Draft Program
Progressive Alliance Conference – Social Justice and Sustainability for a Fair and Prosperous World

Draft Program

Progressive Alliance Conference

Social Justice and Sustainability for a Fair and Prosperous World

 

25 May 2017


Venue

Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar
19 Olympic Street, Sukhbaatar-1
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 14241

(+976) 7702 9999 88023167
www.shangri-la.com [1]

 

 

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

Introduction into the input paper

Introduction into the SocDem Asia – GPF Paper on Building Open and Safe Societies for All

Report on the recent developments in Palestine and 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

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)

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

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

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