3rd EDITION 1 & 2 OCTOBER 2020 Preventing war : responding to new threats EDITORIAL Given the COVID-19 pandemic, it was impossible to organise the Normandy World Peace Forum in its original format and on its original dates, just before the commemorations in honour of the Allied landings on 6 June 1944. Nevertheless, it was important to the Normandy Region to continue with this international event which is even more relevant in view of the global pandemic. ©R.Chapron The 3rd edition on “Preventing war: responding to new threats” will address the three major areas of risk in today’s world: a Hervé Morin breakdown of social ties, environmental issues and the use of President of the new technologies. In addition to these threats, we are living Normandy Region through a pandemic which has accentuated economic and social inequalities around the world and has highlighted the limits of our development model. Public figures will debate these questions. In addition, the Forum will pay tribute to the role of women in peace-building with debates organised in partnership with ELLE magazine and UN Women France. The Forum’s programme features three major conferences, fifteen debates, two cultural evenings, a Village for Peace with musical entertainment and photography exhibitions, youth events including the European programme Walk the Global Walk, focusing on the UN’s sustainable development projects, and the Freedom Prize award ceremony, where Loujain Al Hathloul will be recognised as the winner of the 3rd edition, and much more. Initially launched by the Normandy Region, the Normandy World Peace Forum forms a part of the region’s continued efforts over the decades to focus on remembrance, along with many initiatives which have been developed to share these memories and to support new generations as they try to understand the modern world and the peace-building process. I hope you all enjoy what promises to be an excellent Forum! 2 CONTENTS Public health requirements when attending the Forum ................... p.4 Practical information ................... p.5 The programme at a glance ............ p.6 Plan of Abbaye-aux-Dames and the Village for Peace ............... p.8 THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER Plenary conference 1 ............................. p.10 Young people’s march for the climate, Walk The Global Walk ............................ p.11 Plenary conference 2 .............................. p.12 Debates ................................................... p.13 The Cave an evening screening .............p.15 FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER Plenary conference 3 ..............................p.16 eTwinning educational project presentation ........................................... p.17 The Freedom Prize award ceremony ..... p.17 Debates ...................................................p.18 “Writers and peace” literary evening ....p.23 THE VILLAGE FOR PEACE Projects for peace ..................................p.25 Exhibitions and concerts ....................... p.27 Multimedia library and workshops ....... p.28 Junior press studio .................................p.32 The Forum’s partners ............................. p.34 WORTH KNOWING This programme is likely to undergo last- minute changes in response to current events and participants’ commitments. If you would like to check whether a particular speaker will be attending, visit the normandyforpeace.com site, which will be updated in real time. 3 PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS WHEN ATTENDING THE FORUM Masks must be worn across the site. If you All the public health requirements when forget your mask, another mask will be attending the Forum* are specified on the provided on your arrival. website; please familiarise yourself with them and comply with them. Hand sanitiser will be provided. We encourage you to use it as often as possible. It is vital to comply with these preventive measures to ensure everyone’s safety. At seated events, every other chair will be Today, more than ever, we are responsible available*. both for our own safety and that of everyone around us. One-way systems will be established in all enclosed areas of the Forum: please make *subject to changes in governmental health sure that you follow them. advice in France and in the department. Staff will offer to take your temperature when you arrive on site*. Wherever I am, I take the necessary steps to protect mysel and other people at all times! Blow your nose Cough or sneeze into Wash your hands in a disposable your elbow or into a regularly handkerchief and handkerchief throw it away Maintain a distance Avoid touching your Salute without of at least one meter face shaking hands with the others 4 PRACTICAL INFORMATION YOUR ARRIVAL AT ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES Access to the site Visitors can enter via place Reine Mathilde Ask your questions or boulevard Clémenceau, opposite rue du Do you have a question for the During conferences, Clos Beaumois. speakers? you can ask your question by commenting on the Facebook Twisto stops nearby: Live, on Twitter using the hashtag