Program

VI Baltic Sea NGO forum
October 05-07, 2006

Thursday, 05 October 2006
13.00-18.00		Registration in Grand Hotel Saltsjobaden
15.00-16.00		Coffee and snacks
16.00-16.30		Opening of the Forum Welcome adress: Ms Aase Fosshaug, Coordinator Baltic Sea NGO Forum 2006 Opening speeches: Moderator: Dr Gabriele Kotschau, Director of the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Ms Inger Bjork, Director, Forum Syd (the Swedish Focal Point of the Baltic Sea NGO-Forum) Mr Christer Persson, Ambassador, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials Ms Arja Alho, Chairman of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Standing Committee Mr Per Unckel, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers
16.30-17.30		Plenary Session Politics and Business only? – Some Arguments for Cooperation between Citizens not only States Mr Bengt Goransson, Chairman of the Norden Association in Sweden (2000 - ), Former Swedish Minister for education and cultural affairs 1982-91, Chairman of Parliamentary Commission on Democracy 1997-2000 From Copenhagen to Stockholm – The NGO Forum Process, 2001-2006 Mr Carsten Schymik, Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University, Germany Ms Darja Akhutina, Director, Norden Association in Russia, Russian Focal Point of the Baltic Sea NGO Forum, How can the Baltic Sea become a region for success? Mr Jan Aman, Director, Fargfabriken and The Baltic Turntable project, Sweden Polish priorities in the CBSS Working Group on Democratic Institutions - in the context of civil society issues Mr Miroslaw Luczka, Chairman of the CBSS Working Group on Democratic Institutions, Director of the Department of United Nations and Global Problems Department in Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
17.30-18.10		Panel Discussion The Baltic Sea region and the role of NGOs - is there a future dialogue between NGOs and governments in promoting civil society development? Moderator: Mr Larserik Haggman Panellists:Ms Rasma Pipike, Mr Bengt Goransson, Mr Miroslaw Luczka, Ms Arja Alho, Mr Carsten Schymik
18.10-18.30		Break with refreshments
18.30-19.30		Introduction to the Forum Themes Moderator: Mr Larserik Haggman Civil Security, Ms Anna Markina, Taru University, Estonia Discrimination and Social Inclusion, Ms Anette Sjodin, The Swedish Federation of Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Rights (Lead-agency of the Thematic Working Group Discrimination and Social Inclusion) Environment and Sustainability, Ms Maret Merisaar, Coalition Clean Baltic, Estonian Secretariat NGO-legislation, Legal Security and Civil Society, Ms Elena Panfilova, Director, Transparency International, Russia
20.00		Dinner in the hotel restaurant Cultural program with Josef and Erika
Friday, 06 October 2006
08.30-17.00		Thematic Seminars organized by NGOs During the Forum's second day there will be Seminares and Workshops in the morning and the afternoon. Each participant can take part in one theme (one workshop in the morning and one in the afternoon). Civil Security - Trafficking, violence against women/children, criminality and drugs as a development obstacle Discrimination and Social Inclusion Environment and Sustainability NGO-legislation, Legal Security and Civil Society
17.30-18.30		Financing possibilities for NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region
19.00		Dinner in the Hotel restaurant Cultural Program with: the ABF-choir SANARA Swedish folk-songs and modern swedish music
Saturday, 07 October 2006
08.30-09.15		Introduction Brief introduction to Principles and Organization Plan of the Baltic Sea NGO Network, Ms Aase Fosshaug The role of the Thematic Working Groups in the Baltic Sea NGO Network, Ms Anna-Maria Norman Baltic Sea NGO Forum 2007 in Latvia, Ms Rasma Pipike, Latvian Focal Point
9.15-10.30		Action Plan Creation of an Action Plan per theme - future work of the Thematic Working Groups between the annual Forums: Ways to organize the Thematic Working Group? What are the most important issues? (based on Friday's discussions) Who's doing what?
10.30-10.50		Coffee Break
10.50-12.30		Finalization of Action Plan
12.30-1.15 am
13.15-15.00		FINAL PLENARY Presentation of Action Plans by Lead-Agency representatives Conclusions