Programme

– 2nd November, 2006 - Thursday

  • 06:00 pm. Arrival of the participants

– 3rd November, 2006 - Friday

  • 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 08:00 am. Breakfast
  • 10:00 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Inaugural Session Siddhartha and Henri Bauer (Irenees, Paris)
  • 11:30 am - 01:30 pm. Mediation and Advocacy Strategies for Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving. Speakers : Sushoba Barve and Ram Esteeves. Chairperson : Siddhartha
  • 01:30 pm – 2:30 pm. Lunch
  • 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm. People Centered Advocacy for Social Change. Speaker : Amitabh Behar. Chairperson : Sebastian
  • 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Tea/Coffee
  • 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm. Role of RTI (Right to Information Act) for Activists to solve Social and Ecological problems. Speaker : Cyriac Joseph, Chairperson : Anugraha John
  • 05:30 pm – 07:30 pm.
  • 08:00 pm – 08:30 pm. Dinner

– 4th November, 2006 - Saturday

  • 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 08:00 am. Breakfast
  • 09:30 am - 11:00 am. Reflection on the implementation of NREGA programmes. Speakers : Subash Lomte and Dileep Kamat. Chairperson : Ram Esteve
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 11:30 am - 01:00 pm. Fresh approaches at Water Conservation. Management / Distribution. Speaker : Vishwanath. Chairperson : Bhavani Shankar.
  • 01:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Lunch
  • 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm. Discussion on NREGA. Subhash Lomte & Dileep Kamat
  • 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Tea/Coffee
  • 04:30 pm – 06:00 pm. Strategies for Adivasi empowerment in the context of the ST Forest Rights Bill, 2005. Speakers : Baby Paul & Sommanna. Chairperson : Ksheera Sagar.
  • 06:00 pm – 07:30 pm. The non-violent movement in France. Speaker : Elsa Joyeux Bovillon. Chairperson : Simon Joseph.
  • 08:00 pm – 08:30 pm. Dinner

– 5th November, 2006 – Sunday

  • 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 08:00 am. Breakfast
  • 09:30 am - 11:00 am. Bangalore Peace Committee Experience. Presentation : Anugraha John, Khader. Chairperson : A. R. Infant & Siddhartha.
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am. Tea/Coffee
  • 11:30 am - 01:00 pm. Child Rights situation today. Speaker : Matthew Philip. Chairperson : Baby Paul.
  • 01:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Lunch
  • 02:30 pm – 03:30 pm. Interaction with Ramesh Ramanathan (Janaagraha) on issues related to participation, mediation and advocacy. Chairperson : Dr. Vinod Krishnan.
  • 03:30 pm – 04:30 pm. Concluding Session – Siddhartha and Henri Bauer.