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Agenda
Day 1(Tuesday, March 20, 2001)
Day 2 Wednesday, (March 21, 2001)
Tuesday, March 20,2001
| 0830-0835 |
Opening
Steve Wisecarver, Acting Director, USAID
Regional Economic Development Services Office for East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA)
Nairobi
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| 0835 -0850 |
Welcoming Speech
The Honorable Johnnie
Carson, U.S.
Ambassador to Kenya
Text of Speech |
| 0850 -0900 |
Introduction: Background of Event and Purpose of Workshop
Steve Wisecarver, REDSO/ESA
Text of Speech
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| 0900 -0910 |
Security Briefing
John Beaudry, Regional Security Officer, U.S.
Embassy Nairobi
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| 0910 -0920 |
Administrative Announcements/Logistic Information/ Introduction of
Facilitators
George Donde and Mutsembi Manundu
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| 0920 -0930 |
Break |
| 0930-1100 |
1. Demobilization: The Context, Theory and Practice
Introduction:
Dr. Johanna Mendelson
Forman, USAID/Bureau
for Humanitarian Response
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What We Know, What We Have Learned and Where We Are Going?
Graham Day, U.S. Institute for Peace
Discussion
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USAID's African Experience - an Overview:
Moderator: Dr. Johanna Mendelson
Forman, USAID
Sylvia Fletcher,
USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives
Nicole Ball, University of
Maryland
Discussion
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| 1100-1200 |
II. HIV and Demobilization - The New Challenge to theory and
Practice.
Presenter: Dr.
Manuel Carballo,
International Center for Migration and Health, Geneva Paper
Moderator: Leslie Perry, REDSO/ESA
Panelist: Lephophotho Mashike,
University of the Witwatersrand/Institute for Security Studies/Pretoria
General Emilio
Mondo, Chairman, Uganda Veterans Assistance Board
Discussion
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| 1200-1315 |
Lunch |
| 1315-1600 |
III. Case
Studies and Discussion of Sessions A and B will run concurrently:
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A Demobilization and Reintegration Arising from Peace
Accords |
| 1315-1345 |
Mozambique: Eugenio D'Ambrosio, International Organization for
Migration |
| 1345-1425 |
Angola: Nicole Ball, University of Maryland
Notes |
| 1425-1505 |
Ethiopia: Florian Fichtl, World Bank (PowerPoint) |
| 1505-1545 |
Sierra Leone: Sylvia
Fletcher, USAID |
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B Demobilization
and Reintegration Arising from Military Restructuring |
| 1315-1405 |
South Africa: Lephophotho Mashike, University of the
Witwatersrand/ISS,
Pretoria |
| 1405-1455 |
Uganda: Anton Baare, Danish International
Development Agency (DANIDA) Notes |
| 1455-1545 |
Nigeria: Bill Clontz,
MPRI (PowerPoint) |
| 1545 - 1600 |
Case Study Wrap Up and Synthesis and
Introduction to Session IV,
George Donde and Mutsembi
Manundu, Jose Vazquez, USAID/BHR |
| 1600 - 1615 |
Break |
| 1615 - 1730 |
IV. Special Issues of Demobilization and
Reintegration Programs.
(These five sessions were held simultaneous)
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A Disarmament and Control of Light Weapons
Moderator: Rachel
Doherty, U.S. State Department/ Political Military Affairs
Panelist: Graham Day, U.S. Institute for Peace
Tim Byrne, Department of Defense/Center for Civil Military Relations
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B Employment Creation,
Pensions and Health Care, Veteran Needs
Moderator: Eugenio D'Ambrosio, International Organization for
Migration Notes
Panelist: Florian Fichtl and Ingo
Wiederhofer, World Bank (PowerPoint)
Mike
Talbert, U.S. Department of Labor
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C Dealing with Regular and Irregular
Forces - Specific Needs, Diplomatic Issues: The Case of
Central Africa.
