Programme

Tuesday, 30 March, Travelling

10.00 – 22.00 / Delegates arrive at different times at Dublin Airport
Co-operation Ireland provides transport to Jury’s Christchurch, Paramount, and Trinity Capital Hotel
16.00 – 22.00 / Accreditation (for access passes to Dublin Castle) at the following hotels: Jury’s Christchurch Hotel and Paramount Hotel

Wednesday, 31 March, Action Agenda discussions and first working group meetings

08.45 – 09.15 / Conference registration at Dublin Castle
09.15 – 09.45 / Welcome and Key-note Speech by Mr. Tom KITT, T.D. (Irish Minister of State with responsibility for Development Cooperation and Human Rights)
09.45 – 10.25 / Presentations by key organisations of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Mr. Paul VAN TONGEREN (Executive Director, European Centre for Conflict Prevention, ECCP, International Secretariat), The Global Partnership
Mr. Emmanuel BOMBANDE(West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, WANEP, Regional Initiator West Africa), The regional process
Mr. Matt SCOTT (NGO-UN Conflict Prevention Working Group, CPWG), Towards an UN conference in 2005 and beyond
10.25 – 10.45 / Speech by Prof. Mari FITZDUFF (Director MA Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University), The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding
10.45 – 11.00 / Presentation by Ms. Catherine BARNES (consultant involved in the global process and co-editor of the Action Agenda), The Action Agenda and Policy Background: explanation of process for discussion and amendments
11.00 – 11.30 / COFFEE
11.30 – 13.00 / DISCUSSION GROUPS
  • The draft European Action Agenda - in the President’s Room
  • The draft European Action Agenda - in the Guard Room
  • The draft European Action Agenda - in Bedford Hall (left)
  • The draft European Action Agenda - in Bedford Hall (right)
  • The organisation of the UN conference - in the Balcony Room
  • The organisation of the UN conference - in the European Room
  • The role of the Global Partnership after 2005 - in the Conference Hall (back)
  • The role of the Global Partnership after 2005 - in the La Touche Room

13.00 – 14.30 / LUNCH
14.30 – 16.00 / Session 1 of the topical working groups
16.00 - 16.30 / TEA
16.30 – 17.45 / PANEL DEBATE I: The current context in which we operate: The ‘War on Terrorism’ and responding to the ‘new security threats’
Plenary session, facilitator: Ms. Sandra MELONE (Executive Director, Search for Common Ground)
Panel Members
Mr. Dan SMITH (Secretary General, International Alert)
Dr. Cornelio SOMMARUGA (former member of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, ICISS, which produced the report The Responsibility to Protect)
Prof. Sridhar K. KHATRI (Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, RCSS, Regional Initiator South Asia, Editor of the book Terrorism in South Asia)
Issues to be addressed
  • Has the ‘War on Terrorism’ triggered a resurgence of militarist and unilateral responses for promoting security?
  • How to promote alternative security paradigms, such as the human security paradigm, to create a culture of prevention?
  • How does the ‘War on Terrorism’ influence the work in the field of conflict prevention and conflict dynamics around the world; in particular in the European Union?

17.45 – 18.30 / Reporting of the general outcome of the discussion groups and plenary discussion on the draft Action Agenda
19.00 / Busses leaving to Reception
19.30 – 21.30 / RECEPTION in Royal Hospital Kilmainham hosted by Mr. Tom KITT, T.D. (Irish Minister of State with responsibility for Development Cooperation and Human Rights)

Thursday, 1 April, Continuation ofworking group meetings

09.00 – 09.30 / Registration (only for new arrivals) at Dublin Castle
09.30 – 11.00 / Session 2 of the topical working groups
11.00 – 11.30 / COFFEE
11.30 – 13.00 / Session 3 of the topical working groups, discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
13.00 – 14.30 / LUNCH
14.30 - 15.45 / PLENARY REPORTING of working group outcomes by the working group facilitators
15.45 – 16.15 / TEA
16.15 – 17.45 / PANEL DEBATE II, Interaction between Civil Society and the United Nations
Plenary session, facilitator: Mr. Jack PATTERSON (Chair, NGO-UN Conflict Prevention Working Group, CPWG)
Panel Members
Mr. Danilo TURK (UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs)
Ms. Birgitta DAHL (Member of UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Eminent Persons on Civil Society and United Nations Relationships)
Ms. Felicity HILL (United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM)
Mr. John FOSTER (Principal Researcher (Civil Society/NGO), The North-South Institute)
Issues to be addressed
  • What are current mechanisms for interaction between the United Nations and civil society in general and in the field of peace and security?
  • Why should the United Nations and civil society co-operate more in the field of peace and security? Specific areas where more co-operation is needed?
  • What are effective mechanisms for UN-CS interaction in the field of peace and security?

