"From Engagement to Protest"
A Public Forum on Citizens' Challenges to the World Bank
Washington, DC
18 and 19 April 2002
PROGRAM
Thursday, 18 April
1:30 - Registration
2:00 - Opening Remarks
Steve Hellinger (The Development GAP/SAPRIN)
Hellen Wangusa (African Women's Economic Policy
Network/SAPRIN)
2:10 - BBC Film, "Profits of Doom," on
Structural Adjustment in Ghana
Discussion Led by Hellen Wangusa
3:15 - "The Structural Adjustment Roots of
Economic Crisis and Poverty:
SAPRI
Findings & World Bank Response"
Chair: Lidy Nacpil (SAPRIN Executive Committee/FDC - Philippines)
Doug Hellinger (SAPRIN Global Coordinator/The Development GAP)
- Global Findings
Ivan Cisneros (SAPRIN-Ecuador/IEDECA) - Ecuador Findings
Godfrey Kanyenze (SAPRIN-Zimbabwe/ZCTU) - Zimbabwe Findings
Mahbubul Karim (SAPRIN-Bangladesh/PROSHIKA)
- Bangladesh Findings
Karoly Lorant (SAPRIN-Hungary) - Hungary Findings
Questions Regarding SAPRI Findings
Doug Hellinger - SAPRIN's Experience with the World Bank
Discussion
5:30 - 7:00 - Reception
Friday, 19 April
8:45 - "The Role of the IFIs in Shaping Poverty
Reduction Strategies: Civil Society
Experience with PRSPs"
Chair: Fantu Cheru (American University/Former Special Rapporteur,
UN High Commission on Human Rights)
Warren Nyamugasria (Uganda National NGO Forum/SAPRIN-Uganda)
Irungu Houghton (ActionAid)
Joy Chavez (FOCUS on the Global South/SAPRIN-Asia)
Alejandro Bendaña (CEI-Nicaragua/Jubilee South)
Discussion
10:15 - Break
10:30 - "Challenge from Within: Other Direct
Engagements with the World Bank"
Chair: Peter Riggs (Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Patrick McCully (International Rivers Network)
- World Commission on Dams
Steve Kretzmann (SEEN/IPS) - Extractive Industries Review
Graham Saul (Bank Information Center) - Information Disclosure Policy
MST Representative (Brazil) - World Bank Inspection Panel
(Land Reform)
Discussion
12:00 - Lunch
1:15 - "Public Challenges to the Bank: Vehicles
for Change and Accountability"
Chair: Liane Schalatek (Heinrich Boell Foundation)
Hellen Wangusa (AWEPON/SAPRIN/Jubilee South) - UN System
(FfD)
Sameer Dossani (Globalization Challenge Initiative) - World Bank Board
(Private Sector Development)
Neil Watkins/Dennis Brutus (Center for Economic Justice)
- Public Campaigns (World Bank Bonds Boycott)
Joanne Carter (RESULTS) - Legislative Action (User Fees)
Soren Ambrose (50 Years Is Enough Network/New Voices) - Media
Discussion
2:45 - Break
3:00 - "Challenge from the Street: Mobilization
to Confront the IFIs"
Chair: Njoki Njehu (50 Years Is Enough Network)
Ivan Cisneros (IEDECA/SAPRIN-Ecuador)
Jorge Carpio (FOCO/SAPRIN-Argentina)
Lidy Nacpil (Freedom from Debt Coalition/SAPRIN-Philippines/
Jubilee South)
Robert Weissman (Essential Action) Discussion
4:30 - "Implications for Action: From Engagement
to Protest"
Strategy
Session Led by Forum Organizers
5:30 - Adjournment
The forum will be held at the Rosslyn Spectrum,
1611 North Kent Street, a three-minute walk from the Rosslyn Metro on the
Blue and Orange Lines. Those who do not understand both English and Spanish
can reserve an interpretation headset at rsvp@saprin.org.
General questions about the event should be addressed to secretariat@saprin.org.
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