Indigenous Rights in the Commonwealth Project...

Wednesday, October 16th

9.00 Opening Statement by Mr Patrick McKenzie, Minister for Cultural Affairs, Provincial Government of Western Cape

9.15 Welcome by Victoria Geingos, Working Group for Indigenous Minorities of Southern Africa (WIMSA), Namibia

9.30 Welcome by Mathambo Ngakaeaja, IPACC, Southern Africa

9.45 Welcome by Les Malezer, Coordinator, Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples, (CAIP)

10.00 Introductions by participants

10.15 Statement of Support by Dr G. Ayitegan, Kouevi, African Civil Society Representative to the UN Permanent Forum

10.20 Background Note by Dr Helena Whall, Project Officer, Indigenous Rights in the Commonwealth Project, CPSU

10.30 Strategy for the Meeting

11.00-11.30 ~ Coffee ~

Chair: Alice Mogwe, Director, Ditshwanelo, Botswana

11.30 Mrs Njuma Ekundanayo, African Government Representative to the UN Permanent Forum, Congo

What Remains of the Cultural Identity of Indigenous Africans? (English)

What Remains of the Cultural Identity of Indigenous Africans? (en Francais)

12.30 Discussion

1.00 - 2.00 ~ Lunch ~

Chair: Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network (IIN), Kenya

2.00 Roger Chennells, Legal Advisor, South African San Institute (SASI) and Working Group for Indigenous Minorities of South Africa (WIMSA)

The Land Rights Claim of the =Khomani San in South Africa.

2.30 Victoria Geingos, WIMSA, Namibia

Land Rights, Development and the Environment in Namibia - Impacts on the San.

3.00 Discussion

3.30-4.00 ~ Tea ~

Chair: Sheila Dutton, IPACC, South Africa

4.0 Mr Mathambo Ngakaeaja, WIMSA, Botswana

Assimilation of Bushmen under the Pretext of Development in Botswana; A case of Ethnocide?

4.30 Ms Alice Mogwe, Director of Ditshwanelo, Botswana

Issues Surrounding the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

5.00 Discussion

5.30 ~ Close ~

6.30 ~ Dinner ~

(Dinner at the Africa Café, Cape Town.)

Thursday, October 17th

Chair: Albert Kwokwo Barume, Global Witness, Cameroon

9.30 Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network (IIN), Kenya and Chair, African Indigenous Women's Organisation (AIWO), Kenya

Indigenous Women's Rights in Africa.

10.00 Mr Joseph Sang, Coordinator, Ogiek Welfare Council, Nakuru, Kenya

The Ogiek Land Question.

10.30 Discussion

11.00-11.30 ~ Coffee ~

Chair: Roger Chennells, Legal Advisor, South African San Institute (SASI) and Working Group for Indigenous Minorities of South Africa (WIMSA)

11.30 Sheila Dutton, IPACC, South Africa

The Hunter-Gatherer of East Africa.

12.00 Albert Kwokwo Barume, Global Witness, Cameroon

The Legal and Constitutional Status of Indigenous Peoples in African Commonwealth Countries - Uganda, South Africa, Cameroon, Tanzania and Kenya.

12.30 Discussion

1.00-2.00 ~ Lunch ~

Chair: Mr Mathambo Ngakaeaja, WIMSA, Botswana

2.00 Samuel Nguiffo, Secretary General, Centre for Environment and Development (CED)

Natural Resource Management Policies and Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Cameroon.

2.30 Penninah Zaninka, Forest Peoples’ Programme, Kampala, Uganda

Indigenous Land Issues in Uganda.

3.00 Discussion

3.30-4.00 ~ Tea ~

Chair: Victoria Geingos, WIMSA, Namibia

4.00 Ledum Mitee, President, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Nigeria

The Struggle of the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

4.30 Alfred A Ilenre, Secretary General, Ethnic Minority and Indigenous Rights Organisation of Africa (EMIROAF)

Democratic Transformation and Indigenous Peoples in the Commonwealth - with a focus on Nigeria.

5.00 Discussion

5.30 ~ Close ~

6.30-8.30 ~ Reception ~

(Reception hosted by HE Lucie Edwards, Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa.)

Friday, October 18th

Chair: Mrs Njuma Ekundanayo, African Govt. Rep. to the UN Permanent Forum

9.30 HE Lucie Edwards, Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa

A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Rights in Canada and Africa - with a focus on Kenya and South Africa.

10.00 Discussion

10.30-11.00 ~ Coffee ~

Chair: Cecil le Fleur, Chair, National KhoiSan Consultative Conference and Former Coordinator, Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)

11.00 Mr Les Malezer, Coordinator, Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)

The Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples - Lobbying the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Abuja, Nigeria, 2003

11.30 Ledum Mitee, President, MOSOP, Nigeria

Lobbying the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Abuja, Nigeria, 2003

12.00 Discussion

12.30-1.30 Recommendations for CHOGM 2003

1.30 - 2.30 ~ Lunch ~

Plenary Session

Chair: Mr Les Malezer, Secretary of the Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)

2.30- 3.30 Drafting of Press Release

3.30-4.30 Press Conference

~ Close of Meeting ~