Schedule of national consultations 2010
Open Forum Country Consultation Schedules as per January, 2011
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Asia and North Africa
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- North America and the Pacific
- Europe
- Open Forum regional coordinator: All Africa Conference of Churches, Solomon Gichira (solomon aacc-ceta.org, 254-20-4441483 / 4441338/9).
Please note the following:
- A regional preparatory seminar took place in Nairobi on 27-28 January 2010.
Sub-Saharan Africa
| Dates | Country | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 19-20 April | Kenya | AACC: Solomon Gichira (anshoo aacc-ceta.org) |
| 20-21 April | Benin | Network of National NGO Platforms of West Africa and Central Africa: Aurélien Atidegla (info repaoc.org) ; Collectif des Fédérations et Réseaux d’ONG du Bénin: Honvou Toussaint (honv2000 yahoo.fr) |
| 29-30 April | Cameroon | COSADER: Christine Andela (andelac yahoo.com); Council of Protestant Churches of Cameroon: Jean-Emile Ngue (Revngue yahoo.fr) |
| 13-14 May | Mozambique | Conselho Cristâo de Moçambique: Marcos Macamo (efraimacamo yahoo.com.br) ; Foundation for Community Development: Marta Cumbi (mcumbi fdc.org.mz) |
| 17-18 May | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Church of Christ in Congo: Bishop David Yemba (bishopccongo yahoo.com); League for the Youth for Congo: Kongolo Pande (habitofpeace gmail.com) |
| 19-20 May | Zambia | Christian Council of Zambia: Suzanne Matale (suzannematale yahoo.co.uk) ; Civil Society for Poverty Reduction: Nshindano Patrick Kryticous (kryticous cspr.org.zm) |
| 19-21 May | Mali | FECONG: Bakary Doumbia (mwabakymd54 yahoo.fr) |
| 25-27 May | Nigeria (Abuja) | Christian Council of Nigeria: Samuel Ogbe Obafemi (ccofnig2010 yahoo.com); GCAP Nigeria: David Tola Winjobi (tolawinjobi58 yahoo.com) |
| 23-25 May | Niger | Laoual Sayabou laoual_sallaou yahoo.fr or Mariama Adam Soumana laoual_sallaou yahoo.fr |
| 28-29 May | Senegal | Conseil des ONG d’appui au Développement (CONGAD): Momar Talla Kane (mtakane1 yahoo.fr) |
| 21-22 June | Uganda | Uganda Joint Christian Council: Sylvester Arinaitwe (ujcc utlonline.co.ug); Uganda National NGO Forum: Richard Ssewakiryanga (r.ssewakiryanga ngoforum.or.ug) |
| 24-25 June | Rwanda | CCOAIB: Rev. Tharcise Gatwa (cpr rwanda1.com); Conseil Protestant du Rwanda: Rwibasira Eugene (rwibasirae yahoo.com, rwandacsplatform gmail.com) |
| 6-7 July | Ghana | Ghana Aid Effectiveness Forum: Bashiru Jumah (info aefgh.org); Christian Council of Ghana: Fred Deegbe (fdeegbe gmail.com) |
| 29-30 June | Angola | Conselho de Igrejas Cristas em Angola: Luis Nguimbi (cica angonet.org); FONGA: Antonio Lufutu Kiala (fonga.fonga yahoo.com.br) |
| 11 August | South Africa | South Africa Council of Churches - Eddie Makue (tmm sacc.org.za); Economic Justice Network - Percy Makombe (percy ejn.org.za) |
- Open Forum regional coordinator: Asia Pacific Research Network, Lyn Angelica Pano (lpano aprnet.org, +632 9277060-62 loc 203).
Please note the following:
- A regional preparatory workshop took place in Bangkok on 6-7 November 2009.
- A regional workshop to consolidate the consultations in Asia will take place in Hong Kong on December 3rd and 4th.
