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Agenda
Day One, Wednesday 8 February 2006 |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration and coffee |
09:30 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
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Welcome The Why, What and How of the meeting |
10:00 |
SESSION ONE:FORESTS AND CONFLICT: CHALLENGES TO SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Chair: Pär Stenbäck, Minister h.c, Finland , and International Crisis Group Board of Trustees |
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Adressing violence in forested regions Linking the defence, diplomatic and donor communities to resolve forest conflict |
10:40 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
11.00 |
Challenges and opportunities for development cooperation in responding to forest conflict and governance issues The UK Global Conflict Prevention Pools Challenges for Governments and Donors Questions and brief discussion |
12.15 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00
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SESSION TWO:FOREST CONFLICT: CURRENT THEMES AND RESPONSES |
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Chair: Ton Boon von Ochssee Netherlands Ambassador for Sustainable Development Introduction to the Working Groups |
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Working Group 1: Preventing forest conflict Chair: Hugh Speechly, Department for International Development, United Kingdom Speakers:
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Working Group 2: Conflict timber - Lessons for post-conflict reconstruction The issues to be discussed include: Conflict timber – definitions and proposed Expert Panel on conflict resources; responding to the needs of demobilized forces without fuelling future conflict and the destruction of the natural resource base; learning lessons from Liberia to prevent the problems of conflict timber being repeated in post-conflict DRC and other countries in the region. Chair: Evy von Pfeil, GTZ Speakers:
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16:15-16:30 |
Coffee/Tea |
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Plenary: presentations of working group results, followed by questions. |
17:30 – 18:30 |
Drinks Reception |
18:30 |
Dinner |
Day Two, Thursday 9 February |
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09:00 – 9:15 |
Coffee |
09:15 |
SESSION THREE:ADDRESSING FOREST CONFLICT IN AFRICA AND ASIA |
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Plenary Chair: Patricia Lerner, USAID Introduction to the Working Groups |
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Working Group 1: Africa Focus on DRC, the Great Lakes Region, West Africa Chair: Captain Piet Wit, Functional Expert CIMIC, Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands Speakers:
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Working Group 2: Asia Focus on Cambodia , Nepal , Burma , Indonesia , Philippines Chair: Mary Melnyk, USAID Speakers:
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11.00 – 11.15 |
Coffee Break |
11.15 |
Plenary: presentations of working group results, followed by questions. |
12:15 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14.00 |
SESSION FOUR:CONCLUSIONS, LESSONS LEARNT, AND NEXT STEPS (plenary) |
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Chair: Alexander Carius, Adelphi Research |
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What role for the UN in managing forest conflict |
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The ways ahead: Addressing the links between conflicts and natural resources |
15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee break |
16.00 |
Next steps, summary and conclusions Summing up discussion and conclusion by Chair |
17.00 |
CLOSE |
Objectives per session
Session 1
The issues to be discussed include:
- What is the link between forests and conflict, and what are the implications for security and development?
- How can the issue of forest conflict be mainstreamed in conflict policy and practice?
- How can the defence, diplomatic and donor communities work more closely together to resolve forest conflict?
- What are the major challenges faced by governments and donors?
Session 2
The issues to be discussed include:
- What work is currently being done to:
- prevent conflict in forested areas and manage military exploitation of forests; and
- address the problem of conflict timber and the needs of post-conflict countries?
- What lessons have been learnt? Which approaches have been most effective, and where do gaps still lie?
- What are the implications for donor policies and programmes?
- What follow-up actions should be taken in response to the specific challenges identified in the working groups, and by whom?
Session 3
The issues to be discussed include:
- What is the geography of conflict in forested regions in the case study countries?
- What work has been done to date? What lessons have been learnt? Which approaches have been most effective, and where do gaps still lie?
- What are the implications for donor policies and programmes?
- What follow-up actions should be taken at the country level in response to the specific challenges identified in the working groups, and by whom?
Session 4
The issues to be discussed include:
- What role can the UN play in managing forest conflict and building peace?
- How can donors, governments, NGOs and other partners work more coherently and to greater effect – both internally and externally?
- What is the role of diplomacy and advocacy in mediating conflict, and what lessons might be applied to forest conflict?
- With reference to issues raised on day one and two and actions already identified, what are the proposed next steps?
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