FriEnt - Working Group on Development and Peace
 

International Conference

New Horizons
Linking Development Cooperation and Transitional Justice
for Sustainable Peace
27th – 28 th January,  2010,   Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus, Berlin
 

 

Programme

Wednesday, 27th January 2010

 

 

08:30

Arrival of participants

 

 

09:00 – 09:30

Introduction

Dr. Ulla Mikota, FriEnt Chair

Welcome Address

Dr. Rudolf Ficker, Church Development Service (EED)

 

09:30 – 10:30

Peace? Justice? Truth? Dilemmas of Transitional Justice

Facilitation: Dr. Stephanie Schell-Faucon, Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Dr. Undine Whande, German Development Service (DED)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

 

 

11:00 – 13:00

Setting the Stage

Panel Discussion

  • Dr. Pablo de Greiff, International Center for Transitional Justice
  • Marcus Lenzen, Department for International Development
  • Nahla Valji, Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

Facilitation: Natascha Zupan, FriEnt

 

 

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

 

 

14:30 – 17:30

Reflecting on Practice

Dimensions of Transitional Justice in our Work

Working Groups

 

 

18:30

Reception at the invitation of

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

 

Thursday, 28th January 2010

 

 

09:00 – 09:30

Looking Back

Summary of the first day by Sylvia Servaes, FriEnt

 

 

09:30 – 13:00

Linking Development Cooperation and Transitional Justice Interventions: Experiences and Perspectives

Working Groups

 

1. Towards Deeper-rooted Justice: Addressing Land Issues in Post-Conflict Societies

Organised by: EED and Misereor

Resource Persons:

  • Sam Ath Chhit, NGO Forum on Cambodia, Cambodia

  • Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig, Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Philippines

  • George Wachira, Nairobi Peace Initiative, Kenya

Facilitation: Michelle Parlevliet

 

2. Blind Spots: How to Deal with Conflict Resources and Economic Crimes?

Organised by: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

Resource Persons:

  • Dr. Emily Harwell § Nelly Calderón Navarro, CINDER, Peru

  • Yasmin Sooka, Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa

Facilitation: Wolf-Christian Paes, BICC

 

3. Education and Remembrance: Laying the Ground for new Generations

Organised by: DED and GTZ

Resource Persons:

  • Prof. Alan Smith, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

  • Maria Eugenia Carera, CAFCA, Guatemala

  • Kathrin Weber, DED, Guatemala

  • Luis Enrique Lopez-Hurtado, GTZ, Guatemala

Facilitation: Dr. Undine Whande, DED

 

4. Healing and Health Needs of Survivors: Challenges for Health Systems and Communities

Organised by: EED and medico

Resource Persons:

  • Tshepo Madlingozi, Khulumani Support Group, South Africa

  • Jane Onyango, GTZ, Kenya

Facilitation: Dr. Sonja Weinreich, EED and Usche Merk (medico international)

 

5. The Economic Dimension of Justice: Sustainable and Inclusive Private Sector Development

Organised by: GTZ and DED

Resource Persons:

  • Catrin Fröhlich, National Business Initiative/CIM, Nepal

Facilitation: Dr.Stephanie Schell-Faucon, GTZ
 

 

 

13:00 – 14.30

Lunch

 

 

14:30 – 17:30

and Moving Forward

Discussion of the working groups results

Comments and follow-up within the context of FriEnt

Facilitation: Natascha Zupan, FriEnt

 

 

 

Closing

Bernd Asbach, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation

 

 

19:00 – 21:00

Evening Event

In Larger Justice?! Development and Justice after Conflict

Welcome: Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich, FriEnt Chair

Key Note: Juan Méndez, Former United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Panel Discussion:

  • Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

  • Ambassador Dr. Georg Birgelen, Foreign Office, Berlin

  • Prof. Josef Sayer, Misereor

  • George Wachira, Nairobi Peace Initiative

  • Dr. Rama Mani, Oxford University

Facilitation: Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, German Marshall Fund

 

 

Reception

 

 

 

 

 

Please find the pdf-Version of the conference programme here

 

 

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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH | Church Development Service (EED) | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (hbs) | Misereor / Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid | Civil Peace Service Group (CPS) | German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management / Institute for Development and Peace (INEF)