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Burma Day 2005: Supporting Burma/Myanmar’s National Reconciliation Process - Challenges and Opportunities
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Brussels, Tuesday 5th April 2005
Draft Conference Agenda
MORNING
09.00 - 09.30
Keynote Speech by EC representative
09.30 - 10.15
Presentation of the report “Supporting Burma/Myanmar’s national reconciliation process: Challenges and opportunities” by Robert Taylor and Morten Pedersen
10.30 – 12.00
Discussion of the report
Panel speakers: Derek Tonkin, former United Kingdom ambassador to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam; Charles Petrie, UN Resident Coordinator, Yangon; Martin Smith (tbc), writer and specialist on Myanmar ethnic minority issues; Kyaw Yin Hlaing, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.
AFTERNOON
13.30 – 15.00
Panel I: Policy Dialogue
On macro-economic policy: Brad Babson, Consultant and previous World Bank official
On human rights: Trevor Wilson, Australian Ambassador to Myanmar 2000-2003
NGO Perspective – (to be confirmed)
15.15-16.45
Panel II: Priority Programmes
On basic education: Elke Wisch, Deputy Director, UNICEF/Myanmar
On small-scale agriculture: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, agricultural economist
On community development: Alan McMahon, UNOPS-CDRT
Conclusions
Draft Conference Agenda
MORNING
09.00 - 09.30
Keynote Speech by EC representative
09.30 - 10.15
Presentation of the report “Supporting Burma/Myanmar’s national reconciliation process: Challenges and opportunities” by Robert Taylor and Morten Pedersen
10.30 – 12.00
Discussion of the report
Panel speakers: Derek Tonkin, former United Kingdom ambassador to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam; Charles Petrie, UN Resident Coordinator, Yangon; Martin Smith (tbc), writer and specialist on Myanmar ethnic minority issues; Kyaw Yin Hlaing, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.
AFTERNOON
13.30 – 15.00
Panel I: Policy Dialogue
On macro-economic policy: Brad Babson, Consultant and previous World Bank official
On human rights: Trevor Wilson, Australian Ambassador to Myanmar 2000-2003
NGO Perspective – (to be confirmed)
15.15-16.45
Panel II: Priority Programmes
On basic education: Elke Wisch, Deputy Director, UNICEF/Myanmar
On small-scale agriculture: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, agricultural economist
On community development: Alan McMahon, UNOPS-CDRT
Conclusions
