Conference Programm Afghanistan 2014
PROGRAM
Friday, April 25th 2014
18:30 – 21:30
Opening:
by Reiner Braun (IALANA, IPB) and Claire Chastain (No to War – No to NATO)
18:45 – 21:30
Plenary: Afghanistan at the Cross Road
Sharifa Zurmati Wardak (Federation of Afghanistan’s Civil Society, President of Support Afghan women organisation), Faruq Azam (Mediator), Karim Popal (Lawyer of the victims of Kundus massacre, IALANA), Wahid Mozhda (National Coalition against foreign troops in Afghanistan)
Moderation: Wahida Kabir, Farida Seleman, Rahim Safi
Round table: The -Role of the international Peace Movement – struggling against foreign Troops and supporting Development for Peace
Reiner Braun, Yves-Jeans Gallas (Mouvement de la Paix), Claudia Haydt (European Left), Ludo de Brabander (vrede vzw, Belgium)
Moderation: Hannelore Tölke (German-Afghan Peace Network)
Saturday, April 26th 2014
10:00 – 12:30 Demonstration: From Main train station to Place Kléber Among others with: Francis Wurtz, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Tobias Pflüger, Karim Popal, Sharifa Zurmati Wardak, Faruq Azam, Scheyhnan Ahadzada |
13:30 Continuation of the Conference
13:30 – 15:00
Panel: Ways to a peaceful and democratic Afghanistan
Mullah Saeef (former ambassador of Taliban to Pakistan, former press speaker of Taliban), Hafi-Zullah Rasekh (Solidarity Party), Fahim Ada (Coalition of Democratic and Progressive Organizations of Afghanistan), Amin Karim (Islamic Party Afghanistan), Naquibullah Shorish (Representative of the Kharoti), Otto Jäckel (IALANA)
Moderation: Kathrin Vogler (MdB, Die Linke), Marie-Christine Vergiat (MEP, GUE-NGL)
15:30 – 17:00
Working Groups: Visions for a peaceful, participative, sustainable, and democratic Future of Afghanistan
(with responsible persons and contact details, descriptions of the Working Groups will be online on September 10)
- 2014: Future of Women Rights – Participation of Women
(Wahida Kabir, , Kristine Karch, ) - Peace and Human Rights
(Sohaila Alekozai, Karim Popal, , Dr Taraqi) - Visions of the Youth
(Fawad Zazai, Daud Seleman, ) - Corruption and socio-economic Development
(Saber Seleman, ) - Process of Transformation: Afghanistan after 2014
(Nohman Manawi, , Nader Kabiri, ) - Sustainable economic and agricultural Development – but how?
(Lucas Wirl, ) - Afghanistan in its Region
(Claire Chastain, , Bashir Wared, ) - Civil Aid – but how?
(Farida Seleman, ) - Democracy – Reconciliation – Islam
(Saber Seleman, Azim Abromand, Fazel Ghani Modjadedi )
17:15 – 19:00
Presentation of Afghan Organisations (three minutes each and poster session; for further information contact Karim Popal, )
Moderation: Reiner Braun, Karim Popal
Saturday Evening, April 26th 2014
20:00 Cultural Event
Music by: Khalid Khalwat, Delagah Surood
The cultural evening includes poster sessions and (Afghan) dinner
Sunday, April 27th 2014
9:30 – 10:30
Lectures:
Satar Sirat (Former Minister of Justice, Presidential Candidate 2004): Peace in Afghanistan – The peace plan for 2014
Fazel Ghani Modjadedi (Afghan Peace Movement in USA): Protests against the war in Afghanistan in the USA
Matin Baraki (University of Marburg): What can the international civil society/NGOs do for supporting peace and development in Afghanistan?
Moderation: Kristine Karch (German-Afghan Peace Network) / Jaques Fath (PCF)
10:45 – 12:15
Continuation of Working Groups on Visions for a peaceful, participative, sustainable, and democratic Future of Afghanistan
12:30 – 13:45
Reports of the Working Groups
Conveners of the working groups (main points, concrete ideas, proposals)
Moderation: Wahida Kabir, Lucas Wirl (INES)
13:45
Closing Remarks
Jeannick Lepretre (Mouvement de la Paix), Karim Popal
14:00 END