PROPOSED AGENDA
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Time |
Activity |
Objective |
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18:00 –18:10 |
Opening, Welcome, Review of Programme |
¨ To formally open the workshop ¨ To review the objectives and agenda |
| 18:10 –19:00 | Keynote Address |
¨ To locate local struggles within the national and international context. ¨ To provide a theoretical perspective on privatization and political direction |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Supper | |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Inputs from Unions and Community Organisations |
¨ To get brief inputs from each union and community organization on key struggles, activities and orientation. ¨ To gain an overview of struggles across the country to frame the rest of the workshop |
October 27, 2001
Time |
Activity |
Objectives |
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8:30 – 8:40 |
Introduction of Issue Based Commissions | ¨ To explain the objective and activities of the Issue Based Commissions |
| 8:40 – 1:00 | Issue Based Commissions - Assessing Current Struggles and Developing Our Demands on Water, Electricity, Housing and Evictions, Land and Retrenchments and Unemployment. |
¨ The commissions will focus on: ¨ Assessing current struggles ¨ Identifying strengths and weaknesses of different strategies ¨ Links with other organisations ¨ Existing resources ¨ Current demands and campaigns in different communities ¨ Media and Publicity ¨ Identifying potential common demands and campaigns ¨ Identifying common needs in terms of resources, education etc. |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
LUNCH | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Commissions Continue | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Tea | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Reports from Commissions | ¨ To share insights and recommendations from the Commissions |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | SUPPER | |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Panel Discussion on Privatization and Health, Education (and possibly transport and media) |
¨ To introduce and discuss key political issues which are not currently being addressed by community organisations |
October 28, 2001
Time |
Activity |
Objectives |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Presentation of Draft Programme of Action and Identification of Key Issues |
¨ To present the draft programme that emerged on Day One and highlight any additional key issues which have not been included ¨ To introduce the next activity |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Detailed Review of Draft Programme in Regional Groups |
¨ To provide regional groups with an opportunity to review the draft programme and develop a common perspective and position ¨ To ensure that delegates from organizations and regional groups come back to plenary with democratically developed and constructive positions on the programme and the way forward |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | TEA | |
| 10:30 – 1:00 | Finalisation of Programme of Action |
¨ To finalise a national programme that includes demands, campgains, media, resources and educational needs. |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | LUNCH | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Plenary Discussion on National Co-ordination |
¨ To develop a clear way forward in terms of national co-ordination of anti-privatization struggles |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Plenary Discussion on National Social Forum and Social Summit |
¨ To attempt to develop a national position on the National Social Forum Process and the Social Summit |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | TEA | |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Way Forward and Closure | |
| 20:00 – late | Brai and Social |
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