Event

UWI St. Augustine Campus will host a Summit Action Meeting on Tuesday 14^th April, 2009 at Daaga Hall starting at 9:00 a.m. The theme of this meeting is ‘Multi Sectoral Partnership and Collaboration: Our Way Forward’.

As the Civil Society Organizations of the Hemisphere have been divided into three sectors for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, it presents an obstacle to developing an integrated approach to the issues raised. Consequently, The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for the Summit of the Americas organised a forum where all sectors could meet and discuss their concerns.

This meeting will focus on the implications of the global and hemispheric economic crisis for civil society and on strengthening of Civil Society Organizations in the region. Feature speakers will include Dennis Pantin Olabisi Kuboni, Sterling Belgrove and Hazel Brown. Participants will also be able to engage in group discussions.

This forum is free and open to members of the public.

To RSVP, please contact the Civil Society Summit Secretariat at 222-5205 or the Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women at 627-4807, Or email csctt.summit@gmail.com, or wethepeoplett@gmail.com.

AGENDA

9:00 10:00 a.m.

The Global / Hemispheric Economic Crisis: Implications for Civil Society and Proposed Policy Initiatives

Presenter: Dennis Pantin

10:00-11:30 a.m.

Civil Society Appraisal and Institutionalizing Civil Society Participation in Democratic Governance

Presenter: Olabisi Kuboni

Matters Relating to the Agenda and Civil Society Management of and Participation in the Three (3) Civil Society Fora

Presenter:  Hazel Brown

12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch and Working Groups

1:30 p.m.: Presentations by Working Groups

Facilitated by: Indera Sagewan-Alli & Kris Rampersad