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Brevi dall’Europa:

 

· Il 14 aprile si è tenuta l’Assemblea Generale di EPLO. Matteo Menin, del Csdc, è stato eletto nello Steering Committee quale rappresentante del Network Europeo dei Servizi Civili di Pace (EN.CPS). Gli altri membri sono Steve Utterwulgher di Search for Common Ground (Presidente), Martina Weitsh del Quaker Council for European Affairs (Tesoriere), Alessandro Rossi di Nonviolent Peaceforce, Ben Schennink (Pax Christi) e Jan Ruyssenaars (di Novib/Oxfam).

L’Assemblea ha avviato la ristrutturazione dell’organizzazione in vista di un ampliamento della membership e dato vita a nuovi gruppi di lavoro (GdL) fra le organizzazioni membre. In particolare l’interazione con le altre reti europee delle Ong dello sviluppo e dell’emergenza (Concord e Voice) è fra i compiti di un nuovo GdL che si occuperà del rapporto fra Sviluppo e Peacebuilding, mentre il gruppo di lavoro sugli Interventi Civili per una Pace Sostenibile continuerà ad occuparsi della promozione dell’intervento civile di gestione, trasformazione e risoluzione nonviolenta dei conflitti negli strumenti civili di intervento che l’Ue sta creando. Un altro gruppo, in fine, è stato creato allo scopo di coordinare l’attività di lobby delle Ong europee verso le Istituzioni per la creazione di nuovi ed adeguati strumenti di finanziamento del peacebuilding civile.

 

· Dal 22 al 26 Aprile si terrà a Cluj-Napoca (Romania) l’incontro annuale delle organizzazioni europee che compongono lo European Network for Civilian Peace Services e Nonviolent Peaceforce.

Qui di seguito il programma degli incontri.

Per informazioni scrivere a Matteo Menin: europe@pacedifesa.org 

 

European Network for 
Civilian Peace Services 
EN.CPS 
www.en-cps.org

 

 

Nonviolent Peaceforce European Member Organisations’ Regional Meeting 22- 24 April 2005 and EN.CPS 7th Annual Meeting, Cluj Napoca, Romania 24-26 April 2005

 

 

Friday, 22 April

Facilitators: Rachel Julian, Konrad Tempel and Tim Wallis Minutes:

10:00 – 13:00 Introduction to NP for all new participants
  • - Presentation of NP
  • - Presentation of Guest Organisations, including Profiles, Mandate, Objectives, Work and Activities

Facilitators: Konrad Tempel Minutes:

10:00 – 13:00 Parallel Meeting for NP Members Present (Optional)

  • - Discussion of Working Relations: MOs and Brussels Office Identifying Clear Needs, Priorities and Effective Mechanisms for Good Cooperation

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch

Facilitators: Denisa Brand-Jacobsen Minutes:

15:00 – 16:45 Introduction and welcome

  • - Overview and Presentation of the meeting: Topics, Themes, Structure
  • - Summary of Core Themes and Issues to Discuss
  • - Brief Introduction of Participants – Who’s Taking Part in the Meeting
  • - NP IGC reports and representation
  • - NP Brussels office development

16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break

Facilitators: Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen Minutes:

17:00 – 19:00 Working together to build conflict transformation work – understanding the challenges in national and international work

Speakers: Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen: Peace and Training for conflict transformation in Romania.

Nino Gvedashvili: Experiences in Georgia: Human Rights and Conflict Transformation work.
  • - Understanding the needs of conflict transformation organisations in a network
  • - Building an exchange of experiences across a network of organisations
  • - Developing the work of organisations in Europe.

Saturday, 23 April

07:00 – 08:45 Breakfast in the hotel

Facilitator: Minutes:

09:00 – 11:00 Speaking with one Voice - Developing common strategies for advocacy towards the EU and cooperation in EPLO

Speaker: Alessandro Rossi: The current opportunities within the European Institutions for civil society to propose and support new conflict transformation instruments.

Additional input from: Matteo Menin, Jochen Schmidt
  • - Develop communication strategies for advocacy towards EU
  • - Cooperation in European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, EPLO
  • - current situation regarding the EU and EPLO
  • - Discussion on GPPAC conference in New York in July

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break

Facilitators: Konrad Tempel Minutes:

11:20 – 13:00 European Wide Cooperation: Developing Joint Projects across Europe.

Working Groups:

- NP Training Working Group – how the training done in Europe can help support the Nonviolent Peaceforce training for field projects.

  • - Fundraising for projects through MOs and joint EU/multi-lateral funded projects
  • - Developing the strategy towards EU and GPPAC over the next 3 months.
  • - Building capability for a Rapid Reaction Corps (discussion paper by David Hartsough)

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch

Facilitator: Minutes:

15:00 – 17:10 Field Projects: NP experience in Sri Lanka and developing possible future NP activities (Philippines, Uganda and in Europe)

 

  • - Update on Sri Lanka Mission
  • - Possible future deployment projects
  • - Role of partners in the field

17:10 – 17:30 Coffee break

Facilitators: Minutes:

17:30 – 19:30 Strategies for Developing Awareness, Understanding, and Good Practice in Europe.

