Side Events - Memo 2

1. Briefing/debates:

Charting Progress: Global findings from Landmine Monitor Report 2005
The global findings of Landmine Monitor Report 2005, the seventh AnnualReport of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, will be presentedto 6MSP participants. A network of 77 researchers from 72 countriescontributed to this research initiative. This year's report, at 1,071pages, reports on 112 countries, focusing on mine-affected countries,States Parties with continued treaty implementation obligations, andnon-States Parties.

Date: Monday, 28 November
Time: 14:00-15:00
Place: Conference Room 2 (Hangar 7)

Good practices for the economic integration of mine survivors and people with disabilities. Report on a survey.
Description: Handicap International is implementing a study on good practices for the economic integration of people with disabilities. The study focuses on self-employment activities, access to financing mechanisms and the inclusion of people with disabilities into mainstream micro finance programs. The final outcome of the project will be a framework document highlighting good practices, strategies, tools, and operational methods that guarantee the efficiency and sustainability of self employment activities for people with disabilities and the appropriate use of micro credit to finance them.
The first phase of the project consisted of a literature review and collection of information on economic integration projects that have involved disabled and/ or vulnerable people. During this phase a survey was sent to organizations of/for people with disabilities, international NGOs involved in micro finance and specialized MFI's to get a good overview of experiences with IGA and in particular micro credit and inclusion in mainstream MFI-programs .Handicap International will report on the outcomes of this first phase of the study.

Date: Friday, 2 December
Time: 14:00-15:00
Place: Conference Room 3 (Hangar 7)

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. 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: Friday, 2 December
Time: 13:00-14:00
Place: Room 1 (Hangar 7)

Youth LEAP: A Tool Kit for Working with Youth
Description:This workshop will use dialogue to explore the opportunitiesand benefits to youth engagement. Drawing on direct experience and casestudies of Youth LEAP partner campaigns and MAC's domestic and internationalprogramming, we will discuss the challenges faced and options uncovered whenengaging youth in campaign work.

Date: Thursday 1 December
Time: 10:00-12:00
Place: Kumrovec Hall

2. Events

Book launch: “Landmines and the Quran” with Dr. Qibla Ayaz
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: Tuesday, 29 November
Time: 13:00-14:00
Place: Room 1 (Hangar 7)

Geneva Call: Report launch: Armed Non-State Actors and Landmines. Volume I: A global report profiling NSAs and their use,acquisition, production, transfer and stockpiling of landmines
Geneva Call will launch its report on the involvement of NSAs in the landmine problem. This report, which builds on an initial analysis published in 2004, provides a comprehensive mapping of NSA use, acquisition, production, transfer, and stockpiling of landmines, through a presentation of individual group profiles and a global analysis.

Date: Wednesday, 30 November
Time: 13:00-15:00
Place: Room 2 (Hangar 7)

Western Sahara Presentation by Landmine Action UK
Simon Conway, Director of Landmine Action has just come back from Western Sahara and would like to present his findings with a Q&A session.

Date: Tuesday, 29 November
Time: 14:00-15:00
Place: Room 1 (Hangar 7)

Handicraft village
As many campaigners are bringing handicraft made by survivors we want to organize a handicraft village for two days, and create there a nice shopping atmosphere. This will encourage campaigners to show the production of their country and delegates will be invited to buy gifts before going back home.So far we have campaigners from Bangladesh, El Salvador, Tajikistan, Guatemala, Nepal, and Sudan bringing handicrafts made by survivors.

Date: Thursday and Friday
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Place: fair ground

The Grand Auction of Priceless Artifacts from Around the Globe
The nicest pieces of handicrafts made by survivors will be put on an auction.

Date: TBC
Time:
Place: Fair grounds

Mines to Vines

The grapevine is a symbol of peace. Whether the juicy nectar of fresh grapes, raisins or a fine bottle of wine, the grapevine is a time-honored symbol for peace as we celebrate a harvest of hope.VIP’s will join together on stage for a MINES TO VINES global toast to peace. organised by Roots of Peace and ICBL

Date: Friday 2 December
Time: lunch time
Place: Fair grounds around handicraft village

3. Films presentation

‘Disarm’ screening
A special video screening of DISARM (by Mary Wareham).
Date: Tentative: Thursday night (TBC)
Time:
Place: theatre downtown TBC

‘Landmines - a Love Story’ Director: Dennis O'Rourke (Camerawork Ltd, Australia)
Documentary about a couple who are landmine survivors in Afghanistan. Brief description: The film is set in Afghanistan and tells the story of Habiba and Shah who have experienced immense suffering as victims of landmine accidents, but have survived to show how it is possible to be brave and moral in this world of sanctioned violence and lies. Shah, a former Mujaheddin soldier, works as a cobbler on the pavements of the ruined city of Kabul. One day, he noticed a pretty Tajik girl who had only one leg, and he began to court her. Amidst the chaos and violence, and despite all the obstacles of tradition and religion, Shah and Habiba were able to marry.

Duration: 73 Minutes
Language: Dari (Afghan) with English subtitles

‘Beware Mines’
Production: by the World Rehabilitation Fund in Lebanon. As you might know, the World Rehabilitation Fund (WRF) has been involved with humanitarian demining in Lebanon since July 1998. The film that was produced within the framework of the awareness component of the work of WRF is a short documentary of 17 minutes including live testimonies by landmine survivors. The film was recently selected by Docudays: Beirut International Documentary Festival for screening.

Duration: 17 min
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

‘The Car in the Tree’
Director: Lars Engels ( laen@dr.dk) Production: Dansk Radio (Danish Broadcasting)
Documentary on DanChurch Aid Crossline demining activities in Sudan's Nuba Mountains and Landmine Monitor researcher's investigation into the deaths of a demining team (Incident discussed in Landmine Monitor 2004 Executive Summary - one of the victims was a landmine survivor - a double amputee returning home from Kenya after having prosthetics fitted in ICRC hospital)

Language: Danish and English with English subtitles
Duration: 44 min

4. Exhibitions:

‘Halfway. Ten years since the war in Bosnia’, John Rodsted
Retrospective on how Bosnia is going 1o years since the war. It looks at rebuilding, demining, survivor assistance, and lack of it.

Eritrea: Survivors’ Handicraft and MRE materials

Paintings from Bangladesh: For Peace, Let the World be Mine Free

Japan Campaign: Mine Action by Association for Aid and Relief, Japan

Western Sahara Photographic Exhibition, Simon Thorpe

Date: Monday-Friday, 28 November- 2 December

Place: Fair grounds