Taking Stock, Moving Forward Towards ASEAN Peoples’ Campaigns

Post-APF Hanoi ACSC Strategizing and Media Blitz

Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN

Bangkok, Thailand │ 25-28 October 2010

Continuing the previous practice of amplifying peoples’ issues in ASEAN through various
national and regional processes, the SAPA WG on ASEAN together with other networks will
anchor a post-APF Hanoi ACSC process with the following objectives:

 To stage an APF/ACSC contributory process that builds on and/or supplements other

national, sectoral and regional processes this year;
 To have a report-back on APF Hanoi;
 To share various updates and initiatives on ASEAN campaigning, with special focus on
continuing campaigns and newly-started initiatives;
 To strategize towards campaigning in the next year based on the results and agreements
of the APF Hanoi and other APF/ACSC contributory processes;
 To brainstorm initial plans for APF/ACSC processes in 2011;
 To have initial assessment of APF/ACSC processes so far, and how to enhance them;
and,
 To amplify ASEAN peoples’ issues through media interactions events.

Schedule of Activities

October 25 (Monday) Self-organized event

ASEAN FOI protocol strategy meeting (c/o Focus)

October 26 (Tuesday) Post-APF Hanoi ACSC Strategy Meeting

October 27 (Wednesday) Media Blitz

(Speakers from TF ASEAN and HR, Burma, Women, Children &
Migrant Workers)

Self-organized events
FGD on the ASEAN Community Blueprints (c/o WG-AHRM)
Launch of the Report Card on AICHR’s 1 st Year (c/o Forum Asia)

October 28 Media Blitz

(Thursday) (Speakers from the FOI and Environment groups)
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Taking Stock, Moving Forward Towards ASEAN Peoples’ Campaigns
Forum and Strategy Meeting
Windsor Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
October 26, 2010

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Welcome remarks Corinna Lopa

Co-Convener, SAPA Working
Group on ASEAN

9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introductions and Expectations Check Moderator: Debbie Stothard

9:30 a.m. -12:00 n.n. The APF/ACSC process: Where is it Moderator: Debbie Stothard
at and where is it going?
- Report Back on APF Hanoi (15 Corinna Lopa, South East
minutes for input; 15 minutes for Asian Committee for
clarifications) Advocacy (SEACA)
- Initial assessment of the APF
Thai WG on APF
Hanoi Process (15 minutes for input;
30 minutes for discussion)

- Initial feedback from the Hirim Nurliana, Human

Indonesian WG (15 minutes for input; Rights Working Group /
30 minutes for discussion) Indonesian WG on ACSC

- Where do we want to take the Moderator: Debbie Stothard

APF/ACSC? (30 minutes open
discussion)

12:00 n.n. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m Updates on Existing on New Moderator: Haris Azhar
Initiatives
15-minute presentations on each of the
following:
- HR work and AICHR Atnike Sigiro, FORUM-ASIA
- Burma, the elections and crimes Thelma Young, SAPA TFAB
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- Updates on the ASEAN Migrant SAPA TFAMW
Instrument and related campaigns
- Global Campaign for Decent
Work and Rights for Domestic Marissa De Guzman, MFA
Workers
- The 4th Pillar on the Environment Dottie Guerrero, SAPA WG
Campaign on Environment
- Trade and economic integration: EU ASEAN FTA Campaign
campaigns on FTAs Network
- Campaign for an ASEAN FOI Focus/SEAPA/i-
Protocol FOI/EUAFTACN

Open Discussion
Looking out for intersections in our
various campaigns

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Tea Break

3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Peoples’ Access to the ASEAN: How Moderator: Haris Azhar
do we proceed?
Picking up on the discussion on
proposals for an ASEAN CSO
Council, and what mechanism for
access we should push for

4:45 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Planning our work in the next year Moderator: Haris Azhar

5:20 p.m. – 5:340 p.m. Closing Jenina Joy Chavez,

Member of the SAPA WG on
ASEAN