OUR VOICES OUR PLANET. The Role of Civil Society for Democracy and Sustainability

Symposium with hybrid elements and global perspectives

November 22, 2023, 10:30 – 17:30

Kulturzentrum Pavillon, Lister Meile 4, 30161 Hannover and partly on Zoom

 

Preliminary Program

ARRIVAL, CHECK-In (10:00-10:30)

OPENING (10:30 – 11:00)

Greetings from the event team

Greetings Hamza Ghedamsi, Model African Union Tunisia and Geofrey Nsubuga, Somero Uganda (online)

Greeting Kathrin Radtke, Chancellery of Lower Saxony

IMPULSE AND COMMENTS: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY FOR DEMOCRACY AND SUSTAINABILITY – LOCALLY AND WORLDWIDE (11:00-12:00)

Impulse: Christine Meissler, Bread for the World

Commentary: Damon Peter Wamara Kamese, Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN) (online)

Commentary: Wilma Nyari, Decolonial Network North West, Germany

Reaction from federal politics: Susanne Menge, MdB, Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development (AWZ)

DISCUSSION ON THE IMPULSES AND COMMENTAS (12:oo-12:45)

Reaction/interaction to the keynote in response groups (present and online)

Plenary discussion

LUNCH BREAK (12:45-13:45)

DEEPENING THE IMPULSS (13:45-15:45)

Short impulses on challenges and opportunities of civil society, which will be further addressed in workshops

Workshops on :

    1. ESD and Global Learningas for democracy and sustainability, with Michael Nagel, Institute for Didactics of Democracy, Leibnitz University Hannover
    2. Between solidarity and excessive demands, with Nilda Inkermann, Ila-Kollektiv
    3. Out of the Bubble – New Alliances for Democracy and Sustainability, with Anton Spatzek, #wirfahrenzusammen (alliance of climate movement, ver.di and public transport workers), and Johannes Grabbe, DGB
    4. Unpacking global cooperation for sustainability, with Joseph Kenson Sakala, YSD Malawi and Miriam Winzelr, YSD Germany (hybrid)

BREAK (15:45-16:00)

CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN DIALOGUE ON THE QUESTIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUM (16:00-17:20)

World Café and discussion with political representatives of the parliament of the state of  Lower Saxony

FEEDBACK, CONCLUSION (17:20-17:30)

Moderation: Milena Neumes

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