Democratising Globally - Helsinki, September 4th

DEMOCRATISING GLOBALLY
Helsinki, September 4th - 9th 2005
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Sunday 4th September

Democratising Globally - What does it take?
    Working hours: 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
    Organisers: Crash, Siemenpuu Foundation and VK-Finland
   (Queries and registration: totaha@utu.fi)

Monday 5th September

10.00 - 10.55 am: Step-In Discussion: Unheard Voices of the Marginalized Majorities
    Speakers: Uma Shankari (VK, India), Subash Lomte (VK, India), Suresh Nautiyal (SADED, India),
    Y. David (JASuL, India) and Harsh Mander (Aman Biradri, India)
    Organisers: Citizens' Global Platform (CGP), HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

11.00 - 11.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Cultural Survival in the Era of Globalisation
    Speakers: Ramón Vera (Ojarasca, Mexico), Subodh Pattnaik (Natya Chetana, India),
    Suresh Sharma (Centre for Study of Developing Societies, India)
    Organisers: Crash, HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

12.00 - 12.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Public Health: The Burning Issues Globally
    Speakers: Dr. Sathya Mala (India), Eeva Ollila (STAKES, Finland)
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

12.00 noon: Introspection Camp on Democracy and Swaraj - Listening, Conversing and Fasting.
    Opening Discussion.
    The camp continues until Wednesday 7th noon.
    Organised by individuals.
    Venue: The Introspection Camp (A tent near Finlandia Hall, Linnunlaulunkatu, next to Happihuone         and 'turvesauna')

1.00 - 4.00 pm: Struggles for Land: Subsistence, Culture and Dignity
    Speakers: Ramón Vera (Ojarasca, Mexico), Indu Netam (Adivasi Samta Manch,
    India), J.P.Raju (Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, India), Y. David (JASuL, India)
    Organisers: Crash, HyMy/FoE, Siemenpuu and VK
    Venue: The Introspection Camp

5.00 - 7.00 pm: Lucha por la tierra, el territorio y el maíz criollo (in Spanish)
    Speakers: Evangelina Robles (AJAGI, México), Joaquim Belo (CNS, Brazil)
    Organisers: Crash, HyMy/FoE, Siemenpuu and VK
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

5.00 - 7.00 pm: Hind Swaraj: Gandhi’s Contemporary Relevance
    Speaker: Suresh Sharma (Centre for Study of Developing Societies, India)
    Organiser: VK-Finland
    Venue: The Introspection Camp

7.00 - 8.00 pm: Civil society assessment of the Helsinki Process
    The meeting will prepare a statement for the Wednesday Press Conference.
    Organisers: NIGD and VK
    Venue: Fenno

09.00-10.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Sustainable forest life, indigenous people and the fate of
    world's forests
    Speakers: Indu Netam (Adivasi Samta Manch, India), Narendra (CSDS, India), Suresh
    Sharma (CSDS, India), J.P. Raju (Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, India), Roy David (CORD, India),
    Joaquim Belo (CNS, Brazil) and José Godoy (Ajagi, Mexico)
    Organiser: Crash, HyMY/FoE and Siemenpuu
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

11.00 - 11.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Media and democracy in the age of globalisation
    Speakers: Ramón Vera (Ojarasca, Mexico), Prabash Joshi (journalist, India),
    Naeem Mohamiemen (Shobak.Org, Bangladesh), Arja Alho (MP, Finland)
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

12.00 -12.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Peace and security: Addressing War and Terrorism
    Speakers: Harsh Mander (Centre for Equity Studies, India), Laura Lodenius (Finland)
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

4.00 - 5.45 pm: Towards Another Europe
    Speakers: Antonio Martins (WSF, Brazil), Jacques Cossart (France), Kimmo Kiljunen
    (MP, Finland), Mirja Ryynänen (VK, Finland), Thomas Wallgren (VK, Finland)
6.00 - 8.00 pm: Towards Another Financial System + Relaunching CTT draft treaty
    Speakers: Heikki Patomäki (NIGD, Finland), Antonio Martins (WSF, Brazil), Jacques Cossart
    (France)
    Organises: ATTAC Finland, HyMY/FoE, NIGDa and VK
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

5.00 - 8.00 pm: Just Economy - International and local possibilities to democratic economic practices
    Speakers:
    - Devinder Sharma (Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security, India): "Agriculture, Food Security         and Hunger: The Way Forward".
    - Uma Shankari (VK, India): "Towards a 'love thy neighbour' economy and society"
    Commentator: Maite Cortes (El Colectivo Ecologista Jalisco, Mexico)
    - Agniezka Komoch (GEN-Europe, Germany): "Local and regional barter systems as response to         globalisation"
    Commentator: Jaana Airaksinen (VK Finland, Crash)
    Organisers: Crash, VK & CED
    Venue: The Introspection Camp

8.00 - 9.00 pm: Working meeting to prepare a civil society statement on the Helsinki Process
    Organisers: VK and NIGD
    Venue: Fenno
    Open letter regarding the Helsinki Process

Wednesday 7th September

10.00 am: Public Event of the Helsinki Conference - Security: the New Paradigm of
    Interconnectedness
    Venue: Bio Rex (Lasipalatsi, Mannerheimintie 22-24)
    Further information

10.00 - 11.00 am: Open space
Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

11.00 - 12:00 am: Closing discussion of the Introspection Camp
    Organisers: VK-Finland
    Venue: The Introspection Camp

