{"id":662,"date":"2011-08-23T09:31:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T09:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2011\/08\/23\/finland-marginalized-voices-conference\/"},"modified":"2011-08-23T09:31:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T09:31:46","slug":"finland-marginalized-voices-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/finland-marginalized-voices-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes&#8221; in Rovaniemi, Finland, 11-12 November 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Conference &#8220;Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 11 &amp; 12 November 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizers:<\/strong> Citizens&#8217; Global Platform (CGP) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalplatform.fi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.globalplatform.fi\/<\/a> , UN Association of Finland<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conference themes include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rio+20: Taking stock of sustainable development<\/li>\n<li>Climate policy at the crossroads of science,      politics and policy making from the perspective of indigenous peoples&#8217;      participation<\/li>\n<li>Citizen participation<\/li>\n<li>Local environmental changes, sustainable      livelihoods and marginalized groups<\/li>\n<li>Gender and climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The themes are addressed through a variety of keynote speeches, a high-level panel and various workshops led by experts. Representatives of the CGP in Finland, Tanzania, India and Brazil will also share their insights with the audience. Below is the preliminary conference programme.<\/p>\n<p> The cost for participation is 100 euro. This fee includes accommodation (one night) in a room shared with one another participant, meals and coffee during the conference and evening programme.<\/p>\n<p> In addition to the confence, a pre-confence trip to Inari, Northern Lapland, will be organized for interested conference participants 8 &#8211; 10 November. Sites to be visited include, among others, the S\u00e1mi Education Institute SOGSAKK, S\u00e1mi radio and the S\u00e1mi Museum and Nature Centre SIIDA. The trip costs 200 euro, which includes accommodation (three nights), travels from Rovaniemi, meals during the trip and the visits.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Registration: <\/strong>Register online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ykliitto.fi\/registration2011\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ykliitto.fi\/registration2011<\/a> . The registration form will close 15 September. More detailed information on the conference, practical arrangements and details about the pre-conference trip to Inari can be found on the same webpage. <br \/> <strong><br \/> Preliminary Programme:<br \/> <\/strong><br \/> <strong>Friday 11 November 2011<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> <strong>8.30 &#8211; 10.00<\/strong> Registration and coffee\/tea<\/p>\n<p> <strong>10.00<\/strong> Welcoming words<\/p>\n<p> <strong>10.15<\/strong> Parallel sessions<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Group A:<\/strong> The Finnish UN Days of Youth and Students: Working at the UN<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Group B:<\/strong> Presentation of Citizens Global Platform&#8217;s report and discussion<\/p>\n<p> <strong>12.30<\/strong> Lunch<\/p>\n<p> <strong>13.30<\/strong> High-Level Panel: Rio+20: Taking Stock of Sustainable Development (includes a coffee break)<\/p>\n<p> <strong>17.00 <\/strong>End of the first day<\/p>\n<p> Evening programme options: <\/p>\n<p> <strong>18.00 <\/strong>BBC documentary films from the &#8220;Arctic Desert&#8221; series at Arctic Fury Media and Film Festival, Arktikum<\/p>\n<p> <strong>19.00<\/strong> Reception organized by the city of Rovaniemi <\/p>\n<p> <strong>20.30 <\/strong>Casual get-together at the local restaurant<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Saturday 12 November 2011<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> <strong>9.15<\/strong> Opening words<\/p>\n<p> <strong>9.30<\/strong> Working groups<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Group A:<\/strong> Climate policy at the crossroads of science, politics and policy-making from the perspective of indigenous peoples&#8217; participation<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Presentations: <\/span><br \/> <strong> <\/strong>Tero Mustonen: Climate policy, science and the role of indigenous climate observations <br \/> Anna Stammler-Gossman: Translating vulnerability&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/> <strong>Group B:<\/strong> Citizen participation<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Presentations:<\/span><br \/> Sauli Rouhinen: Lessons learnt from the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development<br \/> Anne Nuorgam: Do S\u00e1mi NGOs have influence on international and national politics?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/> <strong>12.30<\/strong> Lunch<br \/> <strong>13.30<\/strong> Working groups (includes a coffee break)<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Group A:<\/strong> Local environmental changes, sustainable livelihoods and marginalized groups<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Presentations:<\/span><br \/> Pekka Aikio: S\u00e1mi reindeer herding and sustainable development<br \/> Mika Fl\u00f6jt: Sokli phosphate mine plans: Impacts on the local people and environment<br \/> <strong>Group B: <\/strong>Gender and climate change<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Presentations:<\/span><br \/> Solveig Joks: S\u00e1mi women in reindeer herding and climate change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/> Other speaker to be confirmed<br \/> <strong>15.50<\/strong> Working groups&#8217; presentations<br \/> <strong>16.30<\/strong> Closing remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference &#8220;Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes&#8221; Date: 11 &amp; 12 November 2011 Venue: University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland Organizers: Citizens&#8217; Global Platform (CGP) http:\/\/www.globalplatform.fi\/ , UN Association of Finland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshops-meetings-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}