Moderator: Mark
Bowden, United Kingdom
Foreign Office
Panelist: John Prendergast, U.S. State Department/African Affairs
Anton
Baare, DANIDA
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D Psychosocial Issues of Reintegration
Moderator: Ajit Joshi, USAID/Africa
Panelist: Manuel Carballo, International Center for Migration and Health
Randolph Harris, USAID/Uganda. (Notes)
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E Vulnerable Groups and Humanitarian Concerns -Child Soldiers, Disabled
Fighters, Women Combatants, Widows,
and Orphans
Moderator: Ruth Buckley, USAID/Eritrea
Panelist: Robby Muhumuza, World Vision, Uganda (Notes)
David Aasen, USAID/Burundi (Notes)
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| 1730 - 1815 |
Report Back on Session IV |
Wednesday,
March 21, 2001
| 0830 -0900 |
Summary of Day One
Dr. Stanley Samarasinghe,
Director, Tulane Institute for International Development Notes
with George Donde and Mutsembi
Manundu, Facilitators
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| 0900 -1015 |
V. The Role of Other Actors
- Towards a framework for Demobilization
and Reintegration.
Moderator: Catherine
Byrne, Director for Africa, National Security Council (NSC)
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A U.S.
Government Agencies Responsibilities - How do we work together?
Christine
Lueker, U.S.
Department of Defense/Office of the Secretary
Tim Byrne, U.S. Department of
Defense/Center for
Civil Military Relations (PowerPoint)
Troy Wray, U.S. Department of the Treasury
John Prendergast, U.S. State Department
Rachel Doherty, U.S. State
Department/ Political
Military Affairs
Sylvia Fletcher, USAID/Office of Transition
Initiatives
Johanna Mendelson Forman, USAID/BHR
William Lyerly, USAID Africa Bureau
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B The World Bank and United Nations
Agencies
Florian Fichtl, World Bank (PowerPoint)
Suzanne Breziina, UNDP Rwanda
Andrea Tamaanini, UNDP Somalia
Jeremy
Brickhall , UNDP
Somalia
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| 1015-1030 |
Break |
| 1030-1115 |
C Non-Government
Organizations
Sarah Meek -International Alert
Doris Mwangi - CARE
Somalia
Robby Muhumuza - World
Vision Uganda Notes
Mark Bowden, -Save the
Children
Kenneth B. Kamese, Give Me A
Chance
Abdullahi Sheikh Abdi Hussein,
Techno-Formation Notes
Dan Eiffe -Norwegian
People's Aid
Dr. Manuel Carballo- ICMH
Okondo Hendrica -UNIFEM
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| 1115–1130 |
D International Organization for Migration -
Relationship to Refugees
and Internally Displaced People
Michael Del Buono, Cooperazione Italiana Nord Sud (CINS)
Eugenio D'Ambrosio, International Organization for Migration
Mark Bowden, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, UK
Khan Asif, Ausaid,
Australian High Commission, Nairobi
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| 1130-1200 |
E Bilateral Donors
Denmark, United Kingdom,
Canada |
| 1200-1230 |
F Regional
Organizations
Steve Wisecarver -
Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Ned Greely - USAID Democracy,
Governance, and Conflict Team, REDSO
Alexandro Campo, Italian Delegation for
Somalia
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| 1230-1330 |
Lunch |
| 1345-1400 |
Demobilization Needs and Future Demobilization
Moderator: Steve
Wisecarver, USAID/REDSO
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| 1400-1515 |
Informal Working Group Sessions
Burundi - David Aasen, USAID
Ethiopia - Robert Ward, Department of State
Eritrea - Bill Garvelink, USAID Mission Director
Rwanda - Dick Goldman, USAID Mission Director
Somalia - Jerry Cashion, USAID
Congo - John Prendergast, Department of State |
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Group Report Back
Burundi - David Aasen, USAID
Congo - John Prendergast, Department of State
Somalia - Jerry Cashion, USAID
Ethiopia - Robert
Ward, Department of State
Eritrea - Carol
Horning, USAID Eritrea
Rwanda- Suzanne Breziina,
UNDP Rwanda
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| 1515-1530 |
Break |
| 1530-1730 |
VII. Conclusion: Next steps
A Working Together as a Team: Measuring Success, Developing Strategies.
B Creating a protocol for
demobilization - the way forward, anticipating
needs and resources
Steve Wisecarver -
Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)
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| 1730 |
Closing Remarks: Catherine Byrne, Johanna
Mendelson, Steve Wisecarver |
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