USA
(www.kabissa.org)
Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace – USA
(www.learningpartnership.org)
- Game-Based Democracy Education
Organizer: Olof Palme International Center – Sweden
(www.palmecenter.se)
David McQuoid-Mason, University of Natal – South Africa
(www.nu.ac.za)
- Civic Education Skills Sharing
Organizer: Street Law – USA
(www.streetlaw.org)
- Building the Culture of Democracy by Changing Relationships in Divided Societies
Organizer: International Institute for Sustained Dialogue – South Africa
- Advancing the Role of Sites of Conscience Museums in Democracy Promotion and Post-Transition Reconciliation
19:00 – Free Evening for Participants
Wednesday – February 4
9:00 – 12:00
Panel/Discussion C
- Democracy as a Tool for Conflict Resolution
| Organizers: |
Swedish Center Party International Foundation – Sweden
(www.centerpartiet.se)
ACCORD – South Africa
(www.accord.org.za) |
| Moderator: |
Ake Pettersson - Sweden
Vasu Gounden - South Africa
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| Presenters: |
Paul Nantulia - Sweden
Senzo Ngubane - South Africa
Ayo Obe - Nigeria
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Topical Workshops: Session C
- Democracy Education in Difficult Political and Cultural Environments
| Organizers: |
Sisterhood is Global Institute – Jordan
(www.sigi.org)
Tashkent Public Education Center – Uzbekistan
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| Moderator: | Muborak Tashpulatova - Uzbekistan |
| Rapporteur: | Lina Quora - Jordan |
| Presenters: | Krzysztof Stanowski - Poland
Dilyara Seivelieva - Ukraine
Max Charniauski - Belarussia
Hani Hourani - Jordan
Armina Lemrini - Morocco
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- Using New Technologies in NGO Networking
Organizers: Kabissa – USA
(www.kabissa.org)
Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace – USA
(www.learningpartnership.org)
- Unions in the Vanguard of Democratic Governance
| Organizers: |
American Center for International Labor Solidarity – USA |
| Moderator: |
Kate Doherty, American Center for International Labor Solidarity - USA
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| Presenters: |
Leon Lynch, United Steelworkers of America - USA
Branislav Canak, UGS Nezavisnost - Serbia
Veronica Kofie, Ghana Trades Union Congress - Ghana
Lovemore Matombo, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - Zimbabwe
Cirila Quintero, COLEF (College of the Northern Border) - Mexico
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- Democracy in the Muslim World: Obstacles, Difficulties, and Best Methods
| Organizers: |
Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy – USA
(www.islam-democracy.org)
Sisters in Islam – Malaysia
(www.sistersinislam.org.my) |
| Moderator: |
Radwan Mamoudi - USA
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| Rapporteur: |
Slah Jourchi - Tunisia
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| Presenters: |
Zainah Anwar - Malaysia
Haytham Manna - Syria
Slah Jourchi - Tunisia
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- The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Participatory Democracy: How to Respond?
| Organizers: |
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) – South Africa
(www.idasa.org.za) |
| Moderator: |
Paul Graham, IDASA - South Africa
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| Rapporteur: |
Marietjie Myburg, IDASA - South Africa
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| Presenters: |
Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town - South Africa
Kojo Busia, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Anne Githuku-Shongwe, United Nations Development Programme
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- Breaking Barriers to Women’s Political Participation: Creating an Agenda to Advance Women’s Leadership
| Organizers: |
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs – USA
(www.ndi.org)
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics – Philippines
(www.capwip.org)
Forum for Women and Democracy – Uganda
(www.wougnet.org) |
| Moderator: |
Pat Keefer - USA
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| Rapporteur: |
Kristin Haffert - USA
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| Presenters: |
Loudres Flores Nano - Peru
Supatra Masdit - Thailand
Ann Linde - Sweeden
Winnei Byanyima - Uganda
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- Governance, State Capacity, and Democracy in Developing Countries: Establishing Standards and Identifying Impediments
| Organizers: |
Centre for Policy Studies – South Africa
(www.cps.org.za)
Center for Democratic Performance – USA
(cdp.binghamton.edu) |
| Moderator: |
Elizabeth Clark - USA
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| Rapporteur: |
Edward McMahon - USA
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| Presenters: |
E. Gyimah-Boadi - Ghana
Carlos Ponce Leon - Venezuela
Kingsley Rodrigo - Sri Lanka
Irena Lasota - Poland
