OSCE meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and inter-Ethnic Understanding

UNITED E-NEWS 17/05/06:


Call for participants
OSCE meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and inter-Ethnic Understanding
Venue: Kazakhstan
Dates: 11-13 June 2006


The participation and contribution of NGO representatives is highly welcomed






*** forwarded message below / more info mailto:floriane.hohenberg@odihr.pl ***


OSCE ToleranceиT Meeting and NGO Preparatory Meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and inter-Ethnic Understanding
Date: 11 June 2006-13 June 2006
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Participants: Representatives of OSCEиT participating States, institutions and fieldиT operations and international and non-governmentalиT organizations will
participate in this event.
The Asian and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation are also invited to participate.

Languages: during the two meetings translation will be provided in English-Russian and Russian-English

Visas: for participants requiring a visa the ODIHR will issue a letter of invitation
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The Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe will hold a meeting to promote Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic
Understanding in Almaty, Kazakhstan on the 12th and 13th of June 2006.
It will preceded by an NGO preparatory meeting on June 11th aiming at providing Civil Society representatives with the opportunity to exchange
views and prepare recommendations for the participating States of the OSCE.
The participation and contribution of civil society representatives is highly welcomed in both meetings.

You will find the agenda of the Tolerance meeting (12-13/06) on the OSCE website:иT http://www.osce.org/item/18874.html


the agenda of the NGO preparatory meeting (11/06) is included in this message, see below.

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How to participate?
Please fill in the NGO registration form included in the information package where you can specify if you want to participate in the preparatory meeting. The package is available on the OSCE website:
http://www.osce.org/item/18874.html

If you require more information on the NGO Preparatory Meeting, please contact Ms Floriane Hohenberg, ODIHR''s Advisor on Civil Society
Relations (floriane.hohenberg@odihr.pl) indicating in the subject of your email "NGO meeting Almaty"

Looking forward your participation in this meeting!

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Agenda of the the NGO preparatory meeting

NGO Preparatory Meeting for the Tolerance Implementation Meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Understanding

11 June 2006, Almaty
Ablai Khan Room, mezzanine of the Ankara Hotel


Purpose ofиT the Meeting
* To give NGOs an opportunity to exchange information, share best practices and formulate recommendations for the Tolerance Implementation
Meeting on Promoting Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Understanding on 12-13 June 2006;
* To explore the role of civil society and especially of youth organisations in facilitating inter-cultural, inter-faith and inter-ethnic understanding and in particular their role in preventing conflicts and promoting reconciliation, as well as in promoting tolerance in public discourse;
* To facilitate coalition-building across diverse cultural and religious communities and civil society groups.


Preliminary Programme
9:00- 9:30 Welcome and opening remarks
- Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBC)
- Representative of theиT OSCE Chairmanship
- Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of the ODIHR

9:30 - 11:00иT Session I: The role of civil society in facilitating
inter-cultural, inter-religious and inter-ethnic dialogue as a mechanism
for conflict prevention and post-conflict reconciliation

Moderator: Ms Natasa Kandic, Humanitarian Law Center, Serbia and
Montenegro

Speakers:
* M. Igor Rotar, Forum 18,Central Asia Correspondent, Kazakhstan
* N.n, Ittifok, Tajikistan

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break


11:15 - 12:45иT Session II: The role of civil society in supporting inter-cultural, inter-faith and inter-ethnic partnerships as a tool to counter stereotypes and prejudice and to promote mutual respect and understanding in public and political discourse
Moderator: Ms. Ninel Fokina, Chair of the Almaty Helsinki Committee, Kazakhstan
Speakers:
* M. Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council, United States of America
* M. Mikael Danielyan, Chairman, Helsinki Association, Armenia


12:45 - 14:00иTиT Luncheon


14:00-15:30 Session III: Beyond inter-cultural, inter-faith an inter-ethnic partnerships: Coalition building as a way to promote tolerance in multicultural societies
Moderator: Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director International Jewish Affairs, American Jewish Committee
Speakers:
* Ms Urmee Khan, Aliph Aleph, United Kingdom
* M. Valeriu Nicolae, European Roma Network, Brussels

15 :30-15 :45 Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:15 Session IV: The way forward: The role of youth in promoting dialogue and understanding in multicultural societies
Moderator: Ms Khatuna Tsindsaze, Executive Director, Century 21, Georgia
Speakers:
* Ms Stasya Denissova, Youth Group for Tolerance "Ethics", Russian Federation
* N.n, European Youth Forum, Brussels

17:15-18:30 - Closing Session:иT Recommendations

Moderators to provide a summary of conclusions from their session (to be presented at 12-13 June Tolerance Implementation Meeting).


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