MEDIA POOL REGISTRATION FORMWed, 21 Nov
7.30 am
Opening Ceremony of
Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Meeting
Serena Conference Centre,
Kampala
Please submit this to the Commonwealth Communications Team Office
by 12 pm the day before the event to: j.kng@commonwealth.int
Successful applicants will be informed by 5.30 pm daily
Commonwealth workers demand CHOGM talk time
Support universal ratification by all Commonwealth countries of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 144 on Tripartite Consultation by the next Heads of Government Meeting.
That’s the call of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG) to leaders on the eve of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that opens in Kampala , Uganda next week. This message is accompanied with insistence that governments invest in people, support access to justice, labour protection, education, culture, health care and clean water for citizens of the Commonwealth.
The CTUG - an organisation of some 30 million workers from 51 Commonwealth countries – will, with the International trade Union Confederation (ITUC), lead a workshop on Realising Potential through Respect for Worker's Rights at the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) at the Hotel Africana, Kampala on Tuesday, 20 November. The CTUC represents 168 million workers in 153 countries and territories and has 305 national affiliates.
The workshop will focus on specific proposals for actions by governments which will feed into the communiqué from civil society at the CPF. Based on the theme, Realising People's Potential, the CPF is a dynamic space for interaction, expression and debate for the people of the Commonwealth that sets the stage for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting which begins on November 24, and from which will be drawn the People’s Communiqué. The communiqué will be presented to governments for consideration at the CHOGM from November 24.
CTUG has been critical of the gap between the CHOGM declarations and some Governments’ record of democracy and human rights.
While welcoming the steps taken towards achieving economic development and institutionalising democratic systems throughout the Commonwealth, the group remains dissatisfied by efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The CTUC wants CHOGM to decide upon effective measures to promote reform and change in Commonwealth member countries that violate human rights and undermine democracy. It also wants Commonwealth leaders to promote an international framework that will provide a structured approach to migration. The framework includes measures to guarantee equal rights for migrant workers, encourage full integration, prevent exploitation by employers and protect them from discrimination.
Two day workshops on Monday and Tuesday include:
- Enhancing Citizen Participation in Good Governance among Commonwealth Countries, DENIVA , MS Uganda , Network of Ugandan Researchers & Research Users, and Uganda Advocacy Consortium & Individual land;
- Civil Society Leaders Effecting Transformation British Council, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Interaction Leadership Association Uganda, Pan African Organisation for Sustainable Development & The Impact Alliance- Commonwealth Human Rights Forum: Living up to Commonwealth Commitments by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit & the Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections;
- Culture in Development: a must for Sustainable and Equitable TransformationCross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda & Commonwealth Foundation;Financing for Development ,Civil Society Advisory Committee, Caritas Uganda, Mozambique Debt Group & North-South Institute;
Education for Transformation: Joined up Policies to Develop Commonwealth Education by the Commonwealth Consortium for Education & City of Manukau Education Trust;
HIV Prevention Education as a Tool for Social Transformation by Commonwealth Foundation and Community Health and Information Network - in partnership with The Royal African Society and Commonwealth Secretariat
Other workshops on Monday will be:
Knowledge and Innovation for Economic Transformation by theUganda National Council of Science & Technology, Imperial College, London, Studies Forum International & the Association of Commonwealth Universities;
Realising People's Potential through Urban Development by Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth;
Trade Models for Sustainable Livelihoods by the Ethical Fashion Forum
Tuesday’s workshops are:
- Realising Women's Potential in Transforming Commonwealth Societies through Financing Gender Equality Work by the Commonwealth Women's Network;
- Communications for Climate Security
- The Role of Media in Development in Commonwealth CountriesTelevision Trust for the Environment & Royal Commonwealth Societyinvolving Futerra Sustainability Communications & ACODE Uganda;
- - Energy, Water and Sustainable Livelihoods by the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council and Community Based Impact Assessment Network for Eastern Africa & Prolinnova;
- National Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights Violations and Abuse in the Commonwealth Uganda Human Rights Commission, Interights, Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS, Action on Disability and Development ,& National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda;
- Realising Potential through Respect for Worker's Rights International Trade Union Confederation and Commonwealth Trade Union Group;
- Transforming Society: Commonwealth Perspectives on the Nexus between Civil Society and Business Makerere University Business School;
- Achieving the Goals in Education: Access for Disadvantaged GroupsForum for Education NGOs in Uganda & Commonwealth Secretariat
- Realising Potential through Common Health and Wellbeing by BUILD, Infectious Diseases Institute Kampala , African Palliative Care Association & Uganda Joint Christian Council
For media information and interviews of key persons on the CPF contact:
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That’s the call of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG) to leaders on the eve of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that opens in Kampala , Uganda next week. This message is accompanied with insistence that governments invest in people, support access to justice, labour protection, education, culture, health care and clean water for citizens of the Commonwealth.