Chris Landsberg - South Africa
Elizabeth Clark - USA
Anna Sevortian - Russia
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- Instruments of Transitional Justice: Truth Commissions, Tribunals, and Multi-Sector Community Approaches
Organizers: Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation – South Africa
(www.csvr.org.za)
Documentation Center for Cambodia – Cambodia
(www.bigpond.com.kh/users/dccam.genocide)
- Assisting Democracy and Human Rights Activists in Closed Societies
Organizers: NKNet – South Korea
Directorio – Cuba
| Organizers: |
NKNet - South Korea
(www.nknet.org)
Directorio - Cuba |
| Moderator: |
Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat - Cuba
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| Rapporteur: |
Penelope Faulkner - UK
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| Presenters: |
Young Howard - South Korea
Tseten Norbu - Tibet
Marie Holzman - China
Debbie Stothard - Malaysia
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- The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Helping or Hindering Transitions to Democracy
| Organizers: |
Canon John Nightingale – UK
Diakonia Council of Churches – South Africa |
| Moderator: |
Sue Brittion - South Africa
Saydoon Nisa Sayed - South Africa
| | Presenters: |
Canon John Nightingale - UK
Preggs Govender - South Africa
Vo Van Ai - Vietnam
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- Developing Sustainable Civil Society Leadership for Democracy
Organizers: Maina Kiai – Kenya
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch / Democracy Fair
13:45 – 17:15 Functional Workshops
- Building a Global Network on Local Governance
| Organizers: |
nstitute for Social Sciences – India
(www.issin.org)
Democracy Development Program Local Government Consortium – South Africa |
| Moderator: |
Ash Narain Roy - India
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| Rapporteur: |
Njabulo Maseko - South Africa
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| Presenters: |
George Mathew - India
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- Creating a Network for Higher Education's Role in Democracy Building
| Organizers: |
Europaeum – UK
(www.europaeum.org) |
| Moderator: |
Paul Flather - UK
Michael Pinto-Duschinski - UK
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| Rapporteur: |
Marcin Walecki - Poland
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| Presenters: |
Paul Flather - UK
Adam Habib - South Africa
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- Putting Democracy Education on the Global Agenda: Strategies for Working with National, Regional, and Multilateral Institutes
| Organizers: |
Street Law – USA
(www.streetlaw.org)
David McQuoid-Mason, University of Natal – South Africa
(www.nu.ac.za)
American Federation of Teachers – USA
(www.aft.org) |
| Moderator: |
Joseph Davis - USA
David McQuoid-Mason - South Africa
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| Rapporteur: |
Patricia Keefer - USA
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- Network of Young Democracy Activists
- Network of Democracy Assistance Foundations
(www.wmd.org/asstfound/asst.html)
- Network of Democracy Research Institutes
(www..org/ndri/ndri.html)
- Networking Activists for Women’s Rights
| Organizers: |
Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace – USA
(www.learningpartnership.org) |
| Moderator: |
Rakhee Goyal - USA
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| Rapporteur: |
Zainab Bangura - Sierra Leone
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| Presenters: |
Amina Lemrini - Morocco
Marfua Tokhtokhodjaeva - Uzbekistan
Sindi Medar Gould - St. Lucia
Zainab Bangura - Sierra Leone
Rakhee Goyal - USA
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- The Nongovernmental Process for the Community of Democracies, Santiago 2005: Promoting Regional Dialogues among Governments and Civil Society
| Organizers: |
Democracy Coalition Project – USA
(www.demcoalition.org)
Participa – Chile
(www.participa.cl) |
| Moderator: |
Andrea Sanhueza, Participa - Chile
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| Rapporteur: |
Viviana Giacaman, Participa - Chile
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| Presenters: |
Genaro Arriagada - Chile
David French, Westminster Foundation for Democracy - UK
Ana Vasilache, NGO Forum - Romania
Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Center for Democratic Development - Ghana
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- International Movement of Parliamentarians for Democracy
| Moderator: |
David Lowe - USA
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| Presenters: |
Edward - UK
Bi-khim Hsiao - Taiwan
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19:00 – 21:00 Democracy Courage Tributes and John B. Hurford Memorial Dinner
21:00 Closing Remarks: Christopher Landsberg – South Africa
Thursday – February 5
8:30 – 10:00 Steering Committee Meeting
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