EXPLORING REGIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND RESPONSES:
WORKSHOP ON THE ASEAN
September 25, 2009, 9:00am -5:15 pm
Labor Migration Forum-Caucus
Co-Anchored by CMA and MFA
September 24, 2009, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Co-organized by: Center for Migrant Advocacy, EU-ASEAN Network-Philippines, Focus on the Global South, Initiatives for International Dialogue, Migrant Forum Asia, Southeast Asia Committee on Advocacy
Background
The growing need to explore regional level responses has prompted many civil society organizations to engage regional bodies. Even as more and more groups step into this arena, many other movements and organizations, already doing regional work in their respective areas of concern, have yet to fully maximize the spaces opening up in the region, particularly the ASEAN.
This workshop seeks to contribute toward deepening understanding and appreciation of the ASEAN as another possible arena for civil society engagement. It intends to bring together movements and groups in the Philippines working on key advocacies, such as trade, peace, security and human rights, migration, and culture, with these themes serving as entry points for discussion. Anchoring discussions and inputs on on-the-ground experiences of participants is an attempt to underscore possible openings for advancing existing work, while stressing the relevance of the ASEAN in the day-to-day realities of their struggles. This activity builds on previous work on civil society engagement in the ASEAN carried out by various groups including the organizers of these 2-day workshops.
THEMATIC CAUCUS ON Labor Migration and the ASEAN
September 24, 9:00am – 1:00 pm, Balay Kalinaw, UP, Diliman, Quezon City
Co-anchors: CMA and MFA
Co-organizers: Focus on the Global South, SEACA
Target Number of Participants: 30-35 max
Indicative Programme
9:00 – Registration
9:15 - Opening Statements (CMA and MFA)
9:30 - Revisiting ASEAN vis a vis Labor Migration
-Overview of Labor Migration in ASEAN: Issues & Concerns
-Updates since the 2007 ASEAN Declaration
--Responses on Developments
--POEA on ACMW, Draft ASEAN Instrument
-CSOs and Tus
-Manila Declaration
-TFAMW Framework Instrument on Labor Migration
-TU and ASEAN
[Invited Discussants: MFA, TUs, POEA Administrator and ASEAN ACMW Focal Person]
10:30 --Open Discussion and Ways Forward
12:00 --Concluding Remarks
12:30 --Lunch
Emcee-Moderator: Ellene Sana
September 25, Day 2, [Venue to be Confirmed]
MULTI-SECTORAL WORKSHOP
Over-all Moderator: Ms. Ellene Sana, CMA
9-10 am Registration
10-10:15 am Opening: Jess Santiago, API Fellow
10:15- 10:45 am Basic Overview and Updates: Civil Society Engagements and ASEAN AFTER THE CHARTER/ ED LEGASPI AND CORRINA LOPA, SEACA
10:45- 11 am Asian Responses to the Global Crisis/ JOY CHAVEZ, FOCUS
11-12 nn OPEN DISCUSSION
12-1 pm LUNCH
1 – 3 pm THEMATIC CAUCUS PRESENTATIONS:
Where are we now? How do we move forward on migration, trade, peace and human rights advocacy in the ASEAN region?
I. Migration
II. Peace
III. Human Rights
IV. Trade
(20 minute presentation and 10 minutes for questions)
3-5 pm PLENARY DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Joy and William
Culture and Identity, Jess Santiago
Is there really something basic that binds us? Is there really such a thing as ASEAN identity? Can cultural activities serve as a means to foster ASEAN culture and identity?
Plenary Introduction: Alternative Regionalism Framework JOY CHAVEZ, FOCUS
Some propositions and questions on regional engagements and the ASEAN; feedback and discussion on the relevance of the ASEAN
5- 5:15 pm CLOSING REMARKS: IID