The CTUG - an organisation of some 30 million workers from 51 Commonwealth countries – will, with the International trade Union Confederation (ITUC), lead a workshop on Realising Potential through Respect for Worker's Rights at the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) at the Hotel Africana, Kampala on Tuesday, 20 November. The CTUC represents 168 million workers in 153 countries and territories and has 305 national affiliates.
The workshop will focus on specific proposals for actions by governments which will feed into the communiqué from civil society at the CPF. Based on the theme, Realising People's Potential, the CPF is a dynamic space for interaction, expression and debate for the people of the Commonwealth that sets the stage for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting which begins on November 24, and from which will be drawn the People’s Communiqué. The communiqué will be presented to governments for consideration at the CHOGM from November 24.
CTUG has been critical of the gap between the CHOGM declarations and some Governments’ record of democracy and human rights.
While welcoming the steps taken towards achieving economic development and institutionalising democratic systems throughout the Commonwealth, the group remains dissatisfied by efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The CTUC wants CHOGM to decide upon effective measures to promote reform and change in Commonwealth member countries that violate human rights and undermine democracy. It also wants Commonwealth leaders to promote an international framework that will provide a structured approach to migration. The framework includes measures to guarantee equal rights for migrant workers, encourage full integration, prevent exploitation by employers and protect them from discrimination.
Two day workshops on Monday and Tuesday include:
- Enhancing Citizen Participation in Good Governance among Commonwealth Countries, DENIVA , MS Uganda , Network of Ugandan Researchers & Research Users, and Uganda Advocacy Consortium & Individual land;
- Civil Society Leaders Effecting Transformation British Council, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Interaction Leadership Association Uganda, Pan African Organisation for Sustainable Development & The Impact Alliance- Commonwealth Human Rights Forum: Living up to Commonwealth Commitments by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit & the Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections;
- Culture in Development: a must for Sustainable and Equitable TransformationCross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda & Commonwealth Foundation;Financing for Development ,Civil Society Advisory Committee, Caritas Uganda, Mozambique Debt Group & North-South Institute;
Education for Transformation: Joined up Policies to Develop Commonwealth Education by the Commonwealth Consortium for Education & City of Manukau Education Trust;
HIV Prevention Education as a Tool for Social Transformation by Commonwealth Foundation and Community Health and Information Network - in partnership with The Royal African Society and Commonwealth Secretariat
Other workshops on Monday will be:
Knowledge and Innovation for Economic Transformation by theUganda National Council of Science & Technology, Imperial College, London, Studies Forum International & the Association of Commonwealth Universities;
Realising People's Potential through Urban Development by Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth;
Trade Models for Sustainable Livelihoods by the Ethical Fashion Forum
Tuesday’s workshops are:
- Realising Women's Potential in Transforming Commonwealth Societies through Financing Gender Equality Work by the Commonwealth Women's Network;
- Communications for Climate Security
- The Role of Media in Development in Commonwealth CountriesTelevision Trust for the Environment & Royal Commonwealth Societyinvolving Futerra Sustainability Communications & ACODE Uganda;
- - Energy, Water and Sustainable Livelihoods by the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council and Community Based Impact Assessment Network for Eastern Africa & Prolinnova;
