PROGRAM FOR THE AFAD SEMINAR IN SRI LANKA
September 1-8, 1999
1. OBJECTIVES
The project aims to consolidate the member organizations of
AFAD through inputs, workshops and discussions on the topics
mentioned below. In the consolidation process, necessarily,
the federation shall then be equipped with the strength to
consolidate by reaching out to other organizations from
other Asian countries and thus, be prepared for its major
organizational endeavor - the first Regional Congress to be
held in May 2000.
The following are the specific target results of the
project:
1. To enable the member organizations of AFAD to
understand deeply the international phenomenon of
involuntary disappearances and link the global
situation to the particular situations of their
respective countries;
2. To enable the member organizations of AFAD to undertand
deeply the organizational situation of all the AFAD
members, share and learn from each other's experiences.
3. To be able to respond to particular needs of distinct
member organizations of AFAD and common needs of all
AFAD members.
4. To be able to formulate an initial strategic plan -
2000-2003, which shall serve as a draft to be ratified
by the First Regional Congress.
5. To prepare for the visit of the UN Working Group on
Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to Sri Lanka.
ll. PROGRAM CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
August 30, 1999
Arrival of Resource Persons
August 31, 1999
- Arrival of participants
September 1, 1999
Wednesday
Moderator for the Day - OPFMD
A.M.
PRELIMINARIES - Facilitator: Aileen Bacalso
9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome Remarks - Chandra Peiris as Chairperson
of OPFMD and Aileen Bacalso as AFAD Coordinator
(at 15 minutes each)
9:30 - 10:30 - Introduction of participants and resource
persons and presentation of expectations of each
participant
10:30- 10:45 Break
10:45 11:00 - Synthesis of Expectations and Levels of
Participants -c/o Aileen D. Bacalso
11:00- 11:30 - Presentation of Objectives; Program Content;
Schedules; Tasking -c/o Aileen D. Bacalso
11:30- 12:00 - Committee formation for the seminar proper
- Technical needs of participants (e.g.
orientation on Sri Lanka, e.g. basic Singhalese;
food preferences; presentation of the map of
Colombo; venue and room accomodation
orientation/assignments; money changing; phone
calls, fax, e-mail and photo-copying services and
the use of the computer; program kit) -c/o Chandra
Peiris or any of the OPFMD staff members, etc.
12:00 - 1:30 - Lunch Break
Afternoon: BRIEF UPDATING ON SITUATIONS PER COUNTRY
( Note: To respond to the above objective, the content will be
both organizational and socio-economic, political. The sharing
should limit on updates, considering that AFAD members have a
knowledge already of the situations of the four countries. More
time will be given to non-AFAD members, because this will be the
first time that they will share to the group their situation.)
Note: This is a 45 -minute presentation and fifteen-minute open
forum per country
1:30 - 2:30 - Updated Human Rights Situation in Sri Lanka with
Focus on Involuntary Disappearances and brief
organizational update of OPFMD(including open forum)
2:30 - 3:30 - Updated Human Rights Situation in the
Philippines and brief organizational update of FIND (including
open forum)
3:30 - 4:45 - Updated Human Rights Situation in Kashmir and
brief organizational update of APDP
4:45 - 5:00 - Break
5:00 - 5:15 - Open forum for Kashmir
5:15 - 6:15 - Updated Human Rights Situation in Indonesia and
brief organizational update of KontraS (including open forum)
6:15 - 7:15 - Human Rights Situation in Thailand and
Introduction of the organization
7:15 - 8:15 - Break
8:15 - 9:00 - Socials
September 2, 1999 - DAY 3
MODERATOR FOR THE DAY: FIND
A.M.
8:00 - 8:15 - Recapitulation of the first day
8:15 - 10:00 - Allowance for the Presentation of Situations
of more Asian countries
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12:00 - Input on Global Situation with focus on the
International Phenomenon of Involuntary
Disappearances with emphasis on the particularities,
commonalities of situations of different
continents) - c/o Federico Kircher
12:00 - 1:30 - Break
P.M.
1:30 - 2:30 - Workshop on Sustaining Regional and
International Cooperation
2:30 - 3:15 - Presentation of Workshop Results
3:15 - 3:30 - Synthesis - c/o Federico Kircher
3:30 - 4:00 - Workshop on Struggle for Justice: Reparation
and Redress
4:00 - 4:15 - Break
4:15 - 5:00 - Presentation of Workshop Results
5:00 - 5:15 - Synthesis of Workshop Results
5:15 - 6:30 - Theoretical Input on Reparation and Redress -
c/o a resource person from Argentina or any Latin American
country with concrete success on the struggle for justice
6:30 - 7:00 - Video or Slides Presentations
7:00 - 8:00 - Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 - Socials
September 3, 1999 - DAY 3
Moderator - KontraS
A.M.
