Agenda for the Southern Sudan Civil Society Convention in Juba, June 28th – July 1st 2011 June 13th, 2011
Southern Sudan Civil Society Convention Agenda Open Evening Dinner Tuesday 28th June, 6pm – 9pm 6:15 pm Official Welcome – Representative of the Steering Committee 6:30pm Key Note Address: Civil Society in Southern Sudan – Representative of the Civil Society 7:15pm Civil Society around the World 7:45pm Plenary 8pm Dinner Day 1 Southern Sudan Civil Society Convention Wednesday 29th June, 8:30am – 5pm 8:30am Welcome and Introductions 9:00am Background and Objectives of the Convention Presentations considering Southern Sudan as a New State With Plenary Discussion after Each Presentation 9:30am – 10:10am Political dispensation and democratisation – Professor Alfred Lokuji 10:15am – 10:55am Education for citizenship – TBC 11:00am – 11:40am Reconciliation and consolidation of Peace – Dr Edward Thomas 11:45am Tea and Coffee Break 12:00pm – 12:40pm Development, service provision and natural resource management – Dr Jamus Joseph 12:45pm – 1:25pm Governance and Constitution Making – Mr. Paddy Onyango 1:30pm – 2:30pm – Lunch 2:30pm – 3:15pm Set Up of Working Groups around the following themes: 1. The role of civil society in ‘Political dispensation and democratisation’ 2. The role of civil society in ‘Governance and the Constitutional Review processes’ 3. The role of civil society in ‘Reconciliation and consolidation of peace’ 4. The role of civil society in ‘Education for citizenship’ 5. The role of civil society in ‘Development, service provision and natural resource management ’ 6. Civil Society Issues - The strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities for civil society - Relations with Government, Partners and Donors - Regional relations, including relations with the North - Creating a conducive environment for civil society engagement 7. Civil Society Legitimacy and Representation - Internal relations and linkages within civil society - Setting up of national and regional civil society mechanisms 8. Special Actors for Change - Women - Youth 3:30pm Plenary Day Two Thursday 30th June, 8:30am – 5:00pm 8:30am Welcome and Recap 9am– 3:30pm Working Groups Discussions (Lunch 1pm – 2pm) 3:30pm–5pm Special Plenary Session on National and Regional Civil Society Mechanisms Day Three, Friday 1st July, 8:30am – 5:30pm 8:30am Welcome and recap 9am – 11am Report Back from Working Groups (15 minutes for each group with 15 minutes plenary for endorsements of recommendations) 11am Tea/Coffee Break 11:15am – 1:15pm Report back from remaining Working Groups (15 minutes for each group with 15 minutes plenary for endorsements of recommendations) 1:15 – 2:15 Lunch 2:15am – 4:00pm – Agreeing Guiding Principles and Leadership 4:15pm Final Run-Through of Communiqué in Plenary 5:00pm Speeches and Closing 5:30 onwards – Music / Entertainment Please contact [email protected] if you would like to participate. This entry was posted on Monday, June 13th, 2011 at 2:14 pm and is filed under Justice Africa News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
