
TO BE UPDATED FOR THE NEW PEACE CONFERENCE IN MARCH 2008
January 25
Arrival and registration in Inter Continental Hotel (for provincial delegations) – Draft Agenda
January 26
08.00 - 09.00 Delegates registration in hall (for Kabul delegation)
09-00 - 09.20 Welcome by the ANCB & PeaceWaves
09.20 - 09.30 Peace in the vision of Islam
Eng. Sayed Rahim Sattar, Vice
Chairman of ANCB
09.30 - 09.50 1° Strengthening Peace through the vision of Civil Society
Aziz Rafiee, Managing Director of ACSF
09.50 - 10.10 2° Foreign Military presence and concerns of the Afghan Civil Society
WADAN
10.10 - 10.30 3° Development through enhancement of educational system
by a University Dean
10.30-10.45 Tea break
10.45-11.05 4° Economic growth through micro credit activities & role of Civil Society
Chamber of Commerce Representative
11.05-11.25 5° Women and children basic rights & the civil society approach
AIHRC
11.45-12.45 Orphanage’s event: flying kites exhibition by the orphans inside their orphanage school and some journalist and conference members will attend and record that to show on the last day of conference before presenting the resolution
12.45-14.15 Lunch and prayers
14.15-16.45 10 group discussions on the above mentioned topics
16.45-18.30 Groups’ moderators presentations
18.30-20.00 Italian Orchestra classic concert for World Social Forum DAY & dinner
January 27
08.00-09.00 Registration in hall (by all delegates)
09.00-09.20 6° Civil Society’s strengths and weaknesses and major challenges for its crucial role in current situation
09.20-09.40 7° Major challenges for peace culture in Afghanistan and civil society role
09.40-10.00 8° How to strengthen the accountability of civil society entities and ways for self-
sustainability
Dr. Niazi, FCCS
10.00-10.20 9° Watchdog role of civil society in the law enforcement and justice
A lawyer by ACSF
10.20-10.40 10° The role of Afghan civil society in building peace through people to people soft
diplomacy in the regional level
Abdul Rahman Hotaki, Director Afghanistan Human Rights & Environment
Protection Organization
10.40-11.00 Tea Break
11.00-12.30 Kids’ Guernica for Peace by the Fine Art Faculty of the Kabul University
12.30-14.00 Lunch and prayers
14.00-16.30 Group discussions on the above mentioned topics (10 groups)
16.30-19.00 Groups’ moderators presentations
19.00-20.30 Concert of Peace by Afghan musicians & dinner
January 28
08.00-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Right to good governance and peace process in Afghanistan
Prof. Sarwar Mamound
09.15-09.30 Afghan Parliament and its two experiences to strengthen peace/ parliament and civil
society cooperation
Eng. Sultanzoy
09.30-09.45 International community role in the peace building and reconstruction process
ACBAR
09.45-10.00 Women empowerment and peace process
AWN
10.00-10.15 Major challenges (drugs, terrorism, warlords) towards peace and development
10.15-10.30 Coordination of civil society, governmental and international actor’s efforts for peace
and reconstruction in the Southern Zone
SWABAC
10.30-10.45 Media role in current situation
Danish Karrokhail
10.45-11.00 How to effectively strengthen the Afghan civil society links with the international
community
Marco Braghero
11.00-11.15 Tea Break
11.15-11.30 Presentation and adoption of “Afghana Document” from Italian Civil society
11.30-12.30 Conference Resolution drafting – Plenary Discussion on the resolution draft - Adoption
of the resolution
12.30-13.00 Speech by Italian Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Patrizia Sentinelli
13.00 – 13.30 Speech by His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan
13.30-14.00 Question and answers for the media
14.00 Lunch - End of the conference
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