PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

CHALLENGES TO PEACEBUILDING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Organized by Sida/SAREC and the Swedish Network of Peace,
Conflict and Development Research

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DATE AND LOCATION

9 NOVEMBER 2006
STORA HÖRSALEN, Sida, VALHALLAVÄGEN 199, STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN




OVERVIEW

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and Introduction Berit Olsson & Ashok Swain
09:30 – 12:00 Morning Session
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Session
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Summing Up Berit Olsson & Ashok Swain




MORNING SESSION: EXTERNAL ACTORS AND INTERNAL CONFLICTS
Chair: Ramses Amer


SPEAKERS

Hari Singh
Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia
External Involvement and Internal order in Southeast Asia

David J. Francis
University of Bradford, UK
External Interventions in Africa's Internal Conflicts: Beyond the Quick Fix, Short-term & Exit Strategy Orientation

Williams de Silva Gonçalves
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
The new political context in South America and the possibility of external intervention


DISCUSSANTS

Hamdy Abdel Rahman Hassan
Cairo University, Egypt

Gladys Lechini
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina




AFTERNOON SESSION: DEMOCRACY AND PEACEBUILDING
Chair: Joakim Öjendal


SPEAKERS

Alfred G. Nhema
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Democracy and Conflict Management in Africa

Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines
Challenges to Democracy and Peacebuilding in Phillippines

Madeleine Andebeng Alingué
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Democracy and Peacebuilding: The Colombian case


DISCUSSANTS

Oliver Richmond
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Niraja G. Jayal
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India




INFORMATION ON PARTICIPANTS
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Alfred G. Nhema
Executive Secretary, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ashok Swain
Coordinator, Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research, and Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

Berit Olsson
Head of Department, Department for Research Cooperation (SAREC), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Stockholm, Sweden

David J. Francis
Director, Africa Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

Gladys Lechini
Coordinator, South-South Program, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hamdy Abdel Rahman Hassan
Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt

Hari Singh
Executive Secretary, APISA Secretariat, Strategic Studies and International Relations Program, School of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia

Joakim Öjendal
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden

Madeleine Andebeng Alingué
Coordinator and Investigator of African Studies, Facultad Finanzas, Gobierno y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

Niraja Gopal Jayal
Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Oliver Richmond
Professor and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Ramses Amer
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Umeå University, Sweden

Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem
Director of the Third World Studies Center, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosopy, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines

Williams de Silva Gonçalves
Professor of Brazilian Foreign Policy, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Superior War College & Brazilian Naval War College of the Ministry of Defense, Brasil