17.45 – 18.45 / Presentation of the revised Action Agenda and plenary discussion
19.15 – 21.15 / DINNER, hosted by Mr. Paul VAN TONGEREN (Executive Director, European Centre for Conflict Prevention)

Friday, 2 April, Irish European Union Presidency Seminar

08.30 – 09.15 / Luggage storage
09.15 – 09.30 / Welcome and opening remarks by Chair, Mr. Dermot GALLAGHER (Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs)
09.30 – 09.45 / Key note address by Minister Brian COWEN T.D. (Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs)
09.45 – 10.00 / Address by Minister Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini ZUMA (South African Minister of Foreign Affairs)
10.00 – 10.15 / Address by Minister Leonardo SIMAO (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique, Chair-in-Office of the African Union)
10.15 – 10.45 / COFFEE
Official presentation of the Action Agenda to Ministers Cowen, Zuma and Simao
10.45 – 12.30
10.45 – 10.50
10.50 – 11.10
11.10 – 11.30
11.30 – 11.50
11.50 – 12.10
12.10 – 12.30 / PANEL DEBATE
Introduction of the Panel members by Chair
Contribution by Mr. Paul VAN TONGEREN (Executive Director, European Centre for Conflict Prevention), Joint presentation of the European Action Agenda with Paul Eavis
Contribution by Mr. Danilo TURK (UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs)
Contribution by Ms. Maria McLOUGHLIN (Head of Unit, Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management, and ACP Political Issues, European Commission)
Contribution by Mr. Justin KILCULLEN (Trócaire)
Contribution by Mr. Paul EAVIS (Executive Director, Saferworld)
12.30 – 12.45 / Closing
12.45 – 14.00 / LUNCH, offered by the Irish Presidencyof the European Union

Programme of the topical Working Groups

1.The Role of Education and the Promotion of a Culture of Peace Room: The President’s Room

Facilitator: Mr. Edy KAUFMAN (Executive Director, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University), Reporter: Ms. Adriana FRANCO (ECCP)
First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
Conflict Resolution in Schools / Promoting a Culture of Peace / Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Speakers
Dr. Tricia JONES (Temple University, USA)
Proven benefits of Conflict Education Research
Introduction to video by
Mr. Leo PAUW (School Advisory Centre, the Netherlands)
Video on ‘Peaceable Schools’ / Speakers
Ms. Antonella VERDIANI (UNESCO, Section for Education and Universal Values)
The UNESCO’s Peace activities
Mr. Graham DYSON
(Centre for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management, Norway)
Civil Society Organisations and the UN General Assembly’s Culture of Peace Programme of Action: Norway as case study
Ms. Marie-Line RAMACKERS (Programme Officer, Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement - CCFD, French Commission for UNESCO)
Experience with the actual implementation of the Culture of Peace programme
Issues to be addressed
  • Why is Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) important?
  • What are best practices/ programme models for CRE?
  • Does CRE work?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What work are the UNESCO-registered NGOs doing on Culture of Peace (CoP)?
  • What challenges is UNESCO facing in implementing the CoP Programme of Action?
  • The role CSOs/NGOs and national governments could/should play in helping UNESCO achieve the CoP objectives?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How can CSOs promote the international implementation of the CoP Programme of Action?
  • How can this be promoted with respect to the first of the 8 key dimensions of the CoP Programme, Peace Education?
  • How can CRE be enhanced?
  • What are key recommendations for EU governments and the UN to promote a CoP?

2.Advocacy and LobbyRoom: The Guard Room

Facilitator: Mr. Matt SCOTT (World Vision International), Reporter: Mr. Matthew CANNON (Irish Peace Institute)

