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Democracy Forum Policy Seminar
Online Agenda
Helsinki, Finland
2 - 3 April 2001

 

Day 1

8:45 - 9:00 Meeting Check-In 9:00 - 10:00 Opening and Welcome Chair: Christian Sundgren, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland - Pertti Majanen, Under Secretary of State, Finland - Bengt Säve-Söderbergh, Secretary General, International IDEA 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 Presentations and Discussion Chair: Ajit Raizada, Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh, India (1) Economic impacts of ICT – Matti Pohjola, UNU/WIDER, Finland (2) ICT and the Digital Divide – Robert Valentin, World Bank, USA (3) Current Discussions on ICT and Governance - Joanne Caddy, OECD, France 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00 - 14:00 Comments on Discussion Paper Facilitator: William Drake, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Theme Team: Salma Hasan Ali, International IDEA Richard Oppenheimer, Tibet Information Network, UK - Using Council Software 14:00 - 15:00 Goals Session Facilitator: Raslan Ahmad, National Information Technology Council, Malaysia Theme Team: Heather Edwards, Institute on Governance, Canada Olli Ruohomäki, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland - Using Council Software 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 - 18:00 Challenges Session Facilitator: Paul Graham, IDASA, South Africa Theme Team: Jiri Räsänen, Sonera Corp., Finland Sanna Jonsson, Program Manager, Olaf Palme Centre, Sweden - Using Council Software 19:30 - Dinner Restaurant Sipuli Hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

Day 2

9:00 - 10:15 Parallel Group Discussions - Using Council Software Action Group I Leader: Ismail Hussain, South African Electoral Commission Presenter: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland Action Group II Leader: James Deane, Panos Institute, UK Presenter: Pauline Poland, Dutch Ministry of the Interior Action Group III Leader: Teresa Peters, bridges.org, USA Presenter: August Kowero, Tanzanian Ministry of Communications and Transport 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break 11:45 - 12:45 Continued Parallel Group Discussions 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 15.00 Discussion about Action Group outcomes Facilitator: Darius Cuplinskas, Open Society Institute, Hungary 15:00 – 16.00 Process Session and Review Discussion Co-Facilitators: Paul de Guchteneire, UNESCO, Paris; and Jimm Lerch, International IDEA 16:00 - 16:45 Networking Coffee Break 16:45 - 17:45 Way Forward Facilitator: Karin-Lis Svarre, International IDEA 17:45 - 18:00 Meeting Conclusion