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Weaving an Alternative South East Asia Regional Strategy Meeting on Emerging Social and Cultural Concerns in ASEAN: Climate Change, South East Asian Peoples’ Right to Information, Labor Migration and Domestic Work and Platforms for Civil Society Engagement with the ASEAN A. Overview Across South East Asia, millions of people live on less that US$ 2.00 per day. The World Bank even reported that 37% of South East Asian peoples live in direst poverty which means surviving on less than a dollar a day. Meanwhile, citizens of Singapore and Malaysia are enjoying the perks of living in highly developed and thriving economies. In Thailand and Vietnam, tourists and investors are driving the engine of growth by pouring billions of dollars into their economies. Other countries such as the Philippines, Cambodia, Lao, and Myanmar are waiting for their luck to change while trying their very best to lure in investments. Amidst this backdrop of social disparity in the region are the creeping and continuing assaults on the human rights and freedoms of the peoples and the systematic degradation of the South East Asian commons and the environment. Given this, civil society and peoples movements in the region--on various civil, political, economic, social and cultural issues--do advocate for their rights, propose alternative policies, and exact accountabilities from their own governments. However, civil society organizations need to complement these advocacies at the regional level especially now that the ASEAN is discussing ways of implementing the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council (ASCC) Blueprint. The goal of the ASCC is to establish a community of cohesive, equitable and harmonious societies, bound together in solidarity for deeper understanding and cooperation. According to ASEAN, ASCC reflects its social agenda that is focused on poverty eradication and human development. In its fourth meeting in Danang in Vietnam this August, ASCC listed as its priorities the following issues: challenges of pandemic diseases, climate change and disaster management, developing human resources for economic recovery, creating social welfare for women and children, and building cultural identity. While the civil society groups in the region recognize the value of this blueprint they realize that due to ASEAN policy of non-interference and decision by consensus its implementation might encounter very serious speed bumps along the way. They demand more from the ASCC and the ASEAN. They call on the regional body to go beyond the blueprint and look at the existing realities on the ground and respond to the emerging and pressing issues by putting the people at the center of its decision-making process. For the Southeast Asian civil society, a people-centered ASEAN is the only way to achieve its vision of a sharing and caring community of ASEAN peoples. The Emerging Socio-Cultural Concerns in Southeast Asia This Regional Strategy Meeting seeks to mainstream existing work and discussions on the following emerging issues such as the peoples’ right to information, climate change, and labor migration and domestic work. Through this regional activity, the South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) aims to provide a space to strategize a more focused engagement with the ASEAN, specifically on three issues previously mentioned that are covered by the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. This will also be an opportunity for regional and national civil society organizations in South East Asia to examine the various platforms for civil society engagement with the ASEAN and discuss the ASEAN Civil Society Council, a platform that is being proposed by the ASEAN Secretariat. On Peoples’ Right to Information ASEAN has been in existence for 43 years and it has yet to enjoy wide recognition and support from its own people. Many believe that the main obstacle in understanding ASEAN is the dearth of information on its activities and operations. This meeting will discuss the access to information issues with respect to international organizations and learn from existing good practices that can be replicated in the ASEAN. It will also tackle the level of Southeast Asian peoples’ access to information with respect to their government and the state of public advocacy for the peoples’ right to know in the ASEAN countries. On Climate Change Recently, the ASEAN member-countries have agreed to push forward their interests and priorities in any future deals, negotiations, and response strategies on climate change. The ASEAN Climate Change Initiative (ACCI) is one of its latest initiatives on the issue. It aims to provide the platform for members to consult each other on the effects of climate change and strengthen regional coordination and cooperation. The workshop on climate change will address issues related to the following: The