Side Events - Memo 1

1. Workshops:

• "Mine Action in the Midst of Internal Conflict"
  Civilians are the first victims of the widespread use of anti-personnel mines in internal armed conflicts involving Non-State Actors, so it is crucial that mine action be undertaken at the earliest stages.Who are the actors involved? What are the difficulties they face? How can they deal with the political challenges? These are some of the questions that will be explored during the workshop.

Organizers: Geneva Call and the ICBL NSAWG Zagreb,
Date: November 27th
Time: 1:00 to 5.00 pm
Place: ?
Target: ICBL campaigners, registration needed
Material:
Person in charge: ??

• Youth Symposium

Date: 27 nov-3 dec.
Time: all day
Place: Palace Hotel
Target: Youth campaigners coming through MAC
Material:
Person in charge: MAC

2. Events

• Mines to Vines
  MINES TO VINES—A Mines to Vines Global Toast to Peace may be the culmination of the events. Evening may feature wines from various regions where Roots of Peace has demined—Bibijne, Karlovac, Ciste Male, Ciste Velika, Dragalic and Ilok. Wines from the vineyards of Ilok located near Vukovar along the DanubeRiver were demined through funds provided by Diane Disney Miller (daughter of Walt Disney) to Roots of Peace. A special commemorative bottle of wine featuring logos from CROMAC, ICBL, and ROOTS OF PEACE may be specially labeled for this event, so that journalists and guest may take home.
  VIDEO SCREENING—A special video screening of DISARM (by Mary Wareham) and FOOTSTEPS (by Silvije Petranovich) may be shown at the wine tasting.

Date: Tentative : Thursday 1st December
Time: 18.30-21.00
Place: theatre downtown TBC
Target: all delegates
Material: for the film: possibility to show digitial film and screen, sitting
For the wine tasting : wine, glas , serving people, etc…
For the wine sale: wine, plastic bag, money and people to sell.
Person in charge: Anne/Heidi/Cromac TBC with Meredith

• Croatian TV screening
  The project is to screen the film “Disarm” on the Croatian TV and propose after a debate on the mine problem in Croatia and the region. The problem is the translation that has to be done now.

Date: during the week 28-Nov -2 Dec
Time: evening
Place: national TV
Target: all Croatia public
Material: Beta digit film, subtitle in Croatian
Person in charge: ???

• Launch of Book and talk on Landmines and Islam:
  Launch of the Islamic book on landmines during the Zagreb meetings by Dr. Qibla Ayaz who will also speak about the book and use of landmines under Islamic teachings. It would be an informative session not only to the Muslim participants but also to the whole ICBL campaign. Landmine Action UK has kindly offered to sponsor the visit of Dr. Qibla Ayaz.

Date: ?
Time: lunch time
Place: Fair ground
Target: all delegates (special interest for Muslim delegates)
Material: ?
Person in charge: Raza Sha Khan Spado with support of Raku of Landmine action UK

• Handicraft village
  As many campaigners are bringing handicraft produced by survivors we want to organize a handicraft village for two day, and create there a nice shopping atmosphere. This will encourage campaigners to show the production of their country and delegates will be invited to by present before going back home.
  From the registration form we already have the following countries bringing handicraft:Eritrea, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Colombia. We can encourage other to do the same especially from the region : Bosnia, Croatia, Albania etc…
  An auction could be organized if we have some exceptional pieces.

Date: Thursday and Friday
Time: 1.PM to 6PM
Place: fair ground
Target: all delegates
Material: tables, panels for decoration, poster for indications, etc…
Person in charge: Kasia

3. Films presentation

Some Campaigners have proposed to present films. Currently we have :

- Indian Campaign,

- Australian Network ( a film on Afghanistan, to be confirmed)

- Cambodian Campaign

- Turkey Campaign

- Peter Moszynski (Africa?)

- Japan (Konno Seiji)

For each film we need to gather more information in order to then see when and where to present them
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4. Exhibitions:

• John Rosted Pictures exhibition : Bosnia Herzegovian , 10 years of Mine Action (title TBC)

Date: all week
Time: all day
Place: Fair ground
Target: all delegates
Material: Pannels to hang pictures, supplies to hang them
Person in charge: Vanja NPA ? + John

• Other exhibits:
  In addition to the exhibition prepared by John Rosted we have campaigners announcing some exhibition: We need to clarify with them what, how much space and which material they need.
  Geneva Call,
  Eritrea,
  Colombia Campaign,
  Handicap International,
  Nepal Camp,
  Sudan Campaign,
  Students against Mines,
  Paintings from Bangladesh,
  Japan Campaign
  Landmine Action UK is brining an exhibition on mine problem in Western Sahara (about 20 pictures)
• Booths
  Some have expressed the desire to have a booth to present their activities sand books etc… As for now we have :
  Mine Risk education WG
  Victim assistance WG
  Landmine Monitor

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5. Briefing/debates :

• LM briefing : a Briefing for delegates presenting all key findings of 2005 LM report

Date: Monday 28 November
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: all delegates
Material: Power point projector? LM books
Person in charge: Jackie TBC

• Article 5 briefing

Date: Tuesday 29 November
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: all delegates
Material: Power point projector? LM books
Person in charge: Tamar Gabelnick

• Briefing on Victim Assistance

Date: Wednesday 30 November
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: ICBL and delegates from 24countries with higher number of Victims (open to others)
Material: Power point projector?
Person in charge: Laurence Cote ?? TBC

• Task Impact assessment briefing

Date: ? Tuesday or Wednesday ?
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: all delegates
Material: Power point projector?
Person in charge: Sara Sekkenes

• Maps reading : another way to see the evolution of the mine problem
  Map is a tool to give information of course, about any subject. In these times when so much information come and disappear as tides, I wanted to find a mean to stay and understand quietly a question. Mapping offers this mean to take the good distance on a problem: everything is a question of scale. Everybody uses maps, few people know exactly how and by who these maps are done. Also, maps reflect wills and technologies of their period. And they are not as often used as they should be. Map becomes a way to understand any fact, from any discipline through another angle of approach. For Zagreb, the idea is to offer to journalists and any people, a different way to find arguments to continue to right and explain about all subjects raised by landmine questions, during the Conference.
  Briefing/discussion: provide participants ways to use maps and to read them, how to compare from a year to another , how maps reading can help you building your understanding of the evolution of a situation. Example will be taken using Maps of the region and LM maps over the years.

Date: ?
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: all delegates
Material: Power point projector? MAPS
Person in charge: Jasmine Desclaux

• Working with youth in mine action (title in progress...):

Date: Monday/Tuesday ?
Time: Lunch
Place: Fair ground room TBC
Target: ICBL campaigners +/- 50
Material:
Person in charge: Eva Maurisson,