First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
Examples of successful campaigns in the field of Peace and Security / Campaigning towards UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security / Discussions on a strategy to create political will for conflict prevention/ peacebuilding
Speakers
Mr. Matt SCOTT (Policy Advisor, Peacebuilding and Emergencies, World Vision International, United Nations Office)
Strategic directions
Ms. Sally JOSS (Network coordinator, International Action Network on Small Arms, IANSA)
Success factors of their campaign / Speakers
Ms. Ancil ADRIAN-PAUL (International Alert)
Lessons learned from the campaign towards 1325
Ms. Rebecca VERMOT
(Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005)
Campaigning for the ‘1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005’ project / Speakers
Introduction to discussion by
Mr. Matt SCOTT (Policy Advisor, Peacebuilding and Emergencies, World Vision, United Nations Office)
Lessons Learned
Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Issues to be addressed
  • What are the lessons learned from successful campaigns?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What strategies were effective in the campaigning towards 1325?
  • How was it organised?
  • How to proceed on 1325 (mobilising for effective implementation)?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How can we take forward the recommendations from Dublin?
  • How do we develop a campaign around the UN conference in 2005 to further policy change towards prevention?
  • How to promote a Global Movement for conflict prevention/ peacebuilding?

3.Development and Peacebuilding Room: Conference Hall (back)

Facilitator: Mr. Dan SMITH (Secretary General, International Alert), Reporter: Ms. Sarah FRANCH (Trócaire)

First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
The relationship between development and peacebuilding / Conflict sensitive development / Challenges in addressing the peace-development link
Speakers
Mr. Colin SCOTT (World Bank, Administrator, Post Conflict Fund, Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Team/SDV)
The Role of the World Bank in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Mr. Andrew SHERRIFF (Development and Peacebuilding, International Alert)
Background paper on the relationship between peacebuilding and development
Ms. Robin GULICK (InterAction, Transitions, Conflict and Peace (TCP) working group)
Cooperation and mutual learning between relief, development and peace practitioners / Speakers
Mr. Andrew SHERRIFF (Development and Peacebuilding, International Alert)
Conflict sensitive approaches to development, humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding: Resource pack project
Ms. Sarah Mc CAN (Programme Coordinator for Asia & Latin America, Trócaire)
Paper on lessons learned on conflict sensitive development
Mr. Muhammed SULEMAN (Director of Cooperation for Peace and Unity, Afghanistan)
Integrating peacebuilding into local development initiatives / Speakers
Ms. Jessica BANFIELD (Senior Programme Officer Business and Conflict, International Alert)
Engaging business in peacebuilding
Ms. Bizu KETEKE (Coordinator for the Joint Horn of Africa Conflict Prevention Project, Ethiopia)
The ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement: how far is conflict prevention being mainstreamed into EU development policy
Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Issues to be addressed
  • What is the relationship between development and peacebuilding?
  • How can development and ‘peace’ practitioners co-operate and facilitate mutual learning?
  • What programmes have successfully linked development and peacebuilding in practice? What can we learn from them?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How can conflict sensitive approaches be implemented in practice?
  • What programmes have successfully linked development and peacebuilding in practice? What can we learn from them?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How do we stimulate cooperation and mutual learning between development and peace organisations?
  • How can conflict sensitive approaches be promoted in CSOs, governmental, EU and UN programmes/policies?

4.Involvement of civil society in EU civilian crisis management Room: Bedford Hall

Facilitator: Ms. Heike SCHNEIDER (European Peace Building Liaison Office, EPLO), Reporter: Ms. Hannah PENNOCK (Peaceworkers UK)

First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
Latest developments in Europe / Civil society contributions to crisis management and peacebuilding / Towards an European Peacebuilding Agency
Speakers
Ms. Gry KVAL (Nordem, Project Director)
The functioning of the Norwegian NORDEM roster
Mr. Arno TRUGER (Director, Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Coordinator EU training project)
The EU Civilian Crisis Management Training Programme / Speakers
Ms. Helga TEMPEL (Forum Civil Peace Services, Germany)
Civilian Peace Services
Mr. Tim WALLIS (Director, Peaceworkers UK)
Standard-setting and Assessment of civil society actors in this field / Speakers
Ms. Catriona GOURLAY (Executive Director, ISIS Europe)
European Peace Building Agency (EPA) and the European Civil Peace Corps (ECPC)
Mr. Ernst GUELCHER (European Parliament, Green group)
Response to EPA and ECPC proposal
Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Issues to be addressed
  • What are the latest developments in the field of EU Civilian Crisis Management (CCM)?
  • What programmes have been successful, and what can we learn from them?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What is the added value of civil society programmes?
  • Do civilian peace services work?
  • How can civil society contribution in this field be improved?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What are the institutional challenges to civil society involvement in EU CCM?
  • How can the EU improve its civilian capacities in the field of conflict prevention/ peacebuilding?

