The Conference “The role and place of civil society in the strategy of the future”

“The role and place of civil society in the strategy of the future”

Minsk, 19-20 March 2011

Dear representatives of Belarus’ civil society organizations, representatives of the political sector and the expert community of Belarus, authorized persons of the diplomatic missions of the countries of the European Union and Eastern Partnership!

We invite you to take part in the Conference “The role and place of civil society in the strategy of the future” on the basis of the National Platform of the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership. This conference is aimed at providing a public discussion of the actual situation in the country in its entirety and in the public sector in particular, as well as possible prospects of the further actions within the scope of the National Platform of the Civil Society Forum for the nearest period.

The Conference will include participation of Belarusan and foreign civil society organizations, experts, and representatives of the diplomatic missions of the countries of the European Union in the Republic of Belarus.

In the situation after December, 19th, 2010, a new strategy of civil society’s actions becomes a pressing question. It is obvious that any positive changes in the country are impossible if the third sector is not involved in the dialogue about the future and if the existing public-political split in Belarus is not eliminated. However, civil society’s separateness and weakness do not allow it today to enter equal relations with the Belarusan state and to join the solution of significant public problems.

The problem of civil society’s consolidation, despite its evidence, cannot be solved without coordination of the strategies and approaches various public forces have. Such approaches should be publicly presented by those who possess them, and discussed with civil society organizations. Only after their criticism and analysis, it is possible to start forming and suggesting the uniform strategic platform of actions for the near future.

For more details, see the preliminary Conference program


CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

Representatives of Belarus’ civil society organizations (public societies and associations, trade unions, non-commercial establishments and funds, civil initiatives), as well as representatives of the political and expert communities, are invited to participate in the Conference of the National Civil Society Forum “The role and place of civil society in the strategy of the future”.

One’s participation in the Conference can be declared in one of the two possible forms:

• Spokesperson at the discussion panel.
• Participant of plenary sessions and working groups of the Conference.

Spokesperson at the discussion panel

Being aware that some well-known at the national and international levels expert organizations, think-tanks, analytical groups, and other civil society organizations of Belarus already have their own positions and proposals concerning the declared questions, the Organizing Committee of the Conference invites their representatives to prepare their speeches on the topic of the discussion for their representation and discussion at the Conference.

Requirements for speeches:

• Texts should correspond to the subjects of the Conference and contain an evaluation of the actual public-political situation in Belarus, conclusions and lessons learnt from the recent events, as well as proposals on the further strategy of actions for various Belarusan subjects.
• The proposals submitted to the Conference, should correspond to the formal requirements: font 12, Times New Roman, single interval, volume — 2-5 pages, and also contain instructions which discussion panel they are prepared for. The received texts will be included in a set of working materials of the Conference. In view of limited time for presentation of reports, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to definitively chose lecturers. In order to select reports, the participants of the Organizing Committee have formed an editorial commission.
• In order to participate as a spokesperson in the Conference, it is necessary to send a filled Application form and a text of your speech before 15 March 2011 to the following e-mail address: [email protected].

Participant of plenary sessions and working groups of the Conference

In order to participate as a participant in the Conference, it is necessary to send a filled Application form before 15 March 2011 to the following e-mail address: [email protected].

In view of a limited number of places, the persons who do not announce their participation before the deadline, will not have a possibility to take part in the Conference.

The Organizing Committee of the Conference would like to inform potential participants that it will not reimburse their transport expenses.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

In case of any questions, please, contact the coordinator of the Technical Group of the Organizing Committee Antonina Yelistratova.

E-mail: [email protected].

Mobile Phone: (+375 29) 1589981 (Mon.-Fri., from 10.00 to 18.00).



We are looking forward to seeing you at the Conference “The role and place of civil society in the strategy of the future”!

Yours faithfully,
the Organizing Committee of the Conference 

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