| Date | Country | Organization(s) | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5 March | India (New Delhi) | SANSAD, Centre for Public Affairs, Resource Alliance, Credibility Alliance | Anil Singh: anilsingh2005 rediffmail.com Ram Gati Singh: singh.ramgati1977 gmail.com Rati Mishra: rati resource-alliance.org Mathew Cherian: rcnorth credall.org.in Aloke Michyari: aloke casa-india.org |
| 5, 29-30 March | South Korea | Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC), ODA Watch, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) | Faye Lee: flee ngokcoc.or.kr |
| 3-5 April | Kyrgyzstan | Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan, Association of NGO Support Centers, Media Osh Resource Center | Nurgul Djanaeva: dnurgul yahoo.com |
| 27-29 April | Mongolia | Steps Without Borders, Nature and Women centre, Federation of Republican women, Consumer Foundation, Secretary of the Food Coalition, CHRD (Council for Human Rights Development) | Urna Gombosuren: urantsooj mongolnet.mn |
| 3-5 May | Indonesia | International NGO Forum on Indonesian Devt (INFID), Institute for National and Democratic Studies (INDIES), Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement (AGRA), YAKKUM Christian Foundation for Public Health | Erpan Faryadi: irfan_agra yahoo.com; Dian Kartika: dian infid.org, infid infid.org; Sigit Wijayanta: wijayanta yahoo.com |
| 29-31 May | Morocco | Espace Associatif | Anas Elhasnaoui: elhanas13 gmail.com; Abdel El Ghazi: contact espace-associatif.ma; Gwen Conan: gwendoune yahoo.fr |
| 15-17 June | Bangladesh | SUPRO | Reza Chowdhury: reza.coast gmail.com; Iqbal Uddin: iqbal supro.org; Mahbub Hasan: cdpmahbub yahoo.com; Mohd. Abdul Matin: memory14 agni.org |
| 23-25 June | Vietnam | Research Center for Management and Sustainable Development, Institute for Reproductive and Family Health, Center for Social Organization and Community Development | Linh Phuong: nplinh6583 gmail.com; Nguyen Thi Hoai Duc: rafh hn.vnn.vn; Mai Anh Bao |
| 7-9 July | Tajikistan | NGO Jahon, Alliance of Women Attorney of Tajikistan, Club of Ecological NGOs of Tajikistan | Shahlo Juraeva: ngo.jahon gmail.com; Sharifova Zebo; Latifi Alikhon |
| 7-9 July | Lebanon | ANND, Lebanese Democratic Women Gathering | Jade Said: jade.said annd.org; Ziad Samad: ziadas gmail.com; Caroline Succar: rdfl inco.com.lb |
| 20-22 July | Cambodia | Cambodia Cooperation Committee, Medicam | Saroeun Soeung: saroeuncambodia gmail.com, saroeun.soeung ccc-cambodia.org; Kunthea Dy: hssc medicam-cambodia.org |
| 27-29 July | Philippines | Center for People’s Development and Governance, Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Health Alliance for Democracy | Maan Tablang: cpdg.org gmail.com; Mac Jusayan: macjusayan yahoo.com; Renato Reyes |
| 31 July - 2 August | China | CANGO, Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants | Zhou Shuwen: zhoushuwen cango.org; Ramon Bultron: rbultron gmail.com |
| 24-26 August | Nepal | Nepal Policy Institute | Rabin Subedi: subedirabin gmail.com |
| 31 August- 2 September | Sri Lanka | Sewalanka Foundation | Suranjan Kodithuwakku: suranjan greensl.net; Naresh Newton Thambirajah: newton sewalanka.org, nareshnewton yahoo.com |
| 19-21 September | India (Bangalore) | Andhra Pradesh Vyarusaya Vruthidarula Union, Indian Social Institute, SAHANIVASA | Chennaiah Poguri: apvvu98 gmail.com; CS Saravanan: isiblr isiblr.org; Suria Poguri: sahanivasa85 gmail.com |
| TBC | Yemen | coming soon | TBC |
| 3-4 December | Hong Kong | Regional Synthesis Workshop | Lyn Pano: lpano aprnet.org |
III. Latin America and the Caribbean
- Open Forum regional coordinator: ALOP – Latin American Association of Development Organisations, Rubén Fernández, rfernandez region.org.co, +574 21 66 822).
Please note:
- A regional preparatory workshop took place on 1-3 December in Lima.
- The dates for the national consultations in Brazil, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Haiti are in process of being defined.
| Date | Country | Organization | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April | Venezuela | Sinergia | Manuel Gómez, mgomez953 gmail.com |
| 26-27 May | Nicaragua | Coordinadora Civil/FONG | Iván García Marenco, ivancorinto yahoo.com, Irving Larios, inges cablenet.com.ni |
| 8-9 June | Colombia | CCONG | Rubén Fernández, rfernandez region.org.co, Xenia Tovar, postlondres gmail.com, Gloria Vela, gloria_vela fundacionsynergia.org.co, Liliana Rodríguez, direccion ccong.org.co, Mauricio Cadavid, directorfed une.net.co, Rosa Ines Ospina, riospina gmail.com |
| 8-9 June | Uruguay | ANONG | Analía Bettoni, analiabettoni gmail.com, Alejandro Manzoni, promocion netgate.com.uy |
| 16-17 June | Guatemala | CONGCOOP | Norayda Arabella Ponce Sosa, seguimientoue congcoop.org.gt |
| 17-18 June | Chile | Acción | Alicia Sánchez, asanchez.alicia gmail.com, Miguel Santibañez, miguels jundep.cl, Martin Pascual, info accionag.cl |
| 21-22 June | Ecuador | Ciudad/Observatorio Cooperación | Gabriela Weber, gweber ciudad.org.ec, Camilo Molina, cmolina ciudad.org.ec |
| 28-29 June | Argentina | Red Encuentro | Daniela Jaschek, djaschek gmail.com, Eloy Mealla, rrii fundses.org.ar |
| 1-2 July | Honduras | CHHAC | Nelson García Lobo, direccioncasm sulanet.net |
| 7-8 July | Bolivia | Unitas | Susana Eróstegui, direccionunitas redunitas.org |
| 9-10 July | Mexico | Convergencia/ADOC/ALOP | María del Pilar Berrios, berriospil hotmail.com, Laura Becerra, laurabecerra equipopueblo.org.mx, Maria del Pilar Berrios, berriospil hotmail.com, Norma Castañeda, ncastaneda alop.org.mx |
| 15-16 July | Peru | Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana | Javier Azpur, jazpur desco.org.pe, Francisco Soberón, fsoberon aprodeh.org.pe, Carola Tello, ctello desco.org.pe |
| 19-20 July | Regional Consolidation (Lima, Peru) | n/a | Rubén Fernández, rfernandez region.org.co |
| June-July (TBC) | Paraguay | POJOAJU | Víctor Benítez, pojoaju pojoaju.org.py |
| TBC | Brazil | TBC | TBC |
| TBC | Dominican Republic | TBC | Addys Then, athen alianzaong.org.do |
| TBC | Haiti | TBC | TBC |
IV. North America and the Pacific
- Open Forum regional coordinator: InterAction, Kimberly Darter (KDarter INTERACTION.ORG, +1 202 552 6550).