Rue Basse, Tour Leroy, Reine Mathilde. #NormandyForPeace or by SMS on +33 (0)6 30 89 04 70 Car parks (with parking charges): Château, Port, Tour Leroy. Bike parking is available on site. Food & drink Food trucks, bars and fast food Prepare your trip on will serve lunch and dinner in the www.commentjyvais.fr grounds; there will also be musical entertainment. Access to conferences and debates The site’s opening hours Access to the Forum’s debates and Thursday 1 October, conferences is free of charge. Prior from 9am to 10.45pm registration required on normandyforpeace. — com (or at the event, subject to availability Friday 2 October, of seats). from 9am to 9.45pm People who have booked online should present their printed ticket or their smartphone at the site’s entrance. We strongly recommend arriving at least 20 minutes before the event begins. To find out more: @NormandiePourLaPaix Access to the Village for Peace in the #NormandyforPeace grounds of Abbaye-aux-Dames is open normandyforpeace.com to all from 9am to 8pm, with no prior registration required. 5 THE PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2020 9.30am • 12.30pm | CONFERENCE 1: Reasons for anger: the social, democratic and environmental challenges facing peace PLENARY HALL 12.30pm • 2pm | Lunch Food and drink will be available on site Musical entertainment in the Village for Peace 1.30pm • 2pm | Departure of the “Walk the Global Walk” march for the climate from the Village for Peace 2pm • 5pm | CONFERENCE 2: Women and peace-building ELLE at the Normandy World Peace Forum PLENARY HALL SEQUENCE 1 (5.30PM • 7PM) DEBATE 1 DEBATE 2 DEBATE 3 DEBATE 4 DEBATE 5 AUDITORIUM SALLE GUILLAUME SALLE OR SALLE AZUR SALLE NACRE The EU on the Water diplomacy: After the Restoring trust? Amazonia: world stage: what sharing blue gold pandemic: the a global issue results? post-COVID-19 world? *2-hour debate *2-hour 7pm • 8pm Food and drink will be available on site Musical entertainment in the Village for Peace 8pm - 10.45pm | Evening screening of the documentary The Cave by Feras Fayyad in partnership with the association Docs Up Fund PLENARY HALL 6 FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 2020 9.30AM • 12.30PM | CONFERENCE 3: Technological revolutions: for better or for war? PLENARY HALL 12.30pm • 2pm | Lunch Food and drink will be available on site Musical entertainment in the Village for Peace 2pm • 4pm | The Freedom Prize 2020 award ceremony SEQUENCE 1 (2.30PM • 4PM) DEBATE 6 DEBATE 7 DEBATE 8 DEBATE 9 DEBATE 10 AUDITORIUM SALLE GUILLAUME SALLE OR SALLE AZUR SALLE NACRE Ethiopia, a Which future for Freedom in a Asian dynamics in Global glimmer of hope multilateralism time of crisis a time of crisis challenges, local for Africa? and the UN? responses: what solutions for the climate? SEQUENCE 2 (4.30PM • 6PM) DEBATE 11 DEBATE 12 DEBATE 13 DEBATE 14 DEBATE 15 AUDITORIUM SALLE GUILLAUME SALLE OR SALLE AZUR SALLE NACRE The Sahel: What is an (Im)balanced The Middle East: Childhood in regional alliance worth global economies rebuilding in conflict initiatives for today? uncertain times peace and Programme subject to modifications to subject Programme security 6pm • 8pm Food and drink will be available on site Musical entertainment in the Village for Peace 8pm • 9.45pm | “Writers and peace” literary evening IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L’O B S PLENARY HALL 7 PLAN OF ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES AND THE VILLAGE FOR PEACE AVENUE CLEMENCEAU ENTRANCE PLACE REINE MATHILDE ENTRANCE TOILETS TOILETS RECEPTION Entrance MULTIMEDIA Salle 2 Guillaume LIBRARY PLENARY 1 3 3 # HALL 7 6 5 4 Entrance 8 Auditorium 2nd floor 8 1 HOPE AMID THE RUINS 5 SALLE AZUR EXHIBITION 6 SALLE OR 2 PROJECTS FOR PEACE 7 LA TABLE 3 HANDSHAKES FOR PEACE EXHIBITION 8 JUNIOR PRESS STUDIO 4 SALLE NACRE ABBAYE AUX DAMES AVENUE CLEMENCEAU ENTRANCE NORMANDY WORLD PEACE FORUM WELCOMES YOU TO THE ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES IN CAEN, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NORMANDY REGION. PLACE REINE The-Abbaye-aux-Dames, like the Abbaye-aux-Hommes, MATHILDE headquarters of the City of Caen, was created by Duke ENTRANCE Guillaume and his wife Mathilde of the Flanders in the 11th century, making Caen a centrepiece of the duchy of Normandy, a few steps away from a powerful castle. After seven centuries of Benedictine presence, the French Revolution marked a turning point in the history of the Abbaye-aux-Dames. TOILETS TOILETS Having become national property, it was in turn a RECEPTION Entrance barracks (1792-1809), a beggar’s home (1809-1818), MULTIMEDIA Salle 2 Guillaume LIBRARY the Hôtel-Dieu (1823-1908) and finally the Saint-Louis hospice until 1984. PLENARY The Michel d’Ornano park (1992), which already existed 1 3 3 # HALL at the time of the abbey, and whose rows of lime trees are listed, is dominated by an imposing Lebanon cedar 7 6 5 4 planted in December 1849. Entrance In choosing to move into these beautiful buildings, which 8 were completely rebuilt in the 18th century, the Normandy Auditorium 2nd floor Region has reforged a link with one of the finest pages of its history.