the Salzburg Global Seminar
Schloss Leopoldskron
Sunday 7 Sep - Friday 12 September 2008
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Applications to attend this seminar will be very welcome
Peace-Making and Peace-Building: Securing the Contributions of Women and Civil Society
For the agenda please go to -
www.salzburgseminar .org/2008/ sessions. cfm?IDSpecial_ Event=1564
Participants will stay at Schloss Leopoldskron - see
www.schloss- leopoldskron. com/index. php?id=11& L=2
Enquiries please contact Nancy R. Smith, Director of Initiatives, or Nedzad Mocevic: nsmith@SalzburgGlob al.org; nmocevic@SalzburgGl obal.org.
Comment by faculty speaker Lesley Abdela: advances in implementation of UNSCR1325 and the equally valuable European Parliament resolution are taking place at grass-roots and intermediate levels but failing significantly at senior levels, notably among Foreign Ministers and many IGO heads of programmes.
Confirmed speakers include –
Lesley Abdela – international Gender/post- conflict specialist, Senior Partner, Shevolution, United Kingdom; recently GENCAP Senior Gender Advisor to Chief Humanitarian Coordinator UN OCHA Nepal. See
www.google.co. uk/search? hl=en&q=lesley+ abdela+post+ conflict& meta=
Carolyn McAskie - Assistant Secretary General for Peacebuilding, United Nations, New York. See
www.un.org/apps/ news/story. asp?NewsID= 18509&Cr= peace&Cr1=
Colin Munro - former Head of the UK Delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Samra Filipovic--Had iabdic - Director, Agency for Gender Equality of BiH, Sarajevo
Monica McWilliams - Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; former Assembly Member of Parliament for South Belfast.
See http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Monica_McWilliam s
Yoriko Meguro - Professor of Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo; Japanese
Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. See for example
www.mofa.go. jp/announce/ speech/un2008/ un0802-2. html
Pierre Schori - Director General, Fundaciòn para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diàlogo Exterior, Madrid. See
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Pierre_Schori
Invited Speakers include -
Betty Bigombe - Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center
Donald Steinberg - Deputy President, International Crisis Group
Søren Jessen-Petersen - Head of the Washington Office, Independent Diplomat
Asatu Bah Kenneth - Deputy Inspector General, Liberian National Police
Katherine Magraw - Director, Peace and Security Funders Group
Marta Lucia Ramirez - Senator, National Congress of Colombia, Bogotá;
former Minister of Defence
Plus
Mirsad Jacevic (Resource Specialist) - Deputy Director, The Initiative for
Inclusive Security
Carla Koppell (Resource Specialist) - Director, The Initiative for
Inclusive Security, Hunt Alternatives Fund
The program will emphasize ways to close gaps in implementation and consider -
the effectiveness of action plans at national and intergovernmental levels
the need for clear, specific and measureable commitments
the creation of accountability measures
successful means to raise awareness and understanding
the need for benchmarks and resource allocation
effective advocacy and coalition efforts
The Salzburg Global Organisation engages in targeted outreach and seeks to engage a significant number of participants from the policy arena and those in a position to help advance Peace-Making and Peace-Building: Securing the Contributions of Women and Civil Society in and through their own institutions.
Please note it is hoped organizations will be able to pay full or partial costs (full cost is 3,300 Euro for the program, excluding travel). In cases of financial need, Salzburg Global Seminar will do its best to provide support to enable people to attend.
The Salzburg Seminar
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