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Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)

Diocese of Long Island

Episcopal Church Centre

Hope Africa

Anglican Aids Programmes

Trinity Church

MAP International

VIVA Network

Anglicord

Workshops.

An international conference on prophetic witness, social development and HIV/Aids

 

Topics

 

THE MEANING OF BEING GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH, ACTIVE IN GOD'S WORLD
Themes
  • An exposition of the biblical principles and gospel imperatives on the mission of the church in society (Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend Rowan Williams)
  • The role of the Anglican Communion and how its witness and mission can be affected by the local context and the part it can play as a global communion
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)
Themes
  • Keynote address
    The Millennium Development Goals:
    Salil Shetty – United Nations:
    Director of the Millenium Campaign
  • Response: Hellen Wangusa – Anglican
    Observer to the United Nations
  • Parallel events
    • Commission I: MDGs 2015: Are we achieving our goals?
    • Commission II: The 0,7% pledge: Where are we?
    • Group discussion: Role of church in service delivery: special focus on health and education
    • Workshop I: Measuring developmental progress: Dr William Ogara – CORATAFRICA
    • Workshop II: Developing advocacy strategies for development
    • Seminar: Making MDGs work in local communities – Grace Phiri – District Director of Health Lufwanyama District Health Board.
  • Poverty and sustainable development
    Professor Steve de Gruchy – Head of the School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
GENDER IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: EDUCATION FOR ALL
Themes
  • Gender issues in the new millennium
  • Workshop sessions
    • Gender mainstreaming in action
    • Gender equality: Making a difference through parliament
    • Towards the 50/50 campaign
    • Challenging the distortion of culture
    • Empowering and enhancing the development of deprived women: Policy, programme and strategies
    • Gender, trade and entrepreneurship
    • Approach to gender perspective on budgets
    • Gender sensitive progress assessment, performance, monitoring and indicators for aid effectiveness
  • Conflict and conflict resolution in the 21st century: Reverend Dr Naim Ateek (Sabeel)
  • Consequences of conflict on livelihoods, human rights and democratic processes
    • Women and children in conflict situations: Ms Jessica Nalwoga – Anglican Peace and
      Justice Network
    • Bottom-up solutions: Grassroots women participate in post-conflict reconstruction
    • The effect of armed conflict on resources for development and social equity
    • Investing in human security to prevent conflict and promote peace building
    • Reconciliation and conflict resolution
    • Towards effective and sustainable peace building and reconstruction
    • The role of the church in peace building
  • Education for all
  • Workshops
    • Strengthening the contribution of the church in education
    • Brain drain and career pathing
    • Code of conduct and ethics
    • Education as a basic human rights
    • Advancing education through the church: Ms Helen Stawski
    • Teenage pregnancy and HIV and AIDS
    • Education and the girl
    • Education in conflict situations:
      Ms Jessica Nalwoga – Anglican Peace and Justice Network
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Themes
  • Food security and nutrition: Impact on the
    most vulnerable – Ms Sheila Sisulu – Deputy
    Executive Director – World Food Programme
  • Parallel workshops
    • Issues of food security and nutrition in conflict situations
      Ms Jessica Nalwoga – Anglican Peace and Justice Network
    • Food security and development – Ms Namhla Mniki – African Monitor
  • Preserving young lives
    • Recognising and responding to child poverty
      Dr Debby Wason
INTENSIFYING THE STRUGGLE TOWARDS GOOD HEALTH
Themes
  • Health panel discussion
    • Towards adequate healthcare
    • HIV and Aids (2)
    • Malaria
  • Workshop sessions
    • HIV and AIDS: Dr Peter Okaalet – Map International
    • TB
    • Maternal health
    • Malaria: Dr Stephen Dzizi – Episcopal Relief and Development
    • Nutrition and health
    • Human rights dilemmas related to adequate healthcare for all
STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS FOR EMPOWERMENT
Themes
  • Creating mutually beneficial partnerships towards sustainability
  • Workshops
    • Church/state partnerships
    • Public-private partnerships
    • Development agenda setting
    • Church-to-church partnerships
    • New approaches to community development
    • Relevant legislation and policies
    • Resource mobilisation and Management

DEFINITION OF TERMS

  1. Rapporteuring
    Rapporteuring is a process of recording the proceedings of the conference. This process may be done for specific sessions individually. All or parts of the proceedings of the conference are recorded with the intention of compiling them to form the conference report. Recorded proceedings can also be used for reference purposes.
  2. Facilitation
    Facilitation in business, organisational development (OD) and in consensus decisionmaking refers to the process of designing and running a successful meeting.

