23rd April 2008
9:10 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:20 Opening Plenary
Event Hall Welcome Remark:
Masako Hoshino,
Chair, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum
10:20- 12:00 Plenary Session I : ~G8 Process and the Toyako Summit~
Event Hall Perspectives, expectations and recommendations from the civil society
Keynote address:
Yurika Ayukawa
Vice Chair, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/WWF Japan
Speakers:
-Takehiko Nakao
Senior Deputy Director-General, International Bureau,
Ministry of Finance, Japan
-Chandra Kirana Prijosusilo
Revenue Watch Institute, Indonesia
-Hisashi Nakamura
Research Fellow, Ryukoku University, Japan
-Juergen Maier
German NGO Forum for Development and Environment
-Sergey Tsyplenkov
Civil G8 Russia
Facilitator:
Masaaki Ohashi
Vice Chair, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/JANIC
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
(Special Conference Room)
13:30 - 14:50 Plenary Session II: ~Poverty and Development~
Event Hall "Toward Achieving MDGs-Poverty Eradication and Social Justice"
Introduction: Overview on Development and MDGs
Irfan Mufti
Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP)
Speakers:
-Financing for Development:
Luca de Fraia ,ActionAid Italy
-Global Health: from the view of African Civil Society:
Olayide Akanni ,Journalists against AIDS (JAAIDS), Nigeria
-Gender:
Kalyani MENON-SEN,JAGORI, India
-G8 Host Country:
Masaki Inaba, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/Africa Japan Forum
Facilitator:
Nobuhiko Katayama
2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/World Vision Japan
14:50 - 15:10 Coffee Break
15:10 - 16:30 Plenary Session III: ~G8 countries and Environment~
Event Hall Introduction:
Phil Clapp, Pew Environment Trust, the US
Speakers:
-Ryutaro Yatsu
Councilor for Global Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan
-Mie Asaoka
Kiko Network, Japan
-Sanjay Vashist
TERI, India
-Jeffrey Alan McNeely
International Union for Conservation of Nature -IUCN
-Emmanuel Maria C. CALONZO
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives -GAIA, Philippines
Facilitator:
Peter Ritchie
Ritchie Communications, UK
16:30-16:40 Break
16:40-18:00 Plenary Session IV: ~Peace and Human Rights~
Event Hall "G8 Official Agenda and Rights-based Approach"
Speakers:
-Minnie Degawan
Indigenous Peoples Network for Change, Philippines
-Fadi Fayez Abi-Allam
Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon
Commentators:
-Hideaki Uemura
2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/Shimin Gaikou Centre
-Kiyotaka Takahashi
2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/Japan International Volunteer Center
-Kazuko Ito, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/Human Rights Now
Facilitators: Hideaki Uemura & Kiyotaka Takahashi
18:30 - 20:00 Reception (Special Conference Room)
24th April, 2008
09:10 - 10.00 Registration
10:00 - 12:00 Workshops I :
Various venues Environment (Climate Change, 3R Initiative)
Development (Financing for Development, Global Health, AntiCorruption)
Peace and Human Rights
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Special Conference Room
13:30 - 15:30 Workshops II :
Various venues Environment (Climate Change, Biodiversity)
Poverty and Development
Peace and Human Rights
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break (Security Check,15:00-)
16:00 - 18:00 Roundtable Discussion with the G8 Sherpas
Event Hall Attended by around 20 discussants and 200 observers
Co-Facilitators:
Masaharu Kohno
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
(Environment) Mika Ohbayashi,
2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum
/Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)
(Development) Sumie Ishii
2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum/JOICFP
Introductory Remark: (10 mimutes)
Mr. Masaharu Kohno
Part 1: Environment and Climate Change (40 minutes)
Part 2: Development and Africa (40 minutes)
Q&A, Wrap Up (30 minutes)
18:00 - 18:10 Closing
Event Hall
18:30- Press Conference (Event Hall)
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