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Draft Program Progressive Alliance Seminar: Growth and Inclusion 25 – 26 September 2015, Penang, Malaysia Friday, 25 September 2015 Venue: Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang Batu Ferringhi Beach, Penang 11100, Malaysia 08:00 hrs Registration 09:00 hrs Steering Committee Venue: Room Sayang 1 & 2 Interested parties can send a delegate to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee prepares and discusses the conference and resolutions as well as the upcoming activities of the Progressive Alliance. Chaired by Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance 10:00 hrs Coffee Break Page 2 10:30 hrs Parallel Workshops Workshop 1: Progressive Campaigning Venue: Room Sayang 1 & 2 . Margiyono Darsasumarja, NASDEM Party Indonesia . Marije Laffeber, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES) . Chan Foong Hin, State Legislative Assemblyperson, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia Moderator: Howard Lee, State Legislative Assemblyperson, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia Workshop 2: Developing Situation in Asian Countries Venue: Ballroom . Amuda Shrestha, Nepali Women Association, Nepal: Nepal after the earthquake . Park Ae Joo, Chief of International Relations Bureau, New Politics Alliance for Democracy, South Korea: The Challenges Ahead of Korean Parliamentary Elections in 2015 . Hiroyasu Higuchi, General Manager of international Department, Democratic Party, Japan: Recent Developments in Japanese politics . Jose Teixeira, MP, FRETILIN, East-Timor: Challenges for the center left in East Timor Moderator: Machris Cabreros, Coordinator of SOCDEM Asia 12:00 Lunch Page 3 13:00 hrs Conference Venue: Room Sayang 1 & 2 Moderator of the Day: Howard Lee, State Legislative Assemblyperson, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia 13:00 hrs Welcome and Opening Chow Kon Yeow, DAP Penang Chairman & Central Executive Committee Member of DAP Malaysia, Penang State Executive Council Member for Local Government 13:15 hrs Video 13:15 hrs Making growth possible, gender equality and decent work Marja Bijl, Deputy Party Leader, Labour Party (PvdA), Netherlands 13:30 hrs Speech Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, Citizens‘ Action Party (Akbayan), Philippines 13:45 hrs Speech Javier Salinas Narvaéz, International Secretary, Party of Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico Page 4 14:00 hrs Panel Discussion Fair Trade – Fair Work Khurelbaatar Bulgantuya, Mongolian People‘s Party (MPP), Mongolia Jan Lichtwitz, Vice President, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) Charles Santiago, MP, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia Mathias Tegnér, MP, Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP), Sweden Moderator: Conny Reuter, Secretary General, Solidar 15:00 hrs Coffee Break 15:30 hrs Inclusive Growth and Fighting Inequality Liew Chin Tong, MP, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia 15:40 hrs Video 15:45 hrs Inclusive Growth defines Democracy Abhishek Mishra, Minister of State for Vocational Education and Skilled Development, Uttar Pradesh, Socialist (Samajwadi) Party, India Page 5 15:55 hrs Panel Discussion Building Inclusive Societies Andrew “Atama” Ambrose, PACOS Trust, United Nations Indigenous Youth Caucas Gusmanta Kumar Giri, Association for Democratic Socialism (ADS), India Norbert Neuser, Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) Kasthuri Patto, MP, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia Moderator: Zairil Khir Johari, MP, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia 16:50 hrs Closing Speech Jens Orback, Secretary General, Olof Palme International Center (OPIC) 17:00 hrs Video Page 6 17:00 hrs Stop All Persecutions - FREE Political Prisoners, FREE Anwar Nurul Izzah Anwar, MP, Daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, People's Justice Party (PJP), Malaysia Herta Däubler-Gmelin, President of SPD Human Rights Commission, Former Minister for Justice, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Germany Neena Gill, MEP, Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) Marie Chris Cabreros, Coordinator, Network of Social Democracy in Asia (SOCDEM Asia) 18:00 hrs End of the First Day 19:15 hrs Preparation to Depart to Reception 19:30 hrs Departure to Reception 20:00 hrs Dinner Hosted by Penang State Government Welcome V Sivakumar, International Secretary, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Keynote Lim Guan Eng, Secretary General of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Chief Minister of Penang Page 7 Saturday, 26 September 2015 Note: 09:00 – 12:30 hrs Meeting of the Network of Social Democracy in Asia (SOCDEM ASIA)and the Global Progressive Forum (GPF) If you are interested please contact Cecilia Gondard, GPF, or Machris Cabreros, Coordinator of SOCDEM Asia 12:30 hrs Lunch 13:30 hrs Preparation to Depart to Areas Kindly note that for the area visits casual wear is recommended. 14:00 hrs Parallel Area Visits and Dialogue Area Visit 1: Panel Discussion @ China House on CREATIVE PLACEMAKING Today’s buzzword to describe communities’ investment in arts and culture is “creative placemaking” — which simply means using the arts to develop an area where people want to live, work and congregate. Developing Penang’s creative sector and introducing it as a viable sector within tourism, is regarded as a crucial step that can determine the future of the state. However, there are several challenges involved: How can we attract and retain profitable businesses and talented people? What attaches people to their communities?” Area Visit 2: Penang Green Council The manifestation of how progressive values have transformed Penang into a green state that is clean, safe and harnesses green technology. In doing so, Penang thrives to enable, empower and enrich all stakeholders to Page 8 practice sustainable development that protects the environment and quality of life. Area Visit 3: Gender Responsive Participatory Budgeting with Steven Sim Discussions on democracy frequently highlight the two differentiating views – the first as a “representative” form of governance, where leaders are elected by their constituents to represent them, and second a state sanctioned institutional process known better known as participatory governance which allows citizens to exercise their voice beyond ballot papers. Recently, Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim conducted a Gender Responsive Participatory Budgeting (GRPB) workshop initiated by the Penang Women Development Corporation (PWDC). The workshop revolved around how budgeting can be used as capital for various development projects and will be broken into four phases: comprising surveys among the people, focus group discussions, voting on budget and needs, and planning and presentation. 17:00 hrs End of the Seminar 19:00 hrs Solidarity Night / Reception Venue: Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang Batu Ferringhi Beach, Penang 11100, Malaysia .
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