G8 Summit NGO Forum

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[Civil G8 Dialogue] Now On Air: Roundtable Discussion with G8 Sherpas

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:57:12 +0900

Roundtable Discussion with G8 Sherpa (4pm-6pm, 24th April, Kyoto) was held in Civil G8 Dialogue. Now you can watch the Video Streaming of the discussion.

OurPlanet TV Special Website
http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/video/contact/2008/20080425_12.html

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Co-Facilitators:
Masaharu Kohno, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Mika Ohbayashi, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies(ISEP), Environment Unit Leader-2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum
Sumie Ishii, JOICFP, Poverty and Development Unit Leader-2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum

AGENDA

Introduction (10minutes) 16:00-16:10
Introductory Remark by Masaharu Kohno, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Part 1 Environment and Climate Change (40 minutes) 16:10-16:50

Part 2 Development and Africa (40 minutes) 16:50-17:30

Part 3 Wrap Up (30 minutes) 17:30-18:00
-Q&A from the Floor

Discussants from NGOs:
Anna Felicity Rose / Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Chandra Kirana Prijosusilo / Revenue Watch Institute, Indonesia
Dorothy Shaw / FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics), Canada
Farida Akhter / UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternatives), Bangladesh
Geoffrey Irungu Houghton / GCAP, Oxfam GB, Kenya
Gustave Assah / Civic Commision for Africa (CCfA), Social Watch Benin
Herminia Minnie Malabo Degawan / Indigenous Peoples Network for Change (IPNC）, Philippines
Huzi Mshelia / Clean Energy and Environment Initiative, Nigeria
Jeffrey Alan McNeely / IUCN
Jennifer Chiwela / Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA), Zambia
Jill Shefield / Family Care International, United States of America
Juergen Maier / German NGO Forum for Development and Environment
Masaki Inaba / Africa Japan Forum, Japan
Morrow Gaines Campbell III / Vitae Civilis Institute for Development, Environment and Peace, Brazil
Philip Clapp / Pew Environment Group, United States of America
Sergey Tsyplenkov / Civil G8 Russia
Stephanie Tunmore / Greenpeace International
Winstone Zulu / STOP TB Partnership, Zambia
Yurika Ayukawa / WWF Japan

Urgent Civil Society Statement on the Current State of Play at G8 Summit

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:12:28 +0900

Despite the great expectations placed on the Japanese leadership with regards to global issues centering around the environment and development, we see little sign of progress towards a successful conclusion of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in just over 70 days. The lack of ambitious policy proposals from the Japanese Presidency is the cause of our great concern that the leaders gathering at Toyako may end up not producing any positive outcomes.

Taking the opportunity of the Civil G8 Dialogue where the G8 Sherpas directly engage in a dialogue with the global civil society, the 2008 G8 Summit NGO Forum issues this urgent call on the Government of Japan to boost its efforts to avoid failure.

Urgent Civil Society Statement (24th April, 2008, at the Civil G8 Dialogue)

Civil G8 Dialogue - AGENDA

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:56:58 +0900

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)

Hope of Tanzaku Action

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:53 +0900

The Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit meeting starting on 7 July 2008 is a golden opportunity for the Government of Japan to exercise its responsibilities for the world along with the other G8 countries.. We hope that the Government of Japan and the other G8 countries do not only seek their best interests but also make a strong commitment to tackling global issues and announce concrete actions for building a sustainable and peaceful world.

Today, we face a growing number of diverse global issues. The average temperature of the globe has risen by 0.74℃ during the last 100 years. The earth is losing its biodiversity 100 times faster than in the past. The amount of waste produced on earth is estimated to double in the next 50 years.

While the planet faces such an environmental stress, one billion people live in extreme poverty. 15 million lose their lives because they have no access to health services. More than 72 million children do not receive a primary education.

There are 12 million refugees around the world due to military conflicts andmore than 24 million people are internally displaced. Policing, surveillance and exclusion of people practicing particular kinds of religion and belonging to certain ethnic groups or race are spreading throughout the world. Our hope is to change these gloomy pictures of the world. We can change the world. Please join us and take part in the Toyako Tanzaku Action as your own step towards changing the world.

About Tanzaku Action - One Million Wishes

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:45:28 +0900

Tanabata is the Japanese tradition of making a wish on a star on "Tanabata Day" on July 7th (in some parts of Japan such as Hokkaido it is on August 7th). Let's send our message to the G8 leaders by writing our hopes on a "virtual Tanzaku" (Tanzaku is a slip of paper on which we write our hopes and hang it on a bamboo tree) to make them take the necessary actions to change the world for better.

●What will happen to the collected Tanzakus and messages?

We will count the number of participants and send the messages to the G8 leaders through the Japanese prime minister.

●How to participate

Support our positions by reading the "hope of Toyako Tanzaku Action" and the "letter to the Prime Minister".
1. Click the check box of "take part in Toyako Tanzaku Action!"
2. Write your name
3. Write your thoughts and hopes about what kind of world you want our world to be, your hopes about the environment, poverty, human rights, peace, and your message to the leaders.
（you can simply send your name without writing a message.）
4. add the additional information and click "send"
5. make sure everything is correct in the confirmation page
6. Thank you. We will post updates about this action on our website.
Take part in this action

●Deadline

Please take action as soon as possible. There are three deadlines and the sooner you send your message, the more likely that your message will be sent.

First deadline May 15th
Second deadline June 7th (one month before the summit)
Final deadline June 30th (7 days before the summit)

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