5.The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and Conflict Prevention Room: The Balcony Room

Facilitator: Mr. Paul EAVIS (Executive Director, Saferworld), Reporter: Ms. Alice HUTCHINSON (Saferworld)

First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
The EU Security Strategy and conflict prevention / Enhancing early warning and ensuring early response: the role of civil society organisations / Tackling arms proliferation in the EU: maximising the contribution from civil society
Speakers
Keith McBEAN (Director of International Security Policy Section, Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Overview of the EU Security Strategy: What is the EUs response to a changing security environment? What priority is placed on conflict prevention and the role of CSOs?
Ms. Lorna GOLD (Trócaire)
Why the EU should address human security
Ms. Lindsay ALEXANDER (International Alert)
Enhancing the EU Security Strategy commitment to addressing the root causes of conflict and enhance EU - civil society partnerships / Speakers
Mr. Niall BURGESS (Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit, PPEWU)
EU approach to early warning and efforts to enhance EU response / Speakers
Mr. Adrian McDAID (Security division, Irish MFA)
Developing responsible export controls and stemming small arms proliferation
Mr. Jim LOUGHLIN (Amnesty International, Ireland)
The role of civil society in tackling small arms proliferation
Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Issues to be addressed
  • How can a civil society role be integrated into European Security?
  • How to enhance the EU Security Strategy commitment to address the root causes of conflict?
  • How to enhance EU - civil society partnerships?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How can the EU enhance its capacity in early warning and early response?
  • What added value has civil society to offer in implementing early warning and early response?
  • How can civil society-based early warning become more integrated into EU policy?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • How can governments develop responsible export controls to tackle arms proliferation?
  • What added value has civil society to offer in tackling small arms proliferation?
  • How can we promote effective partnerships between governments, regional organisations and CSOs to tackle small arms proliferation?

6.Interaction between the United Nations and civil society Room: The La Touche Room

Facilitator: Mr. Jack PATTERSON (U.N. Representative–New York, Friends World Committee for Consultations, Quakers), Reporter: Ms. Malin BRENK (ECCP)

First session
Wednesday, 31 March, 14.30 - 16.00 / Second session
Thursday, 1 April, 9.30 – 11.00 / Third session
Thursday, 1 April, 11.30 – 13.00
Multilateralism and New Partnerships: Co-operation between governments, the UN and its programmes, and CSOs / Interaction between civil society and the UN in other fields: What can we learn from them? / Discussions on mechanisms for UN-CS interaction
Speakers
Mr. Martin FLEISCHER (Head of Division, Crisis Prevention/ Peacekeeping German MFA)
The German action plan on Civil Crisis Prevention
Ms. Alejandra M. PERO (Programme Specialist, Civil Society Organisations Team, UNDP)
Mr. Praveen PARDESHI (Chief of Transition and Recovery Unit of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Geneva)
UNDP, Conflict Prevention and Civil Society / Speakers
Ms. Birgitta DAHL (Member of UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Eminent Persons on Civil Society and United Nations Relationships)
Civil Society and United Nations RelationshipsMr. John FOSTER (Principal Researcher (Civil Society/NGO), The North-South Institute)
Links for Live: Considerations regarding opportunities for more effective civil society engagement in the UN system
Ms. Felicity HILL (UNIFEM)
Effective CS engagement in the field of Women, Peace and Security / Speakers
Mr. Peter J. DAVIES (US/UN Representative, Saferworld)
Liaison with the UN
Ms. Heide SCHUTZ (Initiative Pro UNCOPAC)
The proposal for a United Nations Commission on Peace and Crisis Prevention (UNCOPAC)
Discussion on key recommendations to be presented during Plenary Reporting
Issues to be addressed
  • How can we promote co-operation between the various actors involved in conflict prevention and peacebuilding?
  • How can we translate the commitment to multilateralism and new partnership into actual policies on conflict prevention and peacebuilding?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What are effective mechanisms of CS-UN partnership in other related fields, such as development, humanitarian assistance, human rights, and women and peacebuilding?
  • What can we learn from them?
/ Issues to be addressed
  • What are the constitutional constraints to effective UN-CS partnerships in the field of peace and security?
  • How can CS involvement at the UN level be enhanced?
  • How can the capacity of the UN in conflict prevention and peacebuilding be enhanced?

7.Interaction between governments and civil society Room:The European Room

Facilitator: Ms. Anne PALM (Secretary General, Civil Society Conflict Prevention Platform, KATU), Reporter: Ms. Annelies HEIJMANS (ECCP)