- National Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights Violations and Abuse in the Commonwealth Uganda Human Rights Commission, Interights, Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS, Action on Disability and Development ,& National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda;
- Realising Potential through Respect for Worker's Rights International Trade Union Confederation and Commonwealth Trade Union Group;
- Transforming Society: Commonwealth Perspectives on the Nexus between Civil Society and Business Makerere University Business School;
- Achieving the Goals in Education: Access for Disadvantaged GroupsForum for Education NGOs in Uganda & Commonwealth Secretariat
- Realising Potential through Common Health and Wellbeing by BUILD, Infectious Diseases Institute Kampala , African Palliative Care Association & Uganda Joint Christian Council
For media information and interviews of key persons on the CPF contact:
-
EVENTS
Panos London and African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) has published a new report: 'Start the press: How African communities in the UK can work with the media to confront HIV stigma'.Download the report at:http://www.panos.org.uk/PDF/reports/start_the_press.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)
ELECTIONS & DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
One day conference on Elections and Democracy in
Africa
Date - Saturday 8 December Time – 10am – 5pm Venue – Room B111, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS),Thornhaugh Street,
London WC1.
Directions : Nearest tube –
Russell Square ; Buses – 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
Organised by African Liberation Support Campaign Network (ALISC Network) and the Centre for African Studies of University of
London .
Programme9.30am - Registration
Morning Session: 10am – 11.45am
Nigeria:1.Political Parties and Elections in
Nigeria – Discussion of Book Review2. Chima Ubani – Legacy beyond the memoriam Lunch Session: 12.30pm to 3.00pmElections & Democracy in
Cameroon
1. Jeremy Corbyn, MP (Experience from
Burundi and DRC)
2. Cllr Julius Nkafu, Africans for Labour3.
Richard Tchoutezo,Cameroon Community Welfare and Development Association (CACOWEDA) Afternoon Session: 3.15pm to 5.00pmZimbabwe – Critical and Non-Sectarian Solidarity in Struggle1. Alex Callinicos – Socialist Workers’ Party2. Representative of WOZA Solidarity3. Representative of Free Zim Youth To register contact http://us.f516.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=editorkilombo@gmail.com leave a message on 07984405307 or write to Elections and Democracy in
Africa , P.O. Box 21266 ,
London W9 3YR
Panos London and African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) has published a new report: 'Start the press: How African communities in the UK can work with the media to confront HIV stigma'.Download the report at:http://www.panos.org.uk/PDF/reports/start_the_press.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)ELECTIONS & DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
One day conference on Elections and Democracy in
Africa
Date - Saturday 8 December Time – 10am – 5pm Venue – Room B111, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS),Thornhaugh Street,
London WC1.
Directions : Nearest tube –
Russell Square ; Buses – 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
Organised by African Liberation Support Campaign Network (ALISC Network) and the Centre for African Studies of University of
London .
Programme9.30am - Registration
Morning Session: 10am – 11.45am
Nigeria:1.Political Parties and Elections in
Nigeria – Discussion of Book Review2. Chima Ubani – Legacy beyond the memoriam Lunch Session: 12.30pm to 3.00pmElections & Democracy in
Cameroon
1. Jeremy Corbyn, MP (Experience from
Burundi and DRC)
2. Cllr Julius Nkafu, Africans for Labour3.
Richard Tchoutezo,Cameroon Community Welfare and Development Association (CACOWEDA) Afternoon Session: 3.15pm to 5.00pmZimbabwe – Critical and Non-Sectarian Solidarity in Struggle1. Alex Callinicos – Socialist Workers’ Party2. Representative of WOZA Solidarity3. Representative of Free Zim Youth To register contact http://us.f516.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=editorkilombo@gmail.com leave a message on 07984405307 or write to Elections and Democracy in
Africa , P.O. Box 21266 ,
London W9 3YR
