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PEOPLE'S SAARC - 2007

Program Schedule

23th - 25th March 2007
Kathmandu, Nepal

Proposed event details and facilitating organizations

Events Venue Time Room No. Facilitating organizations / individuals Contact person(s)
23 March 2007

Inaugural

Chief Guest- Speaker of Legislative- Parliament, Nepal

Rastriya Shabha Griha, Pradashanimarg (exhibition road), Bhrikuti Mandap 10:00 am-12:300 pm   People's SAARC Regional Organising Committee Netra Timsina
nptimsina@gmail.com
  • Welcome songs
  • Objectives, methods and expected outcomes of the People's SAARC
  • Presentation on democratic movement of Nepal: Scaling up the lessons to South Asia
  • Launching of New South Asia (New Nepal, New South Asia)- Imagine a New South Asia-full of justice, peace and democracy that promote people to people relations across the countries.
  • Thematic seminars, conferences, workshops, etc.
1. Peasant forum-food sovereignty/ecological agriculture and farmers rights Staff college, Jawalakhel 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No South Asian Peasant Coalition/All Nepal Peasant Association/SAAPE

Prem Dangal <anpa@mail.com.np>
Bal Ram Banskota <alram@anpa.org.np>
Sarba Khadka <sarba@rrn.org.np>

2. Labor in South Asia/Trade Union Rights Staff College 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No GEFONT, DECONT, NTUC Umesh upadhaya <umesh@gefont.org>
Rama Paudel <udecont@wlink.com.np>
Dhirendra K Singh<ntuc@wlink.com.np>
3. Peace process in South Asia- Peace and demilitarization Staff college 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No Human Rights Alliance/SAAPE Devraj Roka (Kalyan) <kalyanroka@gmail.com>
4. State, Democracy and Governance in South Asia Staff College 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No VAK-India/NGO Federation of Nepal/ SAAPE Ajit Muricken <vak@ bom3.vsnl.net.in>
Sarba Khadka <sarba@rrn.org.np>
5. Women in Peace in South Asia Staff College 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No Women working in networks and Federations Sharmila Karki <sharmila@jagarannepal.org>
Sharada Pokharel
6. Inter Religious issue Staff college 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No Inter religious Council Keshab Chaulagain <mooncargo@wlink.com.np>
7. Women rights in South Asia LDTA, Jawalakhel 1:30 -5:00 pm Room No Migrant Forum Asia/Global Alliance Against Trafficking in women/ Sangat/WHRD Network Renu Raj Bhandari <worec@wlink.com.np>
8. Economic Cooperation in South Asia Staff college 1:30 -5:00 pm   SAWTEE/Action Aid/ WOREC/ ANPA Nabin. Nabin Subedi/Navin Dahal <subedi@actionaid.org> <navin@sawtee.org>
9. Why APPACHA and HIV? Staff College 1:00 -5:00 pm   AAPACHA Megh Raj Pokharel
Cultural programme 4:30-5:30 pm

24 March 2007
Cultural programme (Songs, plays, etc) Staff college 10:30-10:45 am Auditorium People's SAARC Regional Coordination Committee Netra Timsina <nptimsina@gmail.com>

Plenary on constitutional processes and democracy

Staff college 10:45-11:00 am
Thematic seminars, conferences, workshops, etc
10. Peasant forum-food sovereignty/ecological agriculture and farmers rights Staff college 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No South Asian Peasant Coalition/All Nepal Peasant Association/SAAPE

Prem Dangal <anpa@mail.com.np>
Bal Ram Banskota <balram@anpa.org.np>
Sarba Khadka <sarba@rrn.org.np>

11. Disabled people's issues Staff college 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No National Federation of Disabled Nepal

Birendra Pokharel
Mitra Lal Sharma
<nfdn@mail.com.np>

12. Youth and politics in South Asia LDTA 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Youth politicians workshop organizing committee Gajendra Sharma <ganepal@gmail.com>
13. Children rights Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Global March Against Child Labor/South Asian March Against Child Trafficking/CZOP

Gauri Pradhan <gpradhanico@gmail.com>
Rishi Adhikari <rishi@rrn.org.np>

14. Women in politics in South Asia Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No All Nepal Women Association Sabitra Bhusal <Sabitra@anwa.org.np>
15. Dalit and Social exclusion Staff college 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Dalit NGO Federation/Rastriya Dalit Network/ FEDO Tej Sunar <tej@dnfnepal.org>
16. Natural Resources Management (Land, forest and water) issues Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal/National Land Rights Alliance/HIMAWANTI/

Jagat Basnet <jagatb@csrcnepal.org>
Bharati Phathak /Samjhana Thapalia <bharatipathak2006@yahoo.com>, <fecofun1@wlink.com.np>

8. Issues of Refugees in South Asia Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Bhutanese Group Mohan Tamang <tamangmohan@hotmail.com>
17. Migration and human trafficking Women Development Training Center, Jawalakhel 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Migrant Forum Asia/Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women/Sangat/ATTWIN Benu Maya Gurung <aatwin@wlink.com>
Renu Raj bhandari
<worec@wlink.com.np>
18. Parliamentary forum LDTA 02:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Parliamentarian group Nepal Ananda Pokharel MP <anandapokharel@yahoo.com>
Jagan Nath Khatiwada MP <jnk@ntc.net.np>
19. Education rights in South Asia Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No Student Organizations Prakash Dulal <tcsnepal@yahoo.com>
20. Janajati and indigenous issues Staff College 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No National Federation of Indigenous Nationalities Chhongduk Bhote <nefen@wlink.com.np> <chhongduk@yahoo.com>
21. Media in South Asia LDTA 11:30 am-4:30 pm Room No SAFMA/ Association of community Radio Broadcaster (ACORAB) Gopal Thapaliya <gopal_788@hotmail.com>
Min Bahadur Shahi <kirdarc@wlink.com.np>
Cultural programme 4:30-

 

LDTA= Local Development Training Academy

25 March 2007

8:30 -11:.30 am Interaction between peace negotiators of Nepal and international delegates (Staff College), Jagan Nath Khatiwada, MP

12:00 noon Public Rally Shantibatika, Ratnapark to Basantapur.

1:00 pm Katmandu declaration (People's Charters) Basantapur.

1:30-4:30 pm Mass meeting-political leaders and civil society activists will address the public meeting and respond the citizen charter

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