Workshop on Mediation and Advocacy in the empowerment process.

– 2nd November, 2006 - Thursday

• 06:00 pm. Arrival of the participants

– 3rd November, 2006 - Friday

• 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
• 08:00 am. Breakfast
• 10:00 am. Tea/Coffee
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Inaugural Session Siddhartha and Henri Bauer (Irenees, Paris)
• 11:30 am - 01:30 pm. Mediation and Advocacy Strategies for Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving. Speakers: Sushoba Barve and Ram Esteeves. Chairperson: Siddhartha
• 01:30 pm – 2:30 pm. Lunch
• 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm. People Centered Advocacy for Social Change. Speaker: Amitabh Behar. Chairperson: Sebastian
• 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Tea/Coffee
• 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm. Role of RTI (Right to Information Act) for Activists to solve Social and Ecological problems. Speaker: Cyriac Joseph, Chairperson: Anugraha John
• 05:30 pm – 07:30 pm.
• 08:00 pm – 08:30 pm. Dinner

– 4th November, 2006 - Saturday

• 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
• 08:00 am. Breakfast
• 09:30 am - 11:00 am. Reflection on the implementation of NREGA programmes. Speakers: Subash Lomte and Dileep Kamat. Chairperson: Ram Esteve
• 11:00 am - 11:30 am. Tea/Coffee
• 11:30 am - 01:00 pm. Fresh approaches at Water Conservation. Management / Distribution. Speaker: Vishwanath. Chairperson: Bhavani Shankar.
• 01:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Lunch
• 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm. Discussion on NREGA. Subhash Lomte & Dileep Kamat
• 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Tea/Coffee
• 04:30 pm – 06:00 pm. Strategies for Adivasi empowerment in the context of the ST Forest Rights Bill, 2005. Speakers: Baby Paul & Sommanna. Chairperson: Ksheera Sagar.
• 06:00 pm – 07:30 pm. The non-violent movement in France. Speaker: Elsa Joyeux Bovillon. Chairperson: Simon Joseph.
• 08:00 pm – 08:30 pm. Dinner

– 5th November, 2006 – Sunday

• 07:00 am. Tea/Coffee
• 08:00 am. Breakfast
• 09:30 am - 11:00 am. Bangalore Peace Committee Experience. Presentation: Anugraha John, Khader. Chairperson: A. R. Infant & Siddhartha.
• 11:00 am - 11:30 am. Tea/Coffee
• 11:30 am - 01:00 pm. Child Rights situation today. Speaker: Matthew Philip. Chairperson: Baby Paul.
• 01:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Lunch
• 02:30 pm – 03:30 pm. Interaction with Ramesh Ramanathan (Janaagraha) on issues related to participation, mediation and advocacy. Chairperson: Dr. Vinod Krishnan.
• 03:30 pm – 04:30 pm. Concluding Session – Siddhartha and Henri Bauer.