| Dates | Country | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-18 March | Canada | Brian Tomlinson: btomlinson ccic.ca | |
| 14-15 April | Fiji | TBC | |
| 27 April | United States I (preliminary workshop) | Kimberly Darter: KDarter INTERACTION.ORG | |
| 4-6 May | Tonga- Pacific Islands Regional meeting | Emele Duituturaga: simacorp connect.com.fj | |
| 12-13 May | New Zealand | Pedram Pirnia: pedram cid.org.nz | |
| 18 May (TBC) | Australia | TBC | |
| 26-27 May | United States II (consultation) | Kimberly Darter: KDarter INTERACTION.ORG |
- Open Forum regional coordinator: CONCORD, Franz Josef Berger (fberger concordeurope.org, +32 (0)2 743 87 76).
Please note:
- A regional preparation seminar took place in Vienna on 10 and 11 March 2010.
- The list below includes self-funded and Open Forum-funded consultations in Europe.
- Consultation dates for Kosovo and Turkey will be announced as soon as they have been fixed with the national organisers.
| Date | Country | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January-June 2009 | Czech Republic | FoRS: Marie Zazvorkova: marie.zazvorkova fors.cz | |
| 1st Semester 2010 | Switzerland | Alliance Sud: Bruno Stöckli: Bruno.Stoeckli alliancesud.ch | |
| 9-10 April | Finland | KEPA/Keys: Pauliina Saares: pauliina.saares kepa.fi | |
| 8-9 June | Austria | Globale Verantwortung: Melanie Ossberger: melanie.ossberger globaleverantwortung.at | |
| 10-11 June | Russia | RAINBOW, Russian Ecological Union, G8 Research Group, Volgograd EcoPress: Olga Ponizova: oponizova rambler.ru | |
| 16-17 June | Macedonia | National Council of Women of the Republic of Macedonia: Gordana Trajceska: gocuse2003 gmail.com | |
| 18-19 June | Ukraine | GURT Resource Centre: Taras Tymchuk: tymchuk gurt.org.ua | |
| 24 June | Armenia | Caritas Armenia and Counterpart International: Anahit Mkhoyan: director cararm.am | |
| 24-25 June | Belarus | Assembly of Belarusian Pro-Democratic NGOs: Daria Vashkevich: international belngo.info | |
| 26-27 June | Azerbaijan | NAYORA - National Assembly of Youth Organisations: Nail Abdulov: nabdulov gmail.com and "Uluchay" Social-Economic Innovation Center: Ilyas Safarli: ilyas uluchay.org | |
| 26-27 June | Georgia | Civil Society Institute: Vazha Salamadze: vazha civilin.org | |
| 28 June | Spain | Coordinadora ONG para el Desarrollo España: Cristina Linaje: unioneuropea coordinadoraongd.org | |
| 30 June | Albania | Refleksione and Co-PLAN: Monika Kocaqi: monikakocaqi refleksione.org | |
| 17-18 November | Sweden | Church of Sweden, Diakonia, Plan Sweden, Swedish Missioncouncil, Forum Syd: Eva Ekelund: eva.ekelund svenskakyrkan.se | |
| 1st Semester 2011 | Luxembourg | Cercle de Coopération: Christine Dahm: christine.dahm cercle.lu | |
| 12 January | Ireland | Dóchas: Eamon Casey: policy dochas.ie | |
| 15 February | France | Coordination Sud: Catherine Perroud-Kiebler: perroud coordinationsud.org | |
| TBC | Portugal | ACEP: Fatima Proenca: fatima acep.pt |
The reports of these consultations will be made available as they come in to the Open Forum Secretariat. Please keep checking this website for more information and updates!