Theme:
Enhancing Capacities For Our Advocacy Towards A World Without Desaparecidos
29 March to 3 April 2014
Holiday Inn, Bangkok, Thailand
Day 1 – Introduction to AFAD and its Campaign Projects
- Resource Persons:
- Mr. Khurram Parvez
- Mary Aileen D. Bacalso
- Michele Sonen
- Rommie Pacana
Learning Objectives
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To gain a better understanding and appreciation of AFAD and the continuing relevance of its mission
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To current campaign project;
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To enhance the working relationship:
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between the campaign staff and the leadership and members of their organizations
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between and among campaign staff members in different countries.
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between and among the campaign staff and the regional campaign officer
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To identify further capacity building needs.
| Sunday, March 29, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Topic | Speaker / Facilitator |
| 9:00 am – 9:30am | Welcome Remarks, Introduction and Expectation Check | Khurram Parvez |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Celebration of the birthday of Jonas Burgos | Edita Burgos Council Member representing Free Jonas Burgos Movement |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | AFAD Vision, Mission and Goals and Structure | Khurram Parvez AFAD Chairperson |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | AFAD History | A Video Showing |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Summing Up Results
|
Mary Aileen D. Bacalso |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 nn | Open Forum | Aileen, Khurram |
| 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm | Output Input Orientation | Mary Aileen D. Bacalso, AFAD Secretary-General |
| 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm | Open Forum | |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | What the Campaign Project is All About? To include discussion |
Mary Aileen D. Bacalso |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Effective Communication To include discussion |
Michelle Sonen AFAD Council Member representing NKHR (South Korea) |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Identification of Ways for Effective Coordination - Workshop and Plenary | Rommie Pacana Regional Campaign Officer |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Council Meeting | Khurram Parvez, AFAD Chairperson |
Day 2: Effective Advocacy
- Resource Persons:
- Atty. Cecilia Jimenez,
- Atty. Gabriella Citroni
- Atty. Emerlyn Gil
- Mr. Ron de Vera
- Evelyn-Balais-Serrano
Learning Objectives
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To learn lessons from the previous projects on campaigning and lobbying;
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To learn basic principles and knowledge on effective advocacy work;
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With such knowledge, to learn basic skills needed to ensure effective implementation of AFAD’s campaign work;
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To acquire knowledge on basic UN instruments related to enforced disappearances;
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To acquire knowledge and basic skills on the use of the UPR system.
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To identify areas of cooperation among member-organizations and between member-organizations and the AFAD Secretariat.
| Monday, March 30, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Topic | Speaker / Facilitator |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Introduction to the Objectives and Expectation Check | C. Jimenez (Input and facilitation) |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Presentation and Open Forum on: 3-year Advocacy Project |
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| 10:00 am – 11:00 am (working coffee/tea break) |
First buzz group: What is international advocacy? | C. Jimenez |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 nn | Learning from past UN Advocacy experiences on anti-disappearance |
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| 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm | Lunch break | |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Introduction to the UN system – over-all context, structure, principles – where is advocacy on anti-disappearance work here? | C. Jimenez |
| 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Introduction to the UN Treaty system and workshop on advocacy for ratification; feedback and plenary discussion | C. Jimenez; participants |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Coffee/Tea break | |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | UN Convention on Enforced Disappearance | Gabriella Citroni |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Open Forum on UN Treaty System, including the CED | C. Jimenez AFAD members |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Country groups: Objective Setting for advocacy related to the UN Treaty System | Participants |
| Close of the day | ||
Day 3: Effective Advocacy
- Resource Persons:
- Atty. Cecilia Jimenez,
- Atty. Gabriella Citroni
- Atty. Emerlyn Gil
- Mr. Ron de Vera
- Evelyn-Balais-Serrano
Learning Objectives
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To learn lessons from the previous projects on campaigning and lobbying;
-
To learn basic principles and knowledge on effective advocacy work;
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With such knowledge, to learn basic skills needed to ensure effective implementation of AFAD’s campaign work;
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To acquire knowledge on basic UN instruments related to enforced disappearances;
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To acquire knowledge and basic skills on the use of the UPR system.
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To identify areas of cooperation among member-organizations and between member-organizations and the AFAD Secretariat.
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | ||
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| Time | Topic | Speaker / Facilitator |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Review of previous day and today’s programme | |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Introduction to the UN Human Rights Council and its Special Rapporteur System | C. Jimenez (input and facilitation) |
| 9:45 am – 10:15 am | Working with the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence | C. Jimenez (input and facilitation) |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Working with the UNWGEID | C. Jimenez with AFAD members |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 nn | Country workshop: Drafting session on Urgent Action Appeals | Participants |
| 12:00 nn – 1:30 pm | Lunch followed by working session | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Presentation of Urgent Action Appeals (market place) | Participants |
| 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Introduction to the UPR system | C. Jimenez |
| 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm (working coffee/tea break) | Country workshop on UPR: Strategising anti-disappearance advocacy for the UPR | Participants |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Presentation of Country Strategies for the UPR (plenary) | C. Jimenez with AFAD members |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Workshop for statement writing Group work follows as determined by country groups |
Participants |
| 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Sharing on the Making of the movie, Walang Paalam |
Ron de Vera AFAD Philippine Project Coordinator |
Day 4: Final
| Wednesday, April 1, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Topic | Speaker / Facilitator |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Review of previous day and today’s programme | |
| 8:45 am to 9:15 am | Summary of UN Advocacy | C. Jimenez |
| 9:15 am – 10:15 am | Presentation of UNHRC/UPR-related statements | Country groups |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Research on the Adoption of the Anti-ED Law in the Philippines | AFAD |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 nn | Video Presentation | |
| 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm | Lunch break | |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | ASEAN with emphasis on AICHR | Emerlynn Gil |
| 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Synthesis and Inspirational Message | Evelyn-Balais-Serrano |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | AFAD Regional Advocacy: Workshop on Cooperation | AFAD |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Reporting/Plenary | Rommie Pacana |