12.00. Press Conference: Messages from civil society to the Helsinki Conference
    Organisers: VK and CGP
    Venue: Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

2.00 pm: Thematic seminars of the Helsinki Conference (open for public)
    * Women, Globalisation and Economy
    * Child Labour, Child Trafficking
    * Health as a Bridge to Peace
    * Education for All
    * EU in Global Affairs
    * Mediation in Globalisation
    Venue: Finlandia Hall
    Further information

7.00 pm: The WSF goes to Africa: Time for a Cultural and Ecological Renewal?
    Speakers: Peter Kuria Githinji (Siemenpuu, Finland/Kenya), Heidi Hautala (MP, Finland), Liisa
    Laakso (Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Antonio Martins (WSF Secretariat, Brazil),
    Vijay Pratap (Asian Social Forum/WSF, India), Charles Mutasa (Afrodad, Zimbabwe),
    Ruby van der Wekken (NIGD, the Netherlands)
    Organisers: Attac, NIGD, SASK, Siemenpuu & VK
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)
    Further information

Thursday 8th September

10.00 - 10.45 am: Step-In Discussion: Faith Communities and Global Security
    Speakers: Swami Agnivesh (India) and Sulak Siwaraksa (Thailand)
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

12.00 - 12.45 pm: Step-In Discussion: Rebuilding Global Financial Architecture
    Proposed speakers: Susan George (Attac, France), Ann Pettifor (Advocacy International, UK),
    Charles Mutasa (Afrodad, Zimbabwe)
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

13.00 - 18.00 pm: Step-In Discussion: Globalisation and ethnic minorities in Russia
    Speakers: Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland, Finland), Olli Tammilehto (researcher, Finland),
    Pekka Kauppala (Finland)
    Commentator: Santeri Junttila (Finland)
    Document films by Kirsikka Moring (Finland, will be present) and Janno Simm (Estonia) on the
    situation relating to oil and gas
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

Friday 9th September

9.00 - 9.45 am: Launching Attac’s book on the debt question
    Venue: Pullman Bar (railway station)
    (Continues at 10-12 am on Saturday 10th by "End the Charade, solving the Third World Debt",
    in auditorium XIII, Fabianinkatu 33. Further information)

10.00 - 11.00 Step-In Discussion: Future of Europe after the French and Dutch referenda
    Speaker: Susan George (Attac, France)
    Commentators: Satu Hassi (MEP, Finland), Esko Seppänen (MEP, Finland)
    Moderator: Attac
    Organisers: HyMy/FoE and VK-Finland
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

11.00 am - 1.00 pm Empowering Women: A Key to Pro-People Globalisation
    Speakers: Sathya Mala (doctor, India), Indu Netam (Adivasi Samta Manch, India),
    Kaarina Kailo (docent, University of Oulu, Finland)
    Moderator: Hilkka Pietilä (Finland)
    Venue: Democratising Globally Camp, (a tent near Finlandia Hall, Linnunlaulunkatu, next to
    Happihuone and 'turvesauna')

12.00 noon: Nepal - Towards Peace and Democracy
    Speakers: Anil Bhattarai (Nepal South Asia Centre), Swanaam (Civic Solidarity for Peace, Nepal)
    Organisers: VK-Finland & VK-South Asia
    Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Tiedekuntasali (Mannerheimintie 3)

12.00 noon: Press conference: 9/11: An Act of Terror or a Covert Operation?
    For journalists and writers only.
    Speaker: Andreas von Bülow (former Minister of Technology, Germany)
    Organiser: 11th September Action Group, Finland
    Venue: Pressiklubi (Railway Station, 2nd floor)
    Further information: Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, +358-44-3386872,
    www.11syyskuu.org
    (A public event on this topic will be arranged at Ostrobotnia, Museokatu 10, at 3-5pm Sunday 11th.)

1.00 - 3.00 pm: Press Conference: Reflections by civil society on the Helsinki Conference
    Organiser: CGP
    Venue: Manala (Dagmarinkatu 2)

3.00 - 6.00 pm: Civil Society assessments of the Helsinki Process and Conference
    Organisers: CGP & VK-Finland
    Venue: Manala (Dagmarinkatu 2)

7.00 pm: Open Party – Connecting for Change
    7.00 - 7.30 pm: Marginalised Voices video collage
    Performers: Kimmo Pohjonen, Ismo Alanko, Emmi, John McGregor, Urbaani Legenda/VilleVille, DJ     Bush, DJ Mäkäräinen
    Tickets: 3e / 5e
    Organisers: CGP and Allianssi
    Venue: VR:n Makasiinit (Mannerheimintie 13)

Toni Haapanen, HyMy/FoE & Siemenpuu Foundation, +358-50-3678595, totaha @ utu.fi
Outi Hakkarainen, Crash, +358-40-7430102, outi.hakkarainen @ crash.fi
Mika Rönkkö, Attac, +358-50-4362170, mika.ronkko @ kaapeli.fi
Mikko Sauli, Citizens’ Global Platform, +358-40-7474323, mikko.sauli @ welho.com
Katarina Sehm-Patomäki, NIGD, +358-40-5084026, katarina @ nigd.org
Marko Ulvila, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, +358-50-3310202, marko.ulvila @ kaapeli.fi
Kai Vaara, Siemenpuu Foundation, +358-400-646242, kataja.maki @ sci.fi

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