Speaker: Outi Arajarvi: How we can develop a strategy for raising public awareness about conflict transformation in Europe

Working Groups:
  • - Recruitment and Training for field projects, the role of MOs
  • - Identify areas for cooperation and good practice in implementing common projects.
  • - Communication strategies and developing the profile in Europe
  • - Public Awareness promotional work

20:30 Dinner

Sunday, 24 April

07:00 – 08:45 Breakfast in the hotel

Facilitators: Minutes:

09:00 – 09:30 Reports from the Working Groups

09:30 – 11:00 NP IGC Update and Tri-Annual

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break

Facilitators: Minutes:

11:20 – 12:00 Final Decisions and task list for Zivik and future activities

12:00 – 13:00 Evaluation and Final Conclusions

 

EN.CPS 7th Annual Meeting, Cluj Napoca, 24-26 April 2005 – Draft Agenda

 

Overcoming Violence

Improving Conflict Transformation by Civil Society in Europe

(((Internal Draft Version)))

Sunday, 24 April

Chair: Tilman Evers Minutes:

14:30 – 16:00 - Welcome – introductions – expectations Helga Tempel, Jochen Schmidt

  • - Organisational questions; participants list; Kai-Frithjof & Denisa Brand-Jacobsen
  • - approval of Dunblane minutes;

agenda review; chairs and minute-takers

  • - Goals of the meeting; tasks to fulfil

16:00-16:15 coffee break

16:15-17:15 - Activity report by the EN.CPS coordinator; presentation of questionnaire results

  • - "Highs and lows" – additional contributions from participating groups

Chair: Helga Tempel Minutes:

17:15-19:15 "Conflict Resolution in domestic societies" Speaker: to be confirmed,

  • - Inputs from Eastern European countries (e.g. Georgia, Ukraine, Moldavia)
  • - free contributions, questions and answers, discussion

For dinner we have made reservation for all participants at... (to be clarified with Denisa)

* please notice that the topic "Speaking with one voice" – our cooperation with EPLO, lobby-work towards the European Union is being addressed during the NP-meeting Speakers: Alessandro Rossi, Matteo Menin

Monday, 25 April

7:45-8:45 Breakfast in the hotel

Chair: Kai-Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen Minutes:

9:00-11:00 Training for Peace - cooperation in the field of training

9:00-9:30 1. Presentation -Results Training Questionnaire Speaker: Konrad Tempel additional contributions, discussion and feedbacks

9:30-10:10 2. Introduction - Joint Training Standards; discussion of structure and further steps

10:10-10:40 3. Presentation - Recruitment and assessment of peace Speaker: Tim Wallis

personnel; including database-system

10:40-11:00 4. Decisions on further practical cooperation proposals:

  • permanent working group (first task Joint Training Standards)
  • regular mutual information
  • exchange of trainers

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

Chair: Jochen Schmidt Minutes:

11:15-12:45 "Acting together" – planning for a common Civilian Peace Service field project

11:15-11:45 - Review of our common Guiding Principles for CPS Field Teams

  • - short report on past experience (Cyprus-project)

11:45-12:45 - possibilities for a future common project; where?, which organisations are interested?, which possible funding sources?

- proposal for the set-up of a permanent working-group

12:45-13:00 announcements for working groups in the afternoon; general goal: Preparing for cooperation – next steps to take

13:00-15:00 lunch break at PATRIR; free time to talk, walk, rest, etc.

15:00-16:45 Group-work – suggested topics:

  1. EN.CPS role in EPLO, lobby strategy towards the EU (Matteo Menin)
  2. Future field project (Helga Tempel)
  3. Training cooperation (contents, joint standards and exchange of trainers) (???)
  4. Public and internal relations work – leaflet, webpage, newsletter, etc. (???)
  5. Other proposed working groups (???)

(appr. 16:00) Coffee break during WGs, whenever needed

Chair: Babs Sivertsen Minutes:

17:15-18:00 Presentation of results to the plenary – proposals for actions;

list for decisions to be taken on Tuesday morning

18:00-19:15 "Creating synergies" – future relationships between Tilman Evers, Tim Wallis

EN.CPS and NP in Europe

  • - inputs based on survey results and ‘EN.CPS-NP-relations’ working group report
  • - discussion – preparing for decision next morning

For dinner we have made reservation for all participants at... (to be clarified with Denisa)

Tuesday, 26 April

7:45-8:45 Breakfast in the hotel

Chair: Janne Poort-van Eeden Minutes:

9:00-9:30 Relationship NP-EN.CPS – continuation of discussion, proposals and decisions

9:30-10:30 - Proposals from the working groups; presentation and decision-making;

  • - formation of permanent working-groups and appointment of WG leaders

10.30 –10.45 Coffee break

10:45-12:30 - joining the network – new members?!

  • - network coordination, EPLO-representation
  • - tasks and commitments (check and confirm) – ZIVIK
  • - EPLO-contribution, other financial matters
  • - next annual meeting (place, date)
  • - other issues

12:30-13:30 Reflection and feedback