    Facilitation concerns itself with all the tasks needed to run a productive and impartial meeting. It serves the needs of any group who are meeting with the aim of making a decision. It does not lead the group, nor does it try to distract or to entertain.

    Facilitation will be conducted by a facilitator working with a team of co-facilitators. It is a process whereby the facilitator and the team lead the group towards an agreed upon outcome. This outcome is usually the intended outcome and planned objectives set by the group being facilitated. Facilitation may be done by an external person or a member of the group. Where a group of individuals have identified an interest in a conference topic, the group will be guided by a facilitator in an in-depth discussion of the topic possibly resulting in a recording of discussion in the form of suggestions, solutions or resolutions.
  3. Record keeping
    Record keeping can be either financial or nonfinancial. It can be narrative or in matrix form. For purposes of this conference-record keeping shall only refer to the narrative recording of daily conference sessions, with a specific focus on the parallel events.
  4. Minute taking
    Minute taking is the recordings of proceedings and discussions of a meeting held before, within and after the conference.
  5. Reporting
    Reporting is a compilation of all proceedings and matters that transpired before, during and after the conference.
  6. Panel
    A panel shall constitute a group of experts on a particular topic, area or field. These will be referred to as panelists. For all intents and purposes they shall each make a brief presentation on a particular subject and later be prepared to answer or respond to questions from the audience. A panel is chaired by an individual, who will facilitate questions to the panelists, discussions and debate.
  7. Commission
    For the purposes of the conference, a commission shall refer to a group of individuals that will discuss a particular topic or subject in such a manner that they emerge with firm resolutions to be shared with the rest of the conference.
  8. Themes
    Themes are phrases that hold meaning and will be used for a particular day. Themes to be used during the conference will mainly be based on the MDGs.
  9. Group discussion
    Group discussions will constitute a group of individuals with similar interests in a subject. Guided by a facilitator they will hold discussions and debates that will assist in generating/ emerging with ideas and recommendations to be used by the conference.
  10. Regional meetings
    Regional meetings or sessions will constitute individuals from the six respective continental regions. This demarcation is for the simple purpose of identifying specific issues of the regions and, where possible, identify similarities and best practices as well as propose alternate solutions and strategies.
  11. Workshops
    A workshop is a training session. It emphasises problem-solving, hands-on training, learning new skills and requires the involvement of the participants.

    Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills.

    Workshops will be led by a facilitator and will basically be a learning process for the individuals involved. This will be in a lecture style where there will be a presentation followed by a questions and answers session. Proceedings for a workshop can also be used to embellish the conference proceedings and report.
  12. Seminars
    A seminar is a form of academic critique and debate offered by specialists or professional organisations. During this conference a seminar will also include the sharing of development practice and implementation methodologies. It has the function of bringing together small groups focusing on a particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate. This is often accomplished through ongoing dialogue with a seminar leader or instructor, or through a more formal presentation of material. The idea is to familiarise participants more extensively with the methodology of the chosen subject and also to allow them to interact with examples of practical development work.

Topics

To encourage a prophetic articulation for an Anglican theology which supports witness and action for social justice

Themes
  • An Exposition of the Biblical Principles and Gospel Imperatives on the Mission of the Church in Society.
  • The Role of the Anglican Communion and how its Witness and Mission can be affected by the local context and the part it can play as a Global Communion

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to encourage further collaborative efforts towards achieving the goals.

Themes
  • An overview of the MDGs
  • An analysis of the impact the MDGs have on
    – Women
    – Children
  • Trade, Aid and Debt
  • The climate conducive for the achievement of the MDG

To assess the First Pan African Anglican Consultation on HIV and AIDS (Boksburg 1) and share the African experience with the Anglican Communion. To encourage opportunities for learning and for transformation through dialogue among people with diverse experiences and perspectives.

Themes
  • Stories from the provinces related to HIV and AIDS, poverty and social development
  • A review of Boksburg 1
  • HIV and AIDS workshops
  • Malaria

To encourage a prophetic articulation for an Anglican theology which supports witness and action for social justice.

Themes
  • An Exposition of the Biblical Principles and Gospel Imperatives on the Mission of the Church in Society.
  • The Role of the Anglican Communion and how its Witness and Mission can be affected by the Local context and the part it can play as a Global Communion
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