particular vulnerability of the region to the dangers of climate change; The potential influence of ACCI in the ASEAN position and role in the international climate change negotiations; The impact of ACCI to national climate change policies; The consultative processes that are available, if any, or necessary under the ACCI framework; and, Policy and process recommendations of civil society organisations for ASEAN/AWGCC On Labor Migration and Domestic Work The ILO’s Labor and social trends in ASEAN 2010 reports that the demand for high-level professionals and skilled workers will outpace the region’s requirements for lower skilled labor. The report, however, is limited to the ASEAN region and does not touch on the increasing demand from outside the region where the strength of an integrated ASEAN community could and should exert more influence towards ensuring that the rights and welfare of migrant workers from the region are protected and promoted. This workshop will focus on domestic workers as a significant sector of intra- and inter- regional migration. It will explore how the current process of drafting a Framework Instrument is going, and how this can contribute to or in fact be impacted by the proposed ILO Convention on Domestic Work. B. Objectives Specifically, the aims of the Strategy Meeting are as follows: 1) To support emerging civil society advocacies in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community 2) To discuss key issues on access to information in ASEAN and its member countries, and to brainstorm on the possibility of a protocol on freedom of information for ASEAN; 3) To bring together representatives of civil society and ASEAN/ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change and undertake effective collaboration for policy interaction under the ASEAN Climate Change Initiative (ACCI) framework; and contribute to national, regional, and global efforts of addressing climate change; 4) To present the picture of domestic workers within and outside the region and strategize how ASEAN countries can work towards ratifying the ILO Convention on Domestic Work 5) To discuss different ways of engaging with the ASEAN including the proposed ASEAN Civil Society Council C. Outcomes SEACA expects that after the meeting the participants would have: 1) Increased awareness and knowledge on the emerging socio-cultural issues 2) Drawn up initial action plans and strategies in responding to the emerging sociocultural issues. D. Activity Design This is a two-day activity tentatively scheduled on September 19-20, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is after Forum Asia’s 3rd Regional Consultation Meeting on ASEAN and Human Rights on September 17-18 also in the same city. The thematic workshops: a) Building Community through Information and Access b) The ASEAN Climate Change Initiative: Addressing the Vulnerability of the Region and Making ASEAN a Strong Voice in the International Climate Change Negotiations c) Labor Migration and Domestic Work in ASEAN d) Platforms on Civil Society Engagement with the ASEAN, such as the ASEAN Civil Society Council Each thematic workshop will have an anchoring organization which will be responsible in formulating the final design of its own workshop. The anchoring organization is also in charge of getting its own moderator, presenter/s and reactor/s and in inviting participants to its workshop. On the second day, there will be discussions on ASEAN Civil Society Conference and updates on various civil society engagements with the ASEAN. E. Anchors for the Thematic Workshops While South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) is the overall organizer of the two-day activity, various organizations will be requested to manage the four thematic workshops. The possible anchors are the following: 1) Right to Information 2) Climate Change 3) Labor Migration and Domestic Work in ASEAN 4) ASEAN Civil Society Council : Focus on the Global South / I-FOI / EU–ASEAN FTA Campaign Network / SEAPA (TBC) : Greenpeace Southeast Asia : Migrant Forum in Asia : SEACA F. Proposed Programme Tentative Venue: Royale Bintang Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Day 1 September 19, 2010 8:00 am to 8:15 am Registration 8:15 am to 8:30 am Welcome Remarks Ms. Corinna Lopa, Regional Coordinator South East Asian Committee for Advocacy Building Community Through Information and Access Anchors: Focus on the Global South, Institute for Freedom of Information (I-FOI) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (to be confirmed) 8:30 am to 10:00 am Main Presentations 1) The State of Freedom of Information in ASEAN Countries (SEAPA) (TBC) 2) Access to Information in International Organizations (I-FOI) 3) Building a Case for an ASEAN Protocol on Freedom of Information (Focus) 10:00 am to 10:15 am Tea or Coffee Break 10:15 am to 11:15 am Case Studies 1) Comparative Information Access in Trade Negotiations (EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network) 2) The ASEAN Information Policy (ASEAN Communications Office) (TBC) 11:15 am to 12:00 pm Open Forum 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm Strategy Session on the ASEAN Regional Protocol on Freedom of Information 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch The ASEAN Climate Change Initiative: Addressing the Vulnerability of the Region and Making ASEAN a Strong Voice in the International Climate Change Negotiations Anchor: Greenpeace Southeast Asia 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm Climate Change and its Impact in Southeast Asia Presenter: c/o Greenpeace SEA 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm ASEAN Regional Policy on Environment Presenter: c/o Greenpeace SEA 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Highlights of the Manila RTD on ASEAN Climate Change Initiative Presenter: Ms. Weng Bolinas, Aksyon Klima Pilipinas 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm Tea or Coffee Break 3:45 pm to 4:45 pm Feedback / Open Forum 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Strategy Session: Recommendations to AWGCC/ASEAN for the international climate change negotiations and for regional adaptation and other key issues Day 2 September 20, 2010 LABOR MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC WORKERS IN ASEAN: The Challenge of Regional Consolidation towards International Standards Anchor: Migrant Forum in Asia 9:00 am to 10:00 am Update on the Status of the ASEAN Framework Instrument for the Protection of Migrant Workers 10:00 am to 11:00 am Domestic Workers: A Situationer 11:0 am to 12:00 pm ILO Convention on Domestic Work: Decent Work for Domestic Workers 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Workshop 1: Recommendations to APF and ACSC 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Strategy Session on how ASEAN countries can work towards ratifying the ILO Convention on Domestic Work 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Coffee / Tea Break Regional Consultation and Discussion on Civil Society Engagement with the ASEAN and the proposed ASEAN Civil Society Council Moderator: Corinna Lopa, SEACA 3:15 pm to 3:35 pm The Proposed ASEAN Civil Society Council View from ASEAN Secretariat (TBC) 3:35 pm to 3:55 pm The UN Model and Forum-Asia’s experience in engaging the UN Presenter: Yap Swee Seng, Forum Asia 3:55 pm to 4:15 pm Asia Pacific Forum on Law, Women and Development’s (APLWD) experience in engaging UNIFEM Presenter: APWLD (TBC) 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm Open Forum 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm Synthesis and Closing Mr. William Gois, Chairperson of the SEACA Executive Committee G. EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS Focus on the Global South partners 1. Focus on the Global South 2. Institute for Freedom of Information (I-FOI) 3. EU – ASEAN FTA Campaign Network Migrant Forum in Asia members and partners 4. Migrant Forum in Asia (Wlliam Gois, Tatcee Macabuag) 5. Center for Migrant Advocacy (Ellene Sana) 6. Migrant Care (2 representatives) 7. Center for Indonesian Migrant Workers 8. Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia 9. HOME Singapore 10. Transient Workers Count Singapore 11. Legal Support for Women and Children (LSCW) 12. Task Force on ASEAN and Migrant Workers Greenpeace Southeast Asia members and partners 13. Greenpeace Southeast Asia 14. Aksyon Klima 15. Members of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change 16. Representatives from the Environmental Division of the ASEAN Secretariat Other organizations from Malaysia 17. DHRRA Network Malaysia 18. Southeast Asian Council for Food Security and Fair Trade 19. SUARAM 20. Pusat Komas 21. DEMA – Malaysia Youth and Students Democratic Network 22. YPSEA members in Malaysia 23. Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women (ARROW), Sai Jodie 24. Monitoring Sustainability in Globalisation, Charles Santiago 25. UNI-APRO ASETUC Malaysia, Mohamad Shafie 26. Third World Network, Chee Yoke Ling, 27. International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW), Wathshlah Naidu 28. Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM Asia) 29. Empower 30. ERA Consumer 31. Friends of the Earth Malaysia 32. Kooperasi Malaysia, Sharine Koo 33. Malaysia Kini, Premesh Chandran 34. Malaysian Aids Council 35. Malaysian Bar Council, Andrew Khoo, 36. GAMIS (partner of DEMA) 37. Centre for Independent Journalism Other Regional Organizations 38. Forum Asia 39. South East Asian Committee for Advocacy 40. Burma Partnership 41. Initiatives for International Dialogue 42. Asia Pacific Forum on Law, Women and Development 43. SAPA Task Force on Human Rights and ASEAN 44. Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) Jinsook Lee and Dong Tolentino 45. Southeast Asian Press Alliance Secretariat 46. SEACA Corinna Lopa 47. SEACA Jose Maria Dimaandal