Day 3: Effective Advocacy

Resource Persons:
Atty. Cecilia Jimenez,
Atty. Gabriella Citroni
Atty. Emerlyn Gil
Mr. Ron de Vera
Evelyn-Balais-Serrano

Learning Objectives

  1. To learn lessons from the previous projects on campaigning and lobbying;

  2. To learn basic principles and knowledge on effective advocacy work;

  3. With such knowledge, to learn basic skills needed to ensure effective implementation of AFAD’s campaign work;

  4. To acquire knowledge on basic UN instruments related to enforced disappearances;

  5. To acquire knowledge and basic skills on the use of the UPR system.

  6. To identify areas of cooperation among member-organizations and between member-organizations and the AFAD Secretariat.

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
TimeTopicSpeaker / 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