8:00 - 8:15 - Recapitulation of the first day
8:15 - 9:15 - Workshop on Documentation Work
9:15 - 10:00 - Presentation of Workshop Results
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 10:30 - Synthesis of Workshop Results
10:30 - 12:00 - Input on Documentation Work -
c/o Federico Kircher
Note: A separate on-going hands-on training on documentation
will be given by Federico to a smaller group during breaks of the
bigger body.
12:00 - 1:30 - Break
P.M.
1:30 - 3:45 - Preparations for the Visit of the UNWGEID to
Sri Lanka -c/o Federico Kircher
3:45 - 4:00 - Break
4:00 - 5:00 - Practical Workshop for Sri Lanka for the visit
of the UNWGEID
5:00 - 6:00 - Sharing of experiences re. Search
Work
- Latin America
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Kashmir
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Other Asian Countries
6:00 - 7:00 - Synthesis and Practical Recommendations on
Search work - c/o Irianto Subiakto
SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 - FREE DAY
Facilitator of tour to Sri Lanka - OPFMD
SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 - DAY 4
Moderator: APDP
A.M.
8:00 - 8:15 - Recapitulation of the previous day
8:15 - 9:15 - Input on Fact Sheet No. 6 and the UN Draft
Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances
9:15 - 10:00 - Workshop on Fact Sheet No. 6 and the UN Draft
Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances - c/o Federico Kircher
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 11:00 - Presentation of Workshop Results
11:00 - 11:15 - Synthesis
11:15 - 12:00 - Open Forum/Discussion
12:00 - 1:30 - Break
P.M.
1:30 - 2:30 - Input on the AI 14-Point Program for the
Prevention of Disappearances -c/o AI -Sri Lankan Section
2:30 - 3:15 - Workshop on the AI 14-Point Program for the
Prevention of Disappearances
3:15 - 4:00 - Presentation of Workshop Results
4:00 - 4:15 - Break
4:15 - 5:00 - Discussion and Synthesis - c/o AI-Sri Lankan
Section
5:00 - 5:45 - Workshop on Experiences on Reparation and
Redress
5:45 - 6:30 - Presentation of Workshop Results
6:30 - 7:00 - Video or Slide Presentation
7:00 - 8:00 - Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 - Socials
SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 - DAY 6
MODERATOR - Representative from Thailand
A.M.
8:00 - 8:15 - Recapitulation of the previous day
8:15 - 10:00 - Input/Sharing on experiences of Latin American
Countries in terms of Reparation and Redress -
c/o Federico Kircher
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 11:00 - Open Forum/Discussion
11:00 - 12:00 - Practical Recommendations vis-a-vis Struggle
for Justice
12:00 - 1:30 - Break
P.M.
1:30 - 2:30 - Workshop on AFAD's Strategic Plan
2:30 - 3:50 - Presentation of Workshop Results
3:50 - 4:00 - Break
4:00 - 7:00 - Presentation of Synthesis and Planning Proper
7:00 - 8:00 - Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 - Socials
September 7, 1999
MODERATOR : FEDERICO KIRCHER
8:00 - 8:15 - Recapitulation of the previous day
8:15 - 9:00 - Workshop on Management
9:00 - 9:45 - Presentation of Workshop Results
9:45 -10:00 - Synthesis
10:10 -10:15 - Break
10:15 -11:30 - Input on Principles of Management - Aileen
Bacalso
11:30 -12:00 - Open Forum
12:00 - 1:30 - Break
1:30 - 2:30 - Sharing on Fund Sourcing - Aileen Bacalso and
Federico Kircher
2:30 - 4:00 - Practical Workshop on Project Proposal Making
4:00 - 4:15 - Break
4:15 5:00 - Critique of Workshop Results
5:00 - 6:00 - Input on Project Proposal Making - Aileen
Bacalso
6:00 - 7:00 - Open Forum
7:00 - 8:00 - Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 - Socials
September 8, 1999 -
A.M.
8:00 - 10:00 - Urgent matters
- Thailand's application for membership
- Preparation for core group meeting in
Jakarta
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12:00 - Press Conference
P.M.
2:00 - 4:00 - Evaluation
4:00 - 7:00 - Break in Preparation for the Solidarity Night
7:00 - 10:00 - Solidarity night
