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Tapahtumakalenteri24.4. AEPFn Osallistava demokratia -seminaari HelsingissäPäivä: 7. Maaliskuu 2009 00:00 - 25. Huhtikuu 2009 00:00
Lisätiedot: Osallistava Demokratia Suomessa ja Aasiassa
Suomen AEPF toimikunta järjestää kansainvälisen seminaarin Osallistavasta demokratiasta Aasiassa 24.4. Helsingissä. Tarkemmat tiedot alla. International Seminar 24.4.2009: Participatory and Participative Democracy in Asia and Europe Public Seminar 01/09 by Finnish Asia Europe People’s Forum Committee Time and Date : 24th April, 2009 at 09:00-14:00 Place: Auditorium, Annatalo, Annankatu 30, 00100 Helsinki Admission: Free (Prior Registration Requested, kindly contact the Finnish AEPF Coordinator: Ko Ko Thett, email: koko.thett(at)aepf-suomi.net tel: +358 44 5523 414 Programme Session I: The EU and Participatory Democracy Moderator Tiina H. Airaksinen 09:00-09:30 ‘‘The EU and Participatory Democracy’’ MP Heidi Hautala (Chair of the AEPF Committee, Finland) 09:30-10:00 ‘‘Comprehensive Democratization for Undoing Hierarchies’’ Mr. Marko Ulvila, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Director, Forum for Dialogues on Comprehensive Democracy) 10:00-10:30 ‘‘Transnational Civil Society versus Traditional Nation-States: What have We Achieved so far?’’ Ms. Tina Ebro (Asia Europe People’s Forum Coordinator for Asia) 10:30-11:00 Tea/Coffee Break Session II: Burma/Myanmar, Vietnam, India and Elsewhere Moderator: Tove Selin 11:00-11:30 ‘‘Neither Revolution nor Evolution: Why the Struggle for Change in Burma/Myanmar has so far Failed’’ Dr. Zarni (Founder/Director, Free Burma Coalition) 11:30-12:00 ‘‘Democratization and Grassroots Democracy in Vietnam’’ Ms. Minna Hakkarainen (Chairperson, Finnish Vietnamese Friendship Association, PhD candidate, Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki) 12:00-12:30 ‘‘Status of Women’s Human Rights in India’’ Ms. Priiti Darooka (Executive Director, Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) 12:30-13:30 Panel Discussion (chair to be announced) 13:30 End of Seminar Concept note: Is it worthy for citizens to be part of a ‘participative’ or ‘staged’ political process, as opposed to participatory democracy, if it does not really guarantee rule of law and their civil and political rights? What are the content and direction of the political development in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, in the coming decades. What would be better internal and external policy options and practices in order to guarantee peoples’ participation, transparency and accountability in Asian political context? Is there a relevant Asian model of democracy from the much-contested civil society perspective? Is there any hope or scope in Asia for a less-than-perfect European model of governance and democracy? What are the limits of the EU’s ‘proactive cosmopolitanism’ in Asia? What can Europe learn from all this? These questions will be tackled in the international seminar, ‘Participatory and Participative Democracy in Asia,’ presented by Finland’s Asia Europe People’s Forum Committee. Speakers and Moderators Panelists: 1) Ms. Tina Ebro (Asia Europe People’s Forum Coordinator for Asia) 2) Dr. Zarni (Founder/Director, Free Burma Coalition) 3) Ms. Minna Hakkarainen (Chairperson, Finnish Vietnamese Association, PhD candidate, Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki) 4) Mr. Marko Ulvila, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Director, Forum for Dialogues on Comprehensive Democracy) 5) Ms. Priiti Darooka (Executive Director, Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Opening Address:Ms Heidi Hautala (MP, Chairperson, Finnish Asia Europe People’s Forum Committee) Moderators: Ms Tiina H. Airaksinen (Univeristy of Helsinki) and Ms Tove Selin (Chairperson, Finnish Asiatic Society) For Registration and Information: Kindly Contact the Finnish AEPF Coordinator:Ko Ko Thett, email: koko.thett(at)aepf-suomi.net tel: +358 44 5523 414 Updates see www.aepf-suomi.net |