Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries - CoCooN

Programme CoCoon Match Making Workshop - Addis Ababa - September 15th and 16th - 2009

15/9 Morning Plenary presentations – Main facilitator Dr. Araya Asfaw

08:30  

Registration (facilitator: Ms. Bezawit)
Participants get program papers

09:30  

Start
Mr. Asfaw, HoA-REC

09:40  

Welcome
Mr. Retta, Dean Science Faculty
Speech

09:50  

Get to know each other (facilitator: Mr. Asfaw)
Short introduction by each participant

10:15  

Coffee break

10:45  

CoCooN:
- Cocoon programme (Mr. Hagendoorn, member CoCooN Steering Committee)  Presentation
- Call for Integrated Projects (Ms. van Dijk, CoCoon Programme Coordinator)  Presentation

12.15  

Preview afternoon (facilitator: Mr. Asfaw)
Explanation on the three thematic sessions.
Most important questions will be:
- What are burning issues within the (sub-) themes?
- What are important knowledge gaps?

12:30  

Lunch

15/9 Afternoon

13:30  

2 plenary sessions (facilitator: Mr. Asfaw)
- Natural resource conflicts in Darfur (Mr. Leroy) - Presentation
- Overview of water resource conflict between Israel and Palestine (Mr. Bateh)     Presentation

14:30  

Theme A: Conflicts, land rights and land-use change; Competing claims on land (facilitator: Mr. van 't Klooster)
Introductions:
- Human-wildlife conflicts in Southern Africa (Ms. Spierenburg)
- Nature and extent of resource-use conflicts over access to water and land resources between farmers and pastoralists in Kilosu district, Eastern Tanzania (Mr. Hella) - Introduction

14:30  

Theme B: Water resources, conflict and cooperation; Conflicts and cooperation over water resources (facilitator: Mr. Amsalu)
Introductions:
- Water: from conflict to cooperation (Mr. van Steenbergen)
- Lake Chad trans boundary water transfer project (Mr. Paktano)
- Marine resources in West Africa (Mr. Dieng) - Presentation

14:30  

Theme C: Resource exploitation, global trade and conflict; Commercial exploitation of natural resources: from armed conflict to cooperation
Introductions:
- Repercussions of oil development for the Nuer and Dinka peoples of the oil areas in Southern Sudan (Mr. Moro) - Introduction
- Conflict management in value chains from Eastern Africa (Mr. Ruben) - Introduction
- Armed conflict and post-war reconstruction in West-Africa (Mr. Peters)   Introduction

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Coffee break during session

17:00  

Writing daily report

18:30  

Dinner
Fasika Ethiopian Cultural Restaurant

16/9 Morning – Main facilitator Dr. Araya Asfaw

08:30  

Debriefing on thematic sessions of Tuesday afternoon (facilitator: Mr. Asfaw)
- What are burning issues within the (sub-) themes?
- What are important knowledge gaps?
Debriefing A, Debriefing C 

09:30  

Three Parallel sessions: Approaches in linking research and action (facilitators: Mr. Mekuria, Mr. van 't Klooster)
Introductions:
- Friends of the Earth Middle East: Developing models for cross border environmental peacemaking (Ms. Koch) - Introduction
- Negotiation with stakeholders (Mr. Bateh) 
- Advocacy (Ms. Guesnet)

11:00  

Coffee break

11:30  

Debriefing plenary on parallel sessions (facilitator: Mr. Asfaw)
Each group facilitator gives short summary: key issues, challenges and good practices.
Debriefing A, Debriefing BDebriefing C

12:30  

Lunch

16/9 Afternoon Plenary and Groups

13:30  

Speed date (facilitator: Mr. Smit)
Identifying consortium partners

14:30  

Building consortia
Work session, time to discus within groups possible ideas for future IP’s.

17:00  

Follow up and Closing
- Next steps (Ms. van Dijk)
- Closing (Mr. Hagendoorn)

18:30  

Dinner
Hotel Addis View

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