Draft Program
Progressive Alliance Conference
25 May 2017
Venue
Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar
19 Olympic Street, Sukhbaatar-1
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 14241
(+976) 7702 9999 88023167
www.shangri-la.com
From 08:00 hrs Registration
09:00 hrs Steering Committee (Room 1 with interpretation Mongolian and English)
All parties and associated organisations of the Progressive Alliance are entitled to send delegates to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee prepares the convention, discusses resolutions and the upcoming activities of the Progressive Alliance.
Chaired by Konstantin Woinoff, Coordinator, Progressive Alliance
Welcome by the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)
Introduction into the program
Marie Chris Cabreros, Coordinator, Network of Social Democracy in Asia (SocDem Asia)
Introduction into the input paper
Conny Reuter, Secretary General, Solidar
Introduction into the SocDem Asia – GPF Paper on Building Open and Safe Societies for All
Doriano Dragoni, Secretary General, Global Progressive Forum (GPF)
Report on the recent developments in Palestine and Israel
Faraj Zayoud, Fatah, Palestine
Einat Ovadia, Meretz Party, Israel
10:00 hrs Coffee Break
10:30 hrs Parallel Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1: Developing situation in Asian countries (Room 1 with interpretation Mongolian and English)
Chaired by Marie Chris Cabreros, Coordinator, Network of Social Democracy in Asia (SocDem Asia), Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
Zandanshatar Gombojav, Member of Parliament, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Mongolia
Dusmanta Kumar Giri, Secretary General, Association for Democratic Socialism (ADS), India
Nurima Ribeiro Alkatiri, Training Coordinator, Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Timor-Leste
Breakout Session 2: New Challenges for Progressives – the need for new strategies and alliances (Room 2, English only)
Hosted by the Party of European Socialists (PES)
Chaired by Giacomo Filibeck, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists (PES)
Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Member of Parliament, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Mongolia
Joao Albuquerque, President, Young European Socialists (YES)
Carly Walker-Dawson, Secretary General, International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International (IFM-SEI)
Martin Manurung, International Secretary, National Democratic Party (Nasdem), Indonesia
12:00 hrs Lunch
13:30 – 18:00 hrs Conference: Social Justice and Sustainability for a Fair and Prosperous World (Room 1 with interpretation Mongolian and English)
13:30 hrs Welcome and Keynote
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Chairman, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Chairman of the Parliament
13: 50 hrs Speech
Sergei Stanishev, President, Party of European Socialists (PES), Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
14:10 hrs Introduction into the Leaders’ Panel
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Vice-Chair, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Germany
14:30 hrs Family Photo
14:40 hrs Leaders’ Panel: Social Justice and Sustainability for a Fair and Prosperous World
Chaired by Teresa Kok, Member of Parliament, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia
Tsogtbaatar Damdin, Member of Parliament, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Mongolia
Sadi Ahmed Pire, Member of the Politburo, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Iraq, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
Shekar Koirala, Member of the Central Committee, Member of Parliament, Nepali Congress Party, Nepal
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Vice-Chair, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Germany
Sergei Stanishev, President, Party of European Socialists (PES), Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
16:00 hrs Coffee Break
16:20 hrs Video
16:25 hrs Speech
Margarita Bolaños Arquín, President, Citizens’ Action Party (PAC), Costa Rica, Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
16:35 hrs Introduction into the Panel Discussion
Howard Lee Chuan How, President, International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), Member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance
16:45 hrs Panel Discussion: Rising populism – a threat to open and democratic societies
Chaired by Otgonbayar Yondon, Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Mongolia
Jo Leinen, Member of the European Parliament, Group of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D)
Loretta Ann Rosales, Chair Emeritus, Citizens’ Action Party (Akbayan), Philippines
Mathias Tégner, Member of Parliament, Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP), Sweden
17:45 hrs Video
17:50 hrs Closing speech
Jan Royall, Member of the of the House of Lords, Labour Party, United Kingdom
18:00 hrs End of the First Day
19:30 hrs Reception hosted by Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)
Venue: Palace of Independence, Headquarters of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)
Welcome
Amarbayasgalan Dashzegve, Secretary General, Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)
20:30 hrs Concert
Venue:
Palace of Independence, Headquarters of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)
26 May 2017
08:30 – 09:30 hrs Working Group on Gender (English only)
Chaired by Bahia Amra, Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) and
Marja Bijl, Vice-Chair, Dutch Labour Party (PvdA)
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel
10:00 hrs Meeting with
Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Prime Minister of Mongolia
Venue: State Palace
11:00 hrs Early Lunch at ASEM Villa
Venue: Ulaanbaatar
12:30 hrs Visit of Chinggis Khaan Statue, Visit to a nomadic family
Venue: Tsonjin Boldog
16:00 hrs End of the Conference