A meeting for NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
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Subject: A meeting for NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
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Original sender: Jacqueline Kacprzak <[email protected]>
A meeting for NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
Please find attached information about the regional NGOs meeting for
representatives from Eastern and Central Europe, which is a part of
preparation for the World Conference against Racism in South Africa
2001.
The attachments include:
Information for NGOs
Application form
Program of the NGOs meeting
For people interested to find the Russian version of these documents,
they are available on our web site: http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl
With best regards
Jacqueline Kacprzak
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Jacqueline Kacprzak
Program Coordinator
Human Rights Training Center
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
00-028 Warsaw,
18 Bracka St. Apt. 62
(tel./fax) 0-048/22/828-10-08, 828-69-96, 82698-75
e-mail: [email protected]
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HELSINKI FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Bracka str. 18, apt. 62
00-028 Warsaw, Poland
tel./fax: (+48 22) 828 10 08
828 69 96
Information for the NGOs
As a part of the preparation process for the World Conference against
Racism which will be held in the Republic of South Africa from 31
August to 7 September 2001, and on the request of the UN Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Helsinki Foundation for Human
Rights will organize a meeting for NGOs representatives from Eastern
and Central Europe.
The NGOs meeting will be held from 15 to 18 November 2000, in a
Conference Center located 15 kilometers from the center of Warsaw.
The role of this meeting is to discuss the roots and sources of
discrimination, the forms it takes and ways it can be combated by
public authorities (legislative, executive and judiciary) as well as
other bodies of public life (such as media or NGOs). Recommendations
will be prepared for:
(a) the NGO Forum which will take place in South Africa overlapping
with the World Conference, from 28 August to 1 September 2001; and
(b) the World Conference itself, which will be a diplomatic conference
of government, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The participants of the meeting will also discuss possible ways for
NGOs to combating discrimination.
Please find enclosed the program of the meeting.
Approximately 100 representatives from different NGOs will be invited
to participate from the following countries: Armenia Albania,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Russian Federation, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
The working languages of the meeting will be English and Russian.
Ability to communicate well in one of the above languages is required.
The selection of participants will be made on the basis of
applications (form enclosed) which must be sent to HFHR by email or
fax. The deadline for receiving applications is 18 October 2000.
A regional Steering Committee has been mandated to select the NGOs to
invite on the basis of the following ground rules: (1) at least two
NGOs per country; (2) all major issues in the area of racism, race
discrimination, xenophobia and related phenomena should be covered by
matching them to the NGO profiles; (3) the conference will to achieve
gender balance; (4) there can be more than one person per NGO; (5) the
SC will take collective responsibility for the selection results.
Final decisions will be announced on or around 30 October 2000
The organizers will cover economy travel expenses (whether by bus,
train or plane), accommodation (in double rooms) and board during the
meeting. The organizers will either send participants prepaid tickets
or ask the participants to purchase their tickets and be refunded once
they reach Warsaw.
Steering Committee of the NGO meeting took into consideration the
possibility of the participation of other representatives of
international organizations and NGOs from Western Europe and has
reserved space for up to 30 of such individuals. These representatives
will, however, have to pay for their travel, room and board. The costs
of accommodation in the conference centre, in a double room, including
meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner, coffee breaks is US$ 90 per day
per person. Interested persons are requested to fill in point 20 of
the application form.
If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact us
Tel./Fax: (+ 48 22) 828 1008, 828 6996, 826 9875
e-mail: [email protected]
Yours respectfully,
Adam Pyrek
Program Coordinator
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South Africa 2001
World Conference Against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
and Related Intolerance
The meeting of NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
Warsaw, 15 -18 November 2000
Program (draft)
Tuesday, 14 November 2000
Arrival of the participants, registration.
Wednesday, 15 November 2000
8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast
10.00 - 10.45 Opening Session
10.45 - 11.15 Introduction to Topic I: Sources, roots and causes of
racism and racial discrimination and related intolerance
11.15 - 11.45 Questions to the speaker on the Topic I and explanation
of the procedure of the Working Groups
12.00 - 13.30 6 Working Groups on Topic I
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch
15.00 - 16.30 6 Working Groups on Topic I
17.00 - 19.00 Presentation of work of the Working Groups on Topic I
19.30 Reception
Thursday, 16 November 2000
8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.30 - 10.00 Introduction to Topic II: Manifestations of racism,
racial discrimination and related intolerance (signs present in the
activities of governments and social relations).
10.00 - 10.30 Questions to the speaker on the Topic II
10.45 - 13.00 5 Working Groups on Topic II
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.30 - 16.30 5 Working Groups on Topic II
17.00 - 19.00 Presentation of the work of the Working Groups on Topic
II
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 Continuation of work if needed (without interpretation
service)
Friday, 17 November 2000
8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.30 - 10.30 Introduction to Topic III: What activities can be
undertaken by the public authorities as well as by NGOs to combat the
manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and related
intolerance?
10.30 - 11.00 Questions to the speakers on the Topic III
11.15 - 13.00 5 Working Groups on Topic III
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.30 - 16.30 5 Working Groups on Topic III
17.00 - 19.00 Presentation of the work of the Working Groups on Topic
III
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 Continuation of work if needed (without interpretation
service)
Saturday, 18 November 2000
8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.30 - 10.00 Introduction to the work on the recommendations of the
NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe meeting
10.00 - 10.30 Discussion
11.00 - 13.00 3 Working Groups on recommendations
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 3 Working Groups on recommendations
16.30 - 19.00 Adopting of the recommendations of the NGOs from
Eastern and Central Europe meeting
Closing session
20.00 Farewell Dinner
Sunday, 19 November 2000
8.00 - 9.30 Breakfast
Departure of participants
9.30 - 13.00 Continuation of the Steering Committee work
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
Departure of the S.C. members
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South Africa 2001
World Conference Against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
and Related Intolerance
The meeting of NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
Warsaw, 15 - 18 November 2000
APPLICATION FORM
1. Name of organization
2. Full name of the representative of the organization
3. Sex: __ Male __Female
4. Date of birth
5. Passport No.
6. Preferred language: __ English __ Russian
7. Your position/function in the organization
8. Full address of organization
9. Telephone/Fax number (including the area code)
10. E-mail
11. Internet address
12. Please indicate your organization's main areas of activity
13. Please describe in details activity results of your organization
during last 2 years (description no more then 100 words)
14. Does your organization have consultative status with:
Council of Europe __ Yes __ No
United Nations (ECOSOC) __ Yes __ No
15. Has your organization have been accredit to:
European Conference (Strasbourg, October 2000) __ Yes __ No
16. Has your organization been accredited to the World Conference
against Racism (South Africa 2001) __ Yes __ No
17. Does your organization belong to any network with other
organizations? If yes, which?
18. What do you see as the main problems related to the NGOs meeting
theme?
19. In which Working Group would you wish to participate (please
indicate every day 1 Working Group):
16 November: Manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and
related intolerance
(signs present in the activities of governments and social relations).
__ Working Group -1 Executive power
__ Working Group -2 Legislative power
__ Working Group -3 Judicial power
__ Working Group -4 Media
__ Working Group -5 Society
17 November: What activities can be undertaken by the NGOs to combat
the manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and related
intolerance?
__ WG-1 Legislation and legal defence
__ WG-2 Public education and awareness, mass media communication
__ WG-3 Improvement of discriminated groups, its rehabilitation and
compensation
__ WG-4 Public policy changes
__ WG-5 Combating extremism and hate speech
18 November: Recommendations of the NGOs meeting
__ WG-1 Recommendation to the WCAR
__ WG-2 Recommendation to the NGOs Forum
__ WG-3 Discussion of possible ways for NGOs to combating
discrimination
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Signature
To be filled in only by international and nongovernmental
organizations from Western Europe delegating their representatives for
the participation in the NGOs meeting at their own expense.
Accommodation in double room and meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner,
coffee breaks) for 1 person per day = $90.00
20. My organization is ready to finance my participation in the
meeting of NGOs from Eastern and Central Europe
